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The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero

Nihon Falcom · NIS America, Inc. · 2022-09-27

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RPG

Franchise: The Legend of Heroes · Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 07, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 30, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Oct 07, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 10, 2026 (Nintendo Switch 2), Sep 10, 2026 (PlayStation 5)

When Lloyd Bannings is assigned to Crossbell's Special Support Section, he and his new teammates must prove themselves as they fight to overcome the injustice of a city gripped by corruption.

32
playing now
98%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
87/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
90/100
IGDB user rating (29 ratings)
61h
to beat · rushed 45h · completionist 90h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

32 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero is a 2010 role-playing video game developed by Nihon Falcom. The game is the fourth installment of the Trails series, itself a part of the larger The Legend of Heroes series, and follows Trails in the Sky the 3rd (2007). Trails from Zero and its 2011 sequel, Trails to Azure, form the Crossbell arc of the series. The game takes place in Crossbell, a city-state located between two great powers fighting for control over it, and follows Lloyd Bannings and his colleagues Elie MacDowell, Randy Orlando, and Tio Plato. The four form the Special Support Section, a newly formed department of the Crossbell police.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 32 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 157 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~20/week).
  • · Review velocity down 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 28% of 6,171 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 31k–70k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,548 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $27.99 at GOG (2024-10-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 15 of 37 observed days · $12.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15515520222026Week of 2022-09-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

70182026-08-15 07:00 — 42 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 70 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 49 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 27 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 39 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 43 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 25 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 42 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 26 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 18 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 49 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 38 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 50 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 60 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 39 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 39 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 36 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 33 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 35 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 39 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 28 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 31 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 58 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 32 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$99.99$27.992022-09-132026-08-302022-09-13 — best price $99.992022-12-22 — best price $35.992023-02-06 — best price $39.992023-03-18 — best price $39.992023-04-28 — best price $31.992023-05-12 — best price $39.992023-07-04 — best price $39.992023-08-06 — best price $39.992023-09-01 — best price $31.992023-11-01 — best price $29.992023-11-29 — best price $39.992024-01-04 — best price $39.992024-03-04 — best price $29.992024-04-04 — best price $39.992024-05-06 — best price $39.992024-06-27 — best price $29.992024-07-26 — best price $29.992024-08-19 — best price $29.992024-11-08 — best price $39.992024-12-03 — best price $39.992025-01-02 — best price $39.992025-01-24 — best price $27.992025-03-03 — best price $27.992025-03-31 — best price $39.992025-05-09 — best price $27.992025-06-18 — best price $27.992025-07-26 — best price $27.992025-08-18 — best price $39.992025-09-29 — best price $27.992025-11-14 — best price $39.992025-12-02 — best price $39.992025-12-11 — best price $27.992026-01-06 — best price $39.992026-08-27 — best price $39.992026-08-30 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

218852026-05-16 — 185 pageviews2026-05-19 — 137 pageviews2026-05-22 — 85 pageviews2026-05-25 — 105 pageviews2026-05-28 — 92 pageviews2026-05-31 — 108 pageviews2026-06-03 — 99 pageviews2026-06-06 — 87 pageviews2026-06-09 — 103 pageviews2026-06-12 — 174 pageviews2026-06-15 — 127 pageviews2026-06-18 — 106 pageviews2026-06-21 — 94 pageviews2026-06-24 — 113 pageviews2026-06-27 — 144 pageviews2026-06-30 — 128 pageviews2026-07-03 — 143 pageviews2026-07-06 — 145 pageviews2026-07-09 — 120 pageviews2026-07-12 — 136 pageviews2026-07-15 — 105 pageviews2026-07-18 — 116 pageviews2026-07-21 — 91 pageviews2026-07-24 — 85 pageviews2026-07-27 — 98 pageviews2026-07-30 — 93 pageviews2026-08-02 — 142 pageviews2026-08-05 — 121 pageviews2026-08-08 — 103 pageviews2026-08-11 — 137 pageviews2026-08-14 — 110 pageviews2026-08-17 — 114 pageviews2026-08-20 — 179 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

49
achievements tracked
91.6%
earned "A Noteworthy Beginning"
24.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,56511%49
PS4 (PlayStation)98429%49
PS4 (PlayStation)77632%49
Switch (Nintendo)1880%0
Switch 2 (Nintendo)0—0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGJRPGAnimeFantasyRomanceStory RichSingleplayerGreat SoundtrackTurn-Based Combat

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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