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The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky

Nihon Falcom · XSEED Games · 2014-07-29

SteamGOG

RPG

Modes: Single player

Hailed as one of the largest, longest and most meticulously detailed turn-based JRPG series of all time, this first chapter in the ongoing Trails saga sets the stage for what's quickly become Ys developer Nihon Falcom's most popular and best-selling franchise in their entire 30+ year history.

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky is a $19.99 RPG title released in 2014, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and Very Positive sentiment (94% of 10,385 reviews).

34
playing now
94%
positive of 10k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

34 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, also known as Trails in the Sky FC, is a 2004 role-playing video game developed by Nihon Falcom. The game is the first in the Trails series, itself a part of the larger The Legend of Heroes series. Trails in the Sky was first released in Japan for Windows and was later ported to the PlayStation Portable in 2006.

Trailer

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky trailer thumbnail

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky trailer

≈284,578 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 34 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 306 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~38/week).
  • · Review velocity down 45% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 13,891 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 260k–623k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,385 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.99 at Nuuvem (2019-04-16) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 51 of 92 observed days · $11.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12512520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 25 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

99182026-09-15 12:00 — 51 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 64 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 47 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 58 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 99 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 65 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 36 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 52 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 46 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 50 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 45 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 48 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 20 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 28 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 46 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 26 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 44 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 43 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 32 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 44 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 65 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 43 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 34 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
61048Jul 2014Aug 2026Jul 2014 — avg 227 · peak 1,288Nov 2014 — avg 87 · peak 214Mar 2015 — avg 87 · peak 214Jul 2015 — avg 113 · peak 273Nov 2015 — avg 277 · peak 667Mar 2016 — avg 207 · peak 587Jul 2016 — avg 161 · peak 308Nov 2016 — avg 74 · peak 221Mar 2017 — avg 102 · peak 215Jul 2017 — avg 140 · peak 284Nov 2017 — avg 83 · peak 261Mar 2018 — avg 86 · peak 188Jul 2018 — avg 126 · peak 275Nov 2018 — avg 68 · peak 156Mar 2019 — avg 79 · peak 178Jul 2019 — avg 109 · peak 226Nov 2019 — avg 104 · peak 236Mar 2020 — avg 112 · peak 265Jul 2020 — avg 199 · peak 390Nov 2020 — avg 123 · peak 244Mar 2021 — avg 116 · peak 237Jul 2021 — avg 175 · peak 329Nov 2021 — avg 81 · peak 201Mar 2022 — avg 114 · peak 267Jul 2022 — avg 138 · peak 263Nov 2022 — avg 117 · peak 209Mar 2023 — avg 177 · peak 421Jul 2023 — avg 209 · peak 409Nov 2023 — avg 95 · peak 213Mar 2024 — avg 106 · peak 193Jul 2024 — avg 181 · peak 321Nov 2024 — avg 123 · peak 246Mar 2025 — avg 152 · peak 266Jul 2025 — avg 120 · peak 223Nov 2025 — avg 74 · peak 139Mar 2026 — avg 56 · peak 108Jul 2026 — avg 56 · peak 106Aug 2026 — avg 48 · peak 95
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$9.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $13.992015-06-22 — best price $19.992016-03-18 — best price $19.992016-11-29 — best price $19.992017-06-21 — best price $19.992018-02-19 — best price $19.992018-07-25 — best price $9.992019-01-10 — best price $9.992019-05-10 — best price $9.992019-10-22 — best price $9.992020-01-16 — best price $9.992020-05-16 — best price $19.992020-11-28 — best price $9.992021-04-05 — best price $19.992021-10-15 — best price $9.992022-01-15 — best price $19.992022-05-24 — best price $19.992022-09-12 — best price $9.992022-12-21 — best price $9.992023-03-13 — best price $19.992023-06-24 — best price $19.992023-10-21 — best price $19.992024-02-07 — best price $9.992024-05-26 — best price $9.992024-09-20 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $9.992025-04-26 — best price $19.992025-09-12 — best price $9.992025-12-11 — best price $9.992026-05-12 — best price $9.992026-08-29 — best price $9.992026-09-16 — best price $19.992026-10-04 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3.7k4442026-05-30 — 452 pageviews2026-06-03 — 452 pageviews2026-06-07 — 444 pageviews2026-06-11 — 455 pageviews2026-06-15 — 553 pageviews2026-06-19 — 449 pageviews2026-06-23 — 546 pageviews2026-06-27 — 816 pageviews2026-07-01 — 633 pageviews2026-07-05 — 754 pageviews2026-07-09 — 713 pageviews2026-07-13 — 619 pageviews2026-07-17 — 588 pageviews2026-07-21 — 520 pageviews2026-07-25 — 500 pageviews2026-07-29 — 509 pageviews2026-08-02 — 523 pageviews2026-08-06 — 593 pageviews2026-08-10 — 634 pageviews2026-08-14 — 539 pageviews2026-08-18 — 930 pageviews2026-08-22 — 716 pageviews2026-08-26 — 593 pageviews2026-08-30 — 693 pageviews2026-09-03 — 664 pageviews2026-09-07 — 606 pageviews2026-09-11 — 714 pageviews2026-09-15 — 1,161 pageviews2026-09-19 — 2,161 pageviews2026-09-23 — 1,296 pageviews2026-09-27 — 1,109 pageviews2026-10-01 — 720 pageviews2026-10-05 — 682 pageviews2026-10-08 — 613 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
46.3%
earned "Why Is My Present a BOY?!"
7.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,56812%27

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGJRPGAnimeClassicFantasyStrategyAdventureStory RichTurn-BasedSingleplayer

Census log

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

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