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The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie

Nihon Falcom · NIS America, Inc. · 2023-07-07

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RPG

Franchise: The Legend of Heroes · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Aug 25, 2021 (SteamVR), Aug 27, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Aug 26, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 07, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Aug 25, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 07, 2023 (PlayStation VR)

Three different legends are about to unfold! Determine the fates of Rean Schwarzer, Lloyd Bannings, and the mysterious “C” in this climactic chapter of The Legend of Heroes series.

94%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
11
Nexus mods (2.3k downloads)
4.86★
PlayStation Store rating (726 ratings)
90h
to beat · completionist 150h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$59.99
steam price (US)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie is a 2020 role-playing video game developed by Nihon Falcom. The game is the tenth installment of the Trails series, itself a part of the larger Legend of Heroes series, and follows Trails of Cold Steel IV (2018). It was released in Japan for the PlayStation 4 in August 2020, with ports released for the Nintendo Switch and Windows in August 2021. An English version was released in July 2023 with an additional port for the PlayStation 5. Trails into Reverie is considered the end of the series's Crossbell and Erebonia arcs and serves as the precursor to Trails Through Daybreak.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 136 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 13,428 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 25k–57k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,256 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
26826820232026Week of 2023-07-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

53
achievements tracked
93%
earned "Commence the Operation"
53.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing6 DLC

Post-launch support: 6 DLC released, first 2023-07-07 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)1,45830%53
Steam (Steam)1,14414%53
PS4 (PlayStation)39842%53
Switch (Nintendo)830%0

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

Player tags

3DRPGJRPGAnimeStory RichSingleplayerParty-Based RPGGreat SoundtrackTurn-Based Combat

Census log

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

Players also track

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rdThe Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IVThe Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon

Similarity via IGDB.

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