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The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II

Nihon Falcom · XSEED Games · 2018-02-14

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RPG

Franchise: The Legend of Heroes · Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 06, 2016 (PlayStation Vita), Nov 11, 2016 (PlayStation 3), Feb 14, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 04, 2019 (PlayStation 4)

Civil war has broken out across Erebonia. After his narrow escape from Trista, Rean will take up his sword again on a journey with his Divine Knight, Valimar, in search of his friends from Class VII and a way to end the conflict before its price becomes far too dear...

65
playing now
93%
positive of 3.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
84/100
IGDB user rating (36 ratings)
82h
to beat · rushed 65h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

65 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II is a 2014 role-playing video game developed by Nihon Falcom. The game is the seventh installment of the Trails series, itself a part of the larger The Legend of Heroes series, and follows Trails of Cold Steel (2013).

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 65 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 165 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~21/week).
  • · Review velocity up 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 6,151 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 80k–191k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,180 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $15.99 at GOG (2022-12-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 34 of 58 observed days · $4.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
26026020182026Week of 2018-02-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 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: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

9202026-08-11 18:00 — 61 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 43 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 70 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 55 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 42 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 50 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 60 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 83 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 67 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 37 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 65 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 64 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 38 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 66 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 65 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 62 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 69 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 92 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 54 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 63 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 64 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 45 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 64 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 65 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 51 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 59 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 71 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 65 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$15.992018-02-142026-08-302018-02-14 — best price $35.992018-06-22 — best price $31.992018-11-06 — best price $27.992019-01-03 — best price $39.992019-03-26 — best price $27.982019-09-12 — best price $39.992019-11-27 — best price $27.982020-01-17 — best price $27.982020-04-17 — best price $27.992020-07-11 — best price $39.992020-11-27 — best price $27.992021-02-10 — best price $39.992021-06-09 — best price $19.992021-09-27 — best price $39.992021-12-20 — best price $19.992022-02-12 — best price $39.992022-05-16 — best price $19.992022-07-30 — best price $19.992022-10-05 — best price $39.992022-12-21 — best price $19.992023-02-16 — best price $19.992023-04-28 — best price $19.992023-06-24 — best price $39.992023-09-07 — best price $19.992023-11-22 — best price $19.992024-02-03 — best price $39.992024-03-22 — best price $19.992024-06-01 — best price $39.992024-08-08 — best price $19.992024-11-09 — best price $39.992025-01-04 — best price $39.992025-03-19 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $39.992025-09-13 — best price $39.992025-11-25 — best price $19.992026-02-26 — best price $39.992026-05-18 — best price $39.992026-08-01 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

64232026-05-29 — 44 pageviews2026-06-01 — 39 pageviews2026-06-04 — 30 pageviews2026-06-07 — 39 pageviews2026-06-10 — 43 pageviews2026-06-13 — 44 pageviews2026-06-16 — 33 pageviews2026-06-19 — 34 pageviews2026-06-22 — 29 pageviews2026-06-25 — 45 pageviews2026-06-28 — 33 pageviews2026-07-01 — 33 pageviews2026-07-04 — 43 pageviews2026-07-07 — 36 pageviews2026-07-10 — 46 pageviews2026-07-13 — 39 pageviews2026-07-16 — 39 pageviews2026-07-19 — 29 pageviews2026-07-22 — 36 pageviews2026-07-25 — 33 pageviews2026-07-28 — 48 pageviews2026-07-31 — 32 pageviews2026-08-03 — 42 pageviews2026-08-06 — 31 pageviews2026-08-09 — 43 pageviews2026-08-12 — 32 pageviews2026-08-15 — 23 pageviews2026-08-18 — 36 pageviews2026-08-21 — 46 pageviews2026-08-24 — 56 pageviews2026-08-26 — 47 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

51
achievements tracked
90.8%
earned "Unexpected Surroundings"
30.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing13 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4, PS3, PS Vita (PlayStation)5,79231%51
Steam (Steam)2,86615%51

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

Player tags

RPGJRPGAnimeMechsFantasyRomanceAdventureStory RichTurn-BasedSingleplayer

Census log

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

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