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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 · Perspectives: Third person

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...

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II is an RPG game released in 2018, priced at $39.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 3193 reviews).

70
playing now
93%
positive of 3.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
84/100
IGDB user rating (36 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (566 downloads)
4.77★
PlayStation Store rating (3,092 ratings)
82h
to beat · rushed 65h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$39.99
steam price (US)

70 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 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).

Trailer

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The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II - Launch Announcement

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Health check

Quietly active
  • · 70 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 9% of 13,891 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 80k–192k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,193 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$39.99

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 51 of 92 observed days · $24.00 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

77232026-09-15 00:00 — 65 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 41 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 54 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 49 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 55 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 60 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 48 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 38 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 48 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 68 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 37 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 41 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 53 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 37 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 46 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 70 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 44 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 23 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 41 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 45 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 66 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 72 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 41 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 70 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
49456Feb 2018Aug 2026Feb 2018 — avg 494 · peak 1,658May 2018 — avg 116 · peak 221Aug 2018 — avg 112 · peak 221Nov 2018 — avg 115 · peak 231Feb 2019 — avg 98 · peak 174May 2019 — avg 74 · peak 136Aug 2019 — avg 75 · peak 148Nov 2019 — avg 83 · peak 148Feb 2020 — avg 121 · peak 197May 2020 — avg 201 · peak 301Aug 2020 — avg 146 · peak 230Nov 2020 — avg 97 · peak 155Feb 2021 — avg 109 · peak 188May 2021 — avg 141 · peak 229Aug 2021 — avg 126 · peak 225Nov 2021 — avg 77 · peak 141Feb 2022 — avg 85 · peak 150May 2022 — avg 92 · peak 158Aug 2022 — avg 66 · peak 114Nov 2022 — avg 58 · peak 102Feb 2023 — avg 65 · peak 115May 2023 — avg 82 · peak 145Aug 2023 — avg 71 · peak 116Nov 2023 — avg 60 · peak 129Feb 2024 — avg 56 · peak 104May 2024 — avg 60 · peak 106Aug 2024 — avg 69 · peak 120Nov 2024 — avg 65 · peak 133Feb 2025 — avg 67 · peak 126May 2025 — avg 61 · peak 112Aug 2025 — avg 66 · peak 118Nov 2025 — avg 82 · peak 139Feb 2026 — avg 85 · peak 147May 2026 — avg 70 · peak 124Aug 2026 — avg 64 · peak 112
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$15.992018-02-142026-10-142018-02-14 — best price $35.992018-07-06 — best price $39.992018-11-22 — best price $19.992019-02-12 — best price $39.992019-09-12 — best price $39.992019-12-03 — best price $27.992020-02-19 — best price $39.992020-06-15 — best price $39.992020-11-27 — best price $27.992021-02-20 — best price $39.992021-07-10 — best price $39.992021-12-01 — best price $39.992022-02-12 — best price $39.992022-06-08 — best price $19.992022-09-02 — best price $19.992022-12-12 — best price $15.992023-02-16 — best price $19.992023-05-09 — best price $19.992023-07-26 — best price $39.992023-11-14 — best price $19.992024-02-03 — best price $39.992024-04-10 — best price $19.992024-07-11 — best price $39.992024-10-08 — best price $19.992025-01-04 — best price $39.992025-04-08 — best price $19.992025-08-13 — best price $19.992025-11-05 — best price $39.992026-02-26 — best price $39.992026-05-28 — best price $39.992026-08-30 — best price $19.992026-09-14 — best price $39.992026-09-29 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

69232026-05-29 — 44 pageviews2026-06-02 — 23 pageviews2026-06-06 — 30 pageviews2026-06-10 — 43 pageviews2026-06-14 — 37 pageviews2026-06-18 — 36 pageviews2026-06-22 — 29 pageviews2026-06-26 — 35 pageviews2026-06-30 — 45 pageviews2026-07-04 — 43 pageviews2026-07-08 — 44 pageviews2026-07-12 — 33 pageviews2026-07-16 — 39 pageviews2026-07-20 — 28 pageviews2026-07-24 — 31 pageviews2026-07-28 — 48 pageviews2026-08-01 — 28 pageviews2026-08-05 — 43 pageviews2026-08-09 — 43 pageviews2026-08-13 — 39 pageviews2026-08-17 — 37 pageviews2026-08-21 — 46 pageviews2026-08-25 — 43 pageviews2026-08-29 — 38 pageviews2026-09-02 — 46 pageviews2026-09-06 — 40 pageviews2026-09-10 — 48 pageviews2026-09-14 — 36 pageviews2026-09-18 — 69 pageviews2026-09-22 — 61 pageviews2026-09-26 — 54 pageviews2026-09-30 — 32 pageviews2026-10-04 — 41 pageviews2026-10-07 — 35 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

Post-launch support: 13 DLC released, first 2018-02-14 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RPGJRPGAnimeMechsFantasyRomanceAdventureStory RichTurn-BasedSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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