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The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV cover art

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV

Nihon Falcom · NIS America, Inc. · 2021-04-09

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RPG

Franchise: The Legend of Heroes · Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 09, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 09, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 09, 2021 (Google Stadia), Sep 27, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Feb 16, 2024 (PlayStation 5)

The long awaited finale to the epic engulfing a continent comes to a head in the final chapter of the Trails of Cold Steel saga!

76
playing now
91%
positive of 2.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
89/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
82h
to beat · completionist 135h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$59.99
steam price (US)

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

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV is a 2018 role-playing video game developed by Nihon Falcom. The game is the ninth installment of the Trails series, itself a part of the larger The Legend of Heroes series, and follows Trails of Cold Steel III (2017) as the final entry of the Erebonia arc.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 76 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 163 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~20/week).
  • · Review velocity up 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (512 reviews).
  • · Top 22% of 6,151 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 50k–113k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,517 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $23.99 at GOG (2024-10-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 15 of 33 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
48848820212026Week of 2021-04-01: 488 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

130482026-08-11 19:00 — 90 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 67 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 89 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 89 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 62 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 95 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 111 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 107 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 111 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 87 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 48 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 88 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 75 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 48 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 67 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 61 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 75 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 94 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 130 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 50 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 90 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 80 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 57 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 71 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 84 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 51 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 87 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 108 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 76 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$23.992021-04-092026-07-092021-04-09 — best price $59.992021-08-05 — best price $59.992021-09-23 — best price $59.992021-11-18 — best price $41.992021-11-30 — best price $59.992022-01-05 — best price $59.992022-02-03 — best price $59.992022-03-23 — best price $59.992022-05-19 — best price $41.992022-07-07 — best price $59.992022-08-08 — best price $41.992022-10-05 — best price $59.992022-11-18 — best price $35.992022-12-15 — best price $35.992023-03-03 — best price $35.992023-03-24 — best price $59.992023-05-23 — best price $59.992023-07-20 — best price $35.992023-08-28 — best price $35.992023-11-06 — best price $59.992023-12-13 — best price $29.992024-02-13 — best price $59.992024-04-22 — best price $29.992024-06-17 — best price $29.992024-07-18 — best price $29.992024-08-22 — best price $59.992024-11-26 — best price $23.992024-12-19 — best price $23.992025-02-03 — best price $59.992025-03-19 — best price $29.992025-05-08 — best price $59.992025-06-20 — best price $29.992025-08-22 — best price $59.992025-10-08 — best price $59.992025-11-28 — best price $23.992025-12-12 — best price $24.002026-05-06 — best price $59.992026-07-09 — best price $59.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

73272026-05-30 — 54 pageviews2026-06-02 — 36 pageviews2026-06-05 — 42 pageviews2026-06-08 — 41 pageviews2026-06-11 — 46 pageviews2026-06-14 — 57 pageviews2026-06-17 — 48 pageviews2026-06-20 — 41 pageviews2026-06-23 — 35 pageviews2026-06-26 — 36 pageviews2026-06-29 — 44 pageviews2026-07-02 — 32 pageviews2026-07-05 — 70 pageviews2026-07-08 — 60 pageviews2026-07-11 — 47 pageviews2026-07-14 — 34 pageviews2026-07-17 — 36 pageviews2026-07-20 — 41 pageviews2026-07-23 — 42 pageviews2026-07-26 — 41 pageviews2026-07-29 — 43 pageviews2026-08-01 — 36 pageviews2026-08-04 — 41 pageviews2026-08-07 — 33 pageviews2026-08-10 — 47 pageviews2026-08-13 — 38 pageviews2026-08-16 — 46 pageviews2026-08-19 — 47 pageviews2026-08-22 — 54 pageviews2026-08-25 — 46 pageviews2026-08-27 — 52 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

53
achievements tracked
88.1%
earned "Joint Operation"
42.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing14 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,75717%53
PS4 (PlayStation)1,75530%53
PS4 (PlayStation)1,25335%53
PS5 (PlayStation)32831%53
Switch (Nintendo)750%0

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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Similarity via IGDB.

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