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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 · Perspectives: Third person

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!

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV is a 2021 RPG priced at $59.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 2530 reviews) and an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners.

37
playing now
91%
positive of 2.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
89/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (599 downloads)
4.62★
PlayStation Store rating (6,959 ratings)
82h
to beat · completionist 135h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$59.99
steam price (US)

37 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 06:00 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
  • · 37 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 10% of 14,212 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 51k–114k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,530 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 12 of 26 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

98272026-09-16 08:00 — 44 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 53 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 66 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 63 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 72 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 67 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 44 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 53 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 96 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 54 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 53 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 61 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 66 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 58 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 76 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 69 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 39 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 51 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 50 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 72 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 65 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 50 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 37 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.5k71Apr 2021Aug 2026Apr 2021 — avg 1,525 · peak 2,736Jun 2021 — avg 342 · peak 708Aug 2021 — avg 244 · peak 460Oct 2021 — avg 158 · peak 297Dec 2021 — avg 141 · peak 240Feb 2022 — avg 133 · peak 235Apr 2022 — avg 113 · peak 199Jun 2022 — avg 112 · peak 209Aug 2022 — avg 95 · peak 195Oct 2022 — avg 94 · peak 176Dec 2022 — avg 92 · peak 157Feb 2023 — avg 81 · peak 143Apr 2023 — avg 95 · peak 162Jun 2023 — avg 107 · peak 173Aug 2023 — avg 100 · peak 171Oct 2023 — avg 92 · peak 161Dec 2023 — avg 93 · peak 152Feb 2024 — avg 76 · peak 131Apr 2024 — avg 71 · peak 134Jun 2024 — avg 83 · peak 150Aug 2024 — avg 101 · peak 174Oct 2024 — avg 77 · peak 136Dec 2024 — avg 92 · peak 152Feb 2025 — avg 95 · peak 169Apr 2025 — avg 89 · peak 162Jun 2025 — avg 82 · peak 131Aug 2025 — avg 80 · peak 144Oct 2025 — avg 76 · peak 147Dec 2025 — avg 98 · peak 161Feb 2026 — avg 100 · peak 171Apr 2026 — avg 89 · peak 161Jun 2026 — avg 79 · peak 144Aug 2026 — avg 85 · peak 150
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

92272026-05-30 — 54 pageviews2026-06-03 — 41 pageviews2026-06-07 — 50 pageviews2026-06-11 — 46 pageviews2026-06-15 — 37 pageviews2026-06-19 — 35 pageviews2026-06-23 — 35 pageviews2026-06-27 — 54 pageviews2026-07-01 — 54 pageviews2026-07-05 — 70 pageviews2026-07-09 — 40 pageviews2026-07-13 — 42 pageviews2026-07-17 — 36 pageviews2026-07-21 — 42 pageviews2026-07-25 — 27 pageviews2026-07-29 — 43 pageviews2026-08-02 — 48 pageviews2026-08-06 — 39 pageviews2026-08-10 — 47 pageviews2026-08-14 — 41 pageviews2026-08-18 — 56 pageviews2026-08-22 — 54 pageviews2026-08-26 — 53 pageviews2026-08-30 — 53 pageviews2026-09-03 — 39 pageviews2026-09-07 — 44 pageviews2026-09-11 — 79 pageviews2026-09-15 — 52 pageviews2026-09-19 — 82 pageviews2026-09-23 — 55 pageviews2026-09-27 — 68 pageviews2026-10-01 — 50 pageviews2026-10-05 — 53 pageviews2026-10-09 — 39 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

Post-launch support: 14 DLC released, first 2021-04-09, latest 2021-06-24 (Steam store data)

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.

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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