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Trials of Mana

Square Enix · 2020-04-24

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RPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 24, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 24, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 24, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Sep 26, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Jul 15, 2021 (Android), Jul 15, 2021 (iOS)

Trials of Mana is a modern revival of the 3rd game in the seminal Mana series. The game, originally released in Japan as Seiken Densetsu 3, has been fully rebuilt from the ground up in 3D.

54
playing now
91%
positive of 5.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (42 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$49.99
steam price (US)

54 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Trials of Mana is a 2020 action role-playing game developed by Xeen and published by Square Enix for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Windows. A mobile port released the following year. An Xbox Series X/S port released in 2024. It is a 3D remake of the 1995 Super Famicom title of the same name, the third game in the Mana series. The story follows six possible protagonists in their respective quests, which lead them to obtain the Mana Sword and fight a world-ending threat. In gameplay, the player controls three out of six characters, navigating field environments, fighting enemies in real-time combat, and making use of character classes. New to the gameplay and storyline is a post-game chapter with an unlockable class.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 54 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 151 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~19/week).
  • · Review velocity up 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,102 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 6,201 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 115k–259k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,755 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$49.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $14.99 at Steam (2026-04-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 29 of 57 observed days · $35.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.0k1.0k20202026Week of 2020-04-01: 1,041 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 818 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

11102026-08-07 00:00 — 43 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 57 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 56 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 48 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 68 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 84 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 83 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 101 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 80 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 63 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 71 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 75 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 111 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 69 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 47 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 66 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 90 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 35 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 34 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 51 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 27 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 55 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 61 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 35 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 21 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 32 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 23 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 54 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$53.78$14.992019-06-112026-08-272019-06-11 — best price $39.992020-03-11 — best price $42.492020-04-29 — best price $44.992020-08-04 — best price $49.992020-11-04 — best price $49.992021-03-18 — best price $29.992021-05-02 — best price $53.782021-07-09 — best price $49.992021-09-30 — best price $24.992022-01-12 — best price $49.992022-03-24 — best price $24.992022-04-29 — best price $24.992022-07-07 — best price $49.992022-10-21 — best price $49.992023-01-27 — best price $49.992023-05-03 — best price $25.002023-07-20 — best price $25.002023-10-03 — best price $49.992024-01-18 — best price $24.992024-03-25 — best price $49.992024-05-15 — best price $49.992024-08-10 — best price $49.992024-12-04 — best price $49.992025-01-03 — best price $49.992025-02-13 — best price $49.992025-03-27 — best price $49.992025-05-07 — best price $49.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-09-18 — best price $19.992025-11-18 — best price $19.992025-12-06 — best price $49.992026-01-06 — best price $49.992026-02-12 — best price $49.992026-03-23 — best price $20.002026-04-29 — best price $19.992026-05-26 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $49.992026-08-11 — best price $49.992026-08-27 — best price $49.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

153642026-05-29 — 108 pageviews2026-06-01 — 97 pageviews2026-06-04 — 98 pageviews2026-06-07 — 111 pageviews2026-06-10 — 93 pageviews2026-06-13 — 86 pageviews2026-06-16 — 98 pageviews2026-06-19 — 103 pageviews2026-06-22 — 109 pageviews2026-06-25 — 86 pageviews2026-06-28 — 143 pageviews2026-07-01 — 81 pageviews2026-07-04 — 136 pageviews2026-07-07 — 89 pageviews2026-07-10 — 106 pageviews2026-07-13 — 111 pageviews2026-07-16 — 97 pageviews2026-07-19 — 103 pageviews2026-07-22 — 85 pageviews2026-07-25 — 95 pageviews2026-07-28 — 88 pageviews2026-07-31 — 74 pageviews2026-08-03 — 76 pageviews2026-08-06 — 70 pageviews2026-08-09 — 93 pageviews2026-08-12 — 88 pageviews2026-08-15 — 71 pageviews2026-08-18 — 90 pageviews2026-08-21 — 76 pageviews2026-08-24 — 122 pageviews2026-08-26 — 91 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
85.9%
earned "Gardener"
33.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputStereo SoundSteam CloudRemote Play on Tablet1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)16,71638%44
Steam (Steam)4,59313%44
Windows (Xbox)4,30911%44
Switch (Nintendo)3640%0

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

Player tags

RPGJRPGAnimeActionRemakeClassicFantasyAdventureAction RPGStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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