The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel

94% positive of 5,137 Steam reviews

To finish: 59 h
To 100%: 108 h
Released: 2017
Steam Deck: Verified
Platforms: Steam, GOG, PlayStation, Amazon

Made by Nihon Falcom. Published by XSEED Games, Marvelous USA, Inc..

About the game

At Thors Military Academy, Erebonia’s best learn everything from the art of war to liberal arts. First year Rean Schwarzer learns he’s been selected to join the controversial Class VII, and they’ll need to deal with more than just class warfare--they’ll need to safeguard their country from chaos.

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JRPG
Turn-Based
Anime
RPG
Story Rich
Turn-Based Combat
Romance
Fantasy
Dungeon Crawler
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel

94% positive of 5,137 Steam reviews

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To finish: 59 h
To 100%: 108 h
Released: 2017
Steam Deck: Verified
Platforms: Steam, GOG, PlayStation, Amazon

Made by Nihon Falcom. Published by XSEED Games, Marvelous USA, Inc..

About the game

Tagged by players

JRPG
Turn-Based
Anime
RPG
Story Rich
Turn-Based Combat
Romance
Fantasy
Dungeon Crawler
Adventure
Dating Sim
Cute

What players say

Recommended
first thing I should add the context of how I was playing the game: after Chapter 4 of this game I actually started Trails to Azure keeping this as spoiler free as possible I did a rotation of chapters between this game and Azure and it was one of the best experiences of narrative connectivity I've ever experienced it was almost seamless. okay lets talk about cold steel itself having experienced the PC ports of the…
73 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.
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Recommended
Overall, I recommend this game, although it does have its issues. To encompass a lot of what there is to say about the game, it was meant for the Playstation Vita, and that fact is a part of its identity. While the internet tells me it was released on the Playstation 3, Grand Theft Auto V and Final Fantasy XIII were also for the PS3, and this game is nowhere close to the level of fidelity of those two games. With…
155 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
Bought this on a whim, on sale. It's the biggest regret of a purchase on steam so far, enjoy spending 4x the amount you did for a full story that is not very good. Play one of the other JRPGs that does a better time building up its story, this game does not respect your time. This game wants to seem deep and interesting but it's as shallow as a puddle, filled with all the annoying anime tropes. Completely killed any…
97 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.
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