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The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero
When Lloyd Bannings is assigned to Crossbell's Special Support Section, he and his new teammates must prove themselves as they fight to overcome the injustice of a city gripped by corruption.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.
What reviewers agree on
37 of the 83 reviews raise this.
“This is a detective noir in a dark city, with its only hope being 4 down and out rookies from wildly different walks of life. This is a must play JRPG experience. Do not skip this one.”
“If you’re reading this review, you’ve probably already played the Trails in the Sky trilogy, so I’ll cut to the chase. The opening hours of this game feel similar to FC, but more dynamic. You’re still visiting every…”
“Having journeyed through the entire Liberl arc, my main motivation for jumping into Zero was finally seeing the continuation of Renne’s story. For any player who witnessed the emotional weight of her past in Sky the…”
16 of the 83 reviews raise this.
“If you’re reading this review, you’ve probably already played the Trails in the Sky trilogy, so I’ll cut to the chase. The opening hours of this game feel similar to FC, but more dynamic. You’re still visiting every…”
“After having played all the Trails in the Sky games, it felt somewhat lukewarm to have to start a new story arc in a completely different place called Crossbell, but as the game went on i stopped looking back and…”
“Trails in the Sky 1-3 were an excellent trilogy, almost perfect in my eyes. While Trails from Zero does start an entirely new story in another country, it still keeps the strong continuity I loved from Sky 1-3. The…”
5 of the 83 reviews raise this.
“My favourite game of all time, and I'm ecstatic that it's now on steam with a lot of new features and improved graphics. If you're already here, that means you're interested, and I say go for it. You won't regret it. I…”
“Having journeyed through the entire Liberl arc, my main motivation for jumping into Zero was finally seeing the continuation of Renne’s story. For any player who witnessed the emotional weight of her past in Sky the…”
“Refreshing to play a JRPG where all of the main characters are competent professionals, and you don't feel like you're being forced to carry lazy-ass or helpless anime trope characters. Love the aesthetic and wider lore…”
5 of the 83 reviews raise this.
“Pretty much a perfect followup coming after the Sky trilogy of trails games. Zero builds on everything that those games got right whilst also trimming the fat, creating what is (so far) the best gameplay experience of…”
“A great jump into a new arc of the Trails series. Trails from Zero admittedly has a slow start that took me some time to get through, but once the game hooked me around Chapter 3 I couldn't stop playing. Overall Zero…”
“Brand new characters with a familiar system. I enjoyed both the story and the combat, and I'm eager to see how this series evolves as I play through each title. The addition of in-game achievements for unlockable…”
3 of the 83 reviews raise this.
“Having journeyed through the entire Liberl arc, my main motivation for jumping into Zero was finally seeing the continuation of Renne’s story. For any player who witnessed the emotional weight of her past in Sky the…”
“The game delivers an incredible cast of main and side characters, my favorite OST in the series, and a well paced, engaging story. For the best experience, I highly recommend playing through the Trails in the Sky series…”
11 of the 83 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“A great jump into a new arc of the Trails series. Trails from Zero admittedly has a slow start that took me some time to get through, but once the game hooked me around Chapter 3 I couldn't stop playing. Overall Zero…”
“Changing the protagonists of the series is often a risky gamble. I was so attached Joshua and Estelle from the first 3 games I was really concerned about how this game was going to be. Yet again they stuck the landing…”
“New to Trails since the Sky 1st Chapter Remake and have been so enamored with this series since. I've been binging the games since then and just finished Trails from Zero. Much like Trails in the Sky FC, this was is a…”
3 of the 83 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
3 of the 83 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
Counted across 83 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 97.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-14
“Guess I gotta play the other 9 games now...”
— a player, Steam review · 28 hrs played“I've been playing through this series as a first timer and writing reviews for the type of person I was. The ones who keep seeing this game hyped every where but playing the first couple minutes of the beginning and wondering, "What in the world are people talking about". For my…”
— a player, Steam review · 122 hrs played“A truly amazing, beautiful game. This release is sadly muddied by very ugly, very distracting AI-upscaling across the board. It is a disgrace to the original art direction and intent with no options to revert the graphics.”
— a player, Steam review · 73 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Trails from Zero v1.4.12 Patch Notes
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | RPG |
| Player tags | RPG · JRPG · Story Rich · Turn-Based Combat · Anime · Great Soundtrack · Singleplayer · Fantasy · Romance (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Japanese * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 49 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 8.1 Processor: Intel Core i3 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6570 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 4 GB available space