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The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III

Experience an epic story developed across three titles, and crafted for new and old fans alike. Also includes an interactive introduction to catch up new players to the ongoing story so anyone can dive right in to the world of Trails of Cold Steel.

Released Mar 23, 2020 Developer Nihon Falcom, Engine Software BV, PH3 GmbH Publisher NIS America, Inc. Platforms Windows RPGJRPGStory RichAnimeTurn-Based
View on Steam ↗ $59.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

91.5%positive2,940 reviews
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“Having played the entire Trails series on Steam, I can confidently say that Cold Steel III is an unforgettable experience. The leap in graphical fidelity from the second game is massive—the world of Erebonia has never looked more vibrant and detailed. But the real star here is…”

— a player, Steam review · 101 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Cold Steel 3 is an excellent JRPG, though as a primarily story driven one, you'll need to have played at least Cold Steel 1 & 2 as well as Azure and Zero in order to make any sense of things. Ideally, you'll have played the three games before that as well. The format is pretty…”

— a player, Steam review · 110 hrs played
Not recommended · 11 found this helpful

“I'm recommending this since it IS a necessary chapter in the Erebonian arc. But that said, it's my least favorite Trails game, and there's honestly nothing to see here if you've played Cold Steel 1&2, except to introduce new characters for the final, totally seperate game. The…”

— a player, Steam review · 110 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:47 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

82playing at last check
9124-hour peak
1,922all-time peak
0 1k 2k 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 1.3k avg · Mar 2020

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

53achievements
39.1%median completion
5.9%rarest: A Flash of Light
74.1% of players 72.3% of players 66.1% of players 64.4% of players 64.0% of players 59.9% of players 58.0% of players 57.8% of players 57.5% of players 56.2% of players 53.8% of players 53.5% of players 53.1% of players 50.2% of players 49.1% of players 46.5% of players 44.8% of players 44.1% of players 44.0% of players 42.0% of players 41.9% of players 41.2% of players 40.3% of players 39.7% of players 39.6% of players 39.5% of players 39.1% of players 38.1% of players 36.1% of players 35.4% of players 34.7% of players 34.5% of players 33.4% of players 32.8% of players 31.5% of players 30.8% of players 30.0% of players 29.2% of players 28.1% of players 28.0% of players 27.7% of players 26.9% of players 24.2% of players 22.3% of players 21.5% of players 21.4% of players 19.4% of players 18.2% of players 14.7% of players 12.0% of players 11.6% of players 10.9% of players 5.9% of players 74.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
74.1%Class VII Begins Anew! — Hidden achievement
72.3%Spring Once Again — Hidden achievement
66.1%Combat Exercises — Won 100 battles.
Rarest badges of honor
5.9%A Flash of Light — Mastered Trails of Cold Steel III and earned every achievement.
10.9%Conqueror of Nightmares — Completed the game on nightmare difficulty.
11.6%Monsterology 101 — Completely filled the battle section in the notebook.

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.

$59.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$59.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US59.99 USD
EU59.99 EUR
UK49.99 GBP
Australia79.95 AUD
Canada79.99 CAD
Japan7,678 JPY
Brazil162.00 BRL
China218.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$32 China Japan Australia Canada US UK EU≈$68

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $50 $100 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Dec 09, 2024
Trails of Cold Steel III Version 1.07 Patch Notes

Hi everyone, today we are releasing a patch for Trails of Cold Steel III which improves how the game interacts with platform achievement APIs. This should prevent performance issues in some circumstan

Jul 05, 2024
Daybreak II Coming Early 2025

About The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II + Wishlist today and stay tuned for updates leading up to the game's release! No longer threatened by the mafia organization Almata, the people o

Jun 29, 2024
Daybreak upcoming English release & Launch Purchase Options

About The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak After the war, Calvard is enjoying unprecedented economic prosperity. However, the public grows uncertain as the number of immigrants increases and

Feb 11, 2024
Trails of Cold Steel III Version 1.06 Patch Notes

Hi everyone! It's been a while, but we are providing a new update to Trails of Cold Steel III today. This is primarily in response to some relatively recent changes in behaviour on a subset of systems

Mar 24, 2020
Trails of Cold Steel III Version 1.05 Patch Notes

Hi everyone! I hope you are enjoying Trails of Cold Steel III! We just released a minor update which fixes a startup crash issue on uncommon system configurations: Fixed a crash on startup when launch

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresRPG
Player tagsRPG · JRPG · Story Rich · Anime · Turn-Based · Great Soundtrack · Singleplayer · Adventure · Fantasy · Turn-Based Combat · Romance · Action (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on Phone · Remote Play on Tablet · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Japanese * *
Achievements53
Estimated owners50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://thelegendofheroes.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 10/8.1/7 64-bit Processor: Core i3-2100 3.10 GHz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Geforce GTX 650 Ti DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 25 GB available space Sound Card: Onboard