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The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV

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!

Released Apr 9, 2021 Developer Nihon Falcom, Engine Software BV, PH3 GmbH Publisher NIS America, Inc. Platforms Windows RPGJRPGAnimeTurn-BasedStory Rich
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.

92.1%positive2,231 reviews
Recommended · 8 found this helpful

“A truly epic game in the Trails series. Granted, it took 3 games at over 100 hours each to reach this epic blend of storytelling, action, intrigue and resolution in the Cold Steel arc, and it has left me thoroughly exhausted, and close to burn out. Some of the criticisms are…”

— a player, Steam review · 109 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“shonen in video game format mecha-hype-slopgem. idk how else to put what this is”

— a player, Steam review · 98 hrs played
Not recommended · 22 found this helpful

“This game proves to me that the entire arc has but one goal: infantilizing you. Whether it's the predictable structure, the harem, or nothing ever leading to any real consequences; it all feels like it's meant to pander to a baby that needs their diapers to be pristine, feeding…”

— a player, Steam review · 101 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:24 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

98playing at last check
10224-hour peak
2,736all-time peak
0 1k 2k 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 1.5k avg · Apr 2021

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
42.3%median completion
7.5%rarest: Divine Blade
88.0% of players 82.5% of players 79.3% of players 77.0% of players 74.9% of players 74.3% of players 73.3% of players 68.3% of players 67.4% of players 67.3% of players 66.5% of players 63.9% of players 63.4% of players 63.3% of players 62.2% of players 61.2% of players 59.7% of players 57.8% of players 57.0% of players 56.4% of players 49.4% of players 48.4% of players 46.2% of players 46.1% of players 43.9% of players 43.3% of players 42.3% of players 41.9% of players 40.7% of players 39.8% of players 37.3% of players 36.9% of players 36.6% of players 35.9% of players 33.1% of players 28.5% of players 28.1% of players 27.1% of players 25.8% of players 25.8% of players 25.7% of players 24.7% of players 24.6% of players 24.1% of players 23.7% of players 23.3% of players 22.6% of players 18.5% of players 18.4% of players 16.8% of players 14.5% of players 14.4% of players 7.5% of players 88.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
88.0%Joint Operation — Infiltrated Orchis Tower.
82.5%Nightfall — Hidden achievement
79.3%Clashing Steel — Won 100 battles.
Rarest badges of honor
7.5%Divine Blade — Mastered Trails of Cold Steel IV and earned every achievement.
14.4%Slayer of Nightmares — Completed the game on nightmare difficulty.
14.5%Chronicle of Battle — Completely filled the battle section in the notebook. (Besides the Extra category)

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
Patch 1.2.2 Release Notes

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

Feb 11, 2024
Patch 1.2.1 Release Notes

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

Jun 24, 2021
Lossless Audio Pack Now Available!

Hello everyone! Small update, but we now have a free lossless audio pack available so you can enjoy Trails of Cold Steel IV with higher fidelity audio. Details: Enjoy the sounds of Trails of Cold Stee

Apr 17, 2021
Patch 1.2 Release Notes

Hi everyone, we have fixed some reported bugs and also introduced two new features requested by fans. Here is a list of changes: Fix a potential crash issue in very specific situations with some combi

Apr 12, 2021
Patch 1.1.1 Release Notes

Hi everyone, while it is great to hear that yesterday's 1.1 patch improved the game experience for a lot of people, it also introduced an audio regression for some. Also, the feature to disable dynami

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

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

GenresRPG
Player tagsRPG · JRPG · Anime · Turn-Based · Story Rich · Great Soundtrack · Singleplayer · Fantasy · Turn-Based Combat · Romance · Mechs · Adventure (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Japanese * *
Achievements53
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (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 Storage: 25 GB available space Sound Card: Onboard