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The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II
Return to the Calvard Republic and unravel the mystery of the crimson beast! One day, a shocking series of murders set the wheels of fate into motion once again. Chaos looming on the horizon, the spriggan Van Arkride receives an unexpected visitor. Who is behind the murders, and what is their goal?
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.
What reviewers agree on
22 of the 71 reviews raise this.
“Starting out I want to say that this is a fun game. You can pick it up, play it, and walk away with satisfaction with just enjoying it as it is. I'm not super critical of my JRPG elements, but I feel fun neurons firing…”
“Trails through Daybreak 2 is a fun game to play through from a gameplay perspective but is a victim of the lockdown development cycle and serving as a setup to the next entry in the franchise, Trails Beyond the Horizon…”
“Well I don't know what to say...it was really amazing... they improved the battle mechanics. from the story... at this point I can only accept as it.. we are [spoiler] time-lapsing[/spoiler] with this one lol. Overall…”
19 of the 71 reviews raise this.
“I went into this Trails entry expecting it to be by far the worst experience the series has to offer based on the community's response to this game. However I thoroughly enjoyed this game just as much as other entries,…”
4 of the 71 reviews raise this.
“Another excellent addition in the trail series. What's Good: - The characters... Vand and Agnes of course. - The plot.... This game is running like Reverie plus a time based plot - Graphics is a bit better than the…”
31 of the 71 reviews raise this · 26 of them still recommend the game.
“Starting out I want to say that this is a fun game. You can pick it up, play it, and walk away with satisfaction with just enjoying it as it is. I'm not super critical of my JRPG elements, but I feel fun neurons firing…”
“Trails through Daybreak 2 is a fun game to play through from a gameplay perspective but is a victim of the lockdown development cycle and serving as a setup to the next entry in the franchise, Trails Beyond the Horizon…”
8 of the 71 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“For all the Trails fans out there: Skip this one. Nothing of importance to the overall story happens in Daybreak 2, it's basically a filler game to shorten the wait for Horizon, which at this point is already out, so no…”
“I went into this Trails entry expecting it to be by far the worst experience the series has to offer based on the community's response to this game. However I thoroughly enjoyed this game just as much as other entries,…”
“Take out the Garten and this game is 200% better. Act 3 and lack of plot progression aside, filler side dungeons kills trails games, Reverie being a prime example. However despite those issues this is still a solid…”
6 of the 71 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Take out the Garten and this game is 200% better. Act 3 and lack of plot progression aside, filler side dungeons kills trails games, Reverie being a prime example. However despite those issues this is still a solid…”
Counted across 71 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 84.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-14
“[h1] Basically a filler game to shorten the wait for Beyond the Horizon, but there is some very important snippets from past games in here that you don't want to miss! [/h1] TL;DR [table] [tr] [th]Pros[/th] [th]Cons[/th] [/tr] [tr] [td]✔️ The battle system is really innovative,…”
— a player, Steam review · 65 hrs played“You know, I haven’t really left a review for any Trails game before even though I absolutely love them, but I just had for this one. Before I got to it (I was really behind on the releases and just now catching up) I heard a lot of negative opinions, claiming this one to be THE…”
— a player, Steam review · 58 hrs played“I have played almost all the Trails games except the Trails in the Sky trilogy (which I already bought the remake but haven’t played it yet lol) and well, what can I say, I’m so deep into it that anything related to Trails is going to appeal to me, but this one was honestly a…”
— a player, Steam review · 70 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
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Latest official news
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Version 1.2.15 Release Notes
Hi everyone, today we are releasing a minor update for Trails through Daybreak II. This patch includes the following changes: Integrate a variety of localization improvements and fixes Slightly improv
Version 1.2.10 - Intel XeSS Support and Some Other Improvements
Hi everyone, in the patch notes for the previous major update which introduced DLSS, we noted that we would like to support other upscaling technologies (such as XeSS and FSR) as well, but that they d
Version 1.2.8 - Introducing TAA and DLSS Support
Hi everyone, I'm very happy to announce that with today's update, we are introducing Temporal Anti-Aliasing and NVIDIA DLSS support for Trails through Daybreak II. If you are interested in more detail
v1.1.8 Release Notes
Hi everyone, we just released an update for Trails through Daybreak II with the following changes: Optimize loading time performance by reducing file metadata lookups. Fix basketball minigame ball mot
v1.1.7 Release Notes
Hi everyone, we just released another update for Trails through Daybreak II with the following changes: : Add Steam Timeline markers when a new BGM track is played, if BGM information is enabled. This
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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 | Action, Adventure, RPG |
| Player tags | RPG · Action · Adventure · JRPG · Action RPG · Party-Based RPG · 3D · Anime · Third Person · Fantasy · Magic · Mechs (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Adjustable Text Size · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Save Anytime |
| Languages | English * , Japanese * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 53 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10/11 Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 22 GB available space Additional Notes: Settings: 1080p, 30 FPS, Performance Graphics Profile