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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.

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III is a rpg, jrpg and story rich game developed by Nihon Falcom, Engine Software BV and PH3 GmbH and published by NIS America and Inc..
Released on March 23rd 2020 is available only on Windows in 3 languages: English, French and Japanese.

It has received 2,909 reviews of which 2,662 were positive and 247 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 59.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 18.18€ on Instant Gaming.


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Windows
  • 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

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March 2025
I have no words to describe my feelings right now as I play this latest installment, the amount of plot twists and unexpected events has surpassed everything, but I can say that it is one of the best games in the series, thanks to Falcom and everyone involved in creating this masterpiece, Legend of Heroes.
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March 2025
This one is easily my favorite of the entire Cold Steel saga, it absolutely nails that first-game-in-an-arc chill vibe while continuing to build onto the stakes and setup from Cold Steel I and II. The Trails hallmarks are all here, excellent combat, music, worldbuilding, characters, etc etc etc. New Class VII is an absolute joy to spend time with and Rean is the best he's ever been. More than anything, though, our resident GOAT Randy Orlando makes his return. That warrants a thumbs-up all by itself
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Jan. 2025
So this game is a continuation of the Trials series. It takes it's story telling quite seriously and slowly builds up to several reveals and plot twists. You don't need to have played previous installments to know what's going on but the experience will be far richer if you did. There is a lot of cross-over characters from previous games as well. It's a great game I highly encourage others play if they enjoy RPGs that care about story and character development.
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Oct. 2024
This game RUINS me. It's such a hard one for me because the characters are great, and everything in the story is necessary for the ending of the game to make sense, but it was so. darn. long. I'm told that Trails games are this long going on from here, so I'm braced for that now. The characters in this game are GREAT. Honestly, New Class VII is my favorite main cast of a Trails arc since the first two Sky games. Juna is a great character who is used to explore the complicated politics of Erebonian/Crossbellan relations, Altina is a master class in trauma, emotions, and learning empathy, Ash adds SO much it's insane, Musse is super plot relevant (much to my chagrin, I hate her innuendos so much), and Kurt is there too! The Orbment system in this game is on par with Azure for me. Having two master quartz slots is amazing, and the combination quartz feel rewarding to synthesize/modify. The ending of this game is INSANE, and makes the long, drawn-out story of the past two games feel completely worth every second in my opinion. It carries its momentum into the rest of the arc and had me actually screaming out loud on call with my girlfriend. This is a GREAT game, but you officially need to play the Sky trilogy, Crossbell Duology, AND the previous two Cold Steel games for the full effect of the plot payoffs.
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June 2024
It all starts with some kids going to school and ends having hit you with every anime trope in the book orchestrated (and translated) in an epic story. Part 3 of 4. Warning: Do not look at any fandom wikis for anything before playing through the series. They can't seem to help but put spoilers all over the place.
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III
8.8
2,662
247
Online players
81
Developer
Nihon Falcom, Engine Software BV, PH3 GmbH
Publisher
NIS America, Inc.
Release 23 Mar 2020
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