The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC

BANGER · RPG · 2015

Steam Deck Unsupported

The verdict

BUY IT.

A BANGER at $29.99.

Length
50.1h
Value
$0.60/hr
Reviews
98% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Length
50.1h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
90.3h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr
$0.60
price ÷ main-story length
Price
$29.99
as of Oct 1
Reviews
98%
4,401 reviews, as of Sep 26
Metacritic
80
critic score
Players
75K
owners, SteamSpy estimate
Released
2015

Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 32 MB VRAM, 3D accelerator compatible w/ DirectX 9.0c, 4 GB of storage. Windows only.

Picking up shortly after The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, Estelle travels across Liberl in search of Joshua. The journey involves more than seeking loved ones, however, as the Bracer Guild also tasks her with unraveling the mysteries behind the newly unveiled Society of Ouroboros.
Description from the Steam store page.

What drives the score

How to read this

Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Value$0.60/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews98% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 97% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
Length50 hours
How much game you get. Hours feed the value per dollar
Reach75K+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). Context here: this game's score does not use it
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 362 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

The value story

The lowest price on record is $19.49, set in June 2016. It has been discounted 64 times in the 11 years tracked here, typically at 35 percent off, with about 8 weeks between sales.

Value puts it in the top 1 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 95 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 99 percent. Among the games closest to it, Ikenfell ($19.99, scores 74) and Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ ($29.99, scores 73) both come in lower.

The math says it holds its tier up to $69.49, and you are being asked for $29.99.

The press gave it 80; the people who bought it give it 98 percent. An 18-point gap in the buyer's favour.

Of the 362 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026.

The drop-off

78% start to 8% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

No achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements

Players

25 players online when we last checked, on Sep 28, 07:46 UTC.

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

What players say

TitS 1 was a good game. TitS 2 is a very good game. I can't speak for the 3D remakes, but you'd have a great time play the originals. If you played the first chapter and you feel even an inkling about playing more, buy this.
PhantasmagoriaRecommendedafter 53hSep 2026Read on Steam
This took what was built in the first game and extended it seven-fold. loved the game, the story, battles, everything.
FiebsRecommendedafter 80hAug 2026Read on Steam
The second installment takes everything the first game setup and improves upon it. I really enjoyed the plot and characters. They've done a great job creating a large cast of characters while keeping them all interesting and fun. I can see why this game is regarded as among one of the best JRPG's stories around.
ANGRYzillaRecommendedafter 56hAug 2026Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

Cite this score

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The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC scores 97/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/251290/the-legend-of-heroes-trails-in-the-sky-sc
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Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.

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Critics vs players+18
Critics
80
Players
98
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 4,401 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperNihon Falcom
PublisherXSEED Games
GenreRPG
Released2015
Achievements23