What Order Do I Play The Legend Of Heroes Trails Games

No matter where you begin, you will definitely reach a point where you’re going to need knowledge about ALL of them to understand the overarching plot. This is because all Trails stories are connected. Some games even happen simultaneously, just in different countries. The Trails lore is also so vast that it needed to be tackled separately per series. If you liked a Trails game and would like some context to everything you’re missing, here’s the proper order to play them.

How to play the Trails games in order

Liberl Arc (Trails in the Sky)

Crossbell Arc (Trails from Zero and Trails to Azure)

Erebonia Arc (Trails of Cold Steel)

Trails into Reverie

Trails into Reverie is the next game to play in the series. It takes place five months after Trails of Cold Steel IV, serving as the main series’ epilogue and the prequel into the next arc. Every Liberl, Crossbell, and Erebonia main character joins in on this “last” mission, aided by a mysterious group.

Trails in the Sky Trails in the Sky Second Chapter (SC) Trails in the Sky the 3rd

Trails from Zero Trails to Azure

Trails of Cold Steel Trails of Cold Steel II

After Cold Steel II, Rean graduates from school and becomes a Thors instructor. Trails of Cold Steel III is set two years after and introduces the main cast from both Liberl and Crossbell. The Legend of Heroes’ main story ends with Trails of Cold Steel IV, tying most loose ends, lore, and character arcs left behind in all previous games.

Trails of Cold Steel III Trails of Cold Steel IV: End of Saga

Calvard Arc (Trails through Daybreak)

If you’re interested in similar lore-heavy, anime-like RPGs, check out Final Fantasy and Epic Seven on Pro Game Guides. There is no information about the second one at the moment, but it is available in Japanese as 黎の軌跡 II or literally “Trails in the Dark II.” However, given Falcom’s naming sense, this will eventually be localized to Trails through Daybreak II in the West. Trails through Daybreak is set a year after Trails into Reverie, featuring a new protagonist named Van Arkride, who works for the intelligence sector. It tackles Calvard postwar. The Daybreak seres is said to be a much shorter series compared to Cold Steel, but with all the twists that Reverie brought into play, I’m not so sure anymore.