The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon

The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon

Steam Deck Playable

Nihon Falcom · RPG · Jan 15, 2026

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $44.99.

93%
Very Positive
707 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 196 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 66 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 22 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 707 player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
67% of themes are praise33% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Story: I’ll avoid spoilers because this is a story that deserves to be experienced first hand.
196 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Horizon also includes several improvements with more gameplay mechanics making it more dynamic, the Grim Garten is more interesting and the animations is really where Falcom seems to have put most of their work because they are really good.
66 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
There are a few areas in which I think they could improve like the gameplay system itself and the balancing of sponge enemies, a few nonsense moments here and there in the story that could've been better or implemented in another way, the beginning of the game being incredibly slow and of course, the soundtrack.
22 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Runs flawlessly and has incredibly sharp graphics thanks to the latest DLSS4.5 technology already implemented in the game on top of tons of graphics improvements and features that are exclusive to the PC version.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters196 reviews
Gameplay66 reviews
Audio22 reviews
Graphics13 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat66 reviews
91%
Difficulty19 reviews
95%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 4 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $44.99 (−25%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

3 points recordedtoday · $44.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
93%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
53
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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