Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter

Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter

Steam Deck Verified

Nihon Falcom · JRPG · Sep 19, 2025

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $59.99. It has been as low as $29.99.

96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
5k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 221 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 74 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 59 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Performance: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 5k player reviews · updated 6 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
64% of themes are praise27% are divided9% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
TLDR highly recommended classic-modern turn based JRPG with great writing, characters, cutscenes, and combat system.
221 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Everything feels really smooth and gameplay is well though out, including a scaling EXP system so you don't need to grind monsters in order to level up and defeat certain bosses along the story.
74 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
To start, the graphics of this game are absolutely stunning.
59 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The most important thing is that I never get tired of it, and I liked listening to the game soundtrack playlist even outside the game.
57 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
Performance wise its mostly good and can hold 60 on a steam deck but randomly the fps would tank to 15 even on my main pc and I would have to restart for it to go back to normal, this was probably a bug.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
It's entertaining and paced well enough to put the controller down, especially scenes with voice acting - like a convincingly high quality coming-of-age fantasy adventure anime.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+1 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

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

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love7 themes
Story and characters221 reviews
Gameplay74 reviews
Graphics59 reviews
Audio57 reviews
Steam Deck12 reviews
Controls8 reviews
Interface8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat156 reviews
96%
Difficulty42 reviews
88%
Crashes7 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend
Performance6 reviews
100%

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. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Prices have been lower

Currently $59.99. The lowest we've tracked is $29.99.

3 points recordedtoday · $59.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
43
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.