The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon

The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon is the thirteenth installment in the main Trails series, serving as a direct sequel to the events of The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II. The game…

86 26 September 2024

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Turn-based strategy (TBS) Action Fantasy Science fiction

The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon is an adventure developed by Nihon Falcom, released 26 September 2024 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

Verified 4 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam

What The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon is

The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon is an adventure game developed by Nihon Falcom and released in 2024. It was published by Clouded Leopard Entertainment Inc.. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Falcom Developer Kit.

The premise, in the publisher's words

“In the year 120X, everything comes to an end.” C. Epstein, the father of the orbal revolution, prophesized the end of the Zemurian continent. As “X Day” approaches, a massive orbal rocket is about to be launched from a large military base built in the Kunlun Range. “Can man make it past the planet’s atmosphere?” “What lies at the end of the continent?” “Will mankind be able to uncover the true nature of the ‘world’?” While the whole world watches to witness the largest undertaking since the dawn of history, somewhere in the singularity that is Ored, forces from all over the land were about to gather, including a young “Spriggan.” Will the single trail toward the distant heavens ultimately…

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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 53 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the The Legend of Heroes series

The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon is the 64th of 68 entries we hold in the The Legend of Heroes series. The next entry was Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter in 2025. Its critic score of 86 is 6 points above the series average of 80. The highest-rated entry is Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter at 87.

See all 68 The Legend of Heroes games in release order →

How it was received

The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon holds a critic score of 86 out of 100. That places it above 86% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 10 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for AMD Ryzen 5 1600, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 26GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon launched on 26 September 2024, within three weeks of Silent Hill 2, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Astro Bot and Metaphor: ReFantazio. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Silent Hill 2, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Astro Bot, Metaphor: ReFantazio.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Screenshots

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Quick answers

The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon — frequently asked questions

When did The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon come out?

The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon was released on 26 September 2024 for Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon?

At minimum, The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon needs AMD Ryzen 5 1600, 8 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 graphics, 26 GB available space of storage.

How many GB is The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon?

The PC version needs about 26 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("26 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

Does The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon have controller support?

Yes. Steam lists full controller support for The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon, including PlayStation controllers.

Can you play The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon on Mac?

Steam does not sell a macOS version of The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon; the Steam release is for Windows.

Is The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon on Linux?

Steam does not list a native Linux version of The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon. Windows games can often run on Linux and Steam Deck through Proton, but that is a different question from native support.

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