Games like The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel
Closest overall match: Fairy Fencer F (★ 3.4). Highest rated: DRAGON QUEST XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age at ★ 4.3. Quickest to finish: LIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY XIII at about 4 hours.
These 12 games score highest on our similarity model for The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. What ties them together most: JRPG, Anime and Cute.
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78%
1. Fairy Fencer F
Shares Visual Novel, JRPG, Cute, Turn-Based and Anime and 7 more tags; rated 0.7 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 46%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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75%
2. The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
Shares Turn-Based Combat, JRPG, role-playing, Turn-Based and Anime and 7 more tags; same developer.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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72%
3. DRAGON QUEST XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
Shares Turn-Based Combat, JRPG, Turn-Based, Anime and Fantasy and 6 more tags; rated 0.3 higher; about 5h longer.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 15h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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69%
4. LIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY XIII
Shares JRPG, Cute, Anime, Fantasy and Partial Controller Support and 5 more tags; rated 0.4 lower; about 6h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 67%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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68%
5. Tales of Zestiria
Shares JRPG, Cute, Anime, Fantasy and Great Soundtrack and 5 more tags; rated 0.4 lower; about 5h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 60%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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68%
6. Hyperdimension Neptunia Re ; Birth3 V Generation
Shares Visual Novel, Turn-Based Combat, JRPG, Cute and role-playing and 9 more tags; rated 0.6 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 70
- Playtime
- 8h
- Shared genres
- RPG
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68%
7. Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age
Shares JRPG, role-playing, Anime, Fantasy and Great Soundtrack and 5 more tags.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 67%
- Shared genres
- RPG
-
65%
8. FINAL FANTASY XIII-2
Shares Turn-Based Combat, JRPG, Turn-Based, Anime and Fantasy and 6 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; about 6h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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65%
9. FINAL FANTASY XIII
Shares Turn-Based Combat, JRPG, Turn-Based, Fantasy and Partial Controller Support and 5 more tags; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 64%
- Shared genres
- RPG
-
64%
10. Hyperdimension Neptunia Re ; Birth1
Shares Visual Novel, Turn-Based Combat, JRPG, Cute and role-playing and 8 more tags; rated 0.7 lower; about 5h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 70
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- RPG
-
64%
11. Citizens of Earth
Shares JRPG, role-playing, Turn-Based, Partial Controller Support and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; rated 1.1 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 2.9
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 12%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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63%
12. Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA
Shares JRPG, Cute, role-playing, Anime and Great Soundtrack and 5 more tags; same developer; about 5h shorter.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- RPG
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel?
On our similarity model, Fairy Fencer F is the closest match to The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel — shares Visual Novel, JRPG, Cute, Turn-Based and Anime and 7 more tags; rated 0.7 lower; same release year.
Which game like The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel is rated highest?
DRAGON QUEST XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.3/5 from 377 players.
Are there games like The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 5 games like The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
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