Games like The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak
If The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II, The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon and Ys X: Proud Nordics — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and immersive. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak: The spriggan known as Van Arkride, an underground professional, accepts any job, acting as detective, negotiator, or bounty hunter. Dive into the Trails series' latest chapter with intense combat, beautiful visuals, and a new alignment system in Calvard!

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The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Top pick for The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Return to the Calvard Republic and unravel the mystery of the crimson beast! One day, a shocking series of murders set the wheels of fate into motion once again. Chaos looming on the horizon, the spriggan Van Arkride receives an unexpected visitor. Who is behind the murders, and what is their goal?
The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon
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Shares orbment customization and an atmospheric mood with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Second-strongest match for The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
The future of an entire continent is at stake in this milestone entry in the Trails series! Explore the vast Calvard Republic with three different protagonists, nurture connections, and master powerful skills in both real-time and turn-based battles as you uncover the secrets at the core of Zemuria!
Ys X: Proud Nordics
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Third-strongest match for The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Experience the definitive edition of Adol and Karja's unforgettable journey across Obelia Gulf in Ys X: Proud Nordics!
Hexborn
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Ranked #4 for The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Hexborn is a dark fantasy action RPG where you rise from an unknown mage into the leader of a legendary guild. Master arcane combat, recruit powerful allies, forge relics, and descend into dangerous dungeons and large-scale raids to uncover the secrets behind your rare ability to fly.
Lost Soul Aside™
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Ranked #5 for The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Embark on an epic odyssey to save your younger sister – and the whole of humanity – from mysterious dimensional invaders from beyond the starlit skies in Lost Soul Aside™.
Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Ranked #6 for The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter reimagines the first chapter of a beloved series, infusing it with enhanced visuals and refined gameplay. Join Estelle and Joshua, partners bound by fate, as they unravel dark conspiracies threatening the peace of the Liberl Kingdom.
FINAL FANTASY XVI
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Ranked #7 for The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
An epic dark fantasy where fates are decided by mighty Eikons and the Dominants who wield them. This is the tale of Clive Rosfield, a tragic warrior who swears revenge on the Dark Eikon Ifrit, a mysterious entity that leaves naught but calamity in its wake.
Ys X: Nordics
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Ranked #8 for The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Explore uncharted islands, engage in fast-paced action combat, and experience the high seas adventures of unlikely allies Adol and Karja in Ys X: Nordics!
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Reviewers of The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Picking up shortly after The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, Estelle travels across Liberl in search of Joshua. The journey involves more than seeking loved ones, however, as the Bracer Guild also tasks her with unraveling the mysteries behind the newly unveiled Society of Ouroboros.
Katana ZERO
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Reviewers of The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Reviewers of The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
At Thors Military Academy, Erebonia’s best learn everything from the art of war to liberal arts. First year Rean Schwarzer learns he’s been selected to join the controversial Class VII, and they’ll need to deal with more than just class warfare--they’ll need to safeguard their country from chaos.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Reviewers of The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
The Special Support Section is back with more members and more cases to solve! How will this rag-tag group deal with the oncoming threats to Crossbell’s political stability while maintaining their team’s foundation?
The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie
WHY THIS
Shares orbment customization and a contemplative mood with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Reviewers of The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Three different legends are about to unfold! Determine the fates of Rean Schwarzer, Lloyd Bannings, and the mysterious “C” in this climactic chapter of The Legend of Heroes series.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
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Priced ~76% under The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Stardew Valley
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Priced ~64% under The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Phasmophobia
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Priced ~52% under The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~76% under The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~76% under The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Schedule I
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Priced ~52% under The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Hollow Knight
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Priced ~64% under The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
The Forest
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Priced ~52% under The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and RPG with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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More from Nihon Falcom
Other recommendable Steam games by Nihon Falcom, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Another title from Nihon Falcom, the studio behind The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak. Shares RPG with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Hailed as one of the largest, longest and most meticulously detailed turn-based JRPG series of all time, this first chapter in the ongoing Trails saga sets the stage for what's quickly become Ys developer Nihon Falcom's most popular and best-selling franchise in their entire 30+ year history.
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Another title from Nihon Falcom, the studio behind The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak. Shares Action and RPG with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Ys returns with a brand new adventure for the first time in 8 years! Adol awakens shipwrecked and stranded on a cursed island. There, he and the other shipwrecked passengers he rescues form a village to challenge fearsome beasts and mysterious ruins on the isolated island.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Another title from Nihon Falcom, the studio behind The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak. Shares RPG with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
At Thors Military Academy, Erebonia’s best learn everything from the art of war to liberal arts. First year Rean Schwarzer learns he’s been selected to join the controversial Class VII, and they’ll need to deal with more than just class warfare--they’ll need to safeguard their country from chaos.
Sora no Kiseki the 1st
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Another title from Nihon Falcom, the studio behind The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak. Shares RPG with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Kiseki series, a story-driven RPG that began in 2004, the landmark first installment, The Legend of Heroes: Sora no Kiseki FC (First Chapter), is receiving a full remake!
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Another title from Nihon Falcom, the studio behind The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak. Shares RPG with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Picking up shortly after The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, Estelle travels across Liberl in search of Joshua. The journey involves more than seeking loved ones, however, as the Bracer Guild also tasks her with unraveling the mysteries behind the newly unveiled Society of Ouroboros.
Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Another title from Nihon Falcom, the studio behind The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak. Shares Action and Adventure with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter reimagines the first chapter of a beloved series, infusing it with enhanced visuals and refined gameplay. Join Estelle and Joshua, partners bound by fate, as they unravel dark conspiracies threatening the peace of the Liberl Kingdom.
Ys Origin
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Another title from Nihon Falcom, the studio behind The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak. Shares Action and Adventure with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
The perfect mix of action, exploration and story with screen-filling bosses, unique platforming elements, and innovative puzzles.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Another title from Nihon Falcom, the studio behind The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak. Shares RPG with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Experience an epic story developed across three titles, and crafted for new and old fans alike. Also includes an interactive introduction to catch up new players to the ongoing story so anyone can dive right in to the world of Trails of Cold Steel.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Ys X: Proud Nordics
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Experience the definitive edition of Adol and Karja's unforgettable journey across Obelia Gulf in Ys X: Proud Nordics!
Lost Soul Aside™
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Embark on an epic odyssey to save your younger sister – and the whole of humanity – from mysterious dimensional invaders from beyond the starlit skies in Lost Soul Aside™.
Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak.
Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter reimagines the first chapter of a beloved series, infusing it with enhanced visuals and refined gameplay. Join Estelle and Joshua, partners bound by fate, as they unravel dark conspiracies threatening the peace of the Liberl Kingdom.
Frequently asked about The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak
- Is The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak cost?
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak is listed on Steam at 41.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak are The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II, The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon, Ys X: Proud Nordics.
- Who developed The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak?
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak was developed by Nihon Falcom, PH3 GmbH and published by NIS America, Inc..
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