Single-player games like The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II
Single-player alternative to The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel.
Civil war has broken out across Erebonia. After his narrow escape from Trista, Rean will take up his sword again on a journey with his Divine Knight, Valimar, in search of his friends from Class VII and a way to end the conflict before its price becomes far too dear...
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd
Single-player alternative to The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel.
Half a year after Trails in the Sky SC, Father Kevin Graham takes on a routine mission on behalf of the Septian Church. He and his partner are then plunged into a realm that follows an unnaturally strict set of rules and is as intent to open old wounds as it is to keep them behind closed doors.
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC
Single-player alternative to The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel.
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.
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III
Single-player alternative to The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel.
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.
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
Single-player alternative to The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel.
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.
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Serment - Contract with a Devil
Single-player alternative to The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel.
Serment - Contract with a Devil is a visual novel/dungeon crawler hybrid featuring highly tactical turn based RPG battles, challenging dungeon puzzles, optional minigames and most importantly, a lot of cute anime girls.
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Fairy Fencer F
Single-player alternative to The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel.
Long ago, the Vile God and the Goddess waged war with each other. Equally matched, they were sealed away in another world… Now a lazy young man named Fang somehow finds himself a key part of this war he’d really rather not deal with, but fate beckons in this uncommon RPG!
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV
Single-player alternative to The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel.
The long awaited finale to the epic engulfing a continent comes to a head in the final chapter of the Trails of Cold Steel saga!
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FINAL FANTASY VII
Single-player alternative to The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel.
The RPG classic FINAL FANTASY VII returns to PC, now with brand new online features!
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Perso
Single-player alternative to The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Perso is an atmospheric puzzle game. Collecting relics within each level will slowly reveal what and where you are. You will be in control of at least five cubes, each with different abilities. Use them all to find your way.
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Tales of ARISE
Single-player alternative to The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel.
300 years of tyranny. A mysterious mask. Lost pain and memories. Wield the Blazing Sword and join a mysterious, untouchable girl to fight your oppressors. Experience a tale of liberation, featuring characters with next-gen graphical expressiveness!
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SCARLET NEXUS
Single-player alternative to The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel.
Choose between Yuito and Kasane, elite psionics each armed with a talent in psychokinesis and their own reason to fight. Complete both of their stories to unlock all the mysteries of a Brain Punk future caught between technology and psychic abilities.
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure
Single-player alternative to The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel.
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?
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Persona 5 Royal
Single-player alternative to The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel.
Don the mask and join the Phantom Thieves of Hearts as they stage grand heists, infiltrate the minds of the corrupt, and make them change their ways!
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Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA
Single-player alternative to The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel.
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.
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Sora no Kiseki the 1st
Single-player alternative to The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel.
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!
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Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter
Single-player alternative to The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel.
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.
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Ys Origin
Single-player alternative to The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel.
The perfect mix of action, exploration and story with screen-filling bosses, unique platforming elements, and innovative puzzles.