The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III
- Developer
- Nihon Falcom
- Publisher
- Nihon Falcom
- Released
- 28 September 2017
- Age rating
- PEGI N/A
- UK price
- £49.99
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC, Nintendo Switch
Genres: role playing rpg , strategy , turn based strategy tbs , adventure
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III is the eighth installment in the main Trails series, serving as a direct sequel to the events of The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II. The game follows Rean Schwarzer, now a military professor, as well as his students, and the rest of his military school friends from the prior two entries, notably exploring subjects such as the mysterious origin's of Rean's birth, and what others have been up to since the events of the prior games.
Best gaming PC for The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
£7991080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
£1,2991440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
£1,7991440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
£3,4994K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Nihon Falcom on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 / 8.1 / 7 64-bit | Windows 10 / 8.1 / 7 64-bit |
| CPU | Core i3-2100 3.10 GHz | AMD FX-8320 8-Core |
| RAM | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| GPU | Geforce GTX 650 Ti | Radeon R7 370 |
| Storage | 25 GB | 25 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to AMD FX-8320 8-Core and your GPU is at or above Radeon R7 370, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.
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