The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III
Developer	Nihon Falcom
Publisher	NIS America JP: Nihon Falcom;
Director	Takayuki Kusano
Producer	Toshihiro Kondo
Programmers	Toru Endo; Nobuhiro Hioki; Noriyuki Chiyoda; Atsushi Oosaki; Shingo Maekawa;
Writers	Hisayoshi Takeiri; Yoshihiro Konda; Syunsei Shikata;
Composers	Hayato Sonoda; Takahiro Unisuga; Yukihiro Jindo; Mitsuo Singa;
Series	Trails
Engine	PhyreEngine
Platforms	PlayStation 4; Nintendo Switch; Windows; Stadia; PlayStation 5;
Release	September 28, 2017 PlayStation 4 JP: September 28, 2017; NA/EU: October 22, 2019; AU: October 29, 2019; ; Nintendo Switch JP: March 19, 2020; WW: June 30, 2020; ; Windows WW: March 23, 2020; ; Amazon Luna US: October 20, 2020; ; Stadia WW: April 1, 2021; ; PlayStation 5 NA/EU: February 16, 2024; JP: August 21, 2025; ;
Genre	Role-playing
Mode	Single-player

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III is a 2017 role-playing video game developed by Nihon Falcom. The game is the eighth installment of the Trails series, itself a part of the larger The Legend of Heroes series, and follows Trails of Cold Steel II (2014).

Trails of Cold Steel III was released for the PlayStation 4 in Japan in September 2017 and worldwide in October 2019. Ports for Nintendo Switch, Windows, and Amazon Luna were released in 2020, with a port for Google Stadia following in April 2021. A PlayStation 5 port was released in February 2024. A sequel, Trails of Cold Steel IV, was released in 2018.