The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III
Developer(s)Nihon Falcom
Publisher(s)NIS America
  • JP: Nihon Falcom
Director(s)Takayuki Kusano
Producer(s)Toshihiro Kondo
Programmer(s)
  • Toru Endo
  • Nobuhiro Hioki
  • Noriyuki Chiyoda
  • Atsushi Oosaki
  • Shingo Maekawa
Writer(s)
  • Hisayoshi Takeiri
  • Yoshihiro Konda
  • Syunsei Shikata
Composer(s)
  • Hayato Sonoda
  • Takahiro Unisuga
  • Yukihiro Jindo
  • Mitsuo Singa
SeriesTrails
EnginePhyreEngine
Platform(s)
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(s)Role-playing
Mode(s)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 a part 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.