The newly-released Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter is currently one of the highest-rated new Steam games released in 2025. Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter is a remake of The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, which was originally released in 2004 before being ported to various other platforms in the following years.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky earned mostly positive reviews, securing a 79 average critic rating and an 8.2 user rating. It kicked off the Trails sub-series of The Legend of Heroes franchise and was followed by a number of sequels and spin-offs of its own. Now RPG fans can play a modernized take on The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky with the remake, Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter. And if the reviews are any indication, Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter is heads and shoulders above its predecessor.
Highest-Rated Steam Games of 2025
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – 92
- Hollow Knight: Silksong – 92
- Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter – 91
- Split Fiction – 91
- Blue Prince – 89
- Monster Hunter Wilds – 89
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 – 89
- Keep Driving – 89
- Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo – 88
- Monster Train 2 – 88
Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter has been out for a few days now and reviews have started to trickle in. All the reviews counted so far have heaped praise on the game, securing Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter an impressive 91 overall rating on review aggregate site OpenCritic. Only 21 reviews have been counted so far, so there is certainly time for the score to fluctuate, but at the time of this writing, this makes Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter one of the highest-rated Steam games of the year. In fact, only two Steam games with at least 20 reviews counted are currently ahead of it, with Hollow Knight: Silksong and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 both enjoying 92 overall ratings. Split Fiction, meanwhile, is tied with Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter with a 91 score.
What is Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter?
Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter not only has high critic reviews, but it has high user reviews as well. Over 600 Steam users have scored the game so far, giving Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter the coveted “Overwhelmingly Positive” rating on the platform. Clearly, Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter has hit it out of the park. Its status as a remake may leave it out of the Game of the Year conversation for many, but it seems safe to say that it’s one of the best RPGs released in 2025.
Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter isn’t exclusive to Steam. It’s also available on PS5, Switch, and Switch 2.
For those that played the first game and may be wondering what Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter brings to the table, the game features a brand-new real-time combat system, but still gives players the choice to stick with traditional turn-based combat instead. The graphics have been significantly improved, and there is also new voice acting. It’s the definitive way to experience the first game in the Trails series, and if its review scores translate to high sales, one has to imagine that its sequels will be next in line for the remake treatment.