Nihon Falcom announced on December 18 that Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter will be getting a simultaneous global release in 2026, slated to launch on PC (Steam), Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2 and PlayStation 5. To commemorate the big announcement, a special teaser website has also gone live as of today.
Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter is a full-fledged 3D remake of The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC, the second mainline entry in Falcom’s classic turn-based RPG series. The game is a direct sequel to Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, continuing the story of Estelle’s journey through Liberl as she tries to uncover the secrets of Ouroboros while also searching for her partner Joshua who mysteriously disappeared after the big “plot-twist” that the first game’s finale hits us with.
As disclosed by Nihon Falcom president Toshihiro Kondo in one of his interviews with AUTOMATON, Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter was being developed in parallel with the 1st chapter remake, and it was only a matter of time before it got announced. And while there was a two-year gap between the releases of the original FC and SC, this time, as Kondo noted, they wanted to “avoid such a long gap,” announcing the new game only a couple of months after Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter officially launched.
On a related note, Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, the series’ first 3D remake, debuted as Nihon Falcom’s most successful Steam release to date with the highest record of concurrent players, surpassing even the expectations of the developers themselves. With an Overwhelmingly Positive rating on the platform and a Metascore of 88, the game has been showered with praise for its improved gameplay and graphics, and a longer, fleshed-out story that manages to stay true to the original narrative. It seems like the bar has been set pretty high for Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter, and hopefully, Nihon Falcom will be able to deliver the same quality it did with the first remake.
Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter is set to launch in 2026, for PC (Steam), Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2 and PlayStation 5.
