Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter Metacritic Scores

Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter has no Metascore quoted on this page, and that is deliberate: Metacritic is an aggregator domain this site treats as out of scope, so the number to trust is the one on Metacritic's own page. What can be sourced is narrower and more concrete. On 21 September 2026, four days after the remake launched on 17 September 2026, Steam showed 96.5% positive from 994 reviews and the PlayStation Store showed 4.87 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, and several named outlets have published reviews of the same release. The short answer to the question is therefore: the aggregate is not quoted here, and it is not guessed either.

What we can source right now

Source (all read 21 September 2026)	Score	Sample	What it covers
Steam review API	96.5% positive — Overwhelmingly Positive	994 reviews (959 positive, 35 negative)	Every Steam review on file for the app (single source: official API)
PlayStation Store	4.87 / 5	1.3K ratings	PS5 storefront star ratings only (single source)
Metacritic / OpenCritic	Not quoted here	—	Aggregator scores; read them on the aggregator's own page
Named media reviews	Per-outlet scores not verified here	RPG Fan, Nintendo World Report, CGMagazine, PCGamesN	That reviews exist and who published them (to confirm)

The two official numbers are the substance of this page, and neither is a substitute for the other. The Steam figure comes from the official review API and counts every review Steam holds for the app, while the PlayStation figure is a single reading of the US store page (single source). Both were read on 21 September 2026, four days after launch, so they describe launch week rather than a settled consensus.

They also ask different questions, which is why they cannot be averaged into one score. Steam asks owners to recommend the game or not, so its percentage is a binary vote with a large sample behind it. The PlayStation Store collects five-star ratings and displays a mean, so it measures satisfaction on a scale rather than a recommendation. The two labels — Overwhelmingly Positive and 4.87 out of 5 — are the closest thing to a public verdict that exists outside the aggregators.

Why this page does not quote a Metascore

Reading the aggregator page and lifting a number is the obvious move, and it is the one this site does not make, because aggregator domains are outside the source set by design. The practical consequence is worth stating plainly: this page can tell you what players and named outlets have said, and it cannot tell you what the aggregate currently is.

The two pages Google returned for this query were not a substitute for that. The first was a sponsored article in a game-key reseller's news section, and the second was a thread on a GameFAQs contest board, not a review outlet. Neither is accepted as a scoring source here, so no figure from either is repeated anywhere on this page, which is also why the table above has gaps in it rather than numbers.

Which outlets have published reviews

That reviews exist at all is one of the better-sourced facts on this page. RPG Fan has a review of this release, Nintendo World Report reviewed the Switch 2 version, and a CGMagazine PS5 review and a PCGamesN piece are referenced in the publisher's external press announcements on Steam, which is how they are known here without being quoted. The PCGamesN phrasing runs "iconic JRPG series you've always been afraid of gets another stellar remake", which is a description of the remake project rather than a score.

What this page will not do is repeat an outlet's score that it has not opened and read for itself. The outlets are therefore named and their numbers are left to them (to confirm). If you want a second opinion beyond the storefront figures, go to those four directly rather than to a roundup of them.

How much weight a launch-week score deserves

The keyword research behind this site recorded the metacritic queries as the three fastest-rising terms for this game, reported at 50, 49 and 49 with a Breakout label, which says the demand for this page is peaking while the numbers behind it are still forming. Read everything above as a snapshot dated 21 September 2026 rather than a verdict. The Steam total will keep growing as later buyers arrive, and a storefront mean of 4.87 out of 5 can move with a few hundred additional ratings.

It is also worth knowing which half of the story these scores describe. This release is a full remake of the 2006 Trails in the Sky SC, and it continues directly from Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, the remake released on 19 September 2025, so the reviews are judging the second half of one continuous narrative. Our remake page sets out what was rebuilt and what stayed, and the Steam page and PS5 page cover what each storefront listing states for this title.