The Legend of Heroes IV: Akai Shizuku (2000)

Platforms

Win, PC-98

Where to get it

My Abandonware

More by Nihon Falcom

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

More games like this

How it feels

This feels like a contemplative, methodical RPG where careful planning and story immersion matter more than fast action or visual flair.

rpgretrostory-drivenslow-pacedatmosphericturn-basedstrategic

About

Released in 2000 for Windows and PC-98, *The Legend of Heroes IV: Akai Shizuku* is an entry in the long-running adventure role-playing series. This title stands as one of the final major games developed by Falcom prior to their strategic shift toward mobile platforms.

Screenshots

More games like this

• The Legend of Heroes II: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch (2004)
• The Legend of Heroes: A Tear of Vermillion (2005)
• The Legend of Heroes III: Shiroki Majo (1994)
• The Legend of Heroes III: Song of the Ocean (2006)
• The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky - Premium Edition (2011)
• The Legend of Heroes I & II: Eiyuu Densetsu (1998)
• The Legend of Heroes: Ao no Kiseki (2011)
• The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki I KAI -Thors Military Academy 1204- (2021)
• More like this game, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.

More by Nihon Falcom

• The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero (2022)
• The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure (2023)
• Sora no Kiseki the 1st (2025)
• The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC (2015)
• Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter (2026)
• Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter (2025)
• Ys I & II Chronicles+ (2013)
• The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel (2017)