Prince of Persia®: The Sands of Time
Third-person action platformer with palace acrobatics and time rewinds
Kudosoft · Published by Ubisoft · Released Nov 21, 2008
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 86% of 5,305
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 81% of 43 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 34
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- Unknown
- no patch notes found
Metacritic: 89/100 (critic reviews)
What is Prince of Persia®: The Sands of Time?
A third-person action platformer set in a palace in ancient Persia. After unleashing an evil with a magic dagger, the Prince runs along walls, fights enemies, solves puzzles, and rewinds time as he tries to reclaim the palace with a princess's help.
For you if...
- +you enjoy chaining acrobatic moves through platforming challenges
- +you like puzzles and the ability to rewind mistakes
- +you want a single-player adventure with a mythic setting
Not for you if...
- −you want combat to be the main attraction
- −you dislike timing jumps and navigating platforming obstacles
What players say
86% of 5,305 reviews are positive · 81% of 43 in the last 30 days
Players praise the acrobatic platforming, time rewind, puzzles, and story. They complain about repetitive combat and awkward controls or camera movement, and many report PC compatibility problems such as fog glitches that require fixes.
Screenshots and trailer
Prince of Persia®: The Sands of Time system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- Processor
- 800 MHz Pentium® III or AMD Athlon™
- Graphics
- 64 MB GeForce™ 3 or higher, or ATI® Radeon™ 8500 or higher, Matrox Parhelia™. (GeForce4 MX not supported)
- Memory
- 256 MB of RAM
- Storage
- 1.5 GB available hard disk space
- DirectX
- DirectX® version 9.0c or higher
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Native resolution not supported
- Device compatibility warnings shown
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain.
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