Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands™
Third-person action platformer with palace parkour and time powers
Ubisoft Montreal · Published by Ubisoft · Released Jun 8, 2010
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 71% of 3,049
- Recent reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 73% of 30 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 20
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- Unknown
- no patch notes found
Metacritic: 75/100 (critic reviews)
What is Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands™?
A single-player, third-person action platformer set in the Prince's brother's kingdom as an army besieges its palace. You cross palace environments, fight groups of enemies, and use powers over nature and time to get past obstacles.
For you if...
- +you prefer acrobatic platforming and puzzles to combat
- +you want a short adventure built around time powers
Not for you if...
- −you want varied, demanding sword combat
- −you prefer long adventures with detailed stories
What players say
71% of 3,049 reviews are positive · 73% of 30 in the last 30 days
Players praise the parkour and puzzles, particularly the sections that use the Prince's powers. They often call the combat repetitive and the game short; recent players also report launcher failures, visual glitches, and screen tearing.
Screenshots and trailer
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands™ system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP (SP3) / Windows Vista (SP2)
- Processor
- 2.6 GHz dual-core Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ or higher recommended)
- Graphics
- 256 MB DirectX 9.0c–compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (512 MB recommended) (see supported list*)
- Memory
- 1 GB Windows XP / 2 GB Windows Vista (2 GB / 4 GB recommended)
- Storage
- 8 GB
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Third-party account
- Uplay (Supports Linking to Steam Account)
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- 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
- First time setup requires active internet connection
- Singleplayer gameplay requires active internet connection
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain.
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