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Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands™
Prince of Persia The Forgotten Sands is the next chapter in the fan-favorite Sands of Time universe. Visiting his brother's kingdom following his adventure in Azad, the Prince finds the royal palace under siege from a mighty army bent on its destruction.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
26 of the 86 reviews raise this.
“After so many modern AAA games that drag on forever, this felt like a breath of fresh air. It’s short, fun, and straight to the point with no unnecessary filler. The platforming sections are especially great. Instead of…”
“Prince of Persia Forgetten Sands: If u like parkour games, then it will best suit to u as it has 95% puzzle and parkour The combat is simple only one weapon and just one button click U may frustrate on certain levels…”
“I wish I could give this a mixed review, but I suppose I liked it more than not. First off: This needs the uplay launcher which sucks, and you cannot unlock the extra content anymore. And while speaking of the condition…”
8 of the 86 reviews raise this.
“I have very mixed feelings about this game. If you compare it to two thrones only - its kinda better - it has less bugs, the graphics is better, the parkour system is enjoyable, the traps are on point, especially in the…”
“Absolute Masterpiece of a game. The music, the graphics, the visual story-telling, and the simple combat system. It captures the vibe of ancient Persia and the music draws you into it. It even gives the water sword it's…”
“graphic is epic”
5 of the 86 reviews raise this.
“Absolute Masterpiece of a game. The music, the graphics, the visual story-telling, and the simple combat system. It captures the vibe of ancient Persia and the music draws you into it. It even gives the water sword it's…”
“Quite short but overall good gameplay. Compared to the original trilogy the movement was much smoother. Weird playing on keyboard and mouse vs controller but you get use to it. Story was decent. Worth grabbing on sale…”
“Prince of persia the forgotten sands is the best selling video game because of the story,the combat system and the world.”
4 of the 86 reviews raise this.
“After so many modern AAA games that drag on forever, this felt like a breath of fresh air. It’s short, fun, and straight to the point with no unnecessary filler. The platforming sections are especially great. Instead of…”
“Fun short game. Checkpoint is very forgiving unlike in Trilogy where sometimes you are thrown minutes back. Forgotten Sands combat is dumb easy, no more acrobatic combat and straight up hack and slash. You get elemental…”
“story is mid and combat is alright but the parkour in this one is SOLID would reccomend if you can get it on sale. Its a fun quick playthrough for a weekend.”
3 of the 86 reviews raise this.
“Fun short game. Checkpoint is very forgiving unlike in Trilogy where sometimes you are thrown minutes back. Forgotten Sands combat is dumb easy, no more acrobatic combat and straight up hack and slash. You get elemental…”
19 of the 86 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“Prince of Persia Forgetten Sands: If u like parkour games, then it will best suit to u as it has 95% puzzle and parkour The combat is simple only one weapon and just one button click U may frustrate on certain levels…”
“I wish I could give this a mixed review, but I suppose I liked it more than not. First off: This needs the uplay launcher which sucks, and you cannot unlock the extra content anymore. And while speaking of the condition…”
“I don't know why people are so negative about this game. The gameplay is really good, it holds up against the original trilogy perfectly well. The ending and the story in general sucks though. I didn't care about any of…”
15 of the 86 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Game is locked at 60hz which gives me horrible screen tearing with both vsync on and off even on gsync monitor. Aside that it feels very generic and mediocre with way worse movement and combat than the old trilogy.”
“Fun short game. Checkpoint is very forgiving unlike in Trilogy where sometimes you are thrown minutes back. Forgotten Sands combat is dumb easy, no more acrobatic combat and straight up hack and slash. You get elemental…”
“I have very mixed feelings about this game. If you compare it to two thrones only - its kinda better - it has less bugs, the graphics is better, the parkour system is enjoyable, the traps are on point, especially in the…”
7 of the 86 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Prince of Persia Forgetten Sands: If u like parkour games, then it will best suit to u as it has 95% puzzle and parkour The combat is simple only one weapon and just one button click U may frustrate on certain levels…”
“Play this only if you cant access the firtgirl repack, controls can be a little buggy if the prince gets knoced down during combat, but overall for nostalgia its an alright game”
“Quite short but overall good gameplay. Compared to the original trilogy the movement was much smoother. Weird playing on keyboard and mouse vs controller but you get use to it. Story was decent. Worth grabbing on sale…”
6 of the 86 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“I don't know why people are so negative about this game. The gameplay is really good, it holds up against the original trilogy perfectly well. The ending and the story in general sucks though. I didn't care about any of…”
“story is mid and combat is alright but the parkour in this one is SOLID would reccomend if you can get it on sale. Its a fun quick playthrough for a weekend.”
“Where do I start for this game? It was a blatant cash grab and a movie tie-in. This game ditches everything that made the trilogy fun to play. So the combat is dumbed down completely. Gone are the combos and acrobatics,…”
6 of the 86 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Game is locked at 60hz which gives me horrible screen tearing with both vsync on and off even on gsync monitor. Aside that it feels very generic and mediocre with way worse movement and combat than the old trilogy.”
“I wish I could give this a mixed review, but I suppose I liked it more than not. First off: This needs the uplay launcher which sucks, and you cannot unlock the extra content anymore. And while speaking of the condition…”
“I don't know why people are so negative about this game. The gameplay is really good, it holds up against the original trilogy perfectly well. The ending and the story in general sucks though. I didn't care about any of…”
Counted across 86 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 70.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Underrated POP game. I like the part where you're a Prince, in Persia and discover the Forgotten Sands.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Fun midquel, but I do wish it had more going to it. Like...just more levels, more enemies, more bosses, give me more!!! I just love this world and wish that the franchise kept going.”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“a very funny but unfortunate bug that causes the prince to go stiff like a fainting goat after receiving damage that knocks him over. unrecoverable except with time rewind. couldn't get past the first boss, the guy that knocks you over constantly. would run out of sand, too hard…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Action · Adventure · Platformer · Parkour · Third Person · Singleplayer · Fantasy · Hack and Slash · 3D Platformer · Time Manipulation · Story Rich (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player |
| Languages | English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain |
| Official site | http://www.princeofpersiagame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
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) Memory: 1 GB Windows XP / 2 GB Windows Vista (2 GB / 4 GB recommended) Graphics: 256 MB DirectX 9.0c–compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (512 MB recommended) (see supported list*) DirectX®: DirectX 9.0c Hard Drive: 8 GB Sound: DirectX 9.0c–compliant sound card (5.1 sound card recommended) Peripherals Supported: Windows-compliant keyboard, mouse, optional controller (Xbox 360 Controller