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Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
Dash into a stylish and thrilling action-adventure platformer set in a mythological Persian world where the boundaries of time and space are yours to manipulate.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Smooth fluid combat and tight platforming” (80 of 103 reviews) and “Well-balanced challenge with good accessibility” (22); the most common complaint is “Forced Ubisoft Connect launcher requirement” (16). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-30 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
80 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“- Be Ubisoft - Your devs finally produce a good game - Give it ZERO marketing - It performs good but as COSMICALLY AAAAAA GOOD as you want it - You axe teams, cancel any sequels - …….. - Profit? No, you get split up and…”
“Peak. One of the best games I've ever played and one of the very few games which I did a 100% on; which is more telling than any written review I could give IMO. Pros: -Beautiful visuals -Great music and voiceacting…”
“My review page. Follow me on twitch! The gist of it: The Prince of Persia franchise is most likely abandoned by Ubisoft, so The Lost Crown might be the last PoP game we will probably ever see, at least for the next…”
22 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Peak. One of the best games I've ever played and one of the very few games which I did a 100% on; which is more telling than any written review I could give IMO. Pros: -Beautiful visuals -Great music and voiceacting…”
“When the game came out: Oh joy, another metroidvania and from ubisoft no less. Daring today aren't we? When browsing ps+: Well, it's here. What's the harm in trying it out. Initial thoughts: The combat is surprisingly…”
“I actually really enjoyed playing this game to the fact that right before final boss fight I have lost my save file due to OS reinstallation and had to play game from scratch to finish it and found myself still enjoying…”
14 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Peak. One of the best games I've ever played and one of the very few games which I did a 100% on; which is more telling than any written review I could give IMO. Pros: -Beautiful visuals -Great music and voiceacting…”
“It's criminal that I don't see people talking about this game. Movement and paltofrming feel crisp and fun from the start and only get better Story is enjoyable, game is pretty. Do recommend”
“PoP back to roots? Well, almost. It's a metrovania. I like 2d platformer, though not metrovania as the subgenre. However this has good graphics, nice combos, good moment to moment gameplay, so it hooked me”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Huge Prince of Persia fan here, so all the PoP information in the last few months isn't looking good. Regardless this game is 100% worth it (on sale). I would never justify the retail price of $50/60. Currently it being…”
“I actually really enjoyed playing this game to the fact that right before final boss fight I have lost my save file due to OS reinstallation and had to play game from scratch to finish it and found myself still enjoying…”
“Prince of Persia The Lost Crown is a seriously overlooked metroidvania that doesn't quite stand toe to toe with the giants of the genre, but it is not far behind. The game isn't perfect, the story and writing are pretty…”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Peak. One of the best games I've ever played and one of the very few games which I did a 100% on; which is more telling than any written review I could give IMO. Pros: -Beautiful visuals -Great music and voiceacting…”
“Classic Prince of Persia time shenanigans paired with Sekiro parry, and fun (very fun) platforming! Good puzzles. Music is top level, — Gareth Coker impressed me here once again. Voice acting — superb. Story is meh, but…”
“True Gem, Recommend 10/10. Long story short, every minute, so far, has been fun and engaging, +Feels really good to play. The parkour, the combat, the exploration, the puzzles, everything hits perfectly. +Parries.…”
16 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“What is wrong with you, Ubisoft? I have paid you for the game already, and I want the game, not your account. I'm struggling to create an account from my Steam Deck right now because your servers are not responding…”
“I had downloaded this game on my steam deck for a long flight. But could I play it? Noo... Ubisoft just had to require an online connection to start playing. Not a bad game, but not a great game either. Online…”
“Huge Prince of Persia fan here, so all the PoP information in the last few months isn't looking good. Regardless this game is 100% worth it (on sale). I would never justify the retail price of $50/60. Currently it being…”
14 of the 103 reviews raise this · 13 of them still recommend the game.
“- Be Ubisoft - Your devs finally produce a good game - Give it ZERO marketing - It performs good but as COSMICALLY AAAAAA GOOD as you want it - You axe teams, cancel any sequels - …….. - Profit? No, you get split up and…”
“Yes. Ubisoft can make good games after all! This is a work of love and you feel it. True metroidvania. Superb combat, great combo's and great exploring. The Bossfights are very cool, all kinds of different mechanics to…”
“It's a solid metroidvania with cool gameplay, has a lot of neat ideas and very nice QoL features other metroidvanias could surely use. The combination of PoP moving in some platforming is also a really cool idea and…”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“No cloud save, probably because of the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ubisoft connect that is forced into the game. There is one, in the menu, but you explicitly have to select it, otherwise it doesn't auto upload your save. Just lost 15…”
“Even though I have around 25+ hrs on this, I must give it a bad review. If a game requires a launcher and an account from Ubisoft, then just move on to the next game since the launcher and Ubisoft's own services do not…”
“This game has a cloud save feature, but it doesn't automatically upload them to the cloud, you have to do it manually from the menu where you select which save slot to play. Stupid ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ decision. Other than that, the…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“This game is amazing and surprisingly massive with ton of stuff to do. It should be an instant purchase for every metroidvania fan especially those who chase that sweet 100% completion which is fairly common in this…”
“really well designed game, beautiful art and excellent music - cannot believe ubisoft is abandoning this”
“Great metroidvania with some minor issues and unfortunate marketing”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“I had downloaded this game on my steam deck for a long flight. But could I play it? Noo... Ubisoft just had to require an online connection to start playing. Not a bad game, but not a great game either. Online…”
“Overall: It's fun up to a point, then it becomes an absolutely maddening chore. I'm near a point in the game where it's insanely unclear about where I need to go (there's 4 paths). Having to kill the same ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥…”
“+ Solid amount of content + Movement is fun - Game is still full of bugs - No cloud saves - Ubisoft Connect required - Weak story and characters - Bland, forgettable boss fights It's a serviceable metroidvania if you're…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 84.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS (I played on Intel Arc, not really optimized but its okay, still looks good and playable) ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Masterpiece ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just…”
— a player, Steam review · 37 hrs played“Amazing game, only brought down my Ubisoft's stupid launcher.”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played“This game is great. Honestly 8/10 for metroidvania style platformers. If you like Ori and The Will of the Wisps you'll enjoy this game. However, I'm giving this game a overall negative review because it requires a Ubisoft Connect login. I just had my account TEMPORARILY…”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-24.
Price tracking
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Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
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Steam Deck Verified
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The Mask of Darkness Story DLC is available now!
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Prince of Persia™: The Lost Crown Patch 1.4.0 | Mask of Darkness
Prince of Persia™: The Lost Crown Update 1.4.0 was deployed on all supported platforms on the 12th of September 2024 . It was pushed ahead of the DLC release to ensure that all players who purchase Ma
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Metroidvania · Exploration · 2D Platformer · Side Scroller · Action · Precision Platformer · Adventure · Action-Adventure · Action RPG · Controller · Colorful · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Captions available |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian, German * , Spanish - Spain * , Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Persian * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 40 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (64 bit only) Processor: Intel Core i5-4460 3.4 GHz, AMD Ryzen3 1200 3.1 GHz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 (2GB VRAM) or AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (4GB VRAM) DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 30 GB available space