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Prince of Persia®: The Sands of Time
Amidst the scorched sands of ancient Persia, there is a legend spun in an ancient tongue. It speaks of a time borne by blood and ruled by deceit. Drawn to the dark powers of a magic dagger, a young Prince is led to unleash a deadly evil upon a beautiful kingdom.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a phenomenal game that still holds up remarkably well two decades later. While some frustrations stem from its age, viewing it in the context of its time makes it easy to overlook those minor flaws. Its slick strategic combat combined with…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“I do recommend this game, although that recommendation comes with an asterisk. Let's get it straight; Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is one of the best video games ever made. The story is incredibly well written and will seriously hit you in the feels. The storybook…”
— a player, Steam review · 30 hrs played“if you pick it up on sale for 2 euros, play with the widescreen mod for high resolution, enable creative eax in settings, change the .ini file to fix the fog, limit the game to 60fps, it's actually pretty cool, the puzzles are nice”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:42 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Action · Adventure · Parkour · Platformer · Classic · Third Person · Singleplayer · Time Manipulation · Puzzle-Platformer · Story Rich · Time Travel · Fantasy (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Supported OS: Windows® 2000/XP (only) Processor: 800 MHz Pentium® III or AMD Athlon™ System Memory: 256 MB of RAM Video Card: 64 MB GeForce™ 3 or higher, or ATI® Radeon™ 8500 or higher, Matrox Parhelia™. (GeForce4 MX not supported) Sound Card: DirectX® 9.0 or higher compliant sound card DirectX Version: DirectX® version 9.0c or higher Hard Disk: 1.5 GB available hard disk space Supported Peripherals: ThrustMaster FIRESTORM Dual Analog 3 Note: For an up-to-date list of supported chipsets, video cards, and operating systems, please visit the FAQ for this game at: .