Prince of Persia®: The Sands of Time on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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.

Prince of Persia®: The Sands of Time is a action, adventure and parkour game developed by Kudosoft and published by Ubisoft.
Released on August 27th 2009 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 4,370 reviews of which 3,745 were positive and 625 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Prince of Persia®: The Sands of Time into these genres:

Action Adventure Parkour Platformer Classic Third Person Singleplayer Time Manipulation Puzzle-Platformer Story Rich Time Travel Fantasy Great Soundtrack Atmospheric Hack and Slash 3D Platformer Controller Puzzle Retro Action-Adventure

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System requirements

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Windows

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: .

User reviews & Ratings

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Feb. 2025

Love this game. It seems easier now that I'm 32 compared to when I was 11... How weird! Good story, OK voice acting, nice puzzles and mobility - this game started the 'parcour' era of videogames! 2 downsides: it's a console game in the first place and yet the controllers are not supported by default(?!) also the camera can be annoying, which is bad for a game that relies on you making quick decisions and inputs to avoid death. PRO TIP: This game is sold for about 10 bucks but you can regularly get it for 2. Buy it anyway, it's great. Also disable the fog entierly, apparently it's buggy with some graphics cards. ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☑ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☑ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☑ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☑ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☑ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☑ 9 ☐ 10

Dec. 2024

A classic game that needs to be played. I replayed this recently and this game is a masterpiece of well designed puzzles. The combat is a bit frustrating but thankfully there is not too much of it. Playing on a desktop with Nvidia cards means you will need to have V-Sync disabled in some sections when you are doing multiple wall to wall jumps. Even with those issues, I enjoyed playing it and recommend it wholeheartedly.

Aug. 2024

Honestly incredible on the OLED Steam Deck so far. Super optimized running at the 90Hz refresh, incredible attention to detail for the time, colors pop, stylistically over the top. Music is fantastic, character models look great, environments are immersive, and at some points you take step back and say wait a minute... This is Ubisoft. What happened? They used to create some truly inspiring titles that pulled you in and had some flare. Now its sticking to Division and Assassins creed for dear life and sales. This has aged incredibly well. Definitely pick up on sale.

April 2024

i recommend this game because i though it very interesting and i spent hours on this game and my dad though it was cool that i am only nine years old and obsessed with this game i hope you enjoy this game as much as i do

April 2024

🟡 Requires heavy tinkering 1) Fixing game not launching, resolution problems: https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/1999-prince-of-persia-sands-of-time-widescreen-fix-by-nemesis2000/ - Download Widescreen fix - Extract pop.7z files to game folder (manage > browse local files) - Edit pop.ini to set your desired resolution and HUD_posX 2) Fixing controls, add xbox button prompts: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11TpOmk8H1AOj0l7IQYJAr4QcJu2GCA0B/view?usp=sharing - Download POPData.BF and overwrite to game folder (manage > browse local files) - Apply community layout "Definitive control fix": steam://controllerconfig/13600/3100939099 (Cog icon>Manage>Controller layout>Browse Community Layouts>Community Layouts) This layout fixes all main problems: •Start for pause and skipping cutscenes •Added controls for Main Menu and Pause Menu (RB for cursor click, 2 variants for cursor movement: D-Pad or Hold LB + analog sticks) •Configured both analog sticks to fix Prince movement and Camera control •Power of Haste is working with LT+RT - Configure controls in game: Options > Controls > Keyboard (This is important, you need to set controls in "Keyboard" menu, not in the "Gamepad". Otherwise there will be no xbox button prompts). - Recommended Settings: Move Forward - L Stick Up Move Left - L Stick Left Move Backward - L Stick Down Move Right - L Stick Right Walk Toggle - (not binded cause you don't need it for controllers) Jump - A Special Action - RT Sword Attack - X Use Dagger - Y Cancel - B Rewind - LT Camera Look - Select Alternate View - LS Reset Camera - RS Camera Forward - R Stick Up Camera Backward - R Stick Down Camera Left - R Stick Left Camera Right - R Stick Right Tested on: OnexPlayer Mini Pro 6800U

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9.99€

8.3

3,745

625

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Developer

Kudosoft

Publisher

Ubisoft

Release 27 Aug 2009

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