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Prince of Persia®

Ubisoft Montreal · Ubisoft · 2008-12-10

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ActionAdventure

Franchise: Prince of Persia · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Dec 09, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 02, 2008 (PlayStation 3), Dec 05, 2008 (Xbox 360), Mar 24, 2009 (Mac)

The critically acclaimed Prince of Persia® franchise returns for the first time on next-generation platforms with an all-new epic journey. Built by the same award-winning Ubisoft Montreal studio that created Assassin's Creed™, Prince of Persia has been in development for over three years to deliver a whole new action-adventure gaming...

Prince of Persia® is an Action, Adventure game released in 2008, priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a review sentiment of Mostly Positive (79% of 3918 reviews).

13
playing now
79%
positive of 3.9k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (338 ratings)
12h
to beat · rushed 7h · completionist 15h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

13 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Prince of Persia is a 2008 action-adventure game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It is the seventh main installment in the Prince of Persia franchise, and the second reboot, establishing a new continuity that is separate from other games in the series. It was released in the United States on December 2, 2008, for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and on December 9 for Windows. It was released on March 24, 2009, for Mac OS X via the Cider engine. The game was also released on November 11, 2008, by Gameloft for mobile phones; this version runs on the Java platform in a 2D environment, and has a feature of enabling the players to control a second character at certain points of the various levels of the game.

Trailer

Prince of Persia® trailer thumbnail

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) Trailer #1

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 13 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 241 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~30/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 157k–313k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,918 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-80%
GOG$1.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Fanatical (2021-07-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 127 of 171 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
676720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3642026-09-15 14:00 — 14 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 8 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 32 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 31 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 18 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 12 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 34 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 13 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 27 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 32 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 12 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 11 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 32 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 17 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 13 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 27 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 16 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 8 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 29 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 18 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 13 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
943Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 94 · peak 300Dec 2012 — avg 60 · peak 428May 2013 — avg 11 · peak 28Oct 2013 — avg 6 · peak 17Mar 2014 — avg 50 · peak 325Aug 2014 — avg 7 · peak 20Jan 2015 — avg 6 · peak 20Jun 2015 — avg 6 · peak 20Nov 2015 — avg 6 · peak 17Apr 2016 — avg 7 · peak 25Sep 2016 — avg 6 · peak 16Feb 2017 — avg 6 · peak 21Jul 2017 — avg 8 · peak 28Dec 2017 — avg 9 · peak 34May 2018 — avg 6 · peak 14Oct 2018 — avg 4 · peak 16Mar 2019 — avg 10 · peak 57Aug 2019 — avg 4 · peak 13Jan 2020 — avg 8 · peak 31Jun 2020 — avg 7 · peak 25Nov 2020 — avg 7 · peak 30Apr 2021 — avg 9 · peak 27Sep 2021 — avg 7 · peak 34Feb 2022 — avg 13 · peak 45Jul 2022 — avg 10 · peak 31Dec 2022 — avg 12 · peak 34May 2023 — avg 10 · peak 29Oct 2023 — avg 10 · peak 36Mar 2024 — avg 18 · peak 56Aug 2024 — avg 11 · peak 31Jan 2025 — avg 17 · peak 46Jun 2025 — avg 13 · peak 39Nov 2025 — avg 16 · peak 45Apr 2026 — avg 16 · peak 38Aug 2026 — avg 11 · peak 25
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.682015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-05-09 — best price $10.082015-10-02 — best price $4.992016-03-24 — best price $4.992016-11-23 — best price $4.992017-07-22 — best price $9.992018-04-21 — best price $4.132018-11-21 — best price $3.392019-05-08 — best price $3.392019-09-28 — best price $10.932020-01-03 — best price $9.292020-03-12 — best price $3.402020-05-25 — best price $3.402020-08-20 — best price $8.892020-10-18 — best price $9.992021-01-15 — best price $1.782021-04-01 — best price $1.892021-07-16 — best price $8.912021-11-12 — best price $9.992022-01-20 — best price $9.992022-04-23 — best price $9.992022-08-07 — best price $8.912022-11-04 — best price $1.992023-01-21 — best price $1.712023-04-25 — best price $1.902023-07-22 — best price $8.912023-11-09 — best price $8.912024-02-15 — best price $1.992024-06-19 — best price $1.992024-10-21 — best price $1.762025-02-20 — best price $2.002025-06-03 — best price $2.002025-09-26 — best price $9.992026-01-08 — best price $9.992026-04-20 — best price $8.592026-07-30 — best price $9.992026-09-08 — best price $1.992026-10-13 — best price $1.992026-10-14 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.4k1662026-05-31 — 228 pageviews2026-06-04 — 206 pageviews2026-06-08 — 210 pageviews2026-06-12 — 192 pageviews2026-06-16 — 190 pageviews2026-06-20 — 223 pageviews2026-06-24 — 189 pageviews2026-06-28 — 210 pageviews2026-07-02 — 209 pageviews2026-07-06 — 252 pageviews2026-07-10 — 211 pageviews2026-07-14 — 230 pageviews2026-07-18 — 231 pageviews2026-07-22 — 234 pageviews2026-07-26 — 259 pageviews2026-07-30 — 248 pageviews2026-08-03 — 206 pageviews2026-08-07 — 235 pageviews2026-08-11 — 220 pageviews2026-08-15 — 225 pageviews2026-08-19 — 242 pageviews2026-08-23 — 224 pageviews2026-08-27 — 241 pageviews2026-08-31 — 236 pageviews2026-09-04 — 204 pageviews2026-09-08 — 256 pageviews2026-09-12 — 229 pageviews2026-09-16 — 236 pageviews2026-09-20 — 361 pageviews2026-09-24 — 288 pageviews2026-09-28 — 296 pageviews2026-10-02 — 223 pageviews2026-10-06 — 243 pageviews2026-10-10 — 224 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

ActionFantasyParkourRelaxingAdventureBeautifulOpen WorldPlatformerStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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