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Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands™

Ubisoft Montreal · Ubisoft · 2010-06-08

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ActionAdventure

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

Releases: May 18, 2010 (PlayStation 3), Jun 03, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 18, 2010 (Xbox 360)

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.

19
playing now
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
68/100
IGDB user rating (255 ratings)
16
Nexus mods (2.5k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

19 players in-game as of 2026-10-16 13:00 UTC (census sample)

The Prince is riding through a desert on his horse, on a quest to see his brother, Malik, and learn about leadership from him. When the Prince arrives at Malik's kingdom, he finds it under attack by an army who are attempting to breach the treasure vaults for a great power known as "Solomon's Army". The Prince charges in to the city, and tracks Malik to the treasure vaults. Here, Malik says that he is fighting a losing battle and proposes to rely on a last resort or be forced to retreat. The Prince strongly objects, but Malik releases Solomon's Army using a magical seal. Solomon's Army is an a(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 19 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 281 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~35/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.

Health tier since 2026-09-04

All-time low: $1.59 at GameBillet (2022-05-23) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 82 of 114 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4872026-09-17 15:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 34 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 43 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 42 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 35 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 18 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 37 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 45 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 21 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 31 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 37 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 12 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 35 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 34 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 10 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 22 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 37 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 14 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 23 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 20 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 7 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 11 players2026-10-16 13:00 — 19 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
872Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 87 · peak 227Dec 2012 — avg 41 · peak 248May 2013 — avg 11 · peak 29Oct 2013 — avg 5 · peak 18Mar 2014 — avg 48 · peak 348Aug 2014 — avg 7 · peak 17Jan 2015 — avg 5 · peak 18Jun 2015 — avg 4 · peak 15Nov 2015 — avg 3 · peak 15Apr 2016 — avg 3 · peak 13Sep 2016 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2017 — avg 4 · peak 15Jul 2017 — avg 4 · peak 14Dec 2017 — avg 5 · peak 17May 2018 — avg 3 · peak 11Oct 2018 — avg 2 · peak 13Mar 2019 — avg 6 · peak 42Aug 2019 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2020 — avg 4 · peak 14Jun 2020 — avg 4 · peak 18Nov 2020 — avg 5 · peak 24Apr 2021 — avg 6 · peak 18Sep 2021 — avg 4 · peak 19Feb 2022 — avg 7 · peak 23Jul 2022 — avg 6 · peak 17Dec 2022 — avg 6 · peak 20May 2023 — avg 7 · peak 24Oct 2023 — avg 9 · peak 27Mar 2024 — avg 15 · peak 40Aug 2024 — avg 13 · peak 36Jan 2025 — avg 9 · peak 28Jun 2025 — avg 8 · peak 26Nov 2025 — avg 14 · peak 48Apr 2026 — avg 12 · peak 30Aug 2026 — avg 10 · peak 26
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$23.31$1.682015-01-012026-09-302015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-04-28 — best price $9.952015-10-09 — best price $2.492016-07-24 — best price $2.492017-07-03 — best price $4.482018-06-22 — best price $3.392019-01-02 — best price $9.862019-07-01 — best price $3.402019-10-28 — best price $8.492020-01-31 — best price $9.992020-04-09 — best price $8.892020-06-18 — best price $9.992020-08-24 — best price $9.992020-10-10 — best price $8.892020-12-09 — best price $9.992021-02-04 — best price $8.892021-04-14 — best price $9.992021-06-08 — best price $8.892021-10-02 — best price $2.002021-12-25 — best price $1.992022-03-28 — best price $1.992022-06-06 — best price $9.992022-09-18 — best price $8.892022-11-23 — best price $1.992023-02-23 — best price $1.762023-05-27 — best price $9.992023-08-28 — best price $8.292023-12-21 — best price $1.992024-03-28 — best price $9.992024-07-18 — best price $1.992024-11-27 — best price $1.992025-03-26 — best price $1.992025-07-17 — best price $1.992025-11-21 — best price $1.802026-02-26 — best price $1.992026-06-02 — best price $2.002026-09-14 — best price $1.992026-09-30 — best price $1.94
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-player

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

Player tags

ActionFantasyParkourAdventurePlatformerStory RichSingleplayerThird Person3D PlatformerHack and Slash

Census log

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

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