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Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™

Ubisoft · 2008-11-21

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ActionAdventure

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

Releases: Nov 21, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 03, 2004 (Nintendo GameCube), Jun 03, 2010 (iOS), Dec 03, 2004 (PlayStation 2), Nov 30, 2004 (Xbox)

Enter the dark underworld of Prince of Persia Warrior Within, the sword-slashing sequel to the critically acclaimed Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time™. Hunted by Dahaka, an immortal incarnation of Fate seeking divine retribution, the Prince embarks upon a path of both carnage and mystery to defy his preordained death.

35
playing now
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (534 ratings)
31
Nexus mods (54k downloads)
31h
to beat · completionist 45h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Set seven years after the events of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, the Prince finds himself constantly hunted by a terrible beast known as the Dahaka. The Prince seeks counsel from an old wise man who explains that whoever releases The Sands of Time must die. Because the Prince escaped his fate, it is the Dahaka's mission as guardian of the Timeline to ensure that he dies as he was meant to. The old man also tells of the Island of Time, where the Empress of Time first created the Sands. The Prince sets sail for the Island in an attempt to prevent the Sands from ever being created, an act(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 35 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 344 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~43/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.

Health tier since 2026-09-06

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.54 at Nuuvem (2015-07-08)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 115 of 151 observed days · $0.45 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

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2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 23 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2026-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

11202026-09-17 15:00 — 37 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 39 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 36 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 65 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 56 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 18 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 47 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 79 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 29 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 44 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 84 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 32 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 55 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 112 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 21 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 21 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 56 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 30 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 35 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 45 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 26 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 15 players2026-10-16 13:00 — 35 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
452Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 24 · peak 67Dec 2012 — avg 15 · peak 83May 2013 — avg 5 · peak 16Oct 2013 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2014 — avg 22 · peak 110Aug 2014 — avg 5 · peak 14Jan 2015 — avg 6 · peak 21Jun 2015 — avg 6 · peak 22Nov 2015 — avg 5 · peak 18Apr 2016 — avg 7 · peak 27Sep 2016 — avg 5 · peak 14Feb 2017 — avg 7 · peak 20Jul 2017 — avg 8 · peak 23Dec 2017 — avg 9 · peak 34May 2018 — avg 6 · peak 17Oct 2018 — avg 5 · peak 18Mar 2019 — avg 10 · peak 52Aug 2019 — avg 7 · peak 18Jan 2020 — avg 12 · peak 36Jun 2020 — avg 10 · peak 31Nov 2020 — avg 13 · peak 48Apr 2021 — avg 15 · peak 38Sep 2021 — avg 10 · peak 49Feb 2022 — avg 23 · peak 55Jul 2022 — avg 18 · peak 52Dec 2022 — avg 18 · peak 58May 2023 — avg 20 · peak 62Oct 2023 — avg 18 · peak 47Mar 2024 — avg 34 · peak 90Aug 2024 — avg 27 · peak 71Jan 2025 — avg 23 · peak 56Jun 2025 — avg 19 · peak 50Nov 2025 — avg 25 · peak 71Apr 2026 — avg 22 · peak 55Aug 2026 — avg 21 · peak 50
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$10.73$1.642015-01-012026-10-162015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-05-28 — best price $10.732015-12-09 — best price $9.992016-08-22 — best price $5.002017-07-24 — best price $8.492018-09-03 — best price $3.392019-03-29 — best price $9.992019-08-08 — best price $9.992019-12-17 — best price $3.402020-03-04 — best price $8.892020-05-18 — best price $2.892020-07-24 — best price $3.392020-09-11 — best price $1.892020-11-12 — best price $9.992021-01-07 — best price $9.992021-02-27 — best price $8.892021-05-02 — best price $8.892021-08-06 — best price $1.892021-11-21 — best price $9.992022-02-02 — best price $9.992022-05-10 — best price $1.992022-08-24 — best price $2.002022-11-11 — best price $9.992023-02-03 — best price $8.792023-04-28 — best price $1.992023-07-21 — best price $8.892023-11-06 — best price $1.992024-02-12 — best price $9.992024-05-28 — best price $9.992024-10-17 — best price $9.992025-02-10 — best price $1.762025-05-20 — best price $9.992025-10-02 — best price $9.992026-01-23 — best price $1.992026-05-13 — best price $9.992026-08-11 — best price $1.992026-09-11 — best price $1.992026-10-11 — best price $1.992026-10-16 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

GoreActionClassicFantasyParkourAdventurePlatformerStory RichAtmosphericTime Travel

Census log

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

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