Prince of Persia®: The Sands of Time
Fair · Action · 2008
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $1.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Reviews
- 86% positive
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Windows only.
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 drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
- How long it takes to beat isn't in our data. We scored it as a typical Action game (about 6 hours) and docked the score for the missing length.
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $1.99. That was September 2020. It has been discounted 93 times in the 14 years tracked here, typically at 80 percent off, with about 6 weeks between sales.
On value it sits in the top 5 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 75 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 91 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Tomb Raider: Anniversary ($8.99, scores 63) beats it on value, while it beats Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™ ($1.99, scores 56).
12 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written November 2021 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 64 percent of the 690 reviews written there were positive, against 86 percent overall, and those are 14 percent of everything written about it.
Players
21 players online when we last checked, on Sep 28, 08:47 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Prince of Persia®: The Sands of Time scores 61/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. Length is estimated at 6 hours, not measured, so the score is docked. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/13600/prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-timeReviews set the ceiling, and price against its genre's typical length moves the BANG Score inside it, docked until a real length is known. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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