The Rogue Prince of Persia
Worth it · Roguelike · 2025
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $8.99, the lowest Steam price we have tracked since May 2024.
- Length
- 10.4h
- Value
- $0.86/hr
- Reviews
- 90% positive
Buy now or wait
The Autumn Sale is on until Oct 8. It is 70% off today.
Discounted in each of its last 4 seasonal sales on record.
- Typical seasonal cut
- 60% ($11.99)
- Deepest seasonal cut
- 70% ($8.99)
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 (2GB) / AMD RX 5500 XT (4GB), 5 GB of storage. Windows only.
In this challenging, fast-paced roguelite, every death is a unique chance to rewrite fate, save Persia or die trying. Master fluid, acrobatic combat and parkour as you explore your kingdom to right your wrongs!
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
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $8.99. That was June 2026. Its cuts run 25 percent off as a rule. There have been 22 in the 2 years tracked, about 6 weeks apart. Today's $8.99 at 70 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.
On value it sits in the top 25 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 96 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 77 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Until You Fall ($24.99, scores 81) beats it on value, while it beats Caveblazers ($9.99, scores 63).
Of the 551 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 14 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written May 2024 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 81 percent of the 431 reviews written there were positive, against 90 percent overall, and those are 19 percent of everything written about it.
HowLongToBeat players log 10.4 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 22, 2.1 times as much.
At 10.4 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
91% start to 1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
44 players online when we last checked, on Sep 26, 22:48 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
This game is absolutely amazing, both in terms of its story and gameplay, as well as many other aspects. The music is also fantastic, especially the Iranian-inspired tracks that are performed using traditional Iranian instruments and beautifully integrated into the game. The Iranian music is truly beautiful, atmospheric, and incredibly pleasant to listen to. Overall, I really enjoyed the experience, and the...
Great Game with it's own Ubisoft trade mark fk up and failed promises (explained at the end). Base Game: Really nice mechanics and new wallrun trademark birthed into the Roguelike genre, but feels a little too easy and would benefit from focusing more on the great parkour system built inside the game, intead of the straight forward combat. Although it bugs me why some design choices where made, as a main example are...
A game where you die a lot but u don't actually then you revive and then make your enemies cry 10/10 would recommend 100% achievement done on this game and I can finally uninstall the game, as the final updated was released on 18th Sept. Thank you for the game Evil Empire, will be waiting for more games from you guys.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
The Rogue Prince of Persia scores 70/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2717880/the-rogue-prince-of-persiaReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 2.
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