Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands™
Skip · Action · 2010
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 29, under the fair line, at $9.99.
- Cost per hour▼
- $1.26/hr
- Reviews▼
- 71% of 3,118
- Critics
- 75 players 4 lower
- Genre rank
- Top 53% Action
Holding it back: DRM, Reviews
Why
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Time and effort
- Main story
- 7.9h
- To 100%
- 10.6h 1.3x the story
Price and sales
- Sales
- 89 on record
- Typical cut
- 80% off
- Steam low
- $1.99 September 2020
- Sale every
- 46d last September 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 9 now
- Cheaper than
- 24% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 35% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
It has been discounted 89 times in the 14 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 80 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
It is pricier than 76 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 65 percent. Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones™ ($9.99, scores 57) outscores it, and so does Prince of Persia® ($9.99, scores 52). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands™
This site sampled 800 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 8 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written July 2021 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 42 percent of the 535 reviews written there were positive, against 71 percent overall, and those are 18 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
this is by no means a masterpiece, but yet worth a play (for 2€). + platforming is great with new mechanics (controls are improved over the original sands of time) + atmosphere, graphics and art style are still really nice (i honestly prefer it over the current far cry 6 slop i am playing) ~ really basic story - cheap port. some unfixed (gamebreaking) bugs - combat is really underwhelming. most basic button...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
7/10. Beautiful art-style, fun platforming, and solid level design. Play it if you're a fan of the series.
I can't recommend a game that still doesn't work properly and is full of bugs, even in 2026. I came back because I saw a 1.7 GB update and thought it might finally be a fix or something useful. But no, it was just another update for Ubisoft's garbage launcher. Don't buy this game. I spent €2 on it and played for 4.3 hours, and the experience was terrible. The game is full of bugs, and you even have to modify game...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
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.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 8 GB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands™ scores 29/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/33320/prince-of-persia-the-forgotten-sandsReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.