Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
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ActionAdventureMetroidvaniaExploration2D PlatformerSide ScrollerPrecision Platformer

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Game description

Dash into a stylish and thrilling action-adventure platformer set in a mythological Persian world where the boundaries of time and space are yours to manipulate.

Basic info

DeveloperUbisoft Montpellier
PublisherUbisoft
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckVerified
Release dateAug 8, 2024
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 10 (64 bit only)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-4460 3.4 GHz, AMD Ryzen3 1200 3.1 GHz
Memory8 GB
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 (2GB VRAM) or AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (4GB VRAM)
Storage30 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 429 reviews from the past 1 year

78.4/ 100
Bottom 50%

Steam rating: Very Positive (84%)

Metacritic: 85 /100

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 25, 2026)

Tight controls drive this metroidvania, which scores 78.4 from 429 analyzed reviews.

👍 Strengths

106 reviews praise the controls and combat, with tight platforming, solid combos and responsive movement. 64 say it is fun and enjoyable, with a good balance of exploration, platforming and combat, and a few say it won them over to the genre. 53 enjoy the challenge, calling it hard but fair, and some single out the boss battles. Gameplay ranks 320th of 1396, and Visuals & Sound ranks 498th of 1249.

👎 Where it falls short

63 reviews find the difficulty frustrating, and some point to long platforming sections with few checkpoints and distant respawns, or unfair spikes in the DLC. 30 call the story mediocre or weak, and a few say the optional lore is better than the main plot. 29 find parts repetitive, with backtracking, empty map areas and the same enemies, and some say the DLC is boring. Story & World ranks 873rd of 1096, and Tech & Support ranks 1031st of 1399.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“excellent platformer with many mechanics and very comfortable controls” · 106 reviews
“fun game and one of the better in its genre” · 64 reviews
“beautiful graphics with good optimization on Intel Arc” · 53 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 79% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Controls & feel +3.13 · Responsiveness, precision, and how the menus handle
Positive “excellent platformer with many mechanics and very comfortable controls” · 106 reviews
Negative “mouse-keyboard controls cause severe left-hand fatigue during platforming” · 14 reviews

Progression 13% · Difficulty 54% · Onboarding 13% · Freedom 20% · Strategy 26%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 42% of reviews · Bottom 30% of the games we've analyzed

Story +1.15 · Plot, quests, writing, and the ending
Positive “described as perhaps one of the best metroidvanias in genre” · 23 reviews
Negative “story is truly mediocre and pretty mid” · 30 reviews

Characters 8% · World 16%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 32% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Volume +2.58 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
Positive “huge game with great content and new abilities to explore” · 12 reviews
Negative “limited equipment variety and collectible rewards diminish late-game exploration” · 5 reviews

Variety 20% · Replayability 2%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 37% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +3.57 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “beautiful graphics with good optimization on Intel Arc” · 53 reviews
Negative “stylistically poor, only warrior skin saves it” · 3 reviews

Audio 16%

Playing with others, the community and servers

Not enough data — only 1% of reviews mention this.

Playing together +4.00 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals

Community 0% · Servers & Connection 1%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 16% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

Pricing -0.12 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
Negative “online requirement for single-player experience not worth it” · 10 reviews
Positive “good value for money despite platforming focus” · 2 reviews

Anti-cheat 0% · Balance 7% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 24% of reviews · Bottom 30% of the games we've analyzed

Stability -0.32 · Crashes, freezes, save loss, and game-breaking bugs
Negative “save file disappeared from local files and cloud after 8 hours” · 25 reviews

Performance 5% · Developer support 12%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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