Prince of Persia Games in Order: All 10 Main Games by Release Date and Story Timeline

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Prince of Persia games in order of release

This table lists the 10 main games, the ones built as full releases for home consoles or PC. Dates are the first release in North America as listed on Metacritic, except the 1989 original, which Ubisoft dates to 3 October 1989 in its 35th anniversary article. The Metascore is for the lead platform Metacritic shows on each game page. Handhelds, remakes and mobile games are in a separate table further down.

Two gaps stand out. After The Forgotten Sands in 2010 there was no new main game for 13 years and 8 months, until The Lost Crown in January 2024. Ubisoft Montpellier, the Rayman Origins and Rayman Legends studio, made The Lost Crown as a 2.5D side-scroller, which brought the series back to the side view of the 1989 original. The Rogue Prince followed as a roguelite from the French studio Evil Empire, and it was Ubisoft's first game to go through Early Access before its full release.

Prince of Persia timeline: the story order

Prince of Persia is not one story. It has four separate continuities plus two standalone games, and nothing links the stories across them. The Prince is a different, unnamed character in each continuity, and The Lost Crown does not star the Prince at all. Inside each continuity, this is the order the story happens in.

The story order matters most for the Sands of Time games, because The Forgotten Sands came out last but is set second. Ubisoft's own page describes the hero as "visiting his brother's kingdom following his adventure in Azad", which places it right after The Sands of Time. If you play the four in release order you still get a complete story, since The Forgotten Sands never changes what happens in Warrior Within.

Sands of Time trilogy in order: what each game is

Ubisoft bought the Broderbund catalogue and set up a new team in Montreal to make the first Ubisoft Prince of Persia. Ubisoft says Jordan Mechner, the creator of the series, joined "first as a writer" and later worked on the game as a designer and creative consultant (Ubisoft News, October 2024). The result is the trilogy most people mean when they say Prince of Persia.

The Sands of Time (2003)

The young Prince opens an hourglass and releases the Sands, which turn the people of the palace into sand creatures. The Dagger of Time lets him rewind a few seconds after a mistake, the mechanic every later game kept. It scored 92 on PS2, Xbox and GameCube on Metacritic and 89 on PC. Ubisoft notes that it won Best Action/Adventure Game at the 2003 Game Critics Awards (Ubisoft brand page).

Warrior Within (2004)

An older, angrier Prince is chased by the Dahaka, a guardian of the timeline who comes for him because he escaped his fate. The tone is much darker, with heavier combat and a metal soundtrack. Metacritic scores it 83 on PS2, Xbox, GameCube and PC. The PSP version, Revelations, scored 65.

The Two Thrones (2005)

The Prince comes home to Babylon and finds it under attack. The Sands give him a second personality, the Dark Prince, with his own chain-whip combat. Ubisoft describes it as the game that brings together the tone of the first two. It scored 85 on PS2, Xbox and PC and 84 on GameCube.

The Forgotten Sands (2010)

Released in May 2010, the same month as the Sands of Time film, this one returns to the Sands of Time Prince between the first and second games. The PS3, Xbox 360 and PC version scored 74 to 75. The Wii and PSP versions by Ubisoft Quebec and the DS version by Ubisoft Casablanca tell their own stories under the same title. The Wii game scored 77, the best of all versions, the PSP 65 and the DS 57.

The three original Ubisoft Montreal games were re-released for PS3 as HD versions at the end of 2010. Metacritic lists The Sands of Time on PS3 from 16 November 2010, Warrior Within from 14 December and The Two Thrones from 21 December.

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The Sands of Time trilogy, the 2008 game, The Forgotten Sands and The Lost Crown all run through Ubisoft Connect on PC, and each listing shows the owned games.

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Sands of Time remake release date: cancelled in 2026

There is no release date for the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake, and none is coming. On 21 January 2026 Ubisoft cancelled six games as part of a company reorganisation, and the remake was the only announced one among them (MobileSyrup). Ubisoft said the cancelled games "do not meet the new enhanced quality as well as more selective portfolio prioritization criteria". The Prince of Persia team's official statement says "we've made the difficult decision to stop development" and adds that the decision "does not mean we're stepping away from the franchise".

In the same reorganisation Ubisoft split its studios into five "creative houses". MobileSyrup reports that Prince of Persia sits in the house for "immersive fantasy worlds and narrative-driven titles", with Anno, Rayman and Beyond Good & Evil. As of 7 November 2026 Ubisoft has not announced a new Prince of Persia game. For the games Ubisoft does have dated, see our upcoming Ubisoft games 2026 and 2027 list.

The Lost Crown and The Rogue Prince: the newest Prince of Persia games

The two newest games came out within 19 months of each other and are both 2.5D side-scrollers. Apart from mobile games and a VR escape room, they are the only Prince of Persia games released since 2010.

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (2024)

Ubisoft Montpellier's metroidvania launched on 18 January 2024 for Switch, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC through the Ubisoft Store and Epic Games Store (Ubisoft News). You play Sargon, the youngest of the Immortals, in Mount Qaf, a cursed mountain where time does not flow normally. It is the best-reviewed Prince of Persia game since The Sands of Time on Metacritic: 88 on Switch, 87 on Xbox Series X, 86 on PS5 and 85 on PC.

The Rogue Prince of Persia (2025)

Evil Empire's roguelite entered Early Access on Steam on 27 May 2024. At Ubisoft Forward on 10 June 2024 Ubisoft said it was targeting a 1.0 launch in 2025 (Ubisoft News). Version 1.0 came out on 20 August 2025 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC through Steam, the Epic Games Store and the Ubisoft Store. The Switch and Switch 2 versions followed on 16 December 2025, and physical editions for PS5, Switch and Switch 2 on 10 April 2026. Metacritic gives it 80 on PC and 82 on PS5, Xbox Series X and Switch 2.

Prince of Persia spin-offs, handheld and mobile games

Besides the 10 main games, nine more Prince of Persia releases came out on handhelds, phones, download services and in VR arcades. Most are ports or remakes. Battles of Prince of Persia and The Fallen King tell new stories.

Gameloft also made Java phone versions of most games from 2003 to 2010, including the original Harem Adventures. They no longer run on current phones and have no store listings, so we left them out of the count.

Where to play Prince of Persia games today

Seven of the 10 main games are sold on PC right now. The Ubisoft Store search for Prince of Persia lists The Sands of Time, Warrior Within, The Two Thrones, Prince of Persia (2008), The Forgotten Sands, The Lost Crown and The Rogue Prince, plus a Prince of Persia New Era Bundle. Every PC copy, wherever you buy it, links to a Ubisoft account through Ubisoft Connect.

Is Prince of Persia on Ubisoft+?

Ubisoft+ has two tiers: Premium, with new releases and the wider catalogue, and Classics, a smaller rotating back catalogue. Ubisoft wrote in October 2024 that the three Sands of Time games "are included with a Ubisoft+ Premium subscription". The Lost Crown launched in Premium, and in September 2025 Ubisoft named it among the Ubisoft+ Classics games, the tier Ubisoft lists for PC and PlayStation. The catalogue changes over time, so check the current Ubisoft+ game list before you subscribe for one game.

Games you play through Ubisoft+ stay tied to the subscription. Games you buy are tied to the Ubisoft account that activated them, and Ubisoft's help page on transferring games says they cannot move to another account or platform. Our NFA vs Full Access guide explains what that means when an account changes hands.

Best Prince of Persia games by Metacritic score

Ranked by each game's highest platform Metascore on 7 November 2026. Platform scores with fewer than 10 critic reviews are left out, so the PS3 HD versions and the iOS port of Warrior Within are not ranked.

Prince of Persia 3D has only a Dreamcast score, 58 from 6 reviews, as Arabian Nights. The 1989 original and the 1993 sequel came out before Metacritic and have no Metascore. If you only play one game, the numbers point to The Sands of Time for 3D and The Lost Crown for 2D. Ubisoft's other long-running series are listed the same way in our Assassin's Creed games in order, Far Cry games in order and Tom Clancy games in order guides.

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Sources and editorial scope

Reviewed 7 November 2026. Release dates, platforms, developers and Metascores: the Metacritic pages for The Sands of Time, Warrior Within, The Two Thrones, Prince of Persia (2008), The Forgotten Sands, The Lost Crown, The Rogue Prince of Persia, Arabian Nights, Classic, Rival Swords, Battles of Prince of Persia, The Fallen King and The Shadow and the Flame. Ubisoft: 35th anniversary (3 Oct 2024), creating the Sands of Time trilogy (10 Oct 2024), The Forgotten Sands page, The Lost Crown out now (18 Jan 2024), Steam and DLC (8 Aug 2024), mobile (27 Mar 2025), Ubisoft Forward (10 Jun 2024), remake details, the remake cancellation statement, the Dagger of Time page and the Ubisoft Store. Remake delays and cancellation: Game Informer (5 Feb 2021), Engadget, MobileSyrup (21 Jan 2026). Stores: Steam, GOG, App Store. Java phone games and the 2009 Epilogue DLC are named but not counted.

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