Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown PC platforms — Steam snub explained
Critics and players alike are raving about Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, and for good reason – it’s an excellent game, as seen in our review round-up.
But it is conspicuously absent from the world's largest gaming storefront, Steam, so we’ll take a look at what PC platforms you can play it on, if it will come to Steam and how to play it on the Steam Deck.
We haven’t had a new Prince of Persia game since 2010’s The Forgotten Sands, so it’s only natural that people who mainly stick to Steam are keen to dive straight in and see what Ubisoft has been cooking.
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If you're new to the series or your memory has been lost to the sands of time, you can check out the Prince of Persia games in order to get up to speed on all the lore, or check out how to play the older titles.
Perhaps one day we’ll get to experience the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake, too, which will no doubt help breathe new life into the beloved series.
We, however, are not in possession of a magical time-bending sword, so let’s crack on before we waffle your day away!
Ubisoft regularly avoids releasing its titles on Steam at first, as they prefer to release them on their own storefront and the Epic Games Store, owing to the lower fees involved.
The same is true of the recently released Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, as well.
They do usually eventually make their way to Steam – sometimes with hefty discounts, as was the case with Far Cry 6.
The open-world mayhem simulator launched on Valve’s platform 17 months after its 7th October 2021 launch, with a 75% discount to mark the occasion.
The early bird may get the early worm, but the patient parrot gets juicy deals…
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown will likely come to Steam sometime after its initial release.
As told by Vikki Blake for Eurogamer, between 2019 and 2022, Ubisoft only released their games on Ubisoft Connect and the Epic Games Store to circumvent the 30 per cent cut that Valve takes for
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