Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones on PC is a third-person action-adventure built around acrobatic platforming, environmental puzzles, sword combat, stealth attacks, and time manipulation. Current Steam, GOG, and Ubisoft Store listings retain the original title, although Ubisoft's search page also exposes an inconsistent “Prince of Persia Warrior : The Two Thrones” label. The product itself is still presented as Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones.

Developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft, it returns the Prince to Babylon after the events of the Island of Time. The result is a focused single-player campaign where movement, combat, and story progression are tightly connected rather than separated into standalone systems.

Acrobatic movement through a hostile Babylon

The main gameplay loop alternates between traversal, combat encounters, puzzle rooms, and short cinematic sequences. The Prince moves through rooftops, palaces, streets, underground passages, and gardens using wall runs, ledge grabs, pole swings, ladder climbs, rope traversal, and carefully timed jumps.

Levels are designed as connected obstacle courses. A room may require a lever to reposition machinery, a wall run to reach a dagger slot, or a sequence of jumps across moving platforms before the next checkpoint becomes available.

The camera is fixed in a traditional third-person perspective, with occasional cinematic framing used to show routes and hazards. This makes environmental reading important: players need to identify usable walls, pressure mechanisms, switches, and landing points before committing to a jump.

Failure is part of the movement design. Missed jumps, collapsing platforms, blades, traps, and falling debris usually send the Prince back to a nearby checkpoint, while the Sands of Time let him rewind mistakes when enough sand power is available.

Two combat styles, one shared journey

Combat expands on the series' free-form fighting system. The normal Prince uses a sword, can pick up secondary weapons, and combines directional attacks with throws, environmental kills, blocks, and counters.

The defining addition is the Dark Prince, a second playable form with a different combat style and movement rules. His signature weapon is the Daggertail, a chain-like blade that provides extended reach, pulls enemies, enables ranged strikes, and interacts with selected environmental objects.

The Dark Prince is not simply a stronger version of the protagonist. His abilities change how encounters and traversal spaces are approached, while his form also introduces a health-drain pressure that rewards fast, decisive play.

Players can also use Speed Kills to eliminate unaware enemies. Approaching from a concealed position or from above triggers a short timing sequence in which attacks must be entered when visual cues appear. A successful execution avoids a conventional fight; a failed attempt leaves the Prince exposed and can cause significant damage.

Speed Kills work especially well with the game's vertical level design. Guards can be attacked from rooftops, poles, ropes, ledges, or hidden approaches, turning route planning into a combat decision rather than a purely navigational task.

Time manipulation and environmental puzzles

The Sands of Time remain central to the experience. Depending on the available powers and story progression, the Prince can rewind a recent mistake, slow surrounding action, or manipulate time to gain an advantage during dangerous sequences.

Rewinding is most useful during platforming. It allows players to retry a failed jump without repeating the entire room, but it does not remove the need to understand the route or execute the movement correctly.

Puzzles are generally integrated into traversal. Players activate switches, rotate mechanisms, operate gates, redirect platforms, and search for the correct order of actions while avoiding traps and enemy patrols.

The game also includes chariot sequences, which break up the slower exploration sections with high-speed pursuits through Babylon. These sections focus on steering, obstacle avoidance, and survival rather than free exploration.

Campaign structure and available content

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones is a single-player story campaign with a linear progression through distinct areas of Babylon. It does not use a modern open-world structure, procedural generation, character classes, or a loot-driven upgrade economy.

Progression comes primarily from learning movement abilities, gaining access to new areas, mastering combat options, and collecting or discovering health-related upgrades hidden in the environment.

The current PC storefront listings present the game as a standalone paid release. Steam and GOG list the main game rather than a free-to-play version, and neither storefront presents a season pass or a modern live-service content model for this title.

For catalog purposes, the important distinction is between the original PC release and the storefront edition available today. The name has not been replaced by a definitive or remastered edition on the checked PC listings, so searches for the original title remain the most accurate way to identify it.

Who should play it

The strongest audience is players who want precision platforming, environmental puzzles, cinematic action, and a contained adventure rather than an expansive sandbox.

It is also a good fit for fans of older third-person action games where level design provides the progression. The satisfaction comes from reading a room, finding the correct route, and executing a sequence cleanly.

Players who prefer contemporary controls, fully free camera movement, generous accessibility options, or combat built around deep character builds may find the design dated. The game asks for timing and spatial awareness instead of offering extensive customization.

Its combat is most enjoyable when players use positioning and stealth openings rather than repeatedly trading sword strikes with every enemy. Those who dislike timing-based executions or frequent traversal interruptions should approach it with that structure in mind.

PC storefront features and ownership differences

The Steam edition lists single-player support, Family Sharing, and interface text in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Steam also identifies Windows-compatible gamepad support in its PC information.

The GOG edition lists controller support and is sold as DRM-free. GOG states that Galaxy is optional, with an offline installer available for players who do not want to rely on the launcher.

Because the game is an older PC release, storefront compatibility information should be read as edition-specific rather than treated as one universal PC specification. Language availability, controller behavior, and launcher requirements can differ between Steam and GOG.

The Ubisoft Store also continues to surface a Standard Edition product under the Prince of Persia catalog. Its inconsistent search heading does not establish a formal rename; the product card and listing identify the game as Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones.

Related action-adventure games on PC

Players drawn to the game's climbing, traps, puzzle rooms, and third-person exploration may also enjoy cinematic action platforming in Tomb Raider: Legend, which similarly emphasizes traversal challenges and compact adventure spaces.

For a more puzzle-heavy interpretation of classic third-person tomb exploration, the trap-filled action-adventure design of Tomb Raider: Anniversary offers a comparable focus on jumps, environmental logic, and route discovery.

These games share genre DNA with The Two Thrones, but they are not interchangeable. Prince of Persia places greater emphasis on time rewinds, wall-running flow, stealth executions, and the contrast between the normal Prince and his Dark Prince form.

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones FAQ

Is Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones still the current PC name?

Yes. The checked Steam and GOG product pages use Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones, and the Ubisoft Store product card uses the same title. Ubisoft's search interface displays an inconsistent “Prince of Persia Warrior : The Two Thrones” heading, but this does not appear to be a formal rebrand.

Is the PC version single-player only?

Yes. Current Steam and GOG listings identify the game as a single-player experience. There is no listed online multiplayer, local co-op, split-screen mode, or competitive multiplayer component.

Does the game support a controller on PC?

Controller support is listed for the GOG edition, while Steam's PC information references a Windows-compatible gamepad. Actual button prompts and setup behavior can vary between storefront versions and controller types.

What makes the Dark Prince different?

The Dark Prince uses the Daggertail rather than the normal Prince's standard sword-focused toolkit. His chain weapon changes attack range, enemy control, traversal interactions, and Speed Kill inputs, while his form also creates pressure through ongoing health loss.

How do Speed Kills work?

A Speed Kill begins when the Prince reaches an unaware enemy from a valid stealth position. The player must follow timed visual cues to complete the sequence. Success quickly removes the target, while failure cancels the execution and leaves the Prince vulnerable.

Does the game have DLC or a season pass?

The current Steam and GOG listings present the core game as a standalone paid release and do not list a season pass or DLC package for the PC edition. The main content is the single-player Babylon campaign.

What languages are available on PC?

Language support depends on the storefront edition. Steam lists interface text in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. GOG lists English, German, French, and Russian among its available language options.