Prince of Persia

Prince of Persia
Prince of Persia
Genres	Cinematic platform; Action-adventure; Hack and slash;
Developers	Broderbund; Red Orb Entertainment; Avalanche Software; Ubisoft Montreal; Pipeworks Software; Gameloft; Gameloft Montreal; Ubisoft Quebec; Ubisoft Pune; Ubisoft Montpellier; Evil Empire;
Publishers	Broderbund; The Learning Company; Mattel Interactive; Ubisoft; Gameloft;
Creator	Jordan Mechner
Platforms	MS-DOS; Android; Java ME; Windows; iOS; Xbox; Xbox 360; Xbox One; Xbox Series X/S; Amiga; Apple II; Atari ST; Dreamcast; Master System; FM Towns; Mac OS X; Game Boy Advance; Game Boy Color; GameCube; Nintendo DS; Nintendo Entertainment System; PlayStation 2; PlayStation 3; PlayStation 4; PlayStation 5; PlayStation Portable; SAM Coupé; Genesis; Super NES; TurboGrafx-CD; Wii; PC-98; X68000; Amstrad CPC; Game Boy; Sega CD; Mac; Game Gear; BlackBerry; Nintendo 3DS; Nintendo Switch;
First release	Prince of Persia; October 3, 1989
Latest release	The Rogue Prince of Persia; August 20, 2025

Prince of Persia is a video game franchise created by Jordan Mechner. It is centered around a series of action-adventure games focused on various incarnations of the eponymous Prince, set in ancient and medieval Persia.

The first two games in the series, Prince of Persia (1989) and Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame (1993), were published by Broderbund. Prince of Persia 3D (1999), named for being the first installment to use 3D computer graphics, was developed by Red Orb Entertainment and published by The Learning Company on PC; the Dreamcast version was developed by Avalanche Software and published by Mattel Interactive. Ubisoft bought the rights to the franchise in 2001 and rebooted it with Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2003). Ubisoft has since developed and published five additional entries in the series: Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (2004), Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (2005), Prince of Persia (2008), Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (2010), and Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (2024), as well as a number of spin-offs and games for mobile devices (by Gameloft). A remake of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time had been announced in 2020 but later cancelled at the beginning of 2026

Outside of the games, the franchise includes a film adaptation, a graphic novel and the Lego Prince of Persia toyline. Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed franchise is considered to be the spiritual successor to the series.