8 Platformer games like Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands that you should try

If Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands worked for you because of melee combat, fantasy world and single-player focus, the same is here. The common ground extends to skill tree progression and a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is combat: magic-based combat.

It shares the essentials of what Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands does: dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and a mythological setting. To that it adds single-player focus and a third-person camera. They part company on progression and tone: this one brings exploration and discovery, and strong narrative focus.

On paper it is what Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is — dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and fantasy world — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. The common ground extends to a third-person camera and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is setting and tone: strong narrative focus and horror setting.

It shares the essentials of what Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands does: melee combat, single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in setting — its own ground is an anime aesthetic.

What brings it close to Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is dark, oppressive atmosphere, single-player focus and a third-person camera, and the two track each other on genre, game mode and tone. Where the two diverge is setting: horror setting.

What brings it close to Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is dark, oppressive atmosphere, single-player focus and a third-person camera, and the two track each other on genre, game mode and tone. Where the two diverge is setting: horror setting.

With Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands it shares single-player focus and a third-person camera. They part company on setting: this one brings a sci-fi setting.

What carries over from Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is fantasy world, single-player focus and a third-person camera. Where they diverge is setting.