8 Games with a historical setting 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.

The resemblance to Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is about as close as this list gets: they line up on genre, game mode and tone. To that it adds loot and gear systems, and single-player focus. They part company on combat: this one brings 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. Both also lean on single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in tone — its own ground is strong narrative focus.

What brings it close to Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is melee combat, fantasy world and single-player focus, and the two track each other on genre, game mode and setting. The common ground extends to a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is combat: magic-based combat.

Held in common with Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands: dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and fantasy world. To that it adds single-player focus and a third-person camera. They part company on visuals: this one brings 2D presentation.

Held in common with Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands: fantasy world, single-player focus and a third-person camera.

Held in common with Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands: fantasy world, single-player focus and a third-person camera. They part company on setting: this one brings a medieval setting.

If Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands worked for you because of melee combat, historical setting and single-player focus, the same is here. The common ground extends to a third-person camera. Where they diverge is setting.