16 Games like Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands on Xbox that you should try

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.

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.

It shares the essentials of what Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands does: dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and fantasy world. Both also lean on a third-person camera and single-player focus. The distance is in setting — its own ground is post-apocalyptic world.

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.

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.

What brings it close to Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and fantasy world, and the two track each other on genre, combat and game mode. To that it adds a third-person camera and single-player focus. They part company on setting and tone: this one brings punishing difficulty and horror setting.

What carries over from Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and single-player focus. Both also lean on a third-person camera. What it adds of its own: shooting mechanics and strong narrative focus.

What brings it close to Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and single-player focus, and the two track each other on genre, combat and game mode. Both also lean on a third-person camera. The distance is in progression — its own ground is exploration and discovery.

If Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands worked for you because of melee combat, fantasy world and single-player focus, the same is here. To that it adds a third-person camera. They part company on setting: this one brings a sci-fi setting.

The thread back to Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands runs through melee combat, fantasy world and single-player focus. The common ground extends to a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is setting: an anime aesthetic.

The thread back to Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands runs through fantasy world, single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in setting — its own ground is a sci-fi setting.

What carries over from Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is single-player focus and a third-person camera.

It shares the essentials of what Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands does: loot and gear systems, melee combat, and single-player focus. Both also lean on a third-person camera. The distance is in setting — its own ground is a sci-fi setting.