5 Platformer games like Prince of Persia: Warrior Within that you should try

It shares the essentials of what Prince of Persia: Warrior Within does: dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and fantasy world. The common ground extends to single-player focus and a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is setting and visuals: horror setting and a first-person view.

It shares the essentials of what Prince of Persia: Warrior Within does: dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and fantasy world. To that it adds single-player focus and a third-person camera. They part company on progression and tone: this one brings loot and gear systems.

What brings it close to Prince of Persia: Warrior Within is melee combat, single-player focus and a third-person camera, and the two track each other on genre, combat and game mode. They part company on setting: this one brings an anime aesthetic.

It meets Prince of Persia: Warrior Within on single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in setting — its own ground is a sci-fi setting.

The thread back to Prince of Persia: Warrior Within runs through fantasy world, single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in setting.