# Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Praised as one of the best recent metroidvanias, with strong cultural flavor and zippy movement; some dislike its Ubisoft ties.

## Why people recommend it

- Solid metroidvania with cultural aspect (1 comments): "a very solid metroidvania that nails the cultural aspect" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49240477))
- One of the best recent metroidvanias (1 comments): "It's one of the best recent metroidvanias." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49858135))
- Zippy moves like other fast games (1 comments): "They both have dashes and zippy moves." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46179193))
- Looks really amazing (1 comments): "That looks really amazing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49857701))

## What people warn about

- Looks like spammy shooter ads (1 comments): "It looks like one of those spam shooty game ads" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49857902))
- Ubisoft publisher seen as tainted (1 comments): "it's Ubisoft and therefore tainted" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49858415))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Hollow Knight: Silksong](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hollow-knight-silksong.md): 16 recommend
- [Hollow Knight](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hollow-knight.md): 16 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown", https://hackerapproved.com/p/prince-of-persia-the-lost-crown/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).