Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
Ranked 3 of 3 metroidvanias by recommenders
Praised as one of the best recent metroidvanias, with strong cultural flavor and zippy movement; some dislike its Ubisoft ties.
Praised as one of the best recent metroidvanias, with strong cultural flavor and zippy movement; some dislike its Ubisoft ties.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 71%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Solid metroidvania with cultural aspect
“a very solid metroidvania that nails the cultural aspect”
Comment from 10 Aug 2026 in “"The Persian MâR-Nâmeh Or, the Book for Taking Omens from Snakes" (1892)” One of the best recent metroidvanias
“It's one of the best recent metroidvanias.”
Comment from 26 Sep 2026 in “Analyzing Frontier Model Progress with My Favourite Game: Prince of Persia” Zippy moves like other fast games
“They both have dashes and zippy moves.”
Comment from 7 Dec 2025 in “The unexpected effectiveness of one-shot decompilation with Claude” Looks really amazing
“That looks really amazing”
Comment from 26 Sep 2026 in “Analyzing Frontier Model Progress with My Favourite Game: Prince of Persia”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Looks like spammy shooter ads
“It looks like one of those spam shooty game ads”
Comment from 26 Sep 2026 in “Analyzing Frontier Model Progress with My Favourite Game: Prince of Persia” Ubisoft publisher seen as tainted
“it's Ubisoft and therefore tainted”
Comment from 26 Sep 2026 in “Analyzing Frontier Model Progress with My Favourite Game: Prince of Persia”
Other metroidvanias people recommend
The two most recommended other metroidvanias, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollow Knight: Silksong | 16 | 1 | 94% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Hollow Knight | 16 | 5 | 76% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Prince of Persia: The Lost CrownThis page | 5 | 2 | 71% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it's Ubisoft and therefore tainted”
“It's one of the best recent metroidvanias.”
“It looks like one of those spam shooty game ads”
“That looks really amazing”
“a very solid metroidvania that nails the cultural aspect”
“They both have dashes and zippy moves.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.