Is Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown on Steam Deck?

❘ Updated: 2024-01-15T10:00:26

The key art from Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, on the screen of a Steam Deck OLED.

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is the latest game in the beloved franchise and Steam Deck owners may be wondering if it’s possible to enjoy the release on the portable device. So, here’s what we know.

The latest entry in the Prince of Persia series, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown has arrived in early access and fans are eager to get stuck into this side-scrolling adventure which features plenty of side-scrolling action, and a lot of interesting puzzles.

The title is available on a variety of platforms including PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, Nintendo Switch, PC, and Amazon Luna. With the Steam Deck having become an ideal choice for a lot of handheld fans, however, you may be curious to know if it’s possible to play The Lost Crown on Valve’s portable device.

With that in mind, here’s everything we know about whether or not Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is available on Steam Deck.

Is Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown on Steam Deck?

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Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown won’t be available natively on Steam Deck, but there are ways to run the game on the handheld platform.

Previous games in the three-decade-long franchise are playable on the Valve handheld, by varying degrees, yet it’s not as simple when it comes to the Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. While it will be available on a myriad of platforms come launch, including PC, it won’t be available on Steam.

The game not being natively available on the Steam Deck isn’t ideal, yet the situation isn’t entirely bleak. It’s currently available to pre-order on the Ubisoft and Epic Games Store, which can be accessed from your Valve handheld. By installing Heroic Game Launcher on the Steam Deck, you can get access to your Epic Games library on the go, including Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown.

Without natively being available on Steam, there isn’t Valve’s helpful (though not always dependable) verification process to go by, and so whether or not it’ll actually perform well on the Steam Deck, or the upgraded OLED models, remains to be seen.

However, the Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown PC requirements aren’t very demanding, which bodes well for the device. Developer Ubisoft Montpellier only asks for an Nvidia GeForce GTX 960, or an AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT graphics cards to hit even the recommended specs, both being much older GPUs.

When it comes to storage space, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown only needs 30GB of your precious storage space, which is pretty small by today’s standards. By picking up one of the best microSD cards for Steam Deck, you can ensure you have plenty storage to spare, especially if you’re using one of the older LCD models.