The Rogue Prince of Persia has received new content today via the game’s Anniversary Update, Ubisoft and Evil Empire have announced.
The update includes adjustments to difficulty and pacing, allowing for “more satisfying challenge — less frustration early on, and way more room for pure mastery over time. To that end, the Wallrun has been fixed as many people were “cheesing General Berude with the Air Dash,” so now the studio has added mandatory wallrun sections. Meanwhile, the Vayu bar is now filled by wallrunning, rewarding stylish acrobatics, and finally, Zagros and Aqueduct are compressed to reduce runback fatigue.
Other details are as follows:
- Run Stats Screen – Track your performance and runtime in the Oasis and at the end of successful runs.
- Weapon Affixes – Weapons now spawn with up to four affix slots (Bronze to Diamond) that you can reroll at Astara’s Shop.
- Crit Nerf – Crit builds were scaling out of control, so we reined them in a bit (don’t worry, new Critical Sharpener medallions are here to help).
- New Challenges – Chaotic “Suspicious Chest” combat arenas are all waiting.
- And a Massive Pile of Extras – Final boss rework (Nogai got scarier), mob density reworks, elites drops medallions and a mountain of quality-of-life fixes.
The Rogue Prince of Persia was released on April 2025 for PS5, PC, and Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 in December 2025. You can read our full review here.
The game takes the form of a 2D side-scrolling romp that sees players controlling the Prince, who is handy when it comes to parkouring his way through environments using wall jumps, wall running and more. Stages are procedurally generated, and as the name implies, there’s roguelike elements, with the Prince able to time travel using a mysterious artifact to avoid a permanent death and return to the Oasis hub to restock.
