{"id":1207217,"date":"2026-02-20T19:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T19:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/M4MZtPXzgb5dnmwKUk9pxV"},"modified":"2026-02-20T19:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T19:35:00","slug":"this-stealthvania-is-like-if-prince-of-persia-never-gave-up-on-2d-and-narrated-your-every-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/this-stealthvania-is-like-if-prince-of-persia-never-gave-up-on-2d-and-narrated-your-every-move\/","title":{"rendered":"This &#8216;stealthvania&#8217; is like if Prince of Persia never gave up on 2D and narrated your every move"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>I&#8217;m a sucker for both retro side scrollers and stealth games, but since we&#8217;ve yet to get Mark of the Ninja 2 or some sort of Splinter Cell demake, I&#8217;ve rarely enjoyed the styles simultaneously. Thinking on it, though, they&#8217;re a natural fit for one another\u2014after all, premiere blockbuster sneak &#8217;em up Assassin&#8217;s Creed has a platforming titan lurking in its DNA: Prince of Persia, of which the original AC was nearly a spinoff.<\/p>\n<p>Enter &#8216;stealthvania&#8217; The Siege and the Sandfox, which <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/653060\/The_Siege_and_the_Sandfox\/\" target=\"_blank\">released on Steam<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n<p>My immediate reaction when I started playing The Siege and the Sandfox was &#8220;this is like Metroid by way of Assassin&#8217;s Creed,&#8221; and I was both delighted and gobsmacked that I hadn&#8217;t played much like it.<\/p>\n<p>Where The Siege and the Sandfox differs from other stealth platformers is in that metroidvania layout. The pace is explorative and free, but you&#8217;ll run into plenty of locked doors and obstacles that can only be overcome with the right upgrade. Instead of rockets and suit forms, though, you get thieves&#8217; tools: boots that let you run up walls, a blackjack for knocking out guards, and so on.<\/p>\n<p>The Sandfox is no fighter, so it&#8217;s best you stay in the shadows, slowly skulk around to keep your footfalls quiet, and put out torches to quash enemies&#8217; fields of vision.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s all familiar once you&#8217;re past the novelty of the genre mashup, but it&#8217;s beautifully realized and surprisingly immersive. The pixel art is gorgeous, ranging from opulent desert castles to dank caverns in the bit that I&#8217;ve played, and the game is committed to punctuating your every action.<\/p>\n<p>Hide in the environment and a narrator will chime in that the Sandfox dove out of sight. In a more relaxed platforming section, the narrator might point out that his skills are rusty, but improving. In more intense moments, it might come with a musical sting or foreboding ambience.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery carousel-layout\">\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-wrap\" style=\"display:flex; flex-flow:row nowrap;\">\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 1 of 6<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"ZkqbrWj34KZx8VXGXvCC2f\" name=\"20250522100557_1\" alt=\"The Siege and the Sandfox screenshot\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/this-stealthvania-is-like-if-prince-of-persia-never-gave-up-on-2d-and-narrated-your-every-move.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Cardboard Sword)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 2 of 6<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"9t94E9nSfMbwCStMsEB93f\" name=\"20250520160327_1\" alt=\"The Siege and the Sandfox screenshot\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/this-stealthvania-is-like-if-prince-of-persia-never-gave-up-on-2d-and-narrated-your-every-move-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Cardboard Sword)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 3 of 6<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Mt5tRimYYzmingMncEpy2f\" name=\"20250522100356_1\" alt=\"The Siege and the Sandfox screenshot\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/this-stealthvania-is-like-if-prince-of-persia-never-gave-up-on-2d-and-narrated-your-every-move-2.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Cardboard Sword)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 4 of 6<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"jkEo8oLzHkJVrRWoYMZ62f\" name=\"20250520160729_1\" alt=\"The Siege and the Sandfox screenshot\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/this-stealthvania-is-like-if-prince-of-persia-never-gave-up-on-2d-and-narrated-your-every-move-3.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Cardboard Sword)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 5 of 6<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"X82ekZu7QBBQPzJQFnyoye\" name=\"20250520160504_1\" alt=\"The Siege and the Sandfox screenshot\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/this-stealthvania-is-like-if-prince-of-persia-never-gave-up-on-2d-and-narrated-your-every-move-4.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Cardboard Sword)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 6 of 6<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"wC6QQdb3yaP9GVFoJRcdye\" name=\"20250520160321_1\" alt=\"The Siege and the Sandfox screenshot\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/this-stealthvania-is-like-if-prince-of-persia-never-gave-up-on-2d-and-narrated-your-every-move-5.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Cardboard Sword)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>On top of that, the game&#8217;s movement is weightier and more deliberate than the average air-dashing, double-jumping metroidvania. You are nimble\u2014you can roll into a long jump, shimmy up pillars, scale walls, and so on\u2014but it&#8217;s more reminiscent of a modern parkour system than anything you&#8217;d find on the NES. The Sandfox lands with a consequential thud, and he needs to clamber up a ledge when he barely makes a jump.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t say how the stealth set pieces themselves will pan out later in the game, but first impressions leave me refreshed. I like the high-octane antics of Blasphemous and Bloodstained just fine, but it&#8217;s nice to embrace the methodical for a bit and wonder if all those scary guys with weapons down that hallway might actually hurt me.<\/p>\n<p>The Siege and the Sandfox is available on <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/653060\/The_Siege_and_the_Sandfox\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steam<\/a>, where it&#8217;s garnered a small pool of &#8220;Mostly Positive&#8221; reviews.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"f2f85b15-0d07-46bf-9ed3-d188e67a1f2f\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:400px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Vji3V6i3HDWUHeQ22PrjFL\" name=\"New Project (8).jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/this-stealthvania-is-like-if-prince-of-persia-never-gave-up-on-2d-and-narrated-your-every-move-6.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-games-2025-upcoming-pc-release-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"f2f85b15-0d07-46bf-9ed3-d188e67a1f2f\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: This year&#8217;s upcoming releases<strong><br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/this-stealthvania-is-like-if-prince-of-persia-never-gave-up-on-2d-and-narrated-your-every-move\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a sucker for both retro side scrollers and stealth games, but since we&#8217;ve yet to get Mark of the Ninja 2 or some sort of Splinter Cell demake, I&#8217;ve rarely enjoyed the styles simultaneously. Thinking on it, though, they&#8217;re a natural fit for one another\u2014after all, premiere blockbuster sneak &#8217;em up Assassin&#8217;s Creed has a platforming titan lurking in its DNA: Prince of Persia, of which the original AC was nearly a spinoff. Enter &#8216;stealthvania&#8217; The Siege and the Sandfox, which released on Steam this week. My immediate reaction when I started playing The Siege and the Sandfox was &#8220;this is like Metroid by way of Assassin&#8217;s Creed,&#8221; and I was both delighted and gobsmacked that I hadn&#8217;t played much like it. 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