{"id":1472476,"date":"2026-01-23T19:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T19:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ycUrdmYChRakxpZSSNNtwF"},"modified":"2026-01-23T19:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T19:52:09","slug":"how-to-remaster-prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time-yourself-since-ubisoft-wont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/how-to-remaster-prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time-yourself-since-ubisoft-wont\/","title":{"rendered":"How to remaster Prince Of Persia: The Sands of Time yourself, since Ubisoft won’t"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The future of Prince of Persia has never seemed more fraught, as Ubisoft’s money men announce a major reshuffling at the company<\/a>. Jobs have been lost and multiple games have been cancelled, including the long-delayed and much-wanted remake of Prince of Persia: Sands of Time.<\/p>\n

While the fate of Ubisoft’s many studios is the more pressing concern (including staff already going on strike), along with the threat of a pivot towards even more live service games and generative AI, a gamer-level problem is that one of Ubi’s most iconic adventures exists in a surprisingly sorry state.<\/p>\n

Fortunately we’re PC gaming nerds, and we know how to solve such problems.<\/p>\n

Where to buy Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time<\/span><\/h2>\n

If you don’t already own a modern digital copy of Sands Of Time, you’ve got a few options. The first and most convenient is Steam<\/a>, where the game goes for around $12 (\u00a39). At the time of writing, the Ubisoft Store<\/a> has the game discounted down to under $3 (\u00a32), although, yes, you’ll have to download it through their app. You can launch it through Steam after doing so.<\/p>\n

The third option is GOG<\/a>, but you might want to wait just to buy there: At the time of writing, GOG has just announced that Sands of Time will soon be part of the Preservation Program<\/a>, likely bringing a suite of tweaks and improvements to make it play a bit more gracefully on modern hardware ‘out of the box’.<\/p>\n

As with many PS2-era games, Sands of Time doesn’t run great on modern machines, with poor controller support plus wonky post-processing and anti-aliasing. While there are plenty of granular tweaks you can pick up on Nexus Mods<\/a> or ModDB<\/a>, there are two more comprehensive options available that I recommend.<\/p>\n

Modding Sands of Time the easy way<\/span><\/h2>\n
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(Image credit: Ubisoft, Vin\u00edcius Medeiros)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n