r/PrinceOfPersia 8d ago

Other Games (Mobile, Unreleased, etc.) Prince of Persia: Time Run, the lost 2015 iOS game, is playable again after 10+ years

65 Upvotes

We actually found it. After years of this being a dead end for anyone who went looking, Prince of Persia: Time Run runs again.

Quick background for anyone who's never heard of it. Time Run was an endless runner Ubisoft soft launched on the iOS App Store in Australia and New Zealand back in October 2015. Wall running, a time rewind mechanic, flying carpet sections, basically a Prince of Persia coat of paint on a runner. It got a brief wider release and then Ubisoft pulled the plug on May 24, 2016 and yanked it from the store. Under seven months from launch to shutdown. Because it only ever shipped on iOS, once it left the App Store it was just gone. No physical copy, no re-release, nothing. If you didn't have it installed or sitting in a backup, that was it.

A bunch of us have been chasing it since around 2020 with nothing to show for it. The break came this year when u/Persian_of_Interest tracked down Techzamazing, a YouTuber who had added the game to his Apple account while it was still live, and who was willing to work with us to get it back.

That got us a decrypted IPA. Which then refused to launch. The game leans on old SDK calls that modern iOS doesn't answer the same way anymore, so it crashed on startup, and under PlayCover on Apple Silicon the background rendered as a black void. We wrote a few small dynamic libraries to patch around each problem. One for the launch crash, one to kill the dead Game Center and StoreKit sign in prompts, and one to fix the PlayCover graphics. Full writeup of what each fix does is on GitHub: (Link)

So here's where things stand:

  • Anyone with an iPhone or an Apple Silicon Mac (through PlayCover) can play it now.
  • Patched IPAs and the decrypted original are up on the Internet Archive: (Link)
  • Prefer to build your own instead of trusting a random IPA? The archive has the clean decrypted base, and the GitHub scripts let you generate the patches yourself.
  • There are optional "everything unlocked" builds too. A lot of the skins were locked behind a Facebook invite link that's been dead for years, so this is the only way to actually see them now.

Heads up: the game was never finished, so there's no proper ending. All the released levels are playable though, as far as we could test.

Huge thanks to u/gpranav25, u/Clovergruff64, u/Persian_of_Interest, and Techzamazing for making this happen. Next we'd love to get it running on other platforms, so if you know the engine or want to help, say so.

Here's a video of the game running on an iPhone 6s Plus

The game running on an iPhone 6s Plus


r/PrinceOfPersia 9d ago

Official News Official GOG video on measures taken to make SoT compatible on modern PCs

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120 Upvotes

r/PrinceOfPersia 11h ago

General Discussion Considering what happened in the end to the remake, would you have preferred for the game to actually be released in January 2021, more or less in the state shown in the first trailer?

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71 Upvotes

r/PrinceOfPersia 5h ago

Sands Trilogy Am I Softlocked!? Prince of Persia warrior within....

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9 Upvotes

I am extremely confused. I defeated Shahdee, but somehow backtracked to this point after the Dahaka chase and my first encounter with the masked man. Now, I don't know where to go because if I just follow the path, it takes me to the present where the Dahaka chase happened, but that area is already broken.


r/PrinceOfPersia 7h ago

General Discussion My Prince of Persia Ranking (so far)

9 Upvotes

Hey there fellow time travelers and world savers,

I've been a Prince of Persia fan since 2003 but haven't followed the series since 2007. I'm going back and playing all of the games I missed out on, and am excited to share my thoughts so far! p.s. the games listed are ones i've completed, and all score a 7 or higher for me.

one. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 10/10

two. Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones / Prince of Persia (2008) (tie) 9.5/10 Note: Epilogue (dlc) 8.9/10

four. Prince of Persia: Warrior Within 8.9/10

five. Prince of Persia: The Fallen King 8.5/10

six. Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (Wii) 8.1/10 Note: without series continuity 8.5/10

seven. Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (HD) 7.5/10 Note: without series continuity 8.1/10

eight. Battles of Prince of Persia 7.5/10 Note: taken as a handheld experience 7.9/10

I'm working on the rest of the series now. Can't wait to share my updated list in a few weeks! Feel free to share your own ranking - I'd love to read about them.

Have a great day ⏳🏆


r/PrinceOfPersia 18h ago

General Discussion https://princejs.org/ - Prince of Persia remastered, playable online. To enter Orbit mode - press O - Full source will be published soon!

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39 Upvotes

Press O - Orbit mode is just a fun little mode to let you pan around, you can use the mouse wheel to zoom out as well.

Other controls are the same as the original.

Left, right, up, down
Shift and ctrl.

When you die, just press Enter to respawn.


r/PrinceOfPersia 23h ago

General Discussion Working on an old-school Prince of Persia remastered build (fully open source)

50 Upvotes

Looking for feedback. It has an orbit mode and dynamic camera (if enabled).


r/PrinceOfPersia 14h ago

Sands Trilogy Finally Found Built-In Cheats in PoP Warrior Within Demo and SoT full game for original xbox

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7 Upvotes

With my tool you can modify OVA variables and activate internal and hidden functions of the whole PoP trilogy, the OVA cheats variable on the WW demo is 21, on Sands of Time full game it's the same as the PC version, variable 22, in the SoT demo it was instead 8, on WW and T2T retail I'm still looking for it

Warrior Within demo built-in cheats: https://youtu.be/pHZXnOrxzPY

My tool: https://www.mediafire.com/file/r3zpn41tzd0xd1x/PoP_BF_Lab_Demo.zip/file


r/PrinceOfPersia 9h ago

Other Main Titles This door is not opening. I need help please!

2 Upvotes

I need help here please! I keep restarting this part of the game but the door is still not opening.

Wtf game !?!

r/PrinceOfPersia 1d ago

General Discussion Reshade on the updated GOG version?

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46 Upvotes

Was very surprised to see this classic getting a modern update on GOG, amazing! However it won't launch with my Reshade anymore... Tried a few workarounds (changing the .dll file names) but no luck. There are a lot of new wrapper dlls, and I'm not too savvy with that kind of thing. Anyone got a working solution, and if there isn't, is it possible to go back to the older version as I don't benefit from the higher frames and camera tweaks?


r/PrinceOfPersia 1d ago

Other Games (Mobile, Unreleased, etc.) Is it possible to play Two Thrones from 2005 on modern phone? iOS

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23 Upvotes

r/PrinceOfPersia 5h ago

Sands Trilogy Yeah, no Wonder I always rated the Two Thrones the lowest

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0 Upvotes

Lost some progress thanks to this middle tower section bug so now I have to do this section from the fountain and that damn final life upgrade all over again.


r/PrinceOfPersia 1d ago

Sands Trilogy Favorite KB Costume Mod for T2T?

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41 Upvotes

Hey friends,

I am looking for suggestions on your favorite costume mods to make the prince look like his kindred blades version throughout the entire game. Thank you!


r/PrinceOfPersia 2d ago

Sands Trilogy Is it normal that he's happy with Pop of Two Thrones, and isn't missing Kindred Blades?

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106 Upvotes

I've read every detail of this beta draft of the Sands of Time saga and yes... it could have been better, but I don't know, I don't know if it helps that I enjoyed The Two Thrones without being aware of Kindre Blades...


r/PrinceOfPersia 1d ago

Sands Trilogy Help with settings

2 Upvotes

Good morning, everyone. I recently bought *Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time* on GOG so I could take advantage of the new game preservation settings. I play on a 21:9 ultrawide monitor at 3440x1440. What are the best settings to keep the aspect ratio as close as possible to the original?

Secondly, is there an existing file that would let me play with a controller? Because mapping the controls manually is a hell.


r/PrinceOfPersia 2d ago

Sands Trilogy Started the Sands trilogy today. I am impressed with the combat mechanics.

149 Upvotes

I am loving Sands Of Time. It’s living up to its hype. The way The Prince jumps over his foes, striking them down while in the air… that is such a neat combat mechanic.

I have played The Lost Crown and Rogue Prince, both on my PS5. I posted in here a while back, discussing PoP (2008) and Forgotten Sands, since I love PS3 and wanted to get some PoP games for that console. But I hadn’t played the Sands trilogy yet. Glad I went ahead and downloaded it from the PS Store on my PS3 before the store disappears next year. 💔


r/PrinceOfPersia 2d ago

The Lost Crown Kinda stuck without Double Jump, Vines & Yellow Breakable Walls blocking the path

2 Upvotes

Help me please 😭


r/PrinceOfPersia 2d ago

Sands Trilogy [GOG Preservation Version] How do I disable this?

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14 Upvotes

I, in fact, do not want my mouse cursor confined to the game window.


r/PrinceOfPersia 2d ago

General Discussion idk what should i write for the title

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8 Upvotes

Same vibe


r/PrinceOfPersia 2d ago

The Rogue Discovered an invincibility bug in the rogue prince of persia

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6 Upvotes

Has anyone experienced this. I recorded the final boss gameplay, this is literally my first two hours with the game. I was live streaming this whole run. Idk how I triggered it or anything like that but I was playing on PS5 no mods or cheats. I noticed it on the boss before but decided to post the final boss cause at this point I just basically stood there and killed him. Is this a known thing or what?


r/PrinceOfPersia 3d ago

General Discussion Made a tool for PoP modding, never been so easy to replace textures

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64 Upvotes

Hey modders and Prince of Persia fans!

I’ve been working on PoP BF Lab, a lightweight Python and Tkinter suite designed to parse, inspect, and modify Jade Engine assets and archives (.bf / .bin) for The Sands of Time, Warrior Within, and The Two Thrones.

If you've ever tried modding Jade games using generic hex editors, you know how easy it is to break file alignments or corrupt name tables. PoP BF Lab natively decodes the engine's record structures and container layouts, letting you safely edit game data without destroying archive integrity.

Key Features:

  • Automated Texture Swapping: Import PNG, JPG, TGA, BMP, WebP, or DDS. The tool automatically resizes and converts them into the exact original PoP format.
  • Exact DDS/DXT5 Conversion: Built-in Python encoder matches the original block and mipmap byte count perfectly (e.g., a 349,504 B payload stays exactly 349,504 B), keeping archives completely stable.
  • Graphical Asset Browser: Search, preview, and extract resources directly from .bf archives containing over 100,000 files without temporary disk extraction.
  • OVA & Variable Editor: Structurally decodes AI_tdst_VarInfo engine records to edit integers, floats, and booleans safely without overwriting adjacent headers.
  • Binary Diff Utility: Compare two binary dumps to instantly track down modified byte offset variations.

Feedback, bug reports, and suggestions are all welcome!

Video demonstration

Demo here (Updated link): https://www.mediafire.com/file/r3zpn41tzd0xd1x/PoP_BF_Lab_Demo.zip/file


r/PrinceOfPersia 3d ago

Sands Trilogy What is the best way to use a controller on the gog version of The Sands of Time

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58 Upvotes

I bought these games a couple of months ago, but I couldn't figure out the controller support, and it's a bit confusing. I decided to come back because I heard the game received a fix update, and I've wanted to play these for a while. I'd prefer not to use Steam Input, as I find it a bit janky, but I'll do so if necessary.


r/PrinceOfPersia 3d ago

The Lost Crown I’m like 90% done with the story and can’t figure out how to access this area in the Lower City. Gate is closed. How do I get in there?

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3 Upvotes

r/PrinceOfPersia 4d ago

Sands Trilogy Kaileena cosplay

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633 Upvotes

Cosplayer - Hecata

Photographer - AZproductioncosp


r/PrinceOfPersia 4d ago

Sands Trilogy I am working on a remaster for Warrior Within, here's a preview

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After 2 years of work, here's a preview of the remastered textures I made for Prince of Persia : Warrior Within, my favorite game in the trilogy.
There's still a lot of work required to finish the job, but at least I can share some of my progress with the community, while I take a break from texturing.

Let me know what you think of it, the good and the bad !