Go to your in-game options and lower the difficulty . Many players report that the door opens immediately afterward.
: Lowering the game difficulty (e.g., from Normal to Easy) has been reported to bypass certain progression triggers that fail to activate on higher settings.
The door bug commonly manifested in two forms: doors that failed to open when triggered, and doors that opened but left collision geometry or occluders in place, preventing the player from passing. Both behaviors created a hard stop in what is otherwise a continuous, momentum-driven experience. In a game where pacing and the sensation of fluid traversal are core to player engagement, such interruptions break immersion and can generate frustration disproportionate to the bug’s technical simplicity.
Navigate to System Settings > Memory > Prince of Persia: TFS . Locate and delete only the "Auto Save" file, leaving the "Backup Autosave" .
To avoid encountering this bug again in future playthroughs: Don't Quit in Puzzles