All Harry Potter Games in Order, by Release and Timeline

Putting the Harry Potter games in order looks simple until you count them. Harry Potter has carried a video game line for 25 years, starting with chunky PC and PS1 tie-ins in 2001 and landing on an open-world RPG set about 90 years before Harry was born. Along the way came LEGO adventures, two Quidditch spin-offs and a handful of mobile games, some of which no longer exist.

This list covers 16 games: eight film tie-ins from Electronic Arts, two LEGO games, two Quidditch spin-offs, three mobile games and Hogwarts Legacy. Release order and story order line up only for the film games and the LEGO pair. Hogwarts Legacy jumps back to the 1890s, Hogwarts Mystery sits just before Harry's first year, and the mobile games scatter across the timeline. Warner Bros. Discovery has also confirmed a sequel, widely called Hogwarts Legacy 2, is in the works, and the HBO series premieres on Christmas Day 2026.

Below, you'll find all Harry Potter games in a release-order table, the story order, and a section on each game with its details, what it plays like, and my verdict. If you want to jump straight into one of the newer entries, our Harry Potter games collection carries keys for most of them.

For the Harry Potter games timeline, start with Hogwarts Legacy, set in the late 1800s. Hogwarts Mystery comes next, since its student starts school in 1984 and graduates in 1991, the year Harry arrives. The film tie-ins then run Year 1 to Year 7 in release order, with the two LEGO games retelling the same seven years. Magic Awakened picks up about a decade after the Battle of Hogwarts, and Wizards Unite is set years after the books without a fixed date. The two Quidditch games have no place in the story at all.

1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)

Sold as Philosopher's Stone outside the US, the first Harry Potter game arrived alongside the film in November 2001, and it was really several games under one name. The PC version, built on Unreal Engine, had you trace spell patterns with the mouse to learn Flipendo and Wingardium Leviosa, then use them on puzzles and platforming. The PS1 version swapped tracing for button-sequence minigames, and the Game Boy Color version turned into a turn-based RPG with collectible cards.

The PC and PS1 versions share the core loop: classes, a bit of sneaking around the castle, and Quidditch matches where you fly through hoops before chasing the Snitch. You trade Bertie Bott's beans for Famous Witches and Wizards cards and earn house points for Gryffindor. The PS1 version sold a reported 8 million copies by May 2003, even though critics found it short and repetitive. A PS2, Xbox and GameCube version followed in December 2003, reusing assets from Chamber of Secrets.

My Verdict: A charming time capsule with real nostalgia value. Both the PS1 and PC versions show their age within the first hour, and the adventure is short and simple. Play it for history and you'll get what you came for.

2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

Chamber of Secrets is the one many fans of that era remember most fondly, and it holds the highest Metacritic scores of any EA Harry Potter tie-in, 77 on PC, Xbox and GameCube. The PC version lets you roam Hogwarts and its grounds between lessons, adding Diffindo, Rictusempra and Skurge to your spell list. Lockhart's Dueling Club pits you against other students, and you brew Wiggenweld potions to restore stamina.

The console versions took a different route, with a daily to-do structure, free broom flight across the grounds, gnome tossing and broom races. Quidditch returns with Harry as Gryffindor Seeker. The music, composed by Jeremy and Julian Soule, won Original Music at the first BAFTA Games Awards. Like the rest of the early EA games, it isn't sold on any current digital store, so you'll need an original disc to play it today.

My Verdict: My pick of the early tie-ins and the one I'd point any curious fan toward first. The PC version especially captures the feeling of living at Hogwarts, years before any game tried it at full scale.

3. Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup (2003)

Quidditch World Cup is the first full Quidditch game in the series, and it skips the story entirely. You start in the Hogwarts House Cup as one of the four houses, clearing challenges that teach passing, tackling, and Snitch chases. Win the House Cup and the World Cup opens up, with nine national teams including England, USA, Japan, Germany, and Bulgaria, led by Viktor Krum.

Matches revolve around Chaser combos. Passing and scoring fill a Snitch meter, and once it's full, the Seekers race for the 150-point catch. Each team has its own special move, and Quidditch cards open up brooms from the Comet 260 up to the Firebolt. Critics liked the presentation and familiar faces but called the controls sluggish and the matches repetitive over a full campaign.

My Verdict: A fun couch game for an evening with a friend, and still a good Quidditch fix on older hardware. Depth runs out fast. Treat it as a side dish to the main tie-ins.

4. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

Prisoner of Azkaban is the first PC and console Harry Potter game to make Ron and Hermione playable. The Game Boy Color RPGs had them as party members, but only as part of turn-based battles. On consoles, you switch between the trio at will: Harry jumps gaps and carries the Marauder's Map, Ron finds secret passages, and Hermione has the widest spell list and crawls through tight spaces. The PC version handles the switching automatically and leans more on puzzles, in line with KnowWonder's earlier games.

Harry gets Expecto Patronum for the Dementor encounters, and you fly Buckbeak in a few set pieces. Quidditch is gone as a playable match. Reviews were mixed, with scores in the high 60s, and several critics saw it as a step down from Chamber of Secrets.

My Verdict: The trio mechanic is a good idea, and the third film's darker mood comes through in places. It plays like a rushed follow-up to Chamber of Secrets, though, and only completionists need to track it down.

5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

Goblet of Fire dropped the explorable castle entirely. You pick levels from a menu built like Dumbledore's Pensieve and play them with a fixed camera and a heavy focus on action. It also added the first co-op mode in the series, letting up to three players team up as the trio. Collecting Triwizard Shields opens new levels, so you'll replay earlier ones to progress.

The Triwizard tasks are the highlights: a broom chase against the Hungarian Horntail and an underwater section in the Black Lake. Ralph Fiennes voices Voldemort, and group spells let the trio combine their magic on bigger obstacles. Critics praised the co-op and the spell effects but flagged the short length and the repetitive level replays.

My Verdict: Easily the most fun EA tie-in to play with friends on a couch, and a total departure from what came before. Solo, it feels thin, and I missed the castle more than I expected to.

6. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

Order of the Phoenix brought back the open castle at a scale the series had never tried. You walk a large recreation of Hogwarts freely, plus Grimmauld Place, the Ministry of Magic, and Little Whinging. Spells are cast with gestures, using the Wii Remote on Wii and the analog stick elsewhere. Casting them on objects around the castle earns Discovery points that pay out bonuses in the Room of Rewards.

The story centers on recruiting members for Dumbledore's Army, with Exploding Snap, wizard chess, and Gobstones on the side. Late in the game, you take control of Sirius at the Ministry and then Dumbledore for his duel with Voldemort. Critics loved walking the castle but called the quests repetitive and the duels too easy. Scores landed in the 60s on PC and home consoles and around 50 on handhelds.

My Verdict: Hogwarts is the star here, and wandering its corridors still feels special. Treat the story as an excuse to walk around Hogwarts and you'll have a good time with it.

7. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

Half-Blood Prince keeps the open Hogwarts from the previous game, which EA said it rebuilt from the film's own blueprints. Three activities fill most of your time: Potions class, where you mix ingredients with motion or stick inputs; the Dueling Club, with a venue for each house; and Quidditch, played as a Seeker flying minigame. The Marauder's Map opens up new parts of the castle as you go.

The minigames carry most of the hours between cutscenes. Ron gets one level, following Harry under the effect of a love potion, and Ginny takes over as Seeker against Cho's Ravenclaw, with Harry stuck in detention. IGN called it an improvement on Order of the Phoenix, but GameSpot found the minigames repetitive, and the overall reception stayed mixed.

My Verdict: Potions and dueling are more fun than they sound, and the castle looks great. It's a decent game that runs out of ideas around the halfway mark.

8. LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1–4 (2010)

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1–4 retells the first four books in Traveller's Tales' slapstick style, and it's the game that made the series fun again. Diagon Alley serves as the hub, where you buy characters, spells, and red bricks, and Hogwarts itself is a large castle full of secrets that changes as the years go by. Spells drive the puzzles, and a second player can drop in at any time.

The humor carries the story, with no spoken dialogue and plenty of visual gags. Reviews were strong, with a Metacritic score of 79 on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. Unlike the EA tie-ins, it's still on sale: you can pick up LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1–4 on Steam, or play it as part of the LEGO Harry Potter Collection on newer consoles.

My Verdict: For families and couch co-op, nothing in the series is easier to recommend. It's light, funny, and packed with collectibles, and it holds up better than anything EA made in the same decade.

9. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010)

Deathly Hallows Part 1 turned Harry Potter into a third-person cover shooter. With no school year to attend, EA swapped the castle for over-the-shoulder combat, a spell wheel, and destructible cover. Stealth sections with the Invisibility Cloak and Polyjuice Potion break up the fights, and Xbox 360 owners got optional Kinect missions where you cast spells with your hands.

Critics hammered it. Scores landed in the high 30s on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC, with reviewers calling the combat shallow and the missions disconnected from the book. If you still want to see it for yourself, a Deathly Hallows Part 1 key for the EA app is the simplest route to a legal copy on PC.

My Verdict: The low point of the series, and a clear sign that the shooter formula never fit Harry Potter. Skip it unless you're collecting every entry.

10. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011)

Part 2 keeps the shooter structure and points it at the Battle of Hogwarts. It's a linear, cutscene-heavy ride with no side activities, and it rotates you through eight characters, from Neville and McGonagall to Molly Weasley, who gets a level alongside Ginny. The final fight with Voldemort plays out as a beam-aiming sequence, and it was the first Harry Potter game to support PlayStation Move.

It scored a few points higher than Part 1, with the home console and PC versions in the low to mid 40s on Metacritic. Weak enemy AI and repetitive fights held it back, and reviewers finished it in about three to four hours. EA's licensed Harry Potter run ended here.

My Verdict: Seeing the Battle of Hogwarts from several characters' eyes is a nice touch. The shooting underneath is dull, and the film tells the same story better.

11. LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5–7 (2011)

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5–7 finishes the saga, covering the last three books and four films. The formula stays the same, with a bigger world to roam that adds London, Platform 9¾ and new corners of Hogwarts. Game director Arthur Parsons told MuggleNet the console versions carry more than 200 playable characters. Co-op stays on one screen, with a second player able to drop in at any point.

Both LEGO games now live in the LEGO Harry Potter Collection. It first came to PS4 in 2016, reached Switch and Xbox One in 2018, and got a 4K remaster for PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC on October 8, 2024. A Switch 2 version is due on October 16, 2026. You can also still buy LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5–7 on Steam on its own.

My Verdict: Every bit as good as Years 1–4, with the darker books softened by LEGO humor. Get both through the Collection and you have the whole story in one place.

12. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (2018)

Hogwarts Mystery was the first game under the Portkey Games label, and it lets you create your own Hogwarts student. You start in 1984 and work through seven school years, ending in 1991, just as Harry is about to arrive. Your older brother Jacob has vanished, and the search for him leads to the Cursed Vaults, a mystery that runs through the whole school story.

The game hit trouble at launch over its energy system, which forces you to wait or pay to keep going, and critics called the monetization aggressive. Jam City cut prices after the backlash and kept updating it. The game is still live in 2026, with the Beyond Hogwarts expansion moving your character into a Ministry career after graduation.

My Verdict: The story and the sense of being a student are better than the reviews suggest. The energy timers are the price you pay. In short daily bursts, it works.

13. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite (2019)

Wizards Unite was Niantic's follow-up to Pokémon Go, built on the same location-based idea. A Calamity has scattered magical objects and creatures across the Muggle world, and you join the Ministry's Statute of Secrecy Task Force to recover them. Inns, greenhouses, and Fortresses sit at real-world locations, and Fortresses let groups of players fight together.

The game earned an estimated $37 million by May 2021, a fraction of Pokémon Go's numbers. Niantic added the Knight Bus in 2020 so players could join Fortress battles remotely during lockdowns, but it wasn't enough. Niantic pulled the game from stores in December 2021 and shut the servers down on January 31, 2022.

My Verdict: A clever AR idea that never found its audience. With the servers gone for good, it's a piece of series history and nothing more.

14. Harry Potter: Magic Awakened (2021)

Magic Awakened turns spellcasting into a collectible card game. According to the official Wizarding World explainer, you play a new Hogwarts student about ten years after the Battle of Hogwarts. Duels play out in real time, with your deck of spells, companions, and creatures deciding how each fight goes. Around the duels, you attend classes, make friends, and join clubs, so it plays like a small social school sim.

The game was a hit in China, bringing in an estimated $228 million in its first two months there. The global launch in 2023 went far worse, and the Western version closed on October 29, 2024, as explained on the Portkey Games support page. It's still running in China and several other Asian territories.

My Verdict: Its dueling system is the smartest combat any Harry Potter mobile game has had. With the Western servers gone, most readers can only follow it from afar.

15. Hogwarts Legacy (2023)

Hogwarts Legacy is the first open-world Harry Potter RPG. Set in the 1890s, it casts you as a fifth-year student who arrives late at Hogwarts and can wield a rare ancient magic. The goblin Ranrok and the dark wizard Victor Rookwood are hunting that magic, and the trail leads back to Isidora Morganach, a former professor whose story drives the late game.

The open world covers Hogwarts, Hogsmeade, and the Highlands, with broom and beast flight, the Room of Requirement to decorate, and a combat system built around spell combos. It sold more than 40 million copies by December 2025, and Warner Bros. Games named it the best-selling game of 2023 worldwide. Our Hogwarts Legacy keys cover PC and Xbox, and the Hogwarts Legacy Deluxe Edition adds the Dark Arts Pack with a Thestral mount and the Dark Arts Battle Arena.

PC players got official mod support and a free Creator Kit on January 30, 2025, and the Switch 2 version arrived on June 5, 2025. Warner Bros. Discovery's Q2 2026 shareholder letter lists a second installment of Hogwarts Legacy in its game pipeline, though it gives no title, date, or platforms yet.

My Verdict: The best Harry Potter game ever made and the obvious starting point for anyone new. The main quest plays it safe. Living at Hogwarts has never felt this good, and the castle alone justifies the price.

16. Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions (2024)

Quidditch Champions brings Quidditch back as a full game, 21 years after the Quidditch World Cup. You can play as a Chaser, Beater, Keeper or Seeker, and the career mode runs through the House Cup, the Triwizard Schools Cup and the Quidditch World Cup. Online matches let you team up with friends or face other players.

It launched as a PlayStation Plus monthly game in September 2024 and reached Switch that November. Critics liked the lack of microtransactions but found it short on content, and its Metacritic scores sit in the mid-60s. The February 2025 update reworked progression and added custom matches, and no new content has followed since. You can still buy it on Steam, and our Quidditch Champions keys cover PC and Switch.

My Verdict: Quidditch has never played better in a video game, and it's a solid party pick with friends. Solo players will run through the content quickly, which makes it a sale purchase.

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Final Words

Twenty-five years of Harry Potter games split cleanly into three eras. EA's tie-ins chased the films and peaked early with Chamber of Secrets, and the LEGO games retold the saga with jokes. Of the three mobile games on this list, only Hogwarts Mystery is still playable in the West. Hogwarts Legacy then showed what the license could do with time and a real budget, and its 40 million sales made a sequel close to inevitable.

If you're picking one game, pick Hogwarts Legacy. If you want Harry's actual story, the LEGO Collection covers all seven years in one package and is far easier to get than any of the original tie-ins.

The next big date is Christmas Day 2026, when the HBO series starts its run. A sequel to Hogwarts Legacy is already confirmed, and the timing of its reveal is the open question. I'd keep an eye on Warner Bros. Discovery's upcoming earnings calls, since that's where the first confirmation slipped out.

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