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Hogwarts Legacy
Developer Avalanche Software
Hogwarts Legacy is a 2023 action role-playing video game developed by Avalanche Software and published by Warner Bros. Games under its Portkey Games label. It is part of the Wizarding World franchise, taking place a century before the Harry Potter novels. Players control a student enrolled at the magical Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry who attends classes, learns spells, and explores Hogwarts Castle and… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
355 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 7, 2026 · last updated Oct 7, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
73
Fresh
184 positive · 68 negative
95% range 67–78%
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| Steam reviews | 184 | 68 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
103 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
336,489 of 374,991 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Mixed but leaning positive; fans love the world, but many criticize the story and performance.
Many players praise the game for its beautiful world and faithful recreation of Hogwarts, with some calling it a dream come true for fans. One reviewer notes, 'You can do everything you can't do in real life, like casting magic and talking to girls' (R1). Another says, 'let me live my wizard dreams… mostly by blowing myself up with my own spells' (R2). [1][2]
However, critics point to a weak story, repetitive gameplay, and technical issues. One player says the game 'feels like it's a high-budget fan-fiction game that prioritizes aesthetics over substance' (R32). Another complains about 'unskippable cut-scenes' and lack of pause (R31). Some also allege that the game uses anti-cheat software that affects performance (R29, R36). [32][31][29][36]
Praised beautiful world and atmosphere · faithful to Harry Potter universe · fun combat and exploration
Criticised weak story and writing · technical issues and performance · repetitive gameplay
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Reactions
60 of 355 · most liked firstWhile this game can be awe inspiring with its presentation, both in well motion captured dialogues and the environments, it falls short in most other aspects. The best way to describe it is as wide as an ocean, as deep as a puddle. It's as if you took Witcher 3, pulled out all the main quests and sidequests, leaving only the question mark points of interest and made that the whole game. It's all full of menial chores that you have to drudge through in order to unlock access to what little…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A gorgeous cake with no flavor. The game is like a perfectly decorated cake — if you love books and movies, it’ll catch your eye right away. But after a few hours, you start realizing the recipe’s off. It’s like they made the dough gluten-free for celiacs, salt-free for hypertension, sugar-free for diabetics, and took out any exotic spice just to avoid offending anyone. The result? Something safe for everyone, but totally bland and forgettable. Sometimes, when you skip your diet, you just want…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm gonna be real: Hogwarts Legacy is not a game people should be slinging death threats to content creators over. The game sucks ass and should be ignored. Ignore the people playing it. Mute it wherever you think you'll see it. Don't even engage. It's a waste of time.
unlabelledView post →NEW: WB Games has canceled a planned Hogwarts Legacy DLC and Definitive Edition, part of an ongoing restructuring at the organization following a dire 2024. The project was not yet announced but Bloomberg reported on it last year. The sequel remains in development. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
unlabelledView post →Same with transphobia. See Hogwarts Legacy. I had so many leftists yelling at me for saying “hey maybe don’t support and play the TERF wizard game”.
unlabelledView post →Uses anti-cheat software (DENUVO) for a single player game. Absolute travesty, please destroy my PC and sell all of my data :{
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this post feels like it was made with the intent of generating angry quote RTs and i’m a little disappointed it worked. Hogwarts Legacy 2 is not a real video game. it might be in like 5-7 years but this article is extrapolating from developer job listings
unlabelledView post →This is a barely-not-recommend for me. The magic of the Harry Potter universe is certainly there, music and all. But it's marred by creepy smiles on the characters, the repetitive gameplay, the questionable design decisions, and Warner Brothers requiring that you sign a "legally binding contract" (not kidding, that's how they phrase it) that allows them to collect your data before you can even begin playing the game. If you're a huge Harry Potter fan and you don't mind signing your privacy…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I want to like this game, but there is no reason for a single player game to allow so little control. You can't pause, escape out, close the game, or anything else during a large number of long cut-scenes. At first, i thought it was just at the beginning of the game, but 10 hours in they are still inserting 5+ minute long unskippable scene. There is no reason for this game to be so horrible. Just let me pause and continue at my own pace! I need control of my computer. The game doesn't decide…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am a lifelong Harry Potter fan. I’ve been waiting for this game since the 2018 leaks, but it's an immense disappointment. To put it simply: it’s feels like it's a high-budget fan-fiction game that prioritizes aesthetics over substance. The castle looks whimsical, but the layout is a mess of questionable design choices that ignore established lore, which in turn makes it less magical and believable (e.g., the Great Staircase that pops in and out based on your movement, or the Chamber of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You can do everything you can't do in real life, like casting magic and talking to girls
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a single player RPG that requires an Internet connection, which makes it unplayable on flights on the steamdeck. Not everything needs to be online.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Remember when some weirdos kept insisting that Hogwarts Legacy was going to be Game of the Year? And that it’s specific stand out mechanic was COMBAT?
unlabelledView post →God, remember when Hogwarts Legacy came out and all those big streamers went WELL IT'S A HUGE RELEASE I HAVE TO PLAY IT, I SUPPORT TRANS PEOPLE I'LL DONATE LIKE $500 TO A TRANS CHARITY OKAY NOW I'M GONNA STREAM IT FOR 150k PEOPLE Literal indulgences for a bad video game
unlabelledView post →I'm not saying boycotts AREN'T worthwhile but I said the same during Hogwarts Legacy as people bragged about “standing with trans folks” by not buying a game. That’s the easiest gesture capitalism allows you. If your activism starts & ends with not swiping a credit card, you’re not resisting power.
unlabelledView post →Hi 🫶🏼 I main on PlayStation and it would be cool to find some mutuals 🖤 -Hogwarts Legacy -Fortnite -Cyberpunk -Stardew Valley -Animal Crossing -Baulders Gate -literally ANY farmer/decorating cozy game -Skyrim -Fallout -House Flipper 2 -Gas Station Sim #promosky
unlabelledView post →This is actually a great segue into mention this, since it's been on my mind recently. With Hogwarts Legacy 2 coming out, I will deadass unfollow and block anyone I catch playing this game. Harry Potter games directly helps JKR fund programs to harm trans people. Play something else.
unlabelledView post →Recommended? No. I've had my Steam account for over two decades, and in all that time I've only written one other review. I generally don't bother. Most games reveal what they are fairly quickly, the community reaches a consensus, and I move on. Hogwarts Legacy is one of the few games that left me disappointed enough to actually sit down and write something. The frustrating part is that the game isn't bad. In fact, the first several hours are excellent. Walking through Hogwarts for the first…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →let me live my wizard dreams… mostly by blowing myself up with my own spells Spent 10 percent learning magic and 90 percent looting every cabinet in the castle Beautiful world, great spells, terrible for my sleep schedule. 10/10 still waiting for my owl
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm waiting for the Malfoid mods. played this on console years ago, loved it now i want to play again. please hurry modders.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's so wild that executives genuinely seem to be a borderline nonfunctioning segment of humanity. Like how do you not look at something like Hogwarts Legacy and be unable to understand why it was successful and then think you can recreate it with fucking Game of Thrones. How?
unlabelledView post →The longer the year goes on, the funnier the notion of Hogwarts Legacy being a game of the year contender is
unlabelledView post →This review is from a non–Harry Potter fan who ended up loving the Harry Potter world! I had never watched any of the Harry Potter movies before playing this game, nor did I manage to finish the Harry Potter novel that one of my teachers had gifted me. Looking at the reviews and some interesting shorts on YouTube, I bought this game thinking I might abandon it just like many other games in my library, but to my surprise I got interested in the Harry Potter world right from the very start of the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It doesn't reflect a school where bullying is a reality. This game is intended for everyone, so everything from the writing, dialogue, characters, gameplay, and story feels like a game for children. That might be a marketing ploy to gain all gamers, but that's okay. This game had the potential to be amazing, but fell short for a few reasons. This game is purely Harry Potter fan service, the rest of the gameplay is like a Ubisoft game, with boring and repetitive side quests, and damn Merlin…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hello video game websites please take note for whenever Hogwarts Legacy 2 releases because a lot of you sure dropped the damn ball last time
unlabelledView post →If you buy or promote Hogwarts Legacy, this is what you are funding. You are funding the removal of transgender human rights. Please DO NOT buy this game, and DO NOT cover this game on social media, or on your blog, or on your YouTube channel. If you do, you are not an ally to transgender people.
unlabelledView post →Really into sprawling, mysterious manors? Hogwarts Legacy and Blue Prince headline this month's additions to Game Catalog. See the full list: play.st/4j5DK4a
unlabelledView post →All I want is a new LOTR Game made with the same love and attention that Hogwarts Legacy received, is that too much to ask?
unlabelledView post →The last Shooter genre game to outsell Call of Duty in the US market over a full year was Gears of War, in 2006. The last FPS to do so was Star Wars: Battlefront II a year prior. A Call of Duty game has been the US market's best-seller in 13 of the past 16 years (GTAV, RDRII, Hogwarts Legacy).
unlabelledView post →This includes the video games too - I think the hype around the books has died down, but still see way too many people go "but, but, Hogwarts Legacy!!". Especially now that it's on PS Plus. She is still paid for your game even if you get it for no extra charge through PS Plus.
unlabelledView post →I reviewed Hogwarts Legacy at release and some people got mad at me. I’m still glad I did, because beyond the JKR of it all the game is just bad and no one should pretend otherwise. www.polygon.com/reviews/2360...
unlabelledView post →Hogwarts Legacy looks amazing. When you look at Hogwarts Castle and Hogsmeade, it feels incredible, and everything inside the castle is beautifully designed. The gameplay is fun too, especially when you experiment with different spells and potions. But other than that, the game falls apart for me. The story is mediocre, and the voice acting is horrendous. There are barely any likeable characters in the game except for a few. The open world also becomes too repetitive with its puzzles, and the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →used to be fun but now its just a virus hidden as a game, they added a new thing you have to agree to so thy can see game data or something that stays active when your not playing, slowed my internet down terribly until i uninstalled and then bam had all my speed back after 5 days of being so confused
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is painfully clear this game was made by Americans. An extraordinary effort was made to ensure a racially diverse cast of characters. This is no bad thing (although somewhat anachronistic), but it has come at the expense of the diversity dimension which is much more important which is diversity among the British isles. The fact that there are near zero students or faculty who speak with a Scottish/Welsh/Irish accent is really bad imo. Half of the staff (and some of the students) being…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It was nice to be able to step into the world i grew up reading and watching on film; sadly, the game is very very repetitive. While at first the wolrd seems huge, very quickly you realize it is not and halfway through the campaign you have explored all there is to explore.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you are a casual player it might suit you. This game have no consequences of your actions, everything is tailored in a way you simply can’t miss anything and general difficulty of puzzles and combat is just as much simple as it could be. Ability to put your OC into Hogwarts it’s also a good thing for someone I guess. However, if you are expecting the game to be anything more, then oh boy. Welcome to the wizarding world of corporate game developments where magic is used to ♥♥♥♥ up every…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Harsh and Unfriendly reminder that playing FNAF, a game created by someone funding the current US Fascist Regime, is no more acceptable a choice than playing Hogwarts Legacy.
unlabelledView post →As an old gamer finally trying this "highly regarded" game, I’ve gotta say: I’m really disappointed. Don’t get me wrong, the game looks whimsical and pretty. For a second, it actually made me feel like the magic was real. But then you start testing the mechanics, and the whole thing falls apart. If you cast a spell at an NPC—or even right next to them—nothing happens. No one reacts. Compare that to a 20-year-old game like F.E.A.R. where NPCs actually react to the player; if you use an…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Potential 10/10, Execution 0/10 Things I Didn't Like This is probably one of the worst games I have ever played. If it can even be called a game, because it is a collecting simulator, where the story, bland as it may be, is a secondary event in this "game." First. I don't understand the character level system in a SINGLE-PLAYER game. What does it give us besides slowing down progression? Absolutely nothing! I also don't understand why, in a single-player OFFLINE game, brewing potions and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It doesn't matter if the game Hogwarts Legacy itself is transphobic or not. It doesn't matter that J.K. Rowling wasn't a part of creating the game. By buying that game and streaming it, you are openly supporting her and her transphobia. How is that hard for some of y'all to understand?
unlabelledView post →Recommended (under protest.) Hogwarts Legacy is one of the most frustrating games I have ever enjoyed. It is simultaneously one of the best and one of the most exasperating adaptations of an existing universe I've played, because every single time it does something brilliant, it immediately follows it up with a design decision so baffling it borders on self-parody. I bought a game about being a Hogwarts student. What I got was a part-time job in magical customer service. Apparently my…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DON'T PLAY HOGWARTS LEGACY OR IT'S UPCOMING SEQUEL! PLAY A GOOD GAME LIKE SONIC ROBO BLAST 2 INSTEAD!
unlabelledView post →New privacy policy is unacceptable. They can monitor your keystrokes, watch whatever tv shows, movies, websites, or apps you use, physical or mental health, race, or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, or political affiliation, and any engagement with social media. I'm not giving that kind of ridiculous level of approval. Last WB game I buy, I guess.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Verdict 👍 Recommended I finished Hogwarts Legacy in January 2026 in 38 hours. And before anything: I’m a Harry Potter fan. I love the movies and I’ve read all the books. So this is a review from someone who genuinely adores this franchise. So… how did Hogwarts Legacy do for me? Let me start with the positives. I always wanted a game where I could create my own wizard, and I never thought I’d actually live to see it happen — and in the heart of Hogwarts, no less. The time period fits the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am giving this game a thumbs up because it is genuinely fun to explore the beautiful world, fly around, and do the various side quests. If you love the Wizarding World, the exploration alone makes it worth playing. However, the writing of the main quest is incredibly weak, and it makes it very hard to actually like the main character. The peak example of this—and the moment that completely broke my immersion—is how the game handles the death of Lodgok. For a brief moment, the game introduces…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I took my time to finish the main story, most side quests and a significant chunk of the exploration and other side activities, and I must say that unfortunately, as a long-standing Wizarding World fan, I was left a bit disappointed in the end. My "I do not recommend" doesn't mean "This game is terrible, don't play it", but it is a "there was some serious potential which was left unfulfilled, please do better in the sequel" type of negative rating. Hogwarts Legacy certainly isn't a bad game,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Listen, in this corner of Bluesky, convincing people not to play or discuss Hogwarts Legacy is easy because the game looked like dogshit anyway and nobody here was in the demo. Brigador Killers is actually where we need to lock in.
unlabelledView post →I often see people criticizing this game, saying it's boring or it's not "open world" enough. We were all at that age reading Harry Potter, fantasizing about one day an owl would land on our window and take us to a magical world. Call this game boring or even "pre-made", it doesn't matter. I'd still like it even more. We don't need it to be more creative or have a more open world. What we want to go to is the little world Rowling created. Do we really think just going to class and looking at…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A really good open world game with side quests that, for a change, arent just mindless fetch quests or boring collection tasks. In case anyones wondering whether you can play the game without being a harry potter fan: I havent read a single book or seen a single film. I know nothing about harry potter, but I really enjoyed the game and its world.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hogwarts Legacy is an action role-playing game developed by Avalanche Studios. Hogwarts Legacy released in 2023 and was a huge success. The game sold 12 million copies within the first two weeks and has sold over 30 million copies to date. Are you one of the people that bought it?
unlabelledView post →For the "whatever it's no big deal, I'm just buying one video game" folks who purchased Hogwarts Legacy: it emboldened WBD to move forward with expanding the franchise into TV shows, more video games, and more, more, more variety.com/2024/tv/news...
unlabelledView post →Game about killing the same group of goblins over and over, hope you dont like being at hogwarts bc its like 5% of the game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →on sale 85% off not sure if it's my type of game but i figure i'll give it a try install game run unskippable epilepsy warning unskippable intro compile shaders for 10 minutes privacy agreement hit "don't share" loads a browser page "GIVE US YOUR EMAIL & STATE SO WE DON'T SELL YOUR DATA" OMEGA LOOOOL uninstall & refund
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As a non Harry Potter fan, I have long tarried to get this game based on rather mixed reviews from back in the day when it got released. I got it at a massive discount in Dec. 2025, played it as my personal holiday getaway escapism, and it has become one of my favourite games of all times since. Let me address the negative reviews first: "The graphics / performance are bad." - Cannot agree. Graphics are decent, running okay on my 3 year old PC. And by "decent" I mean they look more than good…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You can do everything you can't do in real life, like casting magic and talking to girls
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Awesome game and a great way to continue exploring the Hogwarts universe. The pacing is a bit odd but once it starts rolling out into the world it's a lot of fun. There's plenty of spells to learn and you can even learn the unforgivable curses which oddly enough no one seems to bat an eye when you blast them left and right. The graphics and music are on point and really immerse you into the world. The main quest line and some of the side quests are quite fun with an interesting story to tell.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I pirated Hogwarts Legacy when it came out and it was fucking mid as hell If you actually spent money on that game, then lol Also fuck JK Rowling and her TERF-ass mold-infected-ass
unlabelledView post →Hogwarts Legacy is the definition of slop why would anyone willingly compare their game to it
unlabelledView post →It was all a blatant lie from Bethesda! In a stream yesterday, our friend Ricky aka Retro Game Future confirmed that Oblivion Remastered is NOT on disc. Just like Hogwarts Legacy and Jedi: Survivor, the game forces an update after the tutorial section.
unlabelledView post →Game is very mid. The first few hours everything feels good, as there are many sights to see (especially if you're a Harry Potter fan), and "a lot" to do. The combat is also okay but gets repetitve really quick and there is little to no enemy variety. Now to some important points: - The game has very few puzzle variety, and scatters it around its whole, very big map, making it pretty tedious, the rewards are incredibly boring aswell as there are no unique items in this game. -The pacing for…
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