Highlights

• The
  Harry Potter
  The franchise’s games span five console generations and, impressively, remain relevant for decades.
• Hogwarts Legacy
  sets a new standard as the first completely open game
  Harry Potter
  Game.
• Older titles like
  Half-Blood Prince
  And
  Order of the Phoenix
  paved the way for the ultimate experience in
  Hogwarts Legacy.

The Harry Potter The franchise has earned tens of billions of dollars over the past two decades through movie ticket and book sales, video games, collectibles, and theme parks. Being a franchise with such a long history, its games have spanned five different console generations without missing a single one. That’s very impressive considering only a handful of franchises have managed to do that.

While consoles like the PS1 and the original Xbox offered open-world capabilities for early Harry Potter Games, developers still strived to make them as free as possible. And fortunately, with newer technology came better games with more comprehensive exploration features, with Hogwarts Legacy is the latest and most complete addition to the franchise’s video game collection. To summarize some of the most wonderful titles of this magical world, here are the best open world Harry Potter Games.

5 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

A good game that lacks a bit of depth

• The game has few highlights, but remains interesting to play
• Quidditch feels a bit more sophisticated than in previous parts of the franchise

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood prince isn’t the strongest film in the saga, and the game is unfortunately no different. Now, that’s not to say that the game is bad. It has plenty of entertaining moments, new spells, and heartbreaking events that will keep Potterheads happy and awake. It’s just that compared to other games in its category, it doesn’t have as many interesting elements to make it further up this list.

It is important to note that this is not a completely open game. In fact, apart from Hogwarts Legacynone of the titles on this list. When playing Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrincePlayers can move freely around Hogwarts and the surrounding area without following a specific storyline unless they want to. Progression in the main story does become somewhat linear, but compared to the first games in the series, there is definitely a lot more room to roam around than before.

4 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

New year, new magic

• New spells and classes
• Once the game reaches the creation of Dumbledore’s Army, things get very interesting

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix explored the depths of the creation of Dumbledore’s Army and how it helped shape Defense Against the Dark Arts and Voldemort. This game is slightly better than its sequel for a number of reasons, including that it seems to explore more locations outside of the halls of Hogwarts. The combat in this installment feels more complete than in the previous games, and the missions, for the most part, are longer and not as linear.

Like other games in this universe, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is not a completely open world experience, but players can move in and out of Hogwarts and explore every corner of the castle to collect items and collectibles they need to 100% complete the game.

3 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

One of the most popular classics

• Light-hearted missions that are a lot of fun
• Buckbeak’s challenges add another level of entertainment to the game

2001 to 2005 was the golden era for all those who fell in love with the magical world of Harry Potteras not only did it contain some of the best films in the series, but the games that were released at the same time were high-quality, timeless classics that are still fun to play today. Not that later releases were rated for adults or anything, but it’s pretty clear that at least the first three films and games in the series were aimed at young children – which makes perfect sense, as that was exactly the target audience. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban offers plenty of fun, light-hearted missions that aren’t too challenging, but at the same time aren’t so easy that they become boring.

Being able to ride Buckbeak through various time challenges and soar through the sky above the stone walls of Hogwarts was an experience that every child who grew up with the series probably still remembers fondly. As with other Harry Potter -Titles allow players to move freely around the castle and part of the grounds, but not with the same level of freedom that a true open-world game would offer.

2 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

A strong sequel to The Philosopher’s Stone

• Puzzles, time challenges and platform levels are fun
• The basilisk looks a bit ridiculous compared to the movie version

Harry Potter and the Chamberof secrets many of the predecessor’s shortcomings have been fixed Harry Potterand the philosopher’s stone Considering that the latter was already a masterpiece in itself, that says even more about the quality of the former. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets introduced new and improved challenges, including platforming levels, magic battles, and various puzzles that puzzled players.

The final battle against the Basilisk remains a little disappointing to this day, mainly due to the size of the creature in the game, which is only a fraction of what moviegoers saw on the big screen. However, this can be forgiven considering how limited consoles were at the time. Just like the other titles already mentioned on this list, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets allows players a certain degree of freedom, but cannot be considered a true open-world title.

1 Hogwarts Legacy

The ultimate open-world experience for Harry Potter veterans

• First completely open-world game in the Harry Potter franchise
• Players can change outfits, sort their spells and buy different brooms
• Character and enemy design are truly outstanding, as is the voice acting

Hogwarts Legacy redefined what a Harry Potter Game could make everything better – so much better. In the years leading up to the game’s release, Potterheads were only offered a few games here and there, most of them under the LEGO brand. While these games are really fun and great to play with friends and family, fans needed more, and Hogwarts Legacy The game is the first completely open-world game in the Harry Potter The game is part of the “The 40 Fingers” series and allows players to explore Hogwarts from the inside and the castle grounds and then travel to Hogsmeade and even the dangerous corners of the world – all the while customizing their character’s clothing, broom and stats.

Although the game doesn’t feature Quidditch, flying around the world on a speedy magic broom is an extremely entertaining experience. It’s also worth mentioning that the character/enemy design is superb, the voice acting is excellent and as if that wasn’t enough, there are significantly more spells than in previous installments in the series, even if they’re not all great. Overall, Hogwarts Legacy breaks away from the limitations that held back its older gaming counterparts and uses modern hardware to give players a visually stunning experience with great gameplay mechanics.