LEGO® Harry Potter: Years 1-4

LEGO® Harry Potter: Years 1-4

Fair · Action · 2010

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

WAIT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

Fair today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 80% in the Winter Sale 2025.

Today

$19.99Fair

Typical seasonal cut

$3.9980% offWorth it

Cost per hour▼
$1.65/hr
Reviews▼
87% of 9,567
Critics
79 players 8 higher
Genre rank
Top 5% Action

Holding it back: Cost per hour, Reviews

Why
It needs 27% off ($14.59) to be worth it, though reviews keep it under BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at $3.99 or less.

Time and effort

Main story
12.1h
To 100%
27.4h 2.3x the story

Price and sales

Sales
96 on record
Typical cut
75% off
Steam low
$3.99 August 2024
Sale every
49d last October 2026
Lowest now $3.29 at Fanaticalall-time low $1.65 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
78 now
Cheaper than
6% of its genre
Better reviewed
93% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

Across all 96 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 2 weeks ago.

Its score sits in the top 5 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 94 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 93 percent. Among the games that feel like it, LEGO® Batman™ 2: DC Super Heroes ($19.99, scores 72) beats it on value, while it beats LEGO® The Hobbit™ ($19.99, scores 60).

More about LEGO® Harry Potter: Years 1-4

79 from critics against 87 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.

This site sampled 800 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 12 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written July 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 65 percent of the 736 reviews written there were positive, against 87 percent overall, and those are 11 percent of everything written about it.

Finishing takes 12.1 hours; clearing it takes 27, which is 2.3 times the campaign.

It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 12.1 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Last discount ended 16 days ago.

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
MonetizationNone
Checked: no in-game purchases or loot boxes. That earns a small credit unless Steam lists in-app purchases
Holding it back
Cost per hour$1.65/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
Refunds12 of 800 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

What players say

The game constantly crashes during the forest section. I have no way to progress the game anymore.
TianTitanNot recommendedafter 6.0h5 found this helpfulRead on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
unfortunatly as fun as the game is it crashes part way and no matter how hard i try i cant fix it so i cant progress. Dont get invested because you wont even be able to finish the storyline.
FungusMothNot recommendedafter 12hSep 2026Read on Steam
I am the true wizard. Everyone always asks me: Valentine, how do you know all these spells? You always know what to cast. Yes I have the magic, I got all the spells and scrolls. I have the best magic in the world, I know all of it, I attend the school of witchcraft and wizardry Hogwarts, where I learn magic. I can conjure anything, I can cast what I want because I am the real magician, they always call me the true...
Valentine GamingRecommendedafter 4.2h3 found this helpfulRead on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

About the game

Build the adventure from Privet Drive to the Triwizard Tournament and experience the magic of the first four Harry Potter stories – LEGO style! Explore Hogwarts™ School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, learn spells, brew potions and relive the adventures like never before with tongue-in-cheek humor and creative customization that is unique to...
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Windows only.

No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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LEGO® Harry Potter: Years 1-4 scores 63/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/21130/lego-harry-potter-years-1-4
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Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+8
Critics79
Players87
Metacritic critics · 9,567 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperTT Games
PublisherWarner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
GenreAction
Released2010
Players1.5Mowners, SteamSpy estimate