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Hogwarts Legacy

Avalanche Software · Warner Bros. Games · 2023-02-10

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ActionAdventureRPG

Franchise: Harry Potter · Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 05, 2025 (Nintendo Switch 2), Feb 10, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), May 05, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Feb 10, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 10, 2023 (PlayStation 5), May 05, 2023 (Xbox One)

Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world action RPG. Now you can take control of the action and be at the center of your own adventure in the wizarding world.

7,618
playing now
90%
positive of 371k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000,000–50,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
212
twitch viewers (latest)
85/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (677 ratings)
84/100
opencritic · mighty · 88% recommend
43h
to beat · rushed 24h · completionist 81h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$59.99
steam price (US)

7,618 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 UTC (census sample)

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 its surroundings. With the assistance of fellow students and professors, the protagonist embarks on a journey to uncover an ancient secret hidden within the wizarding world.

Trailer

Hogwarts Legacy trailer thumbnail

Hogwarts Legacy - Official Launch Trailer 4K

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 7,618 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 21,658 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2,707/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (119,035 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.4M–17M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 371,459 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$5.99-90%
GameBillet$7.95-87%
IndieGala$7.99-87%
Gamesplanet$8.54-86%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.70-85%
Humble Store$8.99-85%
WinGameStore$8.99-85%
GamersGate$9.00-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.03 at GameBillet (2025-12-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $69.99 · on sale 165 of 183 observed days · $0.96 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111k111k20232026Week of 2023-02-01: 110,771 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8,264 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 18,614 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2,221 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5,048 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 897 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3,226 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 584 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2,402 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 368 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3,229 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 504 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2,008 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 364 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2,635 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 412 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2,045 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 329 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 12,093 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 548 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3,918 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 581 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4,179 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 501 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2,467 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 371 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2,290 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 385 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,979 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 342 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,389 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 224 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2,554 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,217 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3,132 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,223 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,696 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 306 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4,117 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 624 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2,456 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 373 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3,699 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 477 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4,984 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 703 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4,173 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 621 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3,135 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 808 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3,337 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 540 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2,365 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 438 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,968 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 348 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,807 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 331 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2,608 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 424 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2,087 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 355 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2,565 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 426 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4,940 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 746 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5,533 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 529 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5,471 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 922 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3,357 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 529 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2,039 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 304 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2,027 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 338 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,460 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 281 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,178 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 218 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,591 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 268 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,445 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 230 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 815 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 170 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8.0k2.8k2026-08-06 21:00 — 4,880 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 2,817 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 4,841 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 5,258 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 3,509 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 5,721 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 6,391 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 4,021 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 6,947 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 6,717 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 2,948 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 5,123 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 5,084 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 2,875 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 4,993 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 4,621 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 2,855 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 5,647 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 7,849 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 3,240 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 4,003 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 5,540 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 3,914 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 5,308 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 5,978 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 3,764 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 3,183 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 8,006 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 7,618 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$99.99$5.042022-08-172026-08-302022-08-17 — best price $99.992022-12-09 — best price $50.992023-01-27 — best price $48.982023-03-04 — best price $50.992023-04-19 — best price $51.592023-06-10 — best price $47.942023-07-29 — best price $44.992023-10-07 — best price $43.592023-11-22 — best price $31.792023-12-26 — best price $23.842024-02-03 — best price $52.792024-03-21 — best price $59.992024-04-26 — best price $59.992024-06-03 — best price $29.952024-07-21 — best price $51.592024-08-26 — best price $16.732024-09-17 — best price $21.492024-10-21 — best price $51.592024-11-14 — best price $52.682025-01-03 — best price $14.952025-02-22 — best price $14.952025-03-31 — best price $18.002025-05-07 — best price $59.992025-06-12 — best price $59.992025-07-31 — best price $59.992025-09-18 — best price $59.992025-11-04 — best price $11.952026-01-06 — best price $51.592026-02-24 — best price $52.682026-03-31 — best price $53.992026-05-03 — best price $59.992026-06-02 — best price $59.392026-07-12 — best price $9.002026-08-16 — best price $8.992026-08-30 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.7k7992026-05-28 — 1,304 pageviews2026-05-31 — 1,200 pageviews2026-06-03 — 1,089 pageviews2026-06-06 — 1,285 pageviews2026-06-09 — 1,085 pageviews2026-06-12 — 1,035 pageviews2026-06-15 — 1,038 pageviews2026-06-18 — 871 pageviews2026-06-21 — 1,056 pageviews2026-06-24 — 1,048 pageviews2026-06-27 — 1,186 pageviews2026-06-30 — 996 pageviews2026-07-03 — 971 pageviews2026-07-06 — 1,060 pageviews2026-07-09 — 930 pageviews2026-07-12 — 1,034 pageviews2026-07-15 — 914 pageviews2026-07-18 — 995 pageviews2026-07-21 — 872 pageviews2026-07-24 — 927 pageviews2026-07-27 — 928 pageviews2026-07-30 — 837 pageviews2026-08-02 — 1,056 pageviews2026-08-05 — 885 pageviews2026-08-08 — 915 pageviews2026-08-11 — 975 pageviews2026-08-14 — 1,431 pageviews2026-08-17 — 1,131 pageviews2026-08-20 — 968 pageviews2026-08-23 — 1,061 pageviews2026-08-25 — 1,103 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

585552026-08-26 22:34 — 402 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 174 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 162 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 92 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 75 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 167 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 328 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 195 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 183 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 451 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 370 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 74 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 98 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 231 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 248 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 215 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 197 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 212 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 374 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 302 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 101 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 169 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 534 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 525 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 186 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 226 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 434 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 454 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 135 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 212 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
92.5%
earned "The Sort Who Makes an Entrance"
20.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportIn-App PurchasesAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsNarrated Game MenusDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support1 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)136,72416%46
Steam (Steam)98,9148%45
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)65,6545%45
PS4 (PlayStation)21,7788%46
PS4 (PlayStation)17,7949%46
Switch (Nintendo)1,8250%0
Switch 2 (Nintendo)1,3350%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGMagicActionCombatFantasyAdventureAction RPGOpen WorldStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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