Lego Batman: The Videogame vs Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7
Lego Batman: The Videogame is an action-adventure open-world game from Traveller's Tales (2008) while Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7 is an action-adventure open-world game from Traveller's Tales (2011).
What each one is
Steam files Lego Batman: The Videogame under Action-Adventure and Open-World. In contrast, it files Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7 under Action-Adventure and Open-World.
When all the villains in Arkham Asylum team up and break loose, only the dynamic duo is bold enough to take them on to save Gotham City. The fun of LEGO, the drama of Batman and the uniqueness of the combination makes for a comical and exciting adventure in LEGO Batman: The Videogame.
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 takes players through Harry Potter's heroic adventures in the Muggle and wizarding worlds.
At a glance
| Lego Batman: The Videogame | Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7 | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 7.5/10 | 7.2/10 |
| Steam rating | Very Positive (89%, 16,416) | Very Positive (89%, 3,337) |
| Critic aggregate | 80/100 | 80/100 |
| Price | $19.99 | $3.99 |
| Install size | — | — |
| Steam Deck | verified | verified |
| Released | 2008 | 2011 |
| Developer | Traveller's Tales | Traveller's Tales |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Lego Batman: The Videogame vs Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
Lego Batman: The VideogameAction-adventure open-world gameLego Harry Potter: Years 5–7Action-adventure open-world gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
Lego Batman: The VideogameLEGO, Action, AdventureLego Harry Potter: Years 5–7LEGO, Adventure, MagicThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
Lego Batman: The Videogame ✓Score 7.5 · 89% on Steam · 80 criticLego Harry Potter: Years 5–7Score 7.2 · 89% on Steam · 80 criticThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
Lego Batman: The Videogame16,416 reviewsLego Harry Potter: Years 5–73,337 reviewsReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Lego Batman: The Videogame$19.99Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7 ✓$3.99Read live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
Lego Batman: The VideogameVerifiedLego Harry Potter: Years 5–7VerifiedValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
Across the rounds a number can settle, it is level at 1 each. Which one is "better" is the part no figure decides, so we leave it to what you want from the two.
The two on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueLego Batman: The Videogame and Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7 on the axes the GamingPickz Score is built from, on the full 0 to 100 scale so each dot is its real position. Change either axis to compare them on any measure.
2 games have both
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
- Multi-platform
Every point links to that game's entry. The value map and the reception map are fixed views of the same data.
How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
Which to pick, by what you want
- The higher-rated of the two: Lego Batman: The Videogame (GamingPickz Score 7.5)
- The cheaper right now: Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7 ($3.99)
- The safer bet by weight of reviews: Lego Batman: The Videogame (16,416 reviews)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
LEGOActionAdventureLocal Co-OpCo-opFamily FriendlySingleplayerComedy
Where they differ
SuperheroComic BookClassicCharacter Customization
MagicFantasy
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Lego Batman: The Videogame is family-friendly and approachable. Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7 is family-friendly and approachable.
System requirements, side by side
| Lego Batman: The Videogame | Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7 | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | 128 MB with Shader Model 2.0 capability (Shader Model 3.0 recommended) | — |
| Minimum CPU | Intel® P3 1.5 GHz | — |
| Minimum RAM | 0.3 GB | — |
| Install size | — | — |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Lego Batman: The Videogame · Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for Lego Batman: The Videogame and 1 for Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are Lego Batman: The Videogame and Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7 in scope?
Lego Batman: The Videogame has drawn 16,416 Steam reviews. Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7 has drawn 3,337 Steam reviews.
Is Lego Batman: The Videogame or Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7 better?
By the GamingPickz Score, Lego Batman: The Videogame rates higher (7.5 to 7.2). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.
Which is cheaper, Lego Batman: The Videogame or Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7?
Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7 is cheaper right now at $3.99, against $19.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
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How we compare, and what we will not do
The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.