Lego City Undercover vs Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7
Lego City Undercover is an action-adventure open-world game from TT Fusion (2013) 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 City Undercover under Action-Adventure and Open-World. In contrast, it files Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7 under Action-Adventure and Open-World.
Join the Chase! In LEGO® CITY Undercover, play as Chase McCain, a police officer who's been tasked with going undercover to hunt down the notorious – and recently escaped – criminal Rex Fury and putting an end to his city-wide crime wave.
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 takes players through Harry Potter's heroic adventures in the Muggle and wizarding worlds.
At a glance
| Lego City Undercover | Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7 | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 7.6/10 | 7.2/10 |
| Steam rating | Very Positive (91%, 11,471) | Very Positive (89%, 3,337) |
| Critic aggregate | 80/100 | 80/100 |
| Price | $19.99 | $3.99 |
| Install size | 18 GB | — |
| Steam Deck | playable | verified |
| Released | 2013 | 2011 |
| Developer | TT Fusion | Traveller's Tales |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Lego City Undercover 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 City UndercoverAction-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 City UndercoverLEGO, Open World, ActionLego Harry Potter: Years 5–7LEGO, Adventure, MagicThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
Lego City Undercover ✓Score 7.6 · 91% 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 City Undercover11,471 reviews · 18 GBLego Harry Potter: Years 5–73,337 reviewsReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Lego City Undercover$19.99Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7 ✓$3.99Read live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
Lego City UndercoverPlayableLego Harry Potter: Years 5–7 ✓VerifiedValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7 takes 2 of the marked rounds to 1. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.
The two on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueLego City Undercover 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.
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How positions are decided
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- 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 City Undercover (GamingPickz Score 7.6)
- The cheaper right now: Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7 ($3.99)
- Better on a Steam Deck: Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7 (verified)
- The safer bet by weight of reviews: Lego City Undercover (11,471 reviews)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
LEGOOpen WorldActionCo-opAdventureMultiplayerComedyFamily Friendly
Where they differ
SandboxCrimeExplorationRacingVillain ProtagonistMemes
MagicFantasyPuzzleThird Person
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Lego City Undercover is family-friendly and approachable. Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7 is family-friendly and approachable.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for Lego City Undercover 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 City Undercover and Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7 in scope?
Lego City Undercover has drawn 11,471 Steam reviews and installs in 18 GB. Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7 has drawn 3,337 Steam reviews.
Is Lego City Undercover or Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7 better?
By the GamingPickz Score, Lego City Undercover rates higher (7.6 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 City Undercover 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.