Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 vs Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 is an action-adventure open-world game from Traveller's Tales (2010) while Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens is an action-adventure open-world game from TT Fusion (2016).
What each one is
Steam files Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 under Action-Adventure and Open-World. In contrast, it files Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens under Action-Adventure and Open-World.
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...
The No. 1 LEGO® videogame franchise triumphantly returns with a fun-filled, humorous journey based on the blockbuster film. The game will also feature brand new story content from the Star Wars Universe that explores the time between Star Wars: Return of the Jedi and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
At a glance
| Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 | Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 7.3/10 | 6.7/10 |
| Steam rating | Very Positive (87%, 9,512) | Very Positive (83%, 7,052) |
| Critic aggregate | 79/100 | No aggregate |
| Price | $3.99 | $19.99 |
| Install size | — | 14 GB |
| Steam Deck | verified | verified |
| Released | 2010 | 2016 |
| Developer | Traveller's Tales | TT Fusion |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 vs Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens, 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 Harry Potter: Years 1–4Action-adventure open-world gameLego Star Wars: The Force AwakensAction-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 Harry Potter: Years 1–4LEGO, Adventure, Local Co-OpLego Star Wars: The Force AwakensLEGO, Adventure, ActionThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 ✓Score 7.3 · 87% on Steam · 79 criticLego Star Wars: The Force AwakensScore 6.7 · 83% on SteamThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–49,512 reviewsLego Star Wars: The Force Awakens7,052 reviews · 12 add-ons · 14 GBReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 ✓$3.99Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens$19.99Read live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4VerifiedLego Star Wars: The Force AwakensVerifiedValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 takes 2 of the marked rounds to 0. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.
The two on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueLego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 and Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens 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 Harry Potter: Years 1–4 (GamingPickz Score 7.3)
- The cheaper right now: Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 ($3.99)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
LEGOAdventureLocal Co-OpActionFamily FriendlyMultiplayerFantasySingleplayer
Where they differ
MagicSplit Screen3D PlatformerAtmospheric
Sci-fiSpaceFemale ProtagonistStory Rich
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 is family-friendly and approachable. Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens is family-friendly and approachable.
System requirements, side by side
| Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 | Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | — | GeForce GT 430 (1024 MB)/ Radeon HD 6850 (1024 MB) |
| Minimum CPU | Intel P4 1.8 GHz/AMD Athlon XP 2200+ | Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4 GHz) / AMD Phenom x4 9850 (2.5 GHz) |
| Minimum RAM | — | 4 GB |
| Install size | — | 14 GB |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 · Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 and 1 for Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 and Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens in scope?
Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 has drawn 9,512 Steam reviews. Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens has drawn 7,052 Steam reviews, ships 12 add-ons and installs in 14 GB.
Is Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 or Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens better?
By the GamingPickz Score, Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 rates higher (7.3 to 6.7). 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 Harry Potter: Years 1–4 or Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens?
Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 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.