Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 vs Lego The Lord of the Rings
Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 is an action-adventure open-world game from Traveller's Tales (2010) while Lego The Lord of the Rings is an action-adventure open-world game from Traveller's Tales (2012).
What each one is
Steam files Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 under Action-Adventure and Open-World. In contrast, it files Lego The Lord of the Rings 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...
Based on The Lord of the Rings motion picture trilogy, LEGO® The Lord of the Rings follows the original story-lines of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, taking players through the epic story events re-imagined with the humor and endl
At a glance
| Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 | Lego The Lord of the Rings | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 7.3/10 | 7.3/10 |
| Steam rating | Very Positive (87%, 9,512) | Very Positive (90%, 16,093) |
| Critic aggregate | 79/100 | 80/100 |
| Price | $3.99 | $19.99 |
| Install size | — | — |
| Steam Deck | verified | verified |
| Released | 2010 | 2012 |
| Developer | Traveller's Tales | Traveller's Tales |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 vs Lego The Lord of the Rings, 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 The Lord of the RingsAction-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 The Lord of the RingsLEGO, Adventure, Local Co-OpThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4Score 7.3 · 87% on Steam · 79 criticLego The Lord of the RingsScore 7.3 · 90% 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 Harry Potter: Years 1–49,512 reviewsLego The Lord of the Rings16,093 reviewsReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 ✓$3.99Lego The Lord of the Rings$19.99Read live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4VerifiedLego The Lord of the RingsVerifiedValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 takes 1 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 The Lord of the Rings 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 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
Magic3D PlatformerAtmospheric
CasualPlatformerDwarf
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 The Lord of the Rings is relaxed, easy to pick up.
System requirements, side by side
| Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 | Lego The Lord of the Rings | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | — | — |
| Minimum CPU | Intel P4 1.8 GHz/AMD Athlon XP 2200+ | Dual Core CPU @ 2GHz (Pentium D |
| Minimum RAM | — | 1 GB |
| Install size | — | — |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 · Lego The Lord of the Rings.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 and 1 for Lego The Lord of the Rings. 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 The Lord of the Rings in scope?
Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 has drawn 9,512 Steam reviews. Lego The Lord of the Rings has drawn 16,093 Steam reviews.
Is Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 or Lego The Lord of the Rings better?
By the GamingPickz Score, Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 rates higher (7.3 to 7.3). 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 The Lord of the Rings?
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.