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Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery

A Wizarding World Adventure!

Ratings

Age

13+

Category

Languages

English

In Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, you are the protagonist of your own magical journey. Set years before Harry’s arrival, you will attend classes, master powerful spells, and form deep friendships (or rivalries) with fellow students. Investigate the secret of the Cursed Vaults and your brother's disappearance. From winning the House Cup to playing Quidditch, every choice you make shapes your legacy at the world's most famous school of witchcraft and wizardry.

Dinsun Expert Review

Our Expert Score

90/100

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is a dream come true for fans who have always wanted their own letter to the wizarding school. The game excels at world-building; attending classes, learning spells from familiar professors, and exploring the common rooms feels incredibly authentic to the films and books. The art style is gorgeous, capturing the likenesses of characters like Dumbledore and Snape perfectly.

The 'Mystery' at the heart of the story—the Cursed Vaults—is genuinely compelling and keeps you engaged through the various school years. While the energy system can slow down the pace of play, the narrative quality and the ability to forge your own path (choosing your house, friends, and magical specializations) make it worth the wait. It’s a deep, immersive RPG that treats the Harry Potter license with the respect it deserves.

Dinsun reviewed on: Wed Feb 25 2026

Features

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Create and customize your own unique witch or wizard

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Attend classes with iconic professors like Snape and Flitwick

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Experience an original story set in the Harry Potter universe

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Forge friendships and make choices that impact the narrative

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Decorate your dormitory and participate in school events

Upcoming Events

Back to Hogwarts!
Back to Hogwarts!
Start a new magical school year!
Sat Aug 01 2026 - Mon Aug 31 2026
New Hogwarts Diary!
New Hogwarts Diary!
Solve the mystery of the Ghost Broom!
Wed Aug 05 2026 - Mon Aug 31 2026

Tips & Walkthrough

Gameplays

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Q&A

Yes! Early in the game, the Sorting Hat will allow you to choose between Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw.

Ratings & Reviews

Love this game except…
Sat Apr 25 2026 Sad Gryffindor

This is my favorite game. I’ve been playing for years, but I’m just now on my last year I’ve kind of tried to make it last as long as I can because I don’t want it to end. I do all of the special side adventures to try and help it last longer, but there is several for my earlier years I either tried and wasn’t able to complete because some of the time limits are hard for someone that works. It would be nice if the 3 hour time limits would be changed to at least 4 or 5 hours so that they can be completed when most people would have their break at work. Also there are some that I was never offered a chance to complete. I would like to be able to have everything complete by the time I finish the game. Also when I buy the unlimited energy for 5 minutes I’m really only able to use a minute or 2 of it because the rest of the time is taken up with the storyline that you can’t click through to make it go faster so you don’t lose any of your unlimited energy and what I can click through I would still rather the time for the unlimited energy not count down so I can still read the storyline without losing any energy. It would be nice if it would pause counting down during the time you’re reading the storyline. Also I have tons of items to put in my room or the secret clubhouse that there isn’t enough places to put them. It would be nice to have a spot for every special item you win otherwise it’s not as exciting to win it. Otherwise I love the game and the storylines so keep up the great work.

Love the game!
Tue Jul 16 2024 HotwartsLover

Ever since I finished reading “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” I’ve always wanted to find a way to actually be in the world of magic and I still remember when I turned eleven I would just sit near the window all day waiting for an owl and even though I got a cold from the wind I would still stare out the window 😅I was a bit upset when I turned 12 but then a few years ago I discovered this game it I love it! It’s fun how you can customize your character and I love the drama! I also like how you can take classes to learn stuff like spells, potions, etc., but I have a teensy suggestion. (Spoiler alert 🚨) in the beginning your character says that he/she is in a wizard in’s family and knows everything about magic. For the people who’ve finished Harry Potter it won’t really matter but for some people who’ve only read the first book or a little more it might be a bit confusing. That’s why I suggest you try to tweak the game so your character is from a Muggle family. Also, if you’re still reading, DO NOT LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WHO SAY THAT YOU NEED TO WAIT A LONG TIME FOR ENERGY TO REFILL! In reality 1 gem equals 4 minutes but there’s an alternative as well. When you get to zero energy keep clicking on a task and eventually three options will pop up (Buy a gem, wait 4 minutes, watch an ad) I recommend watching an ad because in return you get 3 energy. That’s all for now until I stop restarting the game and actually finishing it, but I hope people find my review useful!

Great game overall, terrible data hog
Thu Sep 01 2022 HippyPhil

This game is fun to play and I love the story and side quests. Been playing for years and it’s worth playing my only beef is the data usage. My hardwired Ethernet computer will drop internet when using this app over my wifi. Like I get there are models to download and such but I literally can’t use internet on other things when using this app at the same time. I pay for a very high internet package and find it rediculous it drops out a hardwired connection but as soon as I close the app works fine again. Despite all the loading I do I still get many moments where it gets stuck in a loading screen and I have to close the app but since the game doesn’t save often I end up losing 4 minutes of collecting energy and have to start over again or flat out fail a class. My most recent issues are the app not properly notifying me when a class is ending. I close the app completely when not playing so I don’t drain my battery and come back to a class ended which is extremely frustrating. Also the recent gem cost raise to the monthly rewards key. I am free to play and the amount of ads I already watch for energy etc should be atleast enough for them to have a key pass cheap enough to buy with the gems I earn in a month for a frequent player. Just seems like a greedy sales pitch from the developers. Also the recent issue with Facebook authentication really rubbed myself and others the wrong way. Like give us an option to save to our iOS account instead as getting locked out for 4 days really demotivates me to even log on.

suggestions
Sun Apr 18 2021 UPDATE APPPP!!!!

I really enjoy playing this game and I think it was well made and I really enjoy all the details. But while playing myself and reading through some other reviews, i’ve noticed that i’m not the only one who seems to think that the energy is an issue. Many of the task require quite a bit of energy and it’s difficult to complete them when you’re constantly running out of energy. I understand where the energy is there to most likely make sure you’re not rushing through the game. But it gets quite frustrating when you’re having to wait so long for the energy. Also the study sessions can sometimes get really tedious and a bit annoying depending on how many times you have to redo them in order to get stars to unlock the next lesson. Also it would be cool to see more character clothes and items added. While looking through the clothes for the girls, a lot of them just don’t seem that appealing or stylish and I wish there were better options, also the way that the clothes look on the character, look a bit weird and give off a manly vibe. Next, while trying to unlock magical creatures, some of them require a lot of books in order to get them and it’s quite hard to get books unless you pay for them, and possibly the amount required for them could be lowered or something else could be done for them. Also it would be cool if more characters from the Harry Potter books were added in, such as; Harry, Hermione, Ron, Draco, Luna, Neville, Ginny, etc. But anyway I really do enjoy playing this game and am excited to see how it progresses in the future.

The games awesome but
Wed Apr 27 2022 skypie the one and only

I love the game but it’s super glitchy it also it would be a lot easier if you would do like where you can get a lot of money from doing classes like at least at least 20 or 30 something that’s how much money we need because I’ve been playing this game for a while and I like it but I haven’t been able to upgrade my room and I’ve done everything and like a little time thing to see which room is like the winter and stuff it doesn’t even move it just stands there in the same spot the sand and stuff doesn’t even move inside of it and it’s just I like Harry Potter and stuff but I don’t don’t think that tutorial is so long can’t you just make the tutorial just a little bit smaller and it would be awesome if you did and I love the app and everything but can’t you make it where people can get at least one pet until they can and awesome if you really good and cool if you can make the questions a lot harder on like when you’re playing the game put a friend but make it there like it should be a few modes or something that be really cool game and overall I love the game honestly is the best game ever but there is some things that need to be fixed and some things that need to be just a little bit harder or easier I think they’d be really cool and you should make like a lot I like classes you can go to so you don’t have to go to the same ones like you can make it worse eagle learn how to put spells on pets spells on people and stuff that we really cool and I really love you so I think you should be pretty please OK bye

AMAZING GAME AM OBSESSED
Tue Aug 02 2022 carolBaskin😝

i love this game so much and i am obsessed with it. i love how you can do side quests and be on the quidditch team and it has a different story than the main one and it doesn’t change what happens in the main story. the only thing i would change about the game is the amount of time you have to wait to get energy. four minutes is a lot of time to wait for ONE energy. if you’re gonna make the wait time that long, at least make the amount of time you can do the class or whatever it is you’re doing at the time. or make it like “wait four minutes and get two energy” or whatever. another thing is the waiting time for tasks. i’ll wait eight hours to do a task and i’ll do that task in five minutes and then have to wait another eight hours to do the next task. i know it’s good so that you don’t finish the game in a day or something but you wouldn’t even be able to anyways cause you have to wait four minutes to get energy. i love this game so much and have read all the harry potter books so i love that this game is set before the time of harry potter and that you’re in charlie weasleys year, (I LOVE IT SO MUCH CAUSE CHARLIE IS A BOSS) and i also love how you can do whatever you want to do and i just love this game so much. i DEFINITELY recommend getting this game. you won’t waste your time getting this. (and it’s free so it’s even better). i love this game so much. thank you for making it. whoever made this: you’re my hero.

A bug and some thing u should fix but good game
Sat Jun 11 2022 ains ains

When I try to use my skip timer it would not allow me too mine is Ava forever and also you should probably make it more than just 28 orbs maybe um… 100 a time so you won’t run out that much and so easy also I think you should allow to date already in chapter 2 or 1 like I know it’s not proper but it’s nice to date at that time like have a crush and also on my other account that I don’t play on as much it’s a boy and I want to change it to a girl and also I don’t know how to do that and it’s annoying also I think you should also be allowed to choose what gender u are like I said before it made me a boy and I wanted to be a girl this is a really fun and good game I also think that u should see Harry Potter or his friends and hang out with them LIKE HOW COOL WOULD THAT BE I love this game and Ty for making it but I really think you should fix this and make it a little better by doing this and u don’t have too if u don’t want to but it would make it a lot fun also I think there should be better challenges and that you could make it easy to get gems or gold or orbs also make some beds free and like cute like they are kind of ugly and make less stuff u need money for like that is supper annoying but as I said before I love this game so much it’s fun and u can choose ur story and what u do and it’s so cool I spend almost all of my time on this game but also I like spending time with my family also for all you guys out there get this game if you want Pls read this and Ty!

Cooking, but the waiting time…
Tue Dec 27 2022 awsumsousom

First of all, I want to say this game is so beautiful, everything looks so cool and the way they move and everything happens is so awesome. It makes me so happy, it makes me feel like i’m really at Hogwarts. But a major flaw is the wait time is literally crazy, for example I’ll have to wait 8 hours for one quest, i finish that one in 5 minutes then i have to wait another 8 hours, so ridiculous. Another thing is the charging time for the lightening bolts take so long. It takes four minutes just to recharge one and that it takes me forever to get full, mostly if I’m not on the app. The timing is insane because it’s equivalent to a work or school day without me being able to do one quest is way too over stretched. I think it takes way too long, it needs to be reduced to maybe even four hours, but that’s still a lot in my opinion. I don’t understand the point of making us wait so long. It makes me wanna stop playing the game because at some point I just forget about it and I wanna play the game for more than five minutes at a time and then wait another 8 hours then i get to do another five minutes I mean it’s just too much waiting. I’m definitely not a fan of this and I really hope it gets to be improved. I love this game it makes me feel like I’m part of the Hogwarts castle I really love it a lot and I wish the time was just reduced, it feels unnecessary. I wish the BEST for this game and I 100% recommend it to harry potter fans!

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