Collider put together a ranked list of the best Harry Potter video games, and it's exactly the kind of thing that starts fights in Discord. Because everyone who grew up with these games has That One they'll defend forever.

What we know for sure is the lineup includes Hogwarts Legacy and the Lego Harry Potter Collection. Two totally different approaches to the same world, and both earned their spots. I haven't confirmed the full list myself yet, but stuff like this always gets me thinking about the ones that actually stuck.

Hogwarts Legacy would be my pick for the top spot, and I wouldn't be surprised if Collider agrees. The story is whatever, but the game absolutely nailed the fantasy of attending the school. Walking the corridors, finding hidden rooms, going to classes, flying around the grounds. It was the game a lot of us had in our heads since we first read the books. The Lego Harry Potter games hold a special place for me too. They're warm and funny and surprisingly complete, and you can play through the entire saga with a friend on the couch, which is always gonna score extra points from me.

And the whole conversation gets fun when you dig past the obvious picks. The older Harry Potter games, the ones from the PS2 and original Xbox era, had a specific kind of charm that licensed games don't really chase anymore. Some of them were genuinely good adventures underneath the IP wrapper. Whether Collider included any of those deep cuts, you'll have to check the full list. But if you skipped them back in the day because you assumed they were throwaway movie cash-ins, you missed a few games that held their own.

I wanna know which Harry Potter game hits hardest for you. Was it the open-world pull of Hogwarts Legacy, the co-op chaos of Lego Harry Potter, or one of the old ones nobody talks about anymore? Drop it in your group chat and see how fast the disagreements start.