Harry Potter: Wizards Unite

Niantic Project · Jun 21, 2019

Everyone10+

About

From the makers of Pokémon GO, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is the real-world augmented reality (AR) game inspired by the Wizarding World that puts magic in the hands of players worldwide. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is co-developed and co-published by Niantic, Inc. and WB Games San Francisco as part of Portkey Games, a label dedicated to creating new Wizarding World mobile and video games inspired by J.K. Rowling's original stories that place players at the center of their own adventure. Realize Your Wizarding Potential A calamity has befallen the wizarding world, causing Foundables—magical artefacts, creatures, people, and even memories—to mysteriously appear in the Muggle world. As a new recruit of the Statute of Secrecy Task Force, you’ll work with witches and wizards from across the globe to solve the mystery of The Calamity and keep magic safe from Muggle eyes.

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Scores by platform

Android

Critic 6.6 (15 critics) · Gamer 7.6

7.0

iOS

Critic 6.7 (11 critics) · Gamer 9.0

7.6

Critic reviews

Destructoid
CJ Andriessen · Jul 19, 2019
6.0
Beyond that feeling of individuality, I'm just not sold on what Niantic has created here. There are small, annoying issues with storage, access to necessary potion ingredients, and the wild inconsistency of how well it rates my spell tracing, but the far bigger problem with Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is its inability to utilize the IP and the technology in a way that is not only engaging but also distinct from Niantic's other games. I have no doubt in my mind there is a great Harry Potter AR game out there. This just isn't it.
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Game Informer
Andrew Reiner · Jul 02, 2019
7.0
When Wizards Unite is trying to do something new, it can be good fun. Most of the content sadly ends up feeling like a strange version of PokĂŠmon Go, giving players flimsy reasons to catch or zap âem all.
Bluemoongame
Alec Sandar · Jul 01, 2019
8.0
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite mobile game is exactly what you’d expect it to be – an awesome way of integrating augmented reality with the HP verse. It uses its lore and targeted audience to its advantage and brings a location-based delightful play with motifs from the universe. It is free-to-play, which only adds more points to it and so far it hasn’t disappointed.
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IGN
Jonathon Dornbush · Jun 28, 2019
6.7
Wizards Unite has been a fun, small dose of magic in my daily life for a week, and I plan to continue dipping into the wizarding world each day for the foreseeable future, but other than throwing a bubble around a troll, I’m not sure how engaging all of these mechanics will remain in the long run.
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Wccftech.com
Dave Aubrey · Jun 27, 2019
7.0
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is a very good GPS based AR game, but it borrows so much from the likes of Pokémon GO that it is left without a distinctive hook or personality of its own. It feels like a Pokémon GO reskin. A damn good reskin, with a lot of effort put into it, but a reskin nonetheless. This is unlikely to inspire the fans of other GPS AR games to jump on board, but if you're a Harry Potter fan that likes to go on walks, there is no reason not to try it out.
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GameSpace.com
Gareth Harmer · Jun 25, 2019
6.0
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite has some good ideas that could become a great game in time, but with a huge amount of ill-conceived baggage that’s repetitive or tedious to play, and relying on a tiresome story to hold it together. While it’ll likely please the fans, this is one that muggles should avoid for now.
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