Harry Potter for Kinect

Each school year in Hogwarts is a series of minigames. There are 31 minigames from key events in the series, including things like potion mixing, broom flying, and casting magic. The player is graded on a five star scale after every minigame. The game allows the player to create their own avatar with the Kinect camera. A split-screen multiplayer is available.^[1][6]

Harry Potter for Kinect received an aggregated score of 54 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 15 reviews, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.^[7] GameTrailers said the minigames are boring and too rigidly designed.^[1] 4Players called the game "very brief and unspectacular", they didn't like how the magic gesture system worked.^[8] Eurogamer compared the game unfavorably to Rush: A Disney–Pixar Adventure.^[9] GamingBolt called the gameplay boring and said to avoid the game at all costs.^[6]