Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince features the exploration of Hogwarts and casting spells on objects around the school, similar to its predecessor. The game also includes multiplayer games, classes…

66 30 June 2009

Adventure Action Fantasy Open world

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is an adventure developed by EA Bright Light, released 30 June 2009 on PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 2.

Verified 27 Sep 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is an adventure game developed by EA Bright Light and released in 2009. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Bright Light Halogen.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Dumbledore prepares Harry for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching as Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemort's defences and, to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague, the well-connected and unsuspecting bon vivant Professor Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information about Voldemort's power.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Harry Potter series

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the 43rd of 75 entries we hold in the Harry Potter series. The next entry was Harry Potter: Spells in 2009. Its critic score of 66 is 6 points above the series average of 60. The highest-rated entry is Hogwarts Legacy at 85.

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How it was received

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince holds a critic score of 66 out of 100. That places it above 27% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored about average for its year. Player ratings track closely with critics at 67, across 116 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

A full completion run takes around 10 hrs.

What it launched against

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince launched on 30 June 2009, within three weeks of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, Trine Enchanted Edition, Trine and Prototype. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, Trine Enchanted Edition, Trine, Prototype.

Cheats and codes

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