Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the sequel to Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets for PC and Mac, and features similar action-adventure and platforming gameplay. The player controls both Harry…
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is an adventure developed by KnowWonder, released 25 May 2004 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is an adventure game developed by KnowWonder and released in 2004. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on RenderWare.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The games follows Harry Potter along with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger as they return to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Prisoner Sirius Black has escaped the wizard prison Azkaban, and is supposedly ready to attack Harry in Hogwarts. The game begins on the Hogwarts Express, ignoring the events at Harry's home. Upon reaching Hogwarts, the trio follow the events of the novel, and learn magic by attending classes.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Harry Potter series
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the 25th of 75 entries we hold in the Harry Potter series. The next entry was Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in 2004. Its critic score of 74 is 14 points above the series average of 60. The highest-rated entry is Hogwarts Legacy at 85.
How it was received
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban holds a critic score of 74 out of 100. That places it above 47% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 4 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 74, across 196 votes.
What it launched against
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban launched on 25 May 2004, within three weeks of The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, Thief 3: Deadly Shadows, Thief: Deadly Shadows and The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, Thief 3: Deadly Shadows, Thief: Deadly Shadows, The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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