Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup

Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup is set in the universe of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and features the fictional sport of Quidditch, which is characterized by the use of flying broomsticks.

78 28 October 2003

Sport Action Fantasy

Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup is a sport developed by Electronic Arts UK, released 28 October 2003 on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 16 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup is

Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup is a sport game developed by Electronic Arts UK and released in 2003. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup is a 2003 sports game that features the fictional sport of Quidditch from the Harry Potter franchise. The game was developed by two teams, EA UK and Magic Pockets, and was published by Electronic Arts. It was released for Game Boy Advance, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube. The game bears no relation to the abandoned Nintendo 64 project.

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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Harry Potter series

Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup is the 22nd of 75 entries we hold in the Harry Potter series. It arrived 8 months after Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: The Chamber Challenge. The next entry was Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup in 2003. Its critic score of 78 is 18 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: Quidditch World Cup holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 65% of the 1,610 rated sport games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 9 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 74, across 74 votes.

What it launched against

Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup launched on 28 October 2003, within three weeks of Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Call of Duty, Beyond Good & Evil and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Call of Duty, Beyond Good & Evil, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.

Cheats and codes

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