--- title: Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery Mobile Game Teaser Released description: Looks like wizarding world fans will finally get to fulfill their dream of attending Hogwarts in the new Harry Potter mobile game. canonical: https://time.com/5107688/harry-potter-hogwarts-mystery-mobile-game/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-18T15:55:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T08:46:34.443Z og:title: New Harry Potter Game Wants to Turn the World Into Hogwarts og:description: "Your letter has finally arrived" og:url: https://time.com/5107688/harry-potter-hogwarts-mystery-mobile-game/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b2648bd2c32e2b3/6988f8a5929fad6984bef45e/screen-shot-2018-01-18-at-9-43-23-am.png?branch=production&width=478&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 478 og:image:height: 269 og:image:alt: Harry Potter Mobile Game og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: New Harry Potter Game Wants to Turn the World Into Hogwarts twitter:description: "Your letter has finally arrived" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b2648bd2c32e2b3/6988f8a5929fad6984bef45e/screen-shot-2018-01-18-at-9-43-23-am.png?branch=production&width=478&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's How the New _Harry Potter_ Mobile Game Wants to Turn the World Into Your Own Personal Hogwarts > Sponsored content. 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Here are some of the highest grossing page to screen adaptations._  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 18, 2018 3:55 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 18, 2018 3:55 PM UTC Looks like [wizarding world fans](http://time.com/5092120/golden-globes-2018-emma-watson-robert-pattinson/) will finally get to fulfill their dream of attending [Hogwarts](http://time.com/5066370/j-k-rowling-twitter-writing-advice/) in the new [_Harry Potter_](http://time.com/5083958/harry-potter-hbo-stream/)mobile game. Dubbed _Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery_, the iOS and Android game — which will be released by Portkey Games this spring — allows players to create their own Hogwarts student and experience life at the magical school. Players will be able to learn spells and magical skills, attend classes with famed professors like Hagrid, Snape and McGonagall, befriend other students, duel rivals and more. “The game is set in the time between Harry Potter’s birth and his enrollment at Hogwarts, when Nymphadora Tonks and Bill Weasley were students,” developer Jam City said in a [press release](https://www.popsugar.com/news/Harry-Potter-Hogwarts-Mystery-Game-Trailer-Details-44506839). “You will join one of the four Houses before progressing through your years at Hogwarts, participating in magical classes and activities such as Potions and Transfiguration. Building your skills will come in handy as you solve mysteries and go on adventures.” Watch the teaser below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5107688/harry-potter-hogwarts-mystery-mobile-game/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5107688/harry-potter-hogwarts-mystery-mobile-game/"},"headline":"Here's How the New Harry Potter Mobile Game Wants to Turn the World Into Your Own Personal Hogwarts","datePublished":"2018-01-18T15:55:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-12T08:46:34.443Z","description":"\"Your letter has finally arrived\"","url":"https://time.com/5107688/harry-potter-hogwarts-mystery-mobile-game/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Video Games","Pop Culture","Harry Potter"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b2648bd2c32e2b3/6988f8a5929fad6984bef45e/screen-shot-2018-01-18-at-9-43-23-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b2648bd2c32e2b3/6988f8a5929fad6984bef45e/screen-shot-2018-01-18-at-9-43-23-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Harry Potter Mobile Game","caption":"","creditText":"Jam City","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5107688/harry-potter-hogwarts-mystery-mobile-game/","name":"Here's How the New Harry Potter Mobile Game Wants to Turn the World Into Your Own Personal Hogwarts"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 High-Grossing Page-to-Screen Adaptations MONEY","description":"Here are some of the highest grossing page to screen adaptations.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/WR3cw62O/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-04-21T14:56:42.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/WR3cw62O.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5107688/harry-potter-hogwarts-mystery-mobile-game/","duration":"PT1M29S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5107688/harry-potter-hogwarts-mystery-mobile-game/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```