Best LEGO Games of 2023

In LEGO Worlds, players wander the various environments collecting bricks and other items. You then build with the things you have collected and earn “stud,” the in-game currency. Studs can then be used to obtain other in-game items.

Beginners can create a world by dropping pre-formed structures into an environment, and more advanced builds can make whatever they can imagine from scratch.

You can explore the various biomes on foot or by using one of the vehicles — we especially enjoy the helicopter. You’ll bump into an extensive variety of creatures, characters, and more.

In the LEGO Incredibles game, players complete puzzles, quests, and challenges in two cities. There are also “crime waves” where you have to travel to a particular geographical point, defeat the supervillain, and complete a quest to end the uptick in crimes.

The game closely follows the plot of the movies, with a few surprises to maintain excitement.

Once you have finished the game itself, you can move onto free-play, where you move around the world, exploring and meeting other Disney Pixar characters such as Lightning McQueen, Merida, and Woody.

Rather than just give you a slate of characters to play as LEGO’s DC Super-Villains also gives you the option to create your own character. If you go this route, your avatar becomes integrated into the story, and you unlock additional super-powers as the game progresses.

Throughout the game, there is a lot of cartoon violence. The degree of violence is no worse than other cartoons or games; but there’s a considerable amount of it, which may be off-putting for some families.

This offering from LEGO roughly follows the plot of The Hobbit, with a few minor deviations to enhance playability. However, you do not need to have read the book or watched the movie to enjoy the game.

You play as Bilbo Baggins, leave the shire, and set off on your journey through Middle Earth. Along the way, you’ll solve puzzles, find objects, and encounter all of the characters you would expect, including Gandolf and Gollum.

As you move through the game, you are tasked with finding items that you put together to build a specific LEGO object.

This game brings together the 2010 release LEGO Harry Potter Years 1-4 and the 2011 game LEGO Harry Potter Years 5-7.

For each year, there are six levels, except for year seven, which has 12. Each level of the game is played in story mode, and you must work your way through each mission. Once you have completed a level, it will convert to free play, and you can explore anywhere within the level.

The game is mostly faithful to the books except for a few occasions in multiplayer mode. This allows two players to play as whatever characters they like, regardless of whether they were in the scene together in the original story.

Despite the impression the title may give you, this LEGO game does not combine all of the previous LEGO Star Wars gaming options into one place. Instead, you get Lego Star Wars: The Video Game plus Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy.

Players work through the game collecting gold bricks as they make their way around 20 bounty hunter missions, 36 levels, and 6 bonus levels. Then, when you have completed a level or mission, it converts to free play.

The characters are well-rendered, the gameplay is smooth and flowing, and the dialogue is humorous.

This collection brings together LEGO Marvel Superheroes, LEGO Marvel Superheroes 2, and LEGO Avengers for three times the challenge. It also includes all updates to the original games and all post-release downloadable content.

In addition to the usual action-adventure sequences interspersed with puzzle-solving components, Marvel Super Heros 2 introduces a four-player Super Hero Battle mode.

Having three games from the same franchise can feel a little “samey,” but there’s enough action to keep the kids amused for hours, and it’s extraordinary value for money.

The updated edition of LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens tells the story from the movie of the same name and fills in the gap between the movie’s beginning and the end of Return of the Jedi.

This allows you to play the game and revive your favorite movie scenes. It also enables you to experience elements of the Star Wars story you didn’t know existed.

A standard action-adventure gameplay format offers no surprises, but there’s enough action, broken up by puzzles to provide plenty of entertainment for kids and adults alike.

There are eight environments in the Ninjago Movie game, and you work your way through each of them, completing challenges and quests as you go. As you work through the game and your Ninjago skills improve, your character levels up, and your abilities are upgraded.

We particularly like that in each area, there is a challenge Dojo in which you can practice your skills. This minimizes the frustration of playing the same part of the game repeatedly until you get it right.

Unlike other LEGO games, the LEGO Movie 2 game isn’t story-driven. So, rather than starting at point A and working your way through to point Z, you begin the game in a free-play sandbox environment.

You then explore the world performing side quests and collecting objects along the way. This is fun for a while, but the lack of an objective soon took the shine off for our older kids.

The younger kids enjoy short bursts of exploration, but it holds their interest for less than 30 minutes.