Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is a role-playing video game. Set in the wizarding world, the game is based on JK Rowling's Harry Potter novels. Hogwarts Mystery follows a player character into the fictional school of Hogwarts and takes place before the events of the novel.

Harry Potter: The Hogwarts Mystery is a role-playing video game set in the Harry Potter world established by JK Rowling's series of novels. The game is set between Harry Potter's birth and his enrollment at Hogwarts. The game revolves around the player character's journey through life at school. They can attend magic classes, learn spells, fight opponents, and embark on quests. Through the game's encounter system, players make choices that affect the game's narrative, but sometimes these choices are locked out if the player's stats are not high enough. Players can interact with characters from the series, such as Albus Dumbledore, Rube Hagrid, and Severus Snape.

"Energy" is used to perform tasks throughout the game, and these tasks will regenerate over time. Players tap the screen to move their characters between locations. Players can also gain different levels of courage, empathy, and knowledge through in-game choices, and higher levels of specific attributes allow players to select a number of different dialogue options and change interactions with other students and staff members during the game.