Question: how many years are there in hogwarts mystery game

title: Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
text: Upon visiting Hogwarts , Albus Dumbledore announces that Harry Potter is safe and that the events of the game are set in the year of his escape from Voldemort as a child . After being sorted into a house , daily life in Hogwarts starts . During a Potions lesson with Professor Snape , the player character is docked house points , after a Slytherin called Merula sabotaged the character 's cauldron . A fake letter is sent to the House , supposedly by Snape that an errand run would win the player back their house points ; however , it is in fact written by Merula and leads the player into a room with a Devil 's Snare , forcing them to escape from the snare . Following this , the player character attempts to learn how to duel by searching for a book on duelling and hears voices , and premonitions of the Cursed Vaults . Later on , the player character confronts Merula when she starts to harass Ben , a first - year Muggle - born Gryffindor boy , and challenges them to a wizard 's duel . The duel ends with Snape and Professor Flitwick finding them fighting .