Video Game A video game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device . Video games have been an important type of media in the 20th and 21st centuries . Many video games have been created depicting LEGO over the years , released over a variety of video game consoles . LEGO video games now serve as a major part of The LEGO Group ' s financial plan , and have seen a rise in popularity in recent years . The most recent have been developed by TT Games , now regarded as the primary developers for such games . History of LEGO video games . Before LEGO video games found a place on the PC , Sega worked with The LEGO Group to develop a game for the Sega Pico known as LEGO Fun to Build . This was exclusively released in Japan in 1995 as a simple puzzle - solving game with some early building mechanics . LEGO Media Era . From there , LEGO video games were slated for computer development and a wider release . The first PC LEGO game was LEGO Island , in 1997 , which was developed and published by Mindscape . After LEGO Island became a success , The LEGO Group founded LEGO Media International in 1997 to continue making LEGO games for computers . The first game published by this new company would be LEGO Loco , developed by the British developer Intelligent Games in 1998 . This game was followed on in the same year with LEGO Chess , which was developed by Krisalis Software and LEGO Creator , which was developed by Superscape . In 1999 , 3 more games were released by LEGO Media . LEGO Friends was a music simulation game based on the Scala toy line developed by Ivanof and LEGO Rock Raiders was a real time strategy game developed by Data Design Interactive based on the Rock Raiders theme . LEGO Racers , developed by High Voltage Software was significantly important to the LEGO Group for it was the first LEGO game that was released on consoles , most notionally the PlayStation and ended up being the only LEGO game released on the Nintendo 64 . 2000 was the last year where the company was known as LEGO Media , with this included 2 educational games called LEGO My Style Kindergarten / LEGO My World : First Steps and LEGO My Style Preschool / Lego My World : School Skills ; both of which were based on Duplo and were developed by Stormfront Studios , also being the only LEGO games compatible for the Macintosh . Other games were LEGOLAND , a theme park simulation game developed by Krisalis Software , LEGO Alpha Team , a puzzle game developed by Digital Domain , LEGO Stunt Rally , a stunt racing game developed by Intelligent Games and the PlayStation version of LEGO Rock Raiders , also developed by Data Design Interactive . During late 2000 LEGO Media released their first handheld games , these being Game Boy Color ports of LEGO Alpha Team , LEGO Stunt Rally and LEGO Racers , all of which were developed by different companies than their PC counterparts . A PlayStation version of LEGO Stunt Rally was also planned to be developed by Asylum Entertainment , but was cancelled . LEGO Software Era . After this , LEGO Media changed their name to LEGO Software , with the first game released under their new name being LEGO Creator Knight ' s Kingdom , with Superscape returning to develop this game . In 2001 , LEGO Software started releasing sequels to some of their games but however having a different developers work on them . was released in March of that year , being developed by Silicon Dreams instead of Mindscape , and was released on the PC , PlayStation and a Game Boy Color version , which was developed by Crawfish Interactive . This was the last LEGO game released for the PlayStation and Game Boy Color . Silicon Dreams eventually developed a Game Boy Advance version of LEGO Island 2 that was released in October 2001 . LEGO Racers 2 , a sequel to LEGO Racers was released in October 2001 and much like with LEGO Island 2 this game didn ' t retain it ' s original developer , with this game being developed by Attention to Detail instead of High Voltage Software . As well as being released on PC , this was the first LEGO game released on any sixth generation platform , those being the PlayStation 2 and Game Boy Advance , which that version was developed by Pocket Studios . Also in that year came the first game based on BIONICLE , simply titled , and was developed by Saffire Corporation . A PC version of the game was also developed by the same company , but was eventually cancelled The last game released in 2001 would be , once again being developed by Superscape and was the first ever LEGO video game based on a licensed property . LEGO Interactive Era . In 2002 , LEGO signed a deal with Electronic Arts to co - publish their games from this point forward and alongside this came another name change , LEGO Software became LEGO Interactive . The first game released under this new partnership would be the Silicon Dreams - developed Soccer Mania , released in June 2002 for the PlayStation 2 , PC and Game Boy Advance . Alongside Soccer Mania came Island Xtreme Stunts , a sequel to LEGO Island 2 developed by Silicon Dreams was released on the PlayStation 2 , PC and Game Boy Advance , and Drome Racers , developed by Attention to Detail was released on the PlayStation 2 and PC . 2 Game Boy Advance games , developed by Argonaut Games and developed by Tiertex Design Studios were released and on the PC came , but rather than having Superscape develop this title it was instead developed by Qube Software . In 2003 , LEGO signed a deal with THQ to publish all their future Game Boy Advance titles , with Electronic Arts continuing to publish on Consoles and PC . The first title being the Game Boy Advance version of Drome Racers . A Nintendo GameCube port of the game was also released and would be the last game developed by Attention to Detail before the company closed the same year , this also led to an Xbox version getting cancelled . In September 2003 , a console / PC version of was cancelled by it ' s developer Asylum Entertainment , but the PC version eventually saw the light of day in various budget versions of LEGO games , published by companies like ValuSoft and Focus Multimedia . The first movie based LEGO game was also released in 2003 , titled developed by Argonaut Games . The game loosely tied together the story arcs of 2001 , 2002 and 2003 , and served to promote the BIONICLE movie that was released alongside it , and received middling to poor reviews . This was the last game published by LEGO Interactive before the company was closed down , with the founders going on to found Giant Interactive Entertainment . Giant Interactive Entertainment Era . In 2004 , LEGO Knights ' Kingdom was released by THQ and was developed by Razorback Developments . was also released in early 2005 . 2005 is acually considered to be most important year for LEGO video games because of the revolutionary release of developed by Traveler ' s Tales and was co - published with Eidos Interactive , Giant Interactive and LucasArts . The game was extremely well received and was the first LEGO video game to gain this level of appreciation . Traveler ' s Tales was now given control of all LEGO video games because of its success , the success to this led to Traveller ' s Tales acquiring Giant Interactive Entertainment , who they renamed as TT Games Publishing . Modern Era . In 2006 , BIONICLE Heroes ( Published by Eidos ) and ( Published by Lucasarts ) were both developed by Traveler ' s Tales . LEGO Star Wars II : The Original Trilogy gained much praise for its improvements upon its predecessor . In 2007 was released by LucasArts . was released . It did not gain as much praise as its two predecessors , and was known simply as a " bridge " between the two games with some extra content thrown in . The hub for this game is once again Mos Eisley . In this year Warner Bros . Interactive Entertainment acquired Traveller ' s Tales , and so WB Games became the official publisher for LEGO games to come from this point forward . In 2008 , ( Published by LucasArts ) and ( Published by Warner Bros . Interactive Entertainment ) were released . In 2009 , LEGO Battles was released by TT Fusion , a division of TT games and LEGO Rock Band , were both released . ( hub is warehouse ) was released also that year . In 2010 , ( hub is Diagon Alley ) was released by TT games and LEGO Universe , the first LEGO Massively Multiplayer Online Game , was released by NetDevil , but was discontinued on January 31st 2012 . On November 18 th 2010 , ( hub is Port Royal dock ) was announced and was released in May 2011 . , a new LEGO Battles Video game , was releasied April 2011 . It was released only for the Nintendo DS System . was released on November 11 of that same year . LEGO City Undercover had been announced in 2011 in the instructions of the City Set s and the E3 announcement . It was released for Wii U in March 2013 . A prequel , , was released for 3DS in April 2013 . In 2013 a game called was released , and in fall 2013 was released . LEGO Batman 2 was re - released on the Wii U to coincide with . In 2014 , a video game based on The LEGO Movie called The LEGO Movie Video Game was released at about the same time as the film . was released in April 2014 . was announced for the 3DS and PlayStation Vita and was released in August of 2014 . was also released on all next generation consoles in November of 2014 . In 2014 , the second LEGO Massively Multiplayer Online Game was released , LEGO Minifigures Online . In 2015 LEGO Jurassic World was released after it was teased during the end credits to and to coincide with the Jurassic World movie . Also , LEGO Worlds became available on Steam Early Access on June 1 , an open - world building game similar to " Minecraft " . Later in the year , LEGO Dimensions was released . Unlike any other LEGO video game , Dimensions includes an electronic base that reads NFC chips included in separately sold packs with physical minifigures and brick - built vehicles , causing the characters and vehicles to appear in - game , similar to the game series " Skylanders , Disney Infinity " and " Nintendo ' s amiibo " . Unlike past games , Dimensions features characters , vehicles , levels and worlds from a wide variety of different themes , including themes that were never physically produced prior to the game ' s existence such as " Portal " and " The Wizard of Oz " . Following the discontinuation of Disney Infinity , LEGO Dimensions is the second largest but arguably most popular toys - to - life video game , with the " Skylanders " series being slightly larger . However , critics have praised LEGO Dimensions for having vastly larger amounts of content to the packs that you buy . However , additional content was later discontinued . In 2016 , LEGO Marvel ' s Avengers was released . Unlike the previous Marvel title , this game allows players to play through iconic moments in the two " Avengers " films , as well as " Marvel ' s Captain America : The First Avenger " , " Marvel ' s Iron Man 3 " , " Marvel ' s Thor : The Dark World " and " Marvel ' s Captain America : The Winter Soldier " . was released on June 28 and follows the events of the film along with exclusive content taking place between " Star Wars Episode VI : Return of the Jedi " and " Star Wars Episode VII : The Force Awakens " . In 2017 , LEGO Worlds was officially released on Steam , Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on March 7 with the Nintendo Switch version released on September 5 . On September 22 , The LEGO Ninjago Movie Video Game was released to coincide with the film it is based on . On November 14 , LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 was released for PlayStation 4 , Xbox One , and Nintendo Switch . The Windows PC version was released the very next day . List of all LEGO video games . PC = Windows PC Mac = Macintosh Mob = Mobile phone PS = PlayStation N64 = Nintendo 64 GBC = Game Boy Color PS2 = PlayStation 2 GBA = Game Boy Advance GC = GameCube Xbox = Xbox DS = Nintendo DS PSP = PlayStation Portable 360 = Xbox 360 Wii = Nintendo Wii PS3 = PlayStation 3 iOS = iOS operating system 3DS = Nintendo 3DS Vita = PlayStation Vita Wii U = Wii U PS4 = PlayStation 4 Xbox One = Xbox One Switch = Nintendo Switch resorting consoles by chronological release The PC is the platform with the most games , with a count of 38 LEGO video games published . The Xbox 360 is the second , with a count of 23 LEGO video games .