Lego party! This is one of those games you pick up for a quick session and suddenly find yourself devouring hours of it. It takes the unmistakable structure of Mario Party – board traversal, mini-game mayhem and star collecting – and adds Lego’s signature charm and, more importantly, its precision. Where Nintendo leans toward chaos and luck, LEGO Party! rewards strategy and execution. Various difficulty levels are available, making the game accessible to players of all ages.
Party games have been around for a long time, and today most fall into one of two camps. One is pure luck-driven chaos designed for button mashing, and the other is a rigid system donning colorful skins to hide shallow mechanics. Lego party! Silently avoid both. It borrows familiar Mario Party bones like dice rolls, themed boards, and frenetic mini-games, but reimagines them with a sharper sense of control, strategy, and personality.
Rather than existing as another casual throwaway title, LEGO Party! proves to be surprisingly competitive, purposeful, and layered. This is not something you would normally say about a game where a shark-headed wizard can go bankrupt in one turn.
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Control chaos with bricks and strategy
At its core, it’s a LEGO party!It follows a tried-and-true formula. Move around the board, collect golden bricks (stars), thwart your rivals, and survive the onslaught of mini-challenges. But what sets them apart is their degree of intentionality. Rather than handing wins to players based on random rolls or arbitrary bonuses, LEGO Party! puts more agency in the players’ hands.
The mini-games are not a distraction and determine the turn order for the next round. Winning a challenge means getting the first selection in the item shop or getting closer to the next gold brick. Conversely, if your goal is to play passively, intentionally losing can be a valid strategy. This slight change in structure, prioritizing skill over movement, infuses chaos with purpose.
Of course, there are still things we can’t predict. This is a party game. But unlike Mario Party, where a simple roll of the dice can kill momentum, Lego Party values consistency. If you outscore your opponent and win, you feel like you’ve won.
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Character creators worth joining
The game has four themed boards at launch: Pirates, Space, Theme Parks, and Ninjago. Each has its own board layout, environmental hazards, and tone. A sarcastic in-game announcer ramps up the energy and chimes in with commentary that’s a cross between live sports and reality TV confessionals.
Each turn offers a moment of meaningful decision-making, whether it’s whether to buy a buff in the shop, set a trap, or pay a shady NPC to perform a brick-based theft on your behalf. With the rise and fall of gold brick ownership, no one is safe for long. As with all party games, it’s inevitable that someone will claim to have been robbed. What’s the difference here? Perhaps they are right.
The only drawback is longevity. All the boards are fun, but four maps won’t last forever. After a dozen or so sessions, you’ll start to see a familiar pattern. There’s a strong foundation here, but long-term diversity will largely depend on whether developer SMG Studios expands this roster. And given Lego’s history with DLC, it feels more like an opportunity than a guarantee.
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Minigames: Lots of variety, minimal filler
Party games live or die depending on their catalog of minigames. Luckily, Lego Party! It offers one of the most consistently entertaining selections in recent memory. Over 60 offerings include an authentic mix of skill-based challenges, chaos generators, and reflex tests.
Some require precision, such as race balancing, quick counting puzzles, and steering devices controlled by multiple buttons simultaneously. Some engage in purely irrational behavior, such as firing darts at spinning targets, fighting for coins, and smashing through crates like caffeinated raccoons.
The important thing is that the mini-games progress quickly. Every round is welcome and I feel like I can recover even if I fail. The only real complaint is the lack of a standalone minigame mode. You cannot immediately participate in a 3-minute burst unless you participate in a full board session. This isn’t a deal breaker, but it’s a strange omission in a genre where “one more round” should be an easy sell.
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Energy, humor, and just the right level of nitpicking.
Mechanical strength is all developed in LEGO Party!Tone. It’s loud, colorful, a bit free-spirited, and very unserious, but never patronizing. This humor is not only aimed at children. Works equally well for adults who don’t mind theatrical sabotage. The announcers are sarcastic, the characters are expressive, and the board animations add flair without being cluttered.
There’s enough unpredictability to keep things tense, yet enough structure to make every session feel fair. Winning is important. If you lose a needle, don’t feel hopeless.
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final thoughts
Lego party! is one of the strongest local multiplayer titles available today. We understand that party games thrive on rhythm, not randomness. That means keeping players involved, giving them a chance to recover, and ensuring that every decision counts.
It’s accessible without thinking, strategic without killing the fun, energetic without being overwhelming. With more boards and standalone mini-game modes, it could become a long-term staple in your regular game rotation.
As it stands, it’s a confident, smart, highly replayable party experience that proves that Lego games don’t need a licensed IP to shine.
4 stars (out of 5)
Highlights: Gorgeous art style, balanced sense of humor. Excellent character customization. Fast and diverse minigames. More strategic than most party games
Highlights: Only 4 boards available at launch. No standalone minigame mode
Developer: SMG Studio
Publisher: Fiction
Platform: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Windows PC, Nintendo Switch
Available: Currently
Review was conducted on a PlayStation 5 Pro using a release code provided by the publisher.
Featured header image provided by the publisher.
