TL;DR - Can recommend for fans of Harry Potter series and Quidditch as a whole. Can't quite recommend for non-fans of HP and regular enjoyers of sports simulators yet - if you're looking for FIFA, just go play FIFA.

Shame that Steam still hasn't implemented "neutral" reviews, because that's the review this game deserves most. That being said, this review is marked "positive", because there are people to whom I can recommend it and it's not bad at its core per se. It doesn't mean that I don't think it doesn't have negatives, though. Will start with those.

My main gripes with this game as of now are its balancing and technical stability.
On release this game, gameplay-wise, was pretty much entirely built for a casual player, but as the time went on - the competitive scene started gaining more prominence within rapidly declining playerbase, which led to a balance change after a balance change and addition of pretty much full-sweat 6v6 mode. And don't get me wrong - it's great that tryhards get to have a separate mode to flock to and at least not ruin 3v3, but on the other side of it are the balance changes that made gameplay infinitely more stiff and less varied in terms of feats and strategy. Even bot matches (in Campaign mode) nowadays feel way more boring and tiring than on release. And the most annoying thing about it is that I can't even say that it's objectively bad for the game's health - it's just boring as hell, which for me personally is a con.
As for the latter gripe - well, the game has been overflown with bugs since release day and still is now, and none of those bugs are just silly or minor either. Bugs that would lock you out of switching role midmatch or moving at all without using Boost - they are still happening. So does the bug that randomly throws the quaffle back when you are shooting at the goalpost, instead of having it go where you threw it. Or the bug that makes quaffle get stuck in the air, when you try to make a pass. Getting bugs like that is managable in matches against weak casuals or bots, but in close matches it could single-handedly make you lose the game. And that doesn't feel nice. It seems like devs ARE trying to do their best to get rid of these bugs, but 3 months have passed already and I don't see much change on that front.

On release there was a glaring lack of content map-wise, but it seems like the devs are slowly but surely mitigating that, by adding brand new maps and fresh variations of existing ones. Other than that I have a few nitpicks, like not being able to choose the look of "My Team" menu (out of the previous events) and the "Campaign" mode doesn't feel much as such at all. But these aren't crucial and, so, from here I'll move on to the positives.

The gameloop itself is pretty decent and feels very dynamic (unlike the pretty slow-paced Quidditch World Cup), especially as you open faster brooms and go against smarter enemies. But, although the gameplay is not all bad, the license itself, after all, is the main sell of this game. And for that reason - the sheer amount of beloved characters here, for any fan of Wizarding World, is a great thing I'd say. Playable "Heroes" range from Cedric to Bellatrix, from Haggord (mask) to Poppy Sweeting, from Hermione to Snape (& I'm sure there's many more to come). And you can play them on any position, too! Is it canon-friendly? No. But who cares? PvP and Exhibition matches (which are the only matches where you can play as them) are not story-centred whatsoever and it's fun to play as your favourites.

Furthermore, I will applaud devs for cutting down the grind amounts within challenges and such (even if it kinda felt like a shot in the head of those dozen hours that I've put towards finishing the "Career" challenges, only to be told that I actually could've waited a month and have them given to me for free), because I'm sure it does help the newer players, who haven't been playing since Day 1 and don't have a lot of time to spend on Quidditch Champions. And will also applaud for not giving in to the oh so popular strategy of making the game free-to-play, stuffing it with gajillion microtransaction items, making like one event and then giving up on updates immediately - as long as you bought the game itself you indeed don't have to spend any more money, every single cosmetic piece is earnable and the frequent roadmaps do give me some hope for the game's future.

This game serves as a great foundation for what a full-fledged Quidditch Videogame could be, but there's certainly A LOT of room for it to grow. Adding new maps, events and cosmetics is a decent step towards that, but I'd also love for Campaign mode to be expanded into something more personal and story-focused (after all, you can't even play it as any of the canon characters, unlike in Quidditch World Cup). I just hope it doesn't get abandoned in a year, like most licensed multiplayer games do.

[b]TL;DR[/b] - Can recommend for fans of Harry Potter series and Quidditch as a whole. Can't quite recommend for non-fans of HP and regular enjoyers of sports simulators yet - if you're looking for FIFA, just go play FIFA. Shame that Steam still hasn't implemented "neutral" reviews, because that's the review this game deserves most. That being said, this review is marked "positive", because there are people to whom I can recommend it and it's not bad at its core per se. It doesn't mean that I don't think it doesn't have negatives, though. Will start with those. My main gripes with this game as of now are its balancing and technical stability. On release this game, gameplay-wise, was pretty much entirely built for a casual player, but as the time went on - the competitive scene started gaining more prominence within rapidly declining playerbase, which led to a balance change after a balance change and addition of pretty much full-sweat 6v6 mode. And don't get me wrong - it's great that tryhards get to have a separate mode to flock to and at least not ruin 3v3, but on the other side of it are the balance changes that made gameplay infinitely more stiff and less varied in terms of feats and strategy. Even bot matches (in Campaign mode) nowadays feel way more boring and tiring than on release. And the most annoying thing about it is that I can't even say that it's objectively bad for the game's health - it's just boring as hell, which for me personally is a con. As for the latter gripe - well, the game has been overflown with bugs since release day and still is now, and none of those bugs are just silly or minor either. Bugs that would lock you out of switching role midmatch or moving at all without using Boost - they are still happening. So does the bug that randomly throws the quaffle back when you are shooting at the goalpost, instead of having it go where you threw it. Or the bug that makes quaffle get stuck in the air, when you try to make a pass. Getting bugs like that is managable in matches against weak casuals or bots, but in close matches it could single-handedly make you lose the game. And that doesn't feel nice. It seems like devs ARE trying to do their best to get rid of these bugs, but 3 months have passed already and I don't see much change on that front. On release there was a glaring lack of content map-wise, but it seems like the devs are slowly but surely mitigating that, by adding brand new maps and fresh variations of existing ones. Other than that I have a few nitpicks, like not being able to choose the look of "My Team" menu (out of the previous events) and the "Campaign" mode doesn't feel much as such at all. But these aren't crucial and, so, from here I'll move on to the positives. The gameloop itself is pretty decent and feels very dynamic (unlike the pretty slow-paced Quidditch World Cup), especially as you open faster brooms and go against smarter enemies. But, although the gameplay is not all bad, the license itself, after all, is the main sell of this game. And for that reason - the sheer amount of beloved characters here, for any fan of Wizarding World, is a great thing I'd say. Playable "Heroes" range from Cedric to Bellatrix, from Haggord (mask) to Poppy Sweeting, from Hermione to Snape (& I'm sure there's many more to come). And you can play them on any position, too! Is it canon-friendly? No. But who cares? PvP and Exhibition matches (which are the only matches where you can play as them) are not story-centred whatsoever and it's fun to play as your favourites. Furthermore, I will applaud devs for cutting down the grind amounts within challenges and such (even if it kinda felt like a shot in the head of those dozen hours that I've put towards finishing the "Career" challenges, only to be told that I actually could've waited a month and have them given to me for free), because I'm sure it does help the newer players, who haven't been playing since Day 1 and don't have a lot of time to spend on Quidditch Champions. And will also applaud for not giving in to the oh so popular strategy of making the game free-to-play, stuffing it with gajillion microtransaction items, making like one event and then giving up on updates immediately - as long as you bought the game itself you indeed don't have to spend any more money, every single cosmetic piece is earnable and the frequent roadmaps do give me some hope for the game's future. This game serves as a great foundation for what a full-fledged Quidditch Videogame could be, but there's certainly A LOT of room for it to grow. Adding new maps, events and cosmetics is a decent step towards that, but I'd also love for Campaign mode to be expanded into something more personal and story-focused (after all, you can't even play it as any of the canon characters, unlike in Quidditch World Cup). I just hope it doesn't get abandoned in a year, like most licensed multiplayer games do.