Unreleased LEGO software
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The LEGO Group has cancelled numerous software projects and concepts over the years, with a majority of the known cancelled projects being games. Their state of completion ranges from being completely finished to simply being a concept that never took shape.
Timeline of unreleased LEGO games (NOT FINISHED)
Cancelled | Title | Developer | Platform(s) | Notes | ||
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Computer | Console | Handheld | ||||
1980s | Untitled Jim Spaceborn game | — | — | — | — | Never left concept stage. |
1997 | LEGO Sea Challenge | Mindscape | Windows | — | — | Project cancelled after Mindscape fired LEGO Island developers. |
1997 | LEGO Dig | Windows | — | — | ||
1997? | Untitled LEGO Space racing game | Manic Media | Windows | — | — | Mentioned in leaked emails, based on planned Space or Mars theme? |
1998 | LEGO Soccer 2000 | Data Design Interactive | Windows | — | — | LEGO halted their relationship with DDI. Became Football Mania somehow? |
2001 | LEGO Stunt Rally | Intelligent Games, Asylum Entertainment | — | PlayStation | — | PlayStation version of LEGO Stunt Rally; changed developers, then was cancelled. Intelligent Games version recovered in 2020. |
2001 | LEGO Bionicle: The Legend of Mata Nui | Saffire | Windows | GameCube | — | Cancelled for unknown reasons, PC version recovered in 2018. GBA title released in 2001. |
2002 | Academy of Flight | Eurocom | — | GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox | — | Planned for 2003 release for the centennial of the Wright brothers' first powered flight |
2002? | LEGO Soccer Adventure | Blitz Games | — | PlayStation 2 | — | Economical differences. |
2003 | Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension | Asylum Entertainment | Windows | GameCube, PlayStation 2 | — | Cancelled, but mostly-finished PC version was released in budget packs starting in 2004. GBA title released in 2002. |
2003 | Drome Racers | Attention to Detail | — | Xbox | — | Xbox port was never released due to Attention to Detail's liquidation. Prototype build recovered in 2020. |
2003 | Drome Racers 2 | — | — | — | Also called LEGO Racers 4, was cancelled during early production | |
2004 | LEGO Racers CC | Bizarre Creations | — | PlayStation 2, Xbox | — | Internally nicknamed "Drome Racers 2". |
2009 | LEGO Racers: The Video Game | Firebrand Games | — | Wii | Nintendo DS | Advertised on LEGO boxes in 2008. |
2017 | LEGO Worlds: Survivor DLC | Tt Games | Windows | — | — | LEGO Worlds ceased development |