Professor Layton and The New World of Steam is set to launch December 10, 2026, worldwide on Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam. The game has been playable at the Level-5 Tokyo Game Show booth for three consecutive years, most recently at Tokyo Game Show 2026.
Level-5 confirmed a December 10 worldwide release for Professor Layton and The New World of Steam, with a new trailer shown during a Nintendo Direct and a price of 7,920 yen in Japan. The game is coming to Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam. Mouse support is included on all versions except Switch. The announcement followed a delay from the previous year.
The game is a sequel set after Professor Layton and the Unwound Future, in the American town of Steam Bison, where Luke Triton moved and from which he invited Layton to visit. A second story describes it as set one year after Professor Layton and the Last Time Travel. Yo Oizumi returns as Layton, Mio Imada voices Luke, and Quiz Knock handled the puzzles. Joe Hisaishi composed the theme song, performed by Lilas.
At Tokyo Game Show 2026, held at Makuhari Messe from September 17 to September 21, the game exhibited at the Level-5 booth for the third consecutive year. The demo let visitors try three puzzles, all built by QuizKnock, and started inside the Egg Muffin Workshop, a building whose exterior is lined with countless doors. A Hint Coin detection mode activated with the minus button helps players find coins, with Coin Der-kun pointing the way. Level-5 later published a Tokyo Game Show 2026 report with demo play videos of four titles, and the Layton demo runs to Professor Layton and Luke meeting inventor Egg Muffin.
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Oct 5
Level-5 published a Tokyo Game Show 2026 event report and released demo play videos for four titles: Professor Layton and the New World of Steam, Holy Horror Mansion, Snack World RELOADED, and DecaPolice. The booth, the company's largest, showed playable demos of all four and drew visitors from Japan and overseas, with original goods as bonuses. The Layton demo runs to Professor Layton and Luke meeting inventor Egg Muffin.
Sep 18
Tokyo Game Show 2026 runs at Makuhari Messe from September 17 to September 21, and Professor Layton and the New World of Steam is exhibiting at the Level-5 booth for the third consecutive year. The demo lets visitors take on three puzzles, all of them built by the quiz group QuizKnock. One puzzle becomes easier with the memo function, another rewards observation, and the last, presented by the new character Egg Muffin, leans on sudden inspiration. A Hint Coin detection mode, activated with the minus button, helps players find coins for hints, with Coin Der-kun pointing the way. The demo starts inside the Egg Muffin Workshop, a building whose exterior is lined with countless doors. The game is a sequel set one year after Professor Layton and the Last Time Travel and is scheduled for release on December 10, 2026, for Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PS5, and Steam.
Sep 9
Level 5's Professor Layton and The New World of Steam will launch December 10 worldwide for Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam. The release date came with a new trailer shown during Nintendo Direct, and Level 5 confirmed pricing at 7,920 yen in Japan. Mouse support is included on all versions except Switch. The game had been slated for the previous year before a delay. It is set after Professor Layton and the Unwound Future, in Steam Bison, the American town Luke Triton moved to and from which he invited Layton to visit. Yo Oizumi returns as Layton, and Mio Imada voices Luke. The cast also includes Riho Yoshioka, Mahiro Takasugi, Shinya Kote, Koichi Yamadera, Akio Otsuka, and Micaela Wako Sato. Quiz Knock handled the puzzles. Joe Hisaishi composed the theme song performed by Lilas. The previous entry was Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaire's Journey, which launched in July 2017.