Professor Layton and the New World of Steam

Professor Layton and the New World of Steam^[a] is an upcoming puzzle-adventure game by Level-5 for Nintendo Switch and Switch 2. It is the eighth main game of the Professor Layton series, set one year after the events of Professor Layton and the Unwound Future and is scheduled to be released in 2025.

Professor Layton and the New World of Steam
Developer(s)	Level-5
Publisher(s)	Level-5
Series	Professor Layton
Platform(s)	Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch 2
Release	2025
Genre(s)	Puzzle, adventure
Mode(s)	Single-player

Development

New World of Steam was announced for the Nintendo Switch during a Nintendo Direct on 8 February 2023, with no release date revealed.^[1][2] No gameplay was shown; the teaser trailer consisted of Professor Hershel Layton walking through an industrial area.^[3] A new trailer was released in March 2023, revealing that the game takes place one year after the end of Professor Layton and the Unwound Future, with the story taking place in an American town named Steam Bison.^[4] Steam Bison has a steampunk aesthetic.^[4]

In November 2023, it was announced that New World of Steam would be released in 2025.^[5] Some details of the plot were released on the game's official website, with "highly advanced steam engines" causing a technological revolution in Steam Bison and a "mysterious incident" prompting Luke Triton to invite Hershel Layton to the town.^[5] A second trailer dropped two days before the Tokyo Game Show in 2024, detailing more of the game's plot and showing a new antagonist in Gunman King Joe, a mysterious ghostly cowboy-like figure.^[6] At the game show itself, a timed demo was publicly available.^[7]

The puzzles for the game will be designed by a group named QuizKnock, as Akira Tago, the puzzle designer for the other Professor Layton games, died in 2016.^[8] Yo Oizumi will be reprising his role as Hershel Layton from previous titles, while Mio Imada will be voicing Luke Triton^[8] in place of Maki Horikita, who announced her retirement from acting in 2017.^[9]

Release

Professor Layton and the New World of Steam will be released on the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 worldwide in 2025.^[8][10]

Notes

1. Known in Japan as Reiton-kyōju to Jōki no Shin Sekai (レイトン教授と蒸気の新世界)