During TGS 2025, Level 5 announced that "Professor Layton and the New World of Steam" will be postponed to 2026. Media Bahamut brought a 12-minute live video of "Professor Layton and the New World of Steam" to lead players to gain a glimpse of the current development results.
"Professor Layton and the New World of Steam" takes place a year after "Professor Layton and the Last Time Travel", Luke and Professor Layton travel to the United States separately.Professor Layton received a letter from Luke and was invited to the unfamiliar land - the United States "True Chebesen".It is an amazing new world, and the local area has flourished with its universal steam engine and its prosperity has surpassed London.What kind of mysterious events happened to this town? As the mystery unravels one by one, the town seems to become more and more prosperous.
The puzzle and fantasy adventure game "Professor Layton and Steam New World" is developed and released by level 5 and will be released in 2026. It will be available on the Switch and Switch 2 platforms, supporting Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.