Professor Layton and the New World of Steam costs $64.99 on PlayStation 5 and PC, and digital pre-orders opened on both on November 12, 2026. LEVEL-5 announced the pre-orders on the series’ official X account, and the price is the same on the PlayStation Store and on Steam.
Here is how to pre-order and get the bonus:
- On PS5: find the game on the PlayStation Store and pre-order it for $64.99.
- On PC: open the Steam page and pre-purchase it for $64.99. The store page says the Steam Deck supports touchscreen controls.
- For the bonus: pre-order by 11:59 PM Japan time on December 9 (9:59 AM Eastern that day) to get the Layton Series Soundtrack Selection.
The Details
The pre-order bonus is a digital soundtrack of 11 pieces of music from across the Professor Layton series. You listen to it from the Secret Content menu in the game. LEVEL-5 notes the bonus may be sold or handed out separately later.
The new adventure is set in America after the end of the Wild West era, in Steam Bison, a town of inventions running on steam technology, where Layton and Luke are pulled into a mystery. The Steam page lists:
- The most puzzles in the series, designed by QuizKnock, the quiz group led by Takushi Izawa.
- A new puzzle every day for more than a year after launch.
- Fast travel and Coindar, a robot that finds hidden hint coins.
- Town-building puzzles that upgrade Steam Bison’s facilities as you solve them.
- A theme song composed by Joe Hisaishi, with lyrics and vocals by Lilas.
Full voice acting comes in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Japanese and Korean, with Traditional Chinese as a text option. The PC minimum is listed as 64-bit Windows 11, with the rest of the specs still to be announced.
What This Means for Players
The Switch version is not part of this round. The announcement names only PS5 and Steam and gives no Switch price, so if you plan to play on Nintendo hardware, wait for LEVEL-5 to open those pre-orders.
The series began on the Nintendo DS, and if Curious Village was your way in, it still sits at number 8 on our best Nintendo DS games list. LEVEL-5’s other big recent release, Fantasy Life i, has a full guide hub, starting with how to farm. If a daily brain teaser is what you want before December, our games like Wordle list has plenty, and our upcoming game releases list shows what else is on the way this winter.
When and Where
- Price: $64.99 on PS5 and Steam.
- Pre-orders: digital pre-orders are open on PS5 and Steam.
- Bonus deadline: December 9, 2026, at 11:59 PM Japan time (9:59 AM Eastern).
- Release: December 9, 2026, on both store listings. The PlayStation Store gives 10:00 AM Eastern, which is midnight on December 10 in Japan.
- Switch: no pre-orders or price yet.
Source: LEVEL-5, “Digital Pre-Orders Now Open!”, Professor Layton series on X, November 12, 2026.