Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box
Professor Layton may be a world-famous sleuth, but even he will need your assistance to crack these challenging puzzles. With Nintendo DS stylus in hand, it's time to muster up some mental might!
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box is a point-and-click developed by LEVEL-5, released 29 November 2007 on Nintendo DS and Legacy Mobile Device. The main story takes about 14.1 hrs to finish.
What Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box is
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box is a point-and-click game developed by LEVEL-5 and released in 2007. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo DS and Legacy Mobile Device.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Meet Professor Layton, world-renowned archeologist and puzzle enthusiast. His friend and mentor, Dr. Andrew Schrader, has mysteriously passed away upon taking possession of the mysterious Elysian Box. The only clue is a train ticket to the Molentary Express, found at Dr. Schrader's home. With his trusty assistant Luke in tow, Professor Layton must board the Molentary Express—unaware of the secrets that await.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Professor Layton series
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box is the second of 12 entries we hold in the Professor Layton series. It arrived 9 months after Professor Layton and the Curious Village. The next entry was Professor Layton and the Unwound Future in 2008. Its critic score of 85 is almost exactly the series average of 84. The highest-rated entry is Professor Layton and the Unwound Future at 93.
How it was received
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 84% of the 501 rated point-and-click games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 21 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 83, across 108 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 14.1 hrs.
What it launched against
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box launched on 29 November 2007, within three weeks of Mass Effect, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Assassin's Creed and Crysis. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Mass Effect, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Assassin's Creed, Crysis.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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