Mobile game · 2007

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!

Estimated daily players

~6300.0%

Range 57–4.1K

Estimated total players

~13,0000.0%

Range 5.7K–28K

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Estimates, not counts — nobody publishes real player numbers for mobile games, so these are modelled from public signals. How we work them out

Nov 29, 2007Legacy Mobile DeviceCLASS IND LESRB 16

Point-and-click Puzzle Visual Novel Mystery

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What the estimate rests on

Google Play 66%
App Store 34%

Player estimates

Nobody publishes how many people play Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on Google Play, App Store, Twitch. Each count stands in a roughly known ratio to a population — one Play rating per ~45 players, one Steam review per ~35 owners — and the estimates below combine those readings, weighted by how much each source can be trusted to speak for the whole game. Read the range as the answer and the headline as its middle.

Estimated daily players

~630

0.0%

Range 57 – 4.1K

No source reports a live count for this game, so this is a share of the total player base — a genre assumption rather than an observation, which is why the range is wide.

Estimated total players

~13,000

0.0%

Range 5.7K – 28K

Everyone who has ever played, from the cumulative counts: store ratings and installs, Steam reviews, members and subscribers.

Estimated total players over time

2 readings · last 2 days

Average estimated players per month

Mean estimated total players for Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box per calendar month, newest first
Month	Estimated total players	Change
August 2026	~13,000	—

Community activity

Last checked Aug 9, 2026

Store signals

How many people have rated, reviewed or installed Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box where it is sold.

Google Play ratings

281

0.0%

Average rating: 4.5
Installs: 10K+

App Store ratings

147

0.0%

Average rating: 5.0

Community signals

How many people gather around Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box outside the stores — members, subscribers and live viewers.

Twitch viewers

Live channels: 0

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

Not tracked for Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box: Steam, Discord, Reddit, YouTube. A platform appears here once the game has a link to it — most mobile games have no Steam port or subreddit, so a gap is normal rather than a sign the game is small.

Storyline

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.

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Frequently asked questions

How many people play Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box?

We estimate that about 13,000 people have played Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box — plausibly between 5.7K and 28K. Around 630 of them play on a given day, in a range of 57 and 4.1K. Both figures are modelled from public counts on Google Play, App Store and Twitch rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.

Is Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box still active?

Yes. Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box is holding steady — it measured within a percent of where it was a week ago. We recheck every source daily, and the charts on this page show each platform's readings over time.

How are the Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box player estimates worked out?

Nobody publishes player counts for mobile games, so we infer them. Each public count we can read is converted into a population using a documented ratio — roughly one Google Play rating per 45 people who played, one Steam review per 35 owners, one Discord member per 40 players — and the live counts (Steam concurrents, members online, Twitch viewers) are converted the same way into a daily figure. Those separate estimates are then averaged in proportion to how much each source can be trusted, which is why sources that disagree widen the published range instead of cancelling out. This page is built on 2 readings taken since August 8, 2026.