Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective launches on Switch in July, new trailer

Pixmain and Darjeeling have nailed down a release date for Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective, a puzzle game that was previously featured in an Indie World Showcase. The two sides have confirmed that Switch owners can get their hands on the title starting on July 15.

Here’s an overview of the game, along with a trailer:

From the award-winning studio behind Homo Machina (2018) and Californium (2016), Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective is another one-of-a-kind revolutionary puzzle.

Fun, engaging, and beautiful, Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective lets you explore the visually stunning universe created by IC4DESIGN

Playing as detective Pierre, you must find your way and solve puzzles to retrieve the magical stone stolen by the nefarious Mr. X.

On your way to getting the Maze Stone back, you will meet adorable and hilarious characters, travelling literal works of art, and interact with a world that was previously only available on paper!

Storyline
A terrible crime has been committed at the Opera City Museum! Mr. X, Pierre’s sworn enemy, has stolen and fled with the Maze Stone, a magical artefact that turns everything around it into a labyrinth. Under the call of the Opera City Museum, Pierre must undertake a new adventure that will lead him from the museum, to the city streets, to a castle in the sky, a haunted mansion and much more! There is no time to lose, lest the whole world turns into a maze!

Key Features

– Enter colorful worlds teeming with life and intricate details based on the best-selling children’s book series Pierre the Maze Detective by IC4DESIGN
– More than 100 hidden objects and unique trophies to find, engaging puzzles and minigames to stimulate your brain
– Over 500 interactions possible with the characters, items, and background
– Original soundtrack
– Each scene is based on a double-page illustration from the original work
– All levels are tied together by an overarching narration that will fill the detectives within us with purpose
– Available in Chinese (simplified and traditional), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and Russian

Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective will cost $11.99 / €11.99 on the Switch eShop. It will carry a pre-order discount between July 8 and July 15.

Source: Pixmain PR