Indie developer Adventure Works has rebranded Ari Buktu and the Anytime Elevator to LIFTED ,alongside revealing a release window and console ports.

LIFTED is now set to launch in Q1 of 2026 for Windows PC (via Steam) and new console ports for Switch and PS5. A playable demo is out now on PC.

Here’s a rundown on the previously announced game, plus a new trailer:

Get LIFTED! Play as slacker Ari, unwillingly starring in his professor’s deeply personal, HILARIOUS era-hopping tiara heist. Swing, climb, puzzle through time & outsmart a rival tomb-raider – an ’80s blockbuster adventure! Need a lift?

Step into the Anytime Elevator and get LIFTED — a cinematic single-player 2.5D puzzle-platform adventure from a former Disney ride designer. Perfect for STEAM DECK.

Slacker Ari Buktu only pokes his head into Professor Raventhorpe’s lab for extra credit; seconds later he’s hurtling through history on a reckless mission to steal a legendary tiara and fix the professor’s love-life. Each stop opens a new era, a bigger puzzle, and the shadow of a rival tomb-raider who’s always one jump behind…