Platforms
- PCMay 23, 20238.3playscore8.032 Critics8.93.23K Players
- PlayStation 5Apr 16, 2024NAplayscoreNA0 Critics9.2491 Players
- Xbox Series X|SMay 23, 20238.4playscore8.221 Critics9.01.10K Players
- PlayStation 4Apr 16, 2024NAplayscoreNA0 Critics9.2574 Players
- Xbox OneMay 23, 20238.2playscore8.17 Critics9.01.10K Players
- Nintendo SwitchApr 16, 2024NAplayscoreNA0 CriticsNA0 Players
55 critic reviews · 3 community reviews across all platforms
Critic Reviews
- Overall, Planet of Lana is a polished puzzle platformer that lacks combat but makes up for that with cool stealth and satisfying platforming. Atmospheric sound design and terrifying enemies mean that setting traps and using your intelligence is what will help you conquer the game. In terms of art, the game uses an attractive graphical style, and animation is smooth. However, it takes while to get used to the controls and to get used to using Lana’s cat companion Mui to solve puzzles. This results in a few difficulty spikes. If you enjoy puzzle platformers such as Teslegrad, or Rime, Planet of Lana is a great game to pick up. It’s one of the most atmospheric and epic puzzle platformers released of recent times.
Daniel Leal · Apr 20, 2024 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - Planet of Lana intelligently combines elements of classic cinematic platformers to make something distinctive and characterful. For a tight five hours or so, it keeps up the pace, with very few taxing puzzles or tricky action segments to slow progress. Leaning into easier gameplay in favour of visual and auditory spectacle, it looks the part and runs consistently well. It’s a treat for the long-suffering cinematic platforming fan – perhaps even destined to join that short list of classics.
Roland Ingram · Apr 16, 2024 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - Planet of Lana is a wonderful cinematic puzzle platformer with brilliant presentation, a heart-warming story and enjoyable gameplay. You'll be gripped from beginning to end.
Richard Seagrave · Apr 16, 2024 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - Planet of Lana is a joy to behold, having been crafted with aplomb by a team of artistic and musical virtuosos. The gameplay itself is nothing you haven’t seen from other side-scrolling puzzlers, but it gives a wide berth to the stunning art and musical score that reach Disney levels of quality.
Jason Dailey · Apr 16, 2024 Reviewed on PS5Read full review - Planet Of Lana is a captivating narrative adventure, with a stunning visual design and cinematic focus that will leave you desperate for a photo mode, or hoping a new technology will appear that lets you jump right into the games world, and experience the wonderful vistas of Lana's home planet alongside her and Mui. The gameplay however doesn't include enough variety to keep things interesting all the way through to the credits, even with a short runtime. But if you're someone who leans more towards the narrative in a game anyways, then Planet Of Lana's touching story, charming characters and (once more for emphasis) beautiful and stunning art style, you absolutely must play Planet Of Lana.
David Carcasole · Apr 16, 2024 Reviewed on PS5Read full review - Although Planet of Lana absolutely nails its audiovisual presentation, the gameplay drags down the game as a whole. The core experience plays things a bit too safe, and when Planet of Lana strays off the beaten path, things end up feeling clunky and unpolished. The result is a game that never fully reaches its potential. It’s almost as if Wishfully Studios was afraid to take off its training wheels. It’s a bit of a shame given how much of an audiovisual treat the game is, because we really feel like Lana and Mui deserved better. Hopefully, Wishfully Studios dares to take more risks when it comes to future releases.
SebastiaanRaats · Jun 16, 2023 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Planet of Lana is a rare game. It's a clean, tight experience, that manages to tell a charming, if simple, story in its short runtime. The hand-drawn illustrations are truly works of great talent, bringing a gorgeous, nearly surreal ambiance to the design. Its puzzles and platforming may not be a lot to write home about, but there are a few diamonds in the rough that make the gameplay worthwhile.
Sam Stewart · Jun 07, 2023 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Experienced platformer and puzzle game players will have seen Planet of Lana’s mechanics before, maybe executed with more style or depth. What they won’t have seen is art quite as affecting or heard music that’s so in sync with the visuals. Planet of Lana is only around six hours long. More than that, and the lack of combat or missing originality in the puzzles might be an issue. Planet of Lana is an artistic, beautiful game with just enough satisfying gameplay to keep the player moving from one lovely scene to the next.
Mark Steighner · Jun 06, 2023 Reviewed on PCRead full review - It’s a shame that such a stylistically spellbinding game is compromised by its dearth of exciting gameplay ideas. Planet of Lana is by no means a shoddy game. It’s actually pretty good thanks to a cocktail of challenging puzzles and pinpoint platforming. However, its lack of innovation, as well as its myriad of little kinks, stop it from becoming a true exemplar of the genre.
James Davie · Jun 04, 2023 Reviewed on Series X|SRead full review - Studio Ghibli fans can also relish in the artwork and storyline of Planet of Lana, given that Wishfully co-founder took inspiration from the critically-acclaimed Spirited Away, amongst other films. At its core, it truly does feel like you are in a fascinating movie, only this time, you are the main character.
Kristina Ebanez · May 29, 2023 Reviewed on PCRead full review
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Community Reviews
- Reviewed on Series X|S
- Rated on PC
- Rated on PC
About the game
Trailers & Screenshots:
A planet that used to be a place of undisturbed balance between human, nature, and animal has now become something else entirely.
The disharmony that had been in the making for hundreds of years has finally arrived in the form of a faceless army. But this is not a story about war. This is a story about a vibrant, beautiful planet –and the journey to keep it that way.
Developer: Wishfully