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Planetary romance

Fiction genre theme

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A sub-genre of science fiction or science fantasy, characterized by adventures on (often several) unusually detail rich foreign worlds.

Notable people involved: Michael Bross, Jeff Braun, Lorne Lanning, Jun Sato and Keiichi Asai

Star Ocean: Blue Sphere (Game Boy Color)
Star Ocean: Blue Sphere
GBC 2001-06
Albion (MS-DOS)
Albion
DOS 1995
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty! (Windows)
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty!
WIN 2015-02-25
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (GameCube)
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
GC 2004-11-15
Star Ocean: First Departure (PlayStation Portable)
Star Ocean: First Departure
PSP 2007-12-27
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (PlayStation)
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
PS1 1997-10-27
Star Ocean: Second Evolution (PlayStation Portable)
Star Ocean: Second Evolution
PSP 2008-04-02
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus (PlayStation)
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus
PS1 1998-11-25
Star Ocean: The Second Story (PlayStation)
Star Ocean: The Second Story
PS1 1998-07-30
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (Windows)
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
WIN 1997-10-31
Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (PlayStation 2)
Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
PS2 2003-02-27
Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams (MS-DOS)
Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams
DOS 1991-12-31
As examples from popular media, Stargate (TV series) and Star Trek do not belong to this genre as neither spend much detail on the worlds besides superficial impressions.

Popular tags

actionadventure actionrpg cinematicplatformer epic firstpersonshooter lootemup rpg-eastern

Games by year

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The first Planetary romance video game was released on December 31, 1991.

Oddworld Inhabitants, GT Interactive, Square Enix and Activision published most of these games.

Related sites

TV Tropes article
Wikipedia article

Platforms

Windows6
PS34
Linux3
PS3
MS-DOS3
X3602
Xbox2
GameCube2
PS22
PSP2
PS41
Mac OS X1
Xbox One1
PS Vita1
Switch1
SNES1
GBC1

Most common companies

Oddworld Inhabitants6
GT Interactive5
Square Enix5
Activision4
Enix4
Nintendo3
Just Add Water Developments2