Planet of Lana

Critics praised the game's art direction, storytelling, music, and sound design, though some criticism was aimed towards the lack of innovation in its puzzles and short length. A sequel, titled Planet of Lana II, was released on March 5, 2026.

• Title — Planet of Lana • Developer — Wishfully • Publisher — Thunderful Publishing Playdigious (Android, iOS) • Director — * Adam Stjärnljus • Klas Martin Eriksson • Producer — Adam Stjärnljus • Designer — Adam Stjärnljus • Programmer — Mattias Wargren • Writer — Klas Martin Eriksson • Composer — Takeshi Furukawa • Engine — Unity • Platforms — * Windows • Xbox One • Xbox Series X/S • Nintendo Switch • PlayStation 4 • PlayStation 5 • Android • iOS • Released — * Windows, Xbox One & Series X/S • May 23, 2023 • Switch, PS4, PS5 • April 16, 2024 • Android, iOS • December 9, 2025 • Genre — Puzzle-platform • Modes — Single-player

• Illustration — Both Lana and Mui lack any combat abilities, and must avoid being detected by any enemy. Planet of Lana is a puzzle-platforming game with a side-scrolling perspective. In the game, the player assumes control of Lana, a young girl, as she explores a planet which has been invaded by hostile alien machines in order to rescue her sister who has been abducted. Throughout her adventure, she is accompanied by a cat-like creature named Mui. Both of them must work together in order to traverse the game's world and solve various puzzles. Lana can swim, direct Mui to locations and issue commands to it, while Mui, which is smaller and much more agile, can access out-of-reach places and open up new pathways for Lana. Mui can also hypnotize some hostile creatures, taming them. Lana and Mui cannot directly attack the alien machines or other hostile creatures, and must rely on stealth tactics to avoid being detected, or use the environment to their advantage to get past any potential threat. As the player progresses in the game, they will gain the ability to temporarily tame creatures and hack into machines.

Planet of Lana is the debut project of independent developer Wishfully. The game's development originated from a picture that the game's director Adam Stjärnljus drew in 2017. The picture, which sees a girl gazing at a large robot creature, subsequently became the foundations of the game. An adjusted version of the picture was subsequently chosen to be the game's key art. Stjärnljus founded Wishfully in August 2018 with his wife Maria Brunsson to work on the game. The title was inspired by cinematic platformers such as Inside and Limbo, and older adventure video games such as Another World and Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee. Stjärnljus wanted to create a game that features a colorful sci-fi universe, as opposed to the dark and gloomy backdrops found in other games. Films produced by Studio Ghibli, such as Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro, and The Legend of Zelda video games such as Wind Waker and Breath of the Wild, influenced the game's visual style. While the team initially planned to have the world and characters in 2D only, it received "harsh" feedback from publishers, prompting the team to switch to a more 2.5D look. Writer and co-director Klas Martin Eriksson added that the team initially wanted the game to have no dialogue, with emotions communicated through body language alone. The team subsequently decided that the story needed more "emotional expression", and prompted the team to create a fictional language. Composer Takeshi Furukawa, who previously worked on The Last Guardian, reached out to Wishfully and offered to work on the game's soundtracks after looking at its artwork. Ericksson added that the game's music will play a "pretty integral part of the story". Wishfully and publisher Thunderful Publishing officially announced the game in June 2021 during the Summer Game Fest. Initially set to be released in 2022, the game was delayed to early 2023. The game was released for Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on May 23, 2023. It was later launched for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 on April 16, 2024. Playdigious published the Android and iOS versions on December 9, 2025.

A sequel, Planet of Lana II: Children of the Leaf, was announced in June 2025 and was released on March 5, 2026.