Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet cover

Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet

First release
Nov 29, 2004
Developer
Key
Engine
Real Live
Genres
Adventure, Visual Novel · Drama, Science fiction

Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet is a Japanese post-apocalyptic visual novel developed by Key and is rated for all ages. The story centers on a middle-aged man who comes across a malfunctioning robot in a dead city. The man, known simply as "the junker", stays with this robot for a time and attempts to fix the projector of the planetarium where the story takes place.

Also known as planetarian ~Chiisana Hoshi no Yume~, planetarian ~the reverie of a little planet~

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Storyline
"Why don't you come to the planetarium? The beautiful twinkling of eternity that will never fade, no matter what. All the stars in the sky are waiting for you." It is thirty years after the failure of the Space Colonization Program. Humanity is nearly extinct. A perpetual and deadly Rain falls on the Earth. Men known as "Junkers" plunder goods and artifacts from the ruins of civilization. One such Junker sneaks alone into the most dangerous of all ruins -- a "Sarcophagus City". In the center of this dead city, he discovers a pre-War planetarium. And as he enters he is greeted by Hoshino Yumemi, a companion robot. Without a single shred of doubt, she assumes he is the first customer she's had in 30 years. She attempts to show him the stars at once, but the planetarium projector is broken. Unable to make heads or tails of her conversation, he ends up agreeing to try and repair the projector...Read more

"Why don't you come to the planetarium? The beautiful twinkling of eternity that will never fade, no matter what. All the stars in the sky are waiting for you." It is thirty years after the failure of the Space Colonization Program. Humanity is nearly extinct. A perpetual and deadly Rain falls on the Earth. Men known as "Junkers" plunder goods and artifacts from the ruins of civilization. One such Junker sneaks alone into the most dangerous of all ruins -- a "Sarcophagus City". In the center of this dead city, he discovers a pre-War planetarium. And as he enters he is greeted by Hoshino Yumemi, a companion robot. Without a single shred of doubt, she assumes he is the first customer she's had in 30 years. She attempts to show him the stars at once, but the planetarium projector is broken. Unable to make heads or tails of her conversation, he ends up agreeing to try and repair the projector...

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Nov 29, 2004
PlayStation 2
Aug 24, 2006
Legacy Mobile Device
Nov 28, 2006
All 8 release dates
PlayStation Portable
Aug 24, 2009
Android
Nov 30, 2011
iOS
Nov 30, 2011
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Sep 12, 2014
Nintendo Switch
Jan 31, 2019
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Text, First person
Where to buy
Keywords
post-apocalyptic, kinetic novel, male protagonist, no sexual content, unlockable gallery
… All 9, single ending, adult protagonist, music recollection, linear plot

How it plays

Languages

  • Englishinterface, subtitles
  • Françaisinterface
IGDB · recorded 2 Oct 2026
Also in 3 other languages

Language data: IGDB · recorded 2 Oct 2026