Planet of Lana II similar games & best alternatives

Planet of Lana II

PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch • 2026

Should you play it?

As greed and power divide the tribes of their home planet, Lana and her little companion, Mui, must stand together against the forces reshaping their world – struggling not just for survival, but for the soul of their home.

What works
  • Beautiful hand-painted art style
  • Emotional and engaging story
  • Creative and varied puzzles
  • Immersive soundtrack and sound design
  • Fluid and improved gameplay mechanics
Things to keep in mind
  • Some minor bugs and crashes reported
  • Cliffhanger ending leaves story unresolved
  • Controls occasionally clunky in swimming sections
  • Lack of ultrawide support
  • Some puzzles and story elements felt less impactful than first game

What to play next

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Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Scrap Garden

  • Braid, Anniversary Edition

  • Hue

  • ANIMAL WELL

  • Teslagrad 2

  • Unravel

  • Lifeless Planet Premier Edition

  • Ori and the Blind Forest

  • The Talos Principle VR
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Teslagrad 2

  • Big Hops

  • Knytt Underground
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Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

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Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

Planet of Lana II: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Competition, Survival, Fellowship. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Continuation, Strategy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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