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planetarian: Snow Globe cover art

planetarian: Snow Globe

VISUAL ARTS/Key · VISUAL ARTS · 2025-04-30

Steam

AdventureCasualSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Sep 03, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 27, 2024 (Nintendo Switch)

"planetarian: Snow Globe," the prequel to Key's sci-fi kinetic novel "planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet," is now available with binaural audio support! Enjoy the story of a companion robot and her coworkers at a planetarium, and the simple joys they find in their everyday lives.

96%
positive of 362 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1h
to beat · completionist 1h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (67 reviews).
  • · Top 37% of 15,268 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.2k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 362 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.39 at Steam (2026-08-31)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
646420252026Week of 2025-04-30: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-04-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-07: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-05-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-14: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-04: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-11: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-25: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-02: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-09: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-29: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-26: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-31: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-14: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-25: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-25: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-29: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-08: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-02: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-09-09: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

12
achievements tracked
97%
earned "Started planetarian: Snow Globe"
76.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam Input API SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)18789%12
Switch (Nintendo)50%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

CuteSnowAnimeDramaCasualLinearRobotsSci-fiAdventureEmotional

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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