PLANNES
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| PLANNES | |
|---|---|
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| Information | |
| VR/AR | VR |
| Developer | Tricol Co., Ltd. |
| Publisher | Tricol Co., Ltd. |
| Platform | SteamVR, Oculus Rift (Platform) |
| Device | HTC Vive, Oculus Rift |
| Operating System | Windows |
| Type | Game |
| Genre | Action, Indie, Sports |
| Input Device | Tracked Motion Controllers, Gamepad |
| Play Area | Standing, Room-scale |
| Game Mode | Single-player, Multiplayer |
| Comfort Level | Comfortable |
| Language | English, Korean |
| Version | 1.3.4 |
| Rating | ESRB: Everyone |
| Review | Mostly Positive (Steam) |
| Release Date | December 6, 2016 (Oculus Store); December 8, 2016 (Steam) |
| Price | US$14.99 (launch price) |
| App Store | Oculus Store, Steam |
| Website | http://tricol.jp/ |
| Infobox Updated | 10/13/2026 |
PLANNES (Japanese: プラネス) is a VR App, a zero-gravity tennis game for PC virtual reality headsets developed and published by Tricol Co., Ltd., a VR game studio based in Tokyo.[1][2] The player travels by spaceship to a series of planets and plays each planet's representative, using a pair of rackets to knock a ball into the crystals floating behind the opponent.[3]
The game was one of the 53 launch titles for the Oculus Touch controllers and went on sale on the Oculus Store on 6 December 2016, followed by an HTC Vive version on Steam a few days later.[4][5] Besides the single-player campaign, it has a local versus mode in which a second player on the same PC plays on the monitor with a gamepad, and an online mode added in 2017.[2][6] As of October 2026, Steam marks the game as no longer available on its store.[2]
Gameplay
PLANNES is a tennis-like sport played in zero gravity. Five crystals float behind each player, and a match is won by destroying all five of the opponent's crystals; a crystal breaks when the ball hits it.[3][5] The player holds a racket in each hand and can bounce shots off the walls of the court to reach the crystals.[3] In the story, the player lands on planets in a spaceship and faces each planet's national team; MoguraVR described five planets and 50 stages in total, with distinctive opponents and stage gimmicks such as obstacles.[3][2]
Winning matches earns points, which are spent to unlock new rackets.[2] The rackets have different abilities: according to MoguraVR, some have their own special moves while others cover a wider area, so choosing a racket to suit the opponent matters.[3] Weekly ASCII, reporting on the announcement, wrote that the items used as rackets include swords, axes and shields.[7] A "Wind Racket" was added in an update in December 2017.[8]
Multiplayer
In the local VS mode, two people play on one PC: one wears the headset and uses motion controllers, while the second player uses the PC monitor and a Gamepad.[2][3] Tricol's product page described the versus mode as unusual for a VR game.[5] Version 1.2.0, released in October 2017, added an online match mode played over the Internet (called NETWORK PLAY in the store description), raised the points awarded for a win by about five times, and added Korean language support.[6][2] Steam lists the game as supporting online PvP, shared or split screen PvP and cross-platform multiplayer.[2]
Development
Tricol Co., Ltd. (株式会社トリコル) is a VR content developer in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Its company history lists the Oculus Touch and HTC Vive releases of PLANNES in December 2016, a month after the HTC Vive release of its ramen shop game Counter Fight in November 2016.[1]
Tricol announced PLANNES with Oculus Touch support at Oculus Game Day, a press event that Oculus held at its Japan office on 17 November 2016. It was one of six Touch titles from five Japanese developers presented there.[9][7] MoguraVR reported the release of Tricol's announcement trailer on 5 December 2016, the day before the Touch launch.[3][10]
In June 2017 Tricol announced an investment from an investment fund operated by Global Brain; MoguraVR's report on the funding named Counter Fight and PLANNES as the studio's games.[11]
Release
| Platform | Store | Release date | Launch price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oculus Rift with Oculus Touch | Oculus Store | 6 December 2016 | US$14.99 | Oculus Touch launch title[5][4] |
| HTC Vive; Steam lists SteamVR or Oculus PC support | Steam | 8 December 2016 (Steam listing); 9 December 2016 in Tricol's Japanese announcement | US$14.99; 1,480 yen in Japan | Room-scale area of 2.5 m by 1.5 m required[2][5][12] |
An archived copy of the Oculus Store page from 2018 lists the game's player mode as Standing, with front-facing tracking, a "Comfortable" comfort rating, Oculus Touch required and gamepad support, and an ESRB rating of Everyone.[13] Steam classifies it as a VR-only title with tracked controller support.[2]
Updates
Tricol posted the following patch notes on Steam:
| Version | Date | Changes |
|---|---|---|
| 1.1.7 | 12 December 2016 | Fixed the game not working with Oculus Rift and Touch[14] |
| 1.1.10 | 25 January 2017 | Pause moved to the left touchpad click on HTC Vive; other fixes[15] |
| 1.2.0 | 5 October 2017 | Online match mode; about five times more points per win; Korean language[6] |
| 1.3.0 | 9 December 2017 | New "Wind Racket"; language display fixes; quieter music[8] |
| 1.3.2 | 7 May 2018 | Fixed player facing the wrong way on some VR devices and rackets coming loose from the hand[16] |
| 1.3.3 | 17 July 2018 | Fixed the ball stopping in online match mode[17] |
| 1.3.4 | 23 July 2018 | Fixed a hang when grabbing one racket with both hands and a rare crash at the end of online matches[18] |
Reception
On Steam, 79 percent of 29 user reviews were positive as of October 2026, a "Mostly Positive" rating.[2] The archived 2018 Oculus Store page showed an average of 3.5 out of 5 stars from 20 ratings.[13]
Features
- Single-player
- Local Multi-Player
- Online multiplayer (added in version 1.2.0)[6]
- Steam Trading Cards[2]
System Requirements
Windows
Minimum
Requirements as listed on Steam:[2]
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 7
- Processor: i5-4950
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD 290
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- VR Support: SteamVR or Oculus PC
The 2018 Oculus Store listing gave the recommended processor as an Intel i5-4590 and listed 1.69 GB of space required for version 1.3.4.[13]
Setup Instructions
This VR game requires a play area of at least 2.5m x 1.5m.[2]
Images and Videos
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "ホーム - 株式会社トリコル (Home - Tricol Co., Ltd.)". Tricol Co., Ltd. (archived 22 December 2017). Tricol Co., Ltd.. http://web.archive.org/web/20171222170539/http://tricol.jp/. Retrieved 2026-10-13.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 "PLANNES on Steam". Steam. Valve. https://store.steampowered.com/app/560150/PLANNES/. Retrieved 2026-10-13.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 フォルト (Folt) (2016-12-05). "日本発Oculus Touchローンチタイトル『PLANNES』PVが公開 (Japanese Oculus Touch launch title PLANNES trailer released)". MoguraVR. https://www.moguravr.com/plannes-pv/. Retrieved 2026-10-13.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ian Hamilton (2016-12-01). "Here Are The 53 Oculus Touch Launch Titles Available on Dec. 6". UploadVR. https://www.uploadvr.com/oculus-touch-launch-53-dec/. Retrieved 2026-10-13.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "プラネス - 株式会社トリコル (PLANNES - Tricol Co., Ltd.)". Tricol Co., Ltd. (archived 12 January 2018). Tricol Co., Ltd.. http://web.archive.org/web/20180112081059/http://tricol.jp/product/plannes/. Retrieved 2026-10-13.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Version 1.2.0". Steam Community - PLANNES announcements. Tricol Co., Ltd.. 2017-10-05. https://steamcommunity.com/games/560150/announcements/detail/1471973235507156661. Retrieved 2026-10-13.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 ジサトラ ハッチ (2016-11-20). "時を忘れて楽しむ「Oculus Touch」対応ゲームの数々を体験! (Trying out Oculus Touch games)". Weekly ASCII. https://weekly.ascii.jp/elem/000/001/271/1271132/. Retrieved 2026-10-13.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Version 1.3.0". Steam Community - PLANNES announcements. Tricol Co., Ltd.. 2017-12-09. https://steamcommunity.com/games/560150/announcements/detail/1482112225735318416. Retrieved 2026-10-13.
- ↑ フォルト (Folt) (2016-11-19). "Oculus Touch、日本からのローンチタイトルは6作品 (Six Oculus Touch launch titles from Japan)". MoguraVR. https://www.moguravr.com/oculustouch-launch-jp/. Retrieved 2026-10-13.
- ↑ Tricol Co., Ltd.. "PLANNES / プラネス - Announcement Trailer - Oculus Touch Game from TRICOL". YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sfatdck_vJs. Retrieved 2026-10-13.
- ↑ みたらし (2017-06-05). "VRゲーム開発のトリコル社、資金調達を実施 (VR game developer Tricol raises funds)". MoguraVR. https://www.moguravr.com/vr-tricol/. Retrieved 2026-10-13.
- ↑ doron (2016-12-10). "【HTC Vive新作】HTCが自前で開発したVRスポーツゲームなど9作品 (New HTC Vive releases)". MoguraVR. https://www.moguravr.com/htc-vive-new-release-161209/. Retrieved 2026-10-13.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "PLANNES - Oculus". Oculus Store (archived 19 September 2018). Oculus VR. https://web.archive.org/web/20180919175145/https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/1239560486085016/. Retrieved 2026-10-13.
- ↑ "Fixed a problem(Version 1.1.7)". Steam Community - PLANNES announcements. Tricol Co., Ltd.. 2016-12-12. https://steamcommunity.com/games/560150/announcements/detail/704082239831756731. Retrieved 2026-10-13.
- ↑ "Version 1.1.10". Steam Community - PLANNES announcements. Tricol Co., Ltd.. 2017-01-25. https://steamcommunity.com/games/560150/announcements/detail/688323441662102376. Retrieved 2026-10-13.
- ↑ "Version 1.3.2". Steam Community - PLANNES announcements. Tricol Co., Ltd.. 2018-05-07. https://steamcommunity.com/games/560150/announcements/detail/1653262146453149269. Retrieved 2026-10-13.
- ↑ "Version 1.3.3". Steam Community - PLANNES announcements. Tricol Co., Ltd.. 2018-07-17. https://steamcommunity.com/games/560150/announcements/detail/3007726172140948320. Retrieved 2026-10-13.
- ↑ "Version 1.3.4". Steam Community - PLANNES announcements. Tricol Co., Ltd.. 2018-07-23. https://steamcommunity.com/games/560150/announcements/detail/1666779922333018765. Retrieved 2026-10-13.