History Main / PlanetaryRomance

* MastersOfTheUniverse, mostly in the early minicomics where Eternia was an ScavengerWorld.

* A lot of the early, world-hopping stories in XMen and {{Excalibur}} are like this, usually written by Chris Claremont and/or Alan Davis, and of course usually centering around Nightcrawler (and sometimes Shadowcat or Wolverine).

** From the same writer: the ''Tom Rynosseros'' series, featuring a [[SandIsWater sandship]] captain is a far future Australia, reclaimed by the Aboriginal nations.
* ''Terminal World'' by Creator/Alastair Reynolds, is set in the far future on a planet hinted to be a terraformed Mars.

** From the same writer;: the ''Tom Rynosseros'' series, featuring a [[SandIsWater sandship]] captain is a far future Australia, reclaimed by the Aboriginal nations.

* Creator/SheriSTepper's ''True Game'' series.

* The original ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' film. The [[Series/StargateSG1 subsequent]] [[Series/StargateAtlantis television]] [[Series/StargateUniverse shows]], however, follow the WagonTrainToTheStars format pioneered by ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', exploring strange new worlds and seek out new life forms civilizations.

* Many works by Creator/JackVance, in particular his ''Literature/PlanetOfAdventure'' series or the ''Big Planet'' series.

* Paul Pope's version of ComicBook/AdamStrange in ''WednesdayComics''. (Not the mainstream version, whose Rann has too much high-tech stuff.) John Carter was his main inspiration for the series.

* Most of ''Literature/TheSpaceTrilogy'' by Creator/CSLewis, including ''Out of the Silent Planet'' and ''Perelandra'' but ''not'' ''That Hideous Strength''

* ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind''

* The original ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' film. The [[Series/StargateSG1 subsequent]] [[Series/StargateAtlantis television]] [[Series/StargateUniverse shows]], however, follow the WagonTrainToTheStars format pioneered by ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.

* ''Literature/TheLordsOfCreation'' series by S.M. Stirling is set in a present day AlternateHistory where Mars and Venus, thanks to the intervention of AncientAstronauts, are similar to the worlds portrayed in Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs novels.

* The ''Bunduki'' series by JTEdson.

* ''Jane Carver of Waar'', intended as a DistaffCounterpart to ''JohnCarterOfMars''.

* ''LastExile''
* ''NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind''
* ''{{Simoun}}''
* ''{{Trigun}}''
* ''{{The Vision of Escaflowne}}'': Though it initially appears to be fantasy, all examples of "magic" in the series turn out to be highly advanced (read: reality-altering) technology, and no wizards or sorcerers appear, only super-scientists.

* Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs's ''JohnCarterOfMars'' books were adapted into comics at one point.
* The ''PlanetHulk'' storyline was essentially a planetary romance, starring Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk.
** After the Hulk returned to Earth for ''WorldWarHulk'', his son Skaar received his own title, also a planetary romance... at least until Galactus showed up to eat the planet.

* ''TheWarlord''.
* Paul Pope's version of AdamStrange in ''WednesdayComics''. (Not the mainstream version, whose Rann has too much high-tech stuff.) John Carter was his main inspiration for the series.

* The two Ewok movies spun off from the ''StarWars'' franchise, which featured sci-fi versions of giants, orcs, and witches.
* The second half of ''AtlantisTheLostEmpire''.

* Most of ''TheSpaceTrilogy'' by Creator/CSLewis, including ''Out of the Silent Planet'' and ''Perelandra'' but ''not'' ''That Hideous Strength''

* Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs's ''JohnCarterOfMars''. Between these and his ''CarsonOfVenus'' books, pretty much the TropeCodifier.

* SheriSTepper's ''True Game'' series.

* Leigh Brackett's Mars, Venus, and Skaith series, which are essentially LowFantasy DarkerAndEdgier versions of Burrough's series.
* ''TheLordsOfCreation'' series by S.M. Stirling is set in a present day AlternateHistory where Mars and Venus, thanks to the intervention of AncientAstronauts, are similar to the worlds portrayed in Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs novels.
* Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin's [[ScienceFiction SF]] novels tend to steer this way: ''Left Hand Of Darkness'', ''Rocannon's World''...
** Perhaps in the sense of having the planets be a pseudo-feudal setting, but she generally avoided the more magical elements.

* ''EmpireOfThePetalThrone''
* ''SkyrealmsOfJorune'' had almost unplayable game mechanics, but an overwhelmingly complex and facinating alien world setting that also incorporated AfterTheEnd.
* "The Iron Lords of Jupiter" was a scenario published in ''Polyhedron'' magazine for ''D20Modern''; its rules could also be adapted to ''DungeonsAndDragons''. The setting posited that beneath Jupiter's cloud cover, the planet is solid just like Earth and home to hundreds of alien cultures with Iron Age-level technology, and the player characters are either natives or stranded humans. The reason for Jupiter having the same force of gravity as Earth was left as an exercise for the game-master.
* ''BluePlanet'' from Fantasy Flight Games is set on the [[SingleBiomePlanet water world]] of Poseidon and exploring it and surviving its inherent dangers are major parts of most campaigns. As a twist to its obvious "new colony" setting it's actually [[spoiler: inhabited by SufficientlyAdvancedAliens.]]
* ''{{Space 1889}}'' is [[VictorianBritain Victorian]] planetary romance with a hint of SteamPunk
* ''GURPS Planet Krishna'' adapts Creator/LSpragueDeCamp's ''Viagens Interplanetarias'' series, and ''GURPS Planet of Adventure'' is based on Creator/JackVance's ''Literature/PlanetOfAdventure'' series.

* The ''VideoGame/StarOcean'' series.

* The ''StarOcean'' series.

* The ''IronGrip'' series arguably counts, but is sort of a subversion, since it averts MedievalStasis (in favour of timeless SchizoTech) and combines PlanetaryRomance with the [[DuringTheWar War Drama]] genre.
* ''LesbianSpiderQueensOfMars''.
* ''{{Albion}}'' kicks off with the heroes crash landing on a planet. They first arrive in an alien world inhabited by cat people who use magic and OrganicTechnology, but later regions accessed in the game could easily look like medieval europe, complete with celts as inhabitants who worship ancient celtic deities.
* The first two "MetroidPrime" games have protagonist Samus exploring a single world each. She is tasked with saving each world from sheer destruction and can find in-depth information about the planets' rich history and wildlife through scanning lore, research and creatures. The third game becomes more of a space opera with the ability to explore and travel between multiple planets.
* ''StarFoxAdventures''

* ''{{Pibgorn}}'' [[http://www.gocomics.com/pibgorn/2003/02/05/ Drue is dropped in one.]]

* ''TheHerculoids''
* ''ThundarrTheBarbarian''

* ''FantasticPlanet'', the bizarre, surreal French animated film.

* Mary Gentle's ''{{Orthe}}'' series. Slightly different in that Orthe is an alien world, populated by a race who apparently destroyed the high-tech and highly advanced race who once ruled it, and deliberately regressed to a much less technologically advanced state.

* Gary Poulsen's ''Literature/TheTransallSaga'', although it has no magic and is not literature in any reasonable meaning of the term.

* ''Terminal World'' by Creator/Alastair Reynolds, is set in the far future on a planet hinted to be a terra formed Mars

* ''StarFox Adventures''