Planets are astronomical objects orbiting a star. In the Chicken Invaders, only Earth appears. The Next Wave the other Solar System planets are introduced. In Cluck of the Dark Side the player is also able to explore them. In Chicken Invaders Universe, planets can be orbited by the players, they also offer the game Missions.
Solar System planets
Mercury
It's the closest planet to the Sun and also the smallest one, but slightly larger than Earth's Moon. It has no atmosphere, causing the temperature to vary wildly between around 450oC at day and -170oC at night.
Only appeared in The Next Wave, and it's where the 10th chapter takes place.
Venus
It's the second planet from the Sun and is the hottest despite its distance from the Sun compared to Mercury. This is because of its thick atmosphere made of CO2 and its surface being filled with sulphuric acid. Strangely, the atmosphere isn't present in the render from The Next Wave.
Only appeared in The Next Wave, and it's where the 9th chapter takes place.
Earth
The Earth is the Hero's and every human's home planet, and the main target of the Chicken invasions.
A Space Burger store can be found orbiting it.
It had a lot of waves dedicated to it. It's where the 8th chapter takes place in The Next Wave, and in Cluck of the Dark Side you get to enter it.
Mars
It's the fourth planet from the Sun. Its red color comes from the iron oxides on the planet's surface.
Only appeared in The Next Wave. It's where the 7th chapter takes place.
Jupiter
It's the fifth planet from the Sun and also the largest one. Jupiter has more mass than all of the other planets combined, but is about 99 times less massive (by weight) than the Sun.
Only appeared in The Next Wave. It's where the 5th chapter takes place.
Saturn
It's the sixth planet from the Sun and it is known for its large thick rings, unlike anything else in the Solar System.
Appeared in The Next Wave and had a cameo appearance in Revenge of the Yolk. In The Next Wave, the 4th chapter takes place here.
Uranus
It's seventh planet from the Sun which rotates on its side, tilted 98 degrees, sort of tidally locked to the Sun, with daytime and nighttime typically taking half of an Uranian year each.
Only appeared in The Next Wave. It's where the 3rd chapter takes place.
Neptune
It's the eight and currently the farthest known planet from the Sun.
Only appeared in The Next Wave. It's where the second chapter takes place.
Pluto
It's treated as a planet in the Chicken Invaders games, but as of 2006 it's classified as a dwarf planet.
Only appeared in The Next Wave. It's where the first chapter takes place.
Milky Way planets
Epsilon Thalassus
Epsilon Thalassus appears in Cluck of the Dark Side as one of the planets the Hero explores in the game.
This planet's oceans cover 98% of the surface, which compared to Earth's 71% is a lot. The planet also has a diverse ecosystem, with various species of aquatic life being seen throughout your journey for the Blade of Revolution.
Gamma Chthon
Gamma Chthon appears in Cluck of the Dark Side as one of the planets the Hero explores in the game.
It is a rocky planet orbiting close to its star, with the surface being scorched by its heat. This also allowed for a huge system of underground tunnels to form with lots of priceless crystals. Although at first it looks like the planet is devoid of life (except for Chickens which came here for the artifact and plants), there is a mysterious being deep inside guarding the Source of Power.
Eta Astropelecae
Eta Astropelecae appears in Cluck of the Dark Side as one of the planets the Hero explores in the game.
It's a rocky planet covered in ice, where storms are ravaging on the surface non stop, and temperatures are very low. At the end of the area you get to fight a strange being resembling a huge Chicken made out of ice that guards the Thingamajig of Vagueness.
Foreign Galaxy planets
Unnamed ringed planet #1
This unnamed planet is seen orbiting near where the Feather Fields of Yolkon-7 are located.
Unnamed ringed planet #2
This unnamed planet is seen orbiting near where the Space Crab Portal is located.
Unnamed planetoid
This unnamed planetoid is seen orbiting near where the Chicken Testing Site is located.
Galaxy (CIU) Planets
Alien World
Alien Worlds can have random colors, clouds on their surface, this type of the planets can have rings around them, they can be sometimes seen as planets or even moons.
Their environments may come from none to Electric environment.
Frozen Wasteland
Low temperature planets, their color can be from bright-blue to dark blue, the contain no clouds around them, however their environment can be from just an environment to both electric and frozen, but sometimes they contain rings. They never appear as moons.
Inferno
High temperature planets, their color can be from dark red to yellow, the contain no clouds around them, however their environment is hot and may range to both hot and electric, but sometimes they contain rings. They never appear as moons.
Barren Rock
Normal rock planets, their color can be from white to black, they often contain no environments but sometimes the electric environment might appear there, they don't contain clouds, but sometimes they contain rings. They always appear as moons.
Gas Giant
Gas giants can have random colors similar to Alien World, they often contain no environments but sometimes the electric environment might appear there, they don't contain clouds, but they also never have rings. They never appear as moons.
Terran Planet
Terran planets are planets which are very similar to earth, specifically at their colors, they sometimes can be full of deserts, they contain no environments at all, they contain clouds, but also sometimes they can have rings. They never appear as moons.
Artificial Moon/Satellite
Satellites often have grey, they have no environments at all, they don't contain clouds, not even rings. They always appear as moons.
However they are the only planets which contain Double Team missions.
Triva
- Inferno and Barren rocks, Frozen are one of few planet types to have specific textures for them, they have 2 additional ones, making the textures 9 instead of 7 compared to the other planet types. Each planet uses 1 texture for their surface.
- Before version 25, Gas Giants used to have a liquid like texture before being changed to the current one with a striped version similar to Jupiter. That previous texture is already used for other planet types (e.g. Alien World)
- There is a planet type but it's not seen anywhere in the galaxy map, which is Earth, however it's only seen in the DLCs highscore screen making it the only planet that can't be seen in the game without a paywall.
