Play as Starshot, an upstart juggler in the debt-riddled smaller troupe, who takes off to visit far-away planets to get ideas for new acts; the hope being that these acts will help get the circus back in the black. Your courage and skill will be challenged as you battle to overcome Wolfgang von Ravel, the evil boss of your crooked competitor the Virtua Circus. Each land that Starshot visits is a vast level, with several missions and tons of interesting alien characters.