Science Fiction

wow that's a lot of stars

During the golden age of interstellar expansion, a cataclysmic event destroyed humanity's means to traverse the stars, isolating thousands of planets, moons, and asteroids and the trillions living on them. After nearly four hundred years, these ten p...

Science Fiction

Aqualon

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Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Science Fantasy Science Fiction

M'Zeri

Various storylines in one place.

Science Fiction Science Fiction, Modern

Wouraiya

Welcome to Wouraiya! If you're interested in sampling stories, I'd like to suggest a few: [url:https://www.worldanvil.com/w/wouraiya-daskalarch/a/weaponizing-power-of-love2C-and-similar-faff-prose]Weaponizing the Power of Love, and Similar F...

Exploration Fantasy, Low Magic Hard Science Medieval Military

Starsong

[quote] My name is Charlie Lancaster, Captain, and leader of The Last Voyage. Two days ago, the United Space Confederation declared the launch of the last manned voyage into the depths of space. We are headed far further than any human has eve...

Fantasy Science Fantasy Science Fiction

Cosmos

War. War never changes. Since the dawn of humankind, when our ancestors first discovered the killing power of rock and bone, blood has been spilled in the name of everything: from God to justice to simple, psychotic rage. Humanity dest...

Alternative History Fanfiction Political Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction

New Deseret

A planet settled predominately by Mormon settlers. While I imagine a "lore" will evolve, this setting exists mainly to write out and explore the role and consequences of constitutions, laws, and urban development.

Cyberpunk Exploration Science Fiction Space Opera Urban

The Corporate States of America

The election of 2020 revealed to the world that Facebook could still win presidencies. Mark Zuckerberg's secret democratic candidate, funded by a "well meaning" Silcon Valley elite, won with 70% of the voting public. It felt like a revolution. It...

Cyberpunk Dystopia Science Fiction Speculative

Vanquish

The cryptic world of Vanquish is wrought with a history of secrecy dating all the way back to The Gap. Like all things affected within the multiverse, none remember the exact circumstances of how Vanquish came to be such a conglomeration of races, cu...

Exploration Horror Political Science Fiction Supernatural

Interstellar Wars

Science Fiction

Journey Through the Nine Realms

The Nine Realms are a series of realities intertwined by realm gates. All [url:https://www.worldanvil.com/w/journey-through-the-nine-realms-winterfoxtrot/c/playable-races-category]races, all [url:https://www.worldanvil.com/w/journey-through-the...

Fantasy Flintlock Science Fiction

Oucharis

I et imperium så vidstrakt at det er umulig for en enkelt dødelig å holde styr på alle regionene det omfatter, ligger Oucharis som en neglisjert bakevje som imperiets ambassadører helst unngår. I maktvakumet skapt av den manglende administrasjonen, e...

Atompunk Cyberpunk Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction Western

Necumia

Science Fantasy Science Fiction

Nuggia

/* [articleblock:2ce39741-7bde-4085-9734-9912897fecd4] */ A Galaxy on Fire The old powers of the Milky Way have collapsed. The Earth Accords have fallen under their own weight, leaving a power vacuum in the Eastern Fringe, with revolutio...

Science Fiction Science Fiction, Modern

Nebula Burning

[container: row] [container:col-lg-12 box-color] [color:#009AD9]Oh, hello there! I'm Prodigy, your local AI guide. You can call me DG for short. Welcome to Nebula Burning! This is a world of science and fantasy...

Science Fantasy Science Fiction

Long War

Contrary to humanity's expectations, neither leaving Earth nor expanding throught the Galaxy could change human nature. When Mankind expanded throughout the stars, its problems expanded as well. Both in number and in scale. Most of them will...

Dystopia Hard Science Political Science Fiction Space Opera

Path of Dreams

The Mykentian Republic was a dream born of desperation, birthed by a civilization on the point of extinction. One seemingly simple step on an obscure world set the entire galaxy on a course none had thought possible. United under the Republic, th...

Science Fiction Space Opera

Lancer - Beyond Union Space

Science Fiction

The Zone

[p]Welcome to The Zone.A sprawling digital frontier built atop the ruins of The Bloom, once a paradise where AI and humanity thrived in harmony. Now fractured and corrupted, The Zone is a war-torn, neon-lit wasteland where rogue code, forg...

Cyberpunk Political Science Fiction

Markait

Markait (previously called Sanctum or Sanctumverse) was my first attempt at making a Sci-Fi setting. When I made it, I didn't know what I wanted it to be or what I people would find when they played it. Its evolved into an interplanar re...

Science Fiction

A Strange New World

This world takes its inspiration from classic Rifts from before the war for Tolkeen. I've taken extensive liberty to modify the source material to make this my own world, adding geography, religion, races and lore that do not exist in either the orig...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy Science Fiction

Dusk City

A second city of the future, where the barriers between the worlds are thin. Duskerton City, known as Dusk City is full of promise and hope as the Fracture Rapture VR company slams the city onto the world stage, but it still has more than its fair sh...

Cyberpunk Fantasy, Urban Science Fiction Speculative

The Magitech Chronicles

The gods are dead, but they are not gone. Their bodies remain, brimming with divine power in forgotten nebulas or darkened corners of the void. Those who seek to claim their power often find death, but if they succeed the magic they gain may pa...

Science Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera

Cale IV Upsilon

Charted and settled in the year 2450 by Captain Marshall Cale IV, the sector was a hub of life, trade and scientific breakthroughs before The Scream devastated the planets and plunged the sector into darkness for years. Even now, as people are sta...

Science Fiction

Nijin-Konai

Year 253 RWE Nijin-Konai is The fifth planet orbiting the distant star of Nijin-Laj [location unknown]. The planet itself has been home to two other Sophont species before Mankind, one of which native to it. Due to the star'...

Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction Speculative

Special Agent

A possible future for humanity in 2576, humans discovered the supra-luminous space travel and they were launched into the stars under the banner of the Federal Republic.

Military Political Science Fiction

Fallout: The ATL

Alternative History Exploration Political Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction

Karagatan: A World Of Legends

You all work for Frank Steelhawk, the bold and battle-worn founder of Steelhawk International—an elite adventuring guild expanding its influence across the wild and unpredictable world of Karagatan. In a land where the gods have gone silent, power...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Flintlock Gothic

SEISMECH

The year is AFTER CALAMITY [A.C.] 995. A millennium ago, the distant star KALIBURN – birthplace of humanity – disappeared from the night sky. It was as if an unseen hand had simply flicked a switch and the light went out. It took years fo...

Mecha Science Fantasy Science Fiction

FRONTIERS OF DARKNESS

Horror Science Fiction

Solaris

Winner of Most Beautiful New World 2022, a wondrous reimagining of our Solar System. Solaris is retro science fiction with a queer and artistic twist. Written and illustrated by Annie Stein, with the help of Sol's best fiancée Skairunner.

Exploration Romance Science Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera

Astra Planeta

Astra Planeta is a hopeful exploration of humanity’s future path to the stars, and the connections we may forge with the other peoples and worlds of the local stellar group.

Exploration Hard Science Science Fiction Speculative

Wilde Blue

Something stirs beneath the Depths. Echoes of an ancient conflict, whose scars are the foundations of the modern world, still reverberate through the bones of that toxic sky. The worlds floating above have not yet noticed, but all have...

Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic MagiPunk Science Fiction

Ascent of the Old Ones

This is a homebrew setting focused around the concept of a D&D world progressing in technology, and taking to the stars. The setting is inspired from various bits of sci-fi and post Apocalypse, such as Fallout, Battlestar Galactica, Far Cry...

Dystopia Exploration Science Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera

Orion's Echo

[quote]Echoes of memory seep from Orion's Heart. Will you heed their warning? Or drown in their siren song?[/quote] It is the fifty-third century of what the people of ancient Earth once called the Common Era, though this measure...

Exploration Science Fiction Space Opera Speculative

Cairn Sector

[container:col-md-4] [container:hpimage1] [container:nobackground] [/container] [/container] [/container] [container:col-md-8] The Cairn Sector is located about 33,000 light-years from the center of the Milky Way Gala...

Exploration Science Fiction

Macross/Robotech Dimension Four

Mecha Military Science Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera

Alte'vurl

setting up a new world for future campaigns.

Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction Sword & Sorcery

The World of StarDust

Welcome to the world of StarDust the Manga. This is a supplement to the Manga series that is currently in development. Here you will find all the necessary information on the world from its denizens and locations to past events and the terrif...

Fantasy Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction Sword & Sorcery Western

Edt' Maji

What do you desire? I am the World Computer, created by the gods to document all of history and prehistory. I have an encyclopedic knowledge of the universe and everything within it. You desire knowledge? I will grant you your desire. Sham al l...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Science Fiction Weird

P'Ache

Political Science Fiction

Sigma Aquarii

It has been 300 years since first contact has been made with Etheria, a planet home to humans elves dwarves and many other races thought only fantasy. Etheria had been forced into modern society by the greedful desires of the githyanki, They had disc...

Fantasy MagiPunk Science Fiction Space Opera

Orpheus Gaze

First time here? Read the Dynasty Primer

Military Political Science Fiction Transhumanism

The Age of Convergence

Humanity has officially recovered from the Cozine Disaster. On the 500th anniversary of the defeat of the Cozine-07 AI, the Pan-Solar Consortium government has decided that it's time to unite the human diaspora. While adventurers and prospectors...

Science Fiction Space Opera

Vazdimet

Centuries have passed since the War for Enlightenment released forbidden knowledge into the hands of everyday citizens. Magic and technology revealed in the aftermath unlocked long-buried secrets, leading to space travel and an altered understanding...

Military Science Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera

The Third Imperium of Mankind.

Humaniti has gone to the stars and found them crowded with other forms of life and other sentient species, and science and technology have advanced vastly over the present day – but the essential nature of humaniti is unchanged. Life continues as it...

Exploration Science Fiction Space Opera

Star Wars: Knights of the Dice Rolls

Inspired by Knights of the Old Republic 1 & 2 as well as Pathfinder. In this story the players will traverse across the Galaxy on their quest. Along the way they will come across fantastical lands, perilous dungeons, societies on the brink of collaps...

Science Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera

Opposition: Mars

They say Mars is the graveyard of ambitions. Partially terraformed and populated largely by tribes of genetically modified colonists, one might wonder why the nations of Earth have any interest in a hostile planet like Mars. For a diverse group of No...

Hard Science Military Political Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction

Memento Mori

Cyberpunk Dystopia Science Fiction

Ninurta Galaxy

The Ninurta Galaxy is surrounded in a physics engine that ultimately resembles a video game. In the sense that most sentient creatures have the ability to level up and acquire new abilities. Through the goddess Nib it is magically tied to the Milky w...

Isekai Science Fiction

THF Universe

[aloud]In a world driven by military and technological advancements across the galaxies, the many alien factions vie with each other over precursor technology left over from a time long past. hidden, forgotten, and potentially world-ending in the wro...

Hard Science Mystery Science Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera

Crélohi

A semi-advanced and culturally diverse world where nature and science are one and the same, spun together a tight weave across the land and sea. The world is largely at peace, but some relations are rocky, and many secrets hide in a bloody past most...

Science Fiction Solarpunk Steampunk

Adastra - World Reference

Exploring World Anvil using the story of the visual novel Adastra. Fan made. WIP Adastra is an 18+ romance science fiction/fantasy visual novel created by members of The Echo Project following the story of the player character abd...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Romantic Science Fiction

Soulbank: Neon Divide

Science Fantasy Science Fiction

Age of Defiance

We’ve fought too hard for our happiness. We’ve suffered too much for our freedom. We won’t surrender our will or our lives without a fight! When evil bites us, we’ll bite back, with a vengeance! This isn’t an age of terror,...

Fanfiction Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera Sword & Sorcery

Athena Minerva

A slight alteration in the history of mammals causes a subtle but powerful shift in human societies far into the future. As early human women are much more likely to survive childbirth, (and perhaps a bit more self-centered than the human women of P...

Adult 18+ Cyberpunk Hard Science Science Fiction Solarpunk

High Guard

[youtube:https://youtu.be/EkfiPw4epgw] [p][/p] [p]We're not here to fu*k spiders[/p] [p]G’day, Commander! As we charge into 2025 (or 3311 in galactic years), the High Guard and our faction, the United Systems Commonwealth (USC), call on pilots to...

Adult 18+ Hard Science Military Science Fiction Space Opera

Utopia

Utopia is a project based around the idea of a drastically different version of Earth, maybe not the best version of Earth, but surely a different take on it. DISCLOSURE The main focus of this project is NOT...

Alternative History Military Political Science Fiction Weird

Tsarvamus

A government simulation game created by Gabe Acosta, moderator of the Linguistics and Conlangs facebook group. This is an ongoing project that was recently revived after an almost 1-year long hiatus due to lack of interest and time from the member...

Ancient Fantasy Historical Medieval Military

Luminal Flare

[youtube:https://youtube.com/watch?v=UNceFac8YK8]Luminal Flare is a hard sci-fi, far future dance of atomic starships, thermonuclear broadsides, stellar exploration, cybernetic augmentation, digital ascension, and relativistic supe...

Cyberpunk Exploration Hard Science Science Fiction Transhumanism

The Great River Basin

Even after the war, after the plagues, the storms and the earth ripping itself apart to try and get rid of humanity, humanity endured. Survived. And started to rebuild. Most of these societies, driven by a mistrust of the industry and technology t...

Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction

Cascadia Asunder

[p]Ah, The West[/p] [p]That heavy-handed noun used with reverence and animosity for it’s caprice promise of untold discovery. Just remember it was never clearly stated said to who or what that promise was made.[/p] [p]Ye...

Adult 18+ Horror Science Fiction Weird Western

The Freedomverse

Who hasn’t wanted to be a superhero at one time or another? Who hasn’t wanted amazing powers of super-strength, invulnerability, or—most of all—the power to fly? Superheroes have been a part of our culture for generations. They have become a kind of...

Fantasy, Urban Modern Science Fiction Superheroic

The Stars Beyond

We are seekers after the mysteries of the galaxy. We shall fathom the depth of the unknown though it take us to the farthest stars, and The Stars Beyond.

Science Fiction

SS Washington

Comedy Historical Science Fantasy Science Fiction Surreal

Riven, the Torn Lands

Riven, the Torn Lands is a world un-like others. A massive broken moon rains down destruction as wild storms batter the surface. It is a world of glass deserts, churning oceans, deadly forests, and seas of tall grass. Countries of vastly different pe...

Dystopia Fantasy Science Fantasy Science Fiction Sword & Sorcery

Luridity

Adult 18+ Cyberpunk Romance Science Fiction Slice of Life

Milky Way

The Milky Way galaxy, 2357 CE UNE Standard Calendar. Heavily inspired by the video game Stellaris by Paradox Interactive.

Political Science Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera Speculative

Tequila Starrise

[p]A thousand years ago, amidst the vast cosmic sea, humanity stirred from a profound slumber. The colossal colony ship U.E.F Paris, a sentinel of their forgotten origins, gently touched down on the en...

Exploration Hard Science Science Fiction

Kissatu Dodeka

A vast Void to fill, a canvas for a new creation. A single Source, from which all things come. A perfect world filled with vast wonders and immense beauty. A mysterious universe filled with secrets to discover, guarded by cryptic sciences and elusive...

Alternative History Fantasy, Dark Science Fantasy Science Fiction

Alien Starfinder

This setting is science-fiction based on the Alien, Starfinder, and other Universes.

Cyberpunk Horror Military Political Science Fiction

Cosmic Warrior Hua Mulan

The world of my WIP sci-fi novel Cosmic Warrior Hua Mulan, a space-opera adaptation of the legend of Mulan. Features aliens, killer robots, space pirates, and more! (Warning: Spoilers abound!)

Military Science Fiction Space Opera

Zhǐ dú cúnchúqì

Zhǐ dú cúnchúqì ist ein gigantisches Weltraumimperium, das von einer komplexen Aristokratie gelenkt wird. Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf dem Schutz und der Verbreitung von pflanzlichem Leben. Die drei Hauptdoktrinen beziehen sich auf Ausbreitung, Geheimha...

Decopunk Political Religious Science Fiction Space Opera

Dies Multiverse

In a distant existence not to far from your own rests.. Die's Multiverse Since the dawn of humankind, when our ancestors first discovered the killing power of rock and bone, blood was spilled in the name of everything from God,...

Adult 18+ Fantasy Fantasy, Urban Historical Political

Jess' Mass Effect 5e Game

A small team of operatives is sent to Sukhanov 3-2 to deal with a labor dispute where they find...

Science Fiction

Ecosys

[container:ecosys-blockquote][quote]Welcome to Ecosys, your new Home.At Ecosys, we aim to give you a more desirable life, as we enter the cosmos together.[/quote][/container] [aloud]It is the year 2219, the Space Age f...

Science Fiction

Star Wars: Parts Unknown

VCX-100. One of the finest ships in the galaxy. Right behind the YT-1300 anyway, but Hayden wanted to be unique in his transport choices. Right now he was watching it being prepared for their big journey. About a week ago, seemingly all...

Science Fiction Space Opera

Dimension X

A parallel universe filled with awe and wonder's of innumerable variety. On this cosmic stage hosts widely different cultures and histories intertwined and in conflict since most can remember. Some are poor and primitive, others rich and advanced...

MagiPunk Science Fiction

The Void Between

[quote]We broke into heaven, and took everything that wasn't nailed down. When we got back, I couldn't help but feel off. I'm a different person out there, adrift in the black sea. I was happy when we lost our home. I thought, great. No more...

Exploration Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera

THARAVERSE

Welcome to the THARAVERSE! This World Anvil Document is largely about world-building and cuts of Lore that outline major events, and entities within the Tharaverse As I am only one person, there maybe a number of plot holes,...

Alternative History Military Science Fiction Science Fiction, Modern

Thallit Delta

Campaign in the Thallit Delta Sector

Science Fiction Space Opera

Aquila Palaxis

A reasonably densely populated spiral galaxy filled with equal parts mysticism and cutting edge technology. While predominantly housing anthropomorphic animals, humans and others who share their likeness are prevalent to some degree. Whi...

Cyberpunk Science Fantasy Science Fiction

Hopeful Shattering Universe

Hopeful Shattering is a world where dark things happen, but they pave the way for new and hopefully better growth. (As I write the elements of this world and its stories in an iterative/discovery sort of way, there are bound to be contradictions a...

Fantasy Science Fantasy Science Fiction Transhumanism

Derkomai

Medieval Science Fiction Soft Magic Sword & Sorcery

The Universe

Welcome to the Universe! The year 40,000,000,076 CE. It is often shortened to "40b76". The many races that once inhabited Earth have colonized the Universe long ago. Along the way, they met new creat...

Cyberpunk Science Fantasy Science Fiction Science Fiction, Modern Space Opera

The Cylinder's Library

.̸.̴.̵ .̶̜̀̀.̴͉̓.̶̥̈́͐͜ Ę̵̛̘͆̄͐̆͝͠͠x̸̨̟̟̝͈̦͍̬̪̱̂̑̽͂̀̇̌̂͜͝ͅi̸̜̻͇̤̲̎̉̑͆͆͐̑̂͐́͌͠ͅs̶͍̜̘̏̎̅́̒͑͐͝t̵̡̘͙̻͈͓͚̬͚́̃͂̋͜.̴̺͇͈̘̬̰̹̥͈̩̙̮̫̒͐̉̾͂̋̈̊̄̃̈́̈́̓ You are in what appears to be a candle-lit wooden room. Facing you, dozens of bookshelves and a writing d...

Fantasy, Dark Science Fiction

EL Meta-Multiverse

Science Fantasy Science Fiction Science Fiction, Modern

Alore

[quote] Alore is a Sci-fi/Fantasy hybrid in which anything could exist, everyone has a story, and anyone can become a legend, be it through the tactical use of superior weapons, mastery over @[arcane...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Science Fantasy Science Fiction Speculative

Clivilius

Mystery Science Fiction Young Adult (YA)

Astraesto

[quote] Humanity remains ever alone in this world - this galaxy. Silence the only answer in the void. For millennia, we have made this foreign land ours, made it our home. Generations, on generations, have lived and died and lived again w...

Fantasy Military Political Science Fantasy Science Fiction

Marcher: Empires at War

[p]The year is 1938, and an archduke of the Holy Roman Empire lies dead in the streets of Paris, his blood cooling to the cries of the revolution, and the terrible engines of war waking once more. The Great Powers make ready for battle on land,...

Alternative History Dieselpunk Military Science Fiction

KTN: Armageddon

Welcome to Kill Team Narrative (KTN) Armageddon! In the midst of the cataclysmic 2nd Ork invasion, your team of elite operatives stands as a beacon of hope amidst the chaos. As seasoned veterans of covert operations, you're tasked with executing miss...

Gothic Military Science Fiction Space Opera Transhumanism

JUMP CORE UNIVERSE

For a century, humanity's most brilliant minds have been entranced by the seductive promise of faster-than-light travel, only to be met with crushing disappointment at every turn. Finian Rist, a globally notorious AI engineer renowned as much for...

Hard Science Science Fantasy Science Fiction Science Fiction, Modern Space Opera

Star Wars

[p]Turmoil has engulfed the Galactic Republic. The taxation of trade routes to outlying star systems is in dispute.Hoping to resolve the matter with a blockade of deadly battleships, the greedy Trade Federation has sto...

Science Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera

Caelum Prime

Prophecy of Caelum Prime [quote]When the Shadowsong Messenger lands and speaks the words “The Night of Lightning,” the Dust Rain sha...

Alternative History Fantasy, Dark Horror Science Fiction Supernatural

UTO Verse

Modern humanity was dragged onto the galactic stage in a storm of plasma. One morning, alien ships took their positions above Earth, and sent down an army backed up by the orbital cannons laying waste to man's militaries. These lizardly, alien troops...

Science Fiction Space Opera

Pareidolia

Comedy Fantasy, Urban Isekai Science Fantasy Science Fiction

Hyper lane Galaxy

Cyberpunk Science Fantasy Science Fiction

Easthalen - Old Version

The world of Easthalen is in fact two worlds, two planes joined together through a divine act, although some view it as a punishment. In many ways that what it was. The World Barrier was constructed almost 1500 ago to contain an unstable god, Halen,...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Science Fantasy Science Fiction Steampunk

The Scion's Reach

By the end of the 21st century, Earth and her colonies were on the brink of societal collapse. In an attempt to preserve human civilization as we knew it, the first extrasolar colonization program was founded: the Odyssey Initiative. Bringing tog...

Hard Science Science Fiction