Speculative

Arc Sagas

Beyond the mystic threshold, a maze expands into the corridors of Time and boundless Space unfolds. Ancient Alchemy meets Modern Marvels in a World pulsing with the potential of Magic. Explore forgotten ruins from bygone Epochs,...

Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Urban Literature RPG Speculative Sword & Sorcery

The Rosepetal

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Adult 18+ Horror Science Fiction Speculative

Orbydos

What comes after death rarely satisfies those that finaly face it. Yet for the souls plucked from the Old World, a Second Chance was the answer. For good of ill, a myriad of beings from a myriad places and times were Sent to live one last lif...

Fantasy, High Magic Isekai Military Political Speculative

Asherah

Dieselpunk Dystopia Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction Speculative

Kesia

The D&D multiverse has seen thousands of stories after its decades of publishing: The weathered world of Greyhawk, the wartorn lands of Dragonlance, the advanced world of Eberron, and even the recent events of Toril's chaos the Forgotten Realm landsc...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Flintlock Medieval Speculative

The True Dark Ages

The world is now in the 9th Century, and the Early Middle Ages is in full swing. Adventurers are constantly in demand. Some act as mercenaries, others follow the path of magic and bolster their respective nations. Groups scattered here and there long...

Adult 18+ Alternative History Exploration Fantasy, Dark Horror

End-of-Life

Science-fiction in a post-digital, pre-FTL era

Cyberpunk Hard Science Science Fiction, Modern Speculative Transhumanism

Restless Waters

Ashar is a realm where the unseen is as real as the tangible. Spirits whisper from the stones beneath your feet, and the stars above pulse with ancient power. In this world, magic flows like a hidden current, shaping lives, forging empires, and toppl...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Speculative Sword & Sorcery

The Aliens

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Comedy Science Fiction Science Fiction, Modern Space Opera Speculative

Davel

Exploration Hard Science Science Fiction Science Fiction, Modern Speculative

El-Sod Elohim

[section:ninsutext]I know what you’re thinking—but this isn’t your world. It’s theirs. I catch only fleeting glimpses and brief visits, like reflections on still water, or record the tales, like whispers, of my companions Tak, erik...

Adult 18+ Alternative History Isekai Speculative

Cathedris

Three-thousand-year-old dead gods roam the planet as husks of their former selves, wandering broken loops of their past lives; they bring danger and ruin, magic and myth. Humanity ha...

Dieselpunk Fantasy, Dark Gothic Speculative Weird

Kosiri

Alternative History Exploration Historical Political Speculative

The Shard of Elan

Good day to you! You've come across my notes on the Shard of Elan incident—incidents. Events. Intrigue. The... episodes surrounding the Shard, the Circle and the war with the Ryuven, the Black Mage and the bast...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Speculative Sword & Sorcery

The Magic Multiverse

Your vision shifts as the magic takes hold of your dream. It draws you through the air; you feel your consciousness spread across the cosmos and you get short sensations and glimpses of many places: You feel it in the air, a slight tingle as a sin...

Exploration Fantasy Science Fantasy Speculative Young Adult (YA)

Manifold Sky

In the finite confines of the Manifold, a five-dimensional world laid out across the inner surfaces of a penteract, factions vie for access to the limited arable land and mineral resources required to keep feeding civilization. Mercenary airships, a...

Dieselpunk Exploration Military Speculative Surreal

Stellar Journey

[aloud]The relatively small volume of human inhabitation is no lesser for its size. Inside this bubble there are man-made structures, wrapped around entire worlds, others so plentiful they shine like diamonds in the sky. Planets both with endless des...

Hard Science Science Fiction Shōnen Speculative

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

Blue Way

Blue Way, our first laser highway, is complete and more, to other stars, are in construction. We made it far into to the darkness, but we are still only dipping our toes in the deep cosmic ocean and who knows, what lurks in the deep.

Atompunk Exploration Hard Science Science Fiction Speculative

Brocéliande

Once upon a time and happily ever after. That’s how the story is supposed to go. But mine ends here, on the banks of the river Lethe. Ruby. If you get this. Take my tears, hear my story. Find me. [quote]Come for the fairy tales, stay...

Fairy tale Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Post-modern Speculative

The Institute

Speculative

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

The Astralethera Project

The Astralethra Project is a worldbuilding endeavor set to combine a high-fantasy universe and a spec-evo project. While it embraces the familiar magic and wonder of a medieval fantasy setting, our goal is to weave in deep, intricate lore and touches...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Science Fantasy Speculative

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

Didome

A planet where the day lasts almost half an Earth year, and human civilizations have adapted to the unique climate.

Hard Science Medieval Science Fiction Speculative

Lite System

This is a speculative evolution project in the fictional planetary system Lite focusing on very early life on the second planet, Oxidi.

Child Safe Exploration Informational Science Fiction Speculative

The one with superpowers

Speculative Superheroic Urban Weird Young Adult (YA)

Yuruida

[p]A semi-realistic science fantasy setting, Yuruida showcases the entire history of the saikkots, a species of sapient reptiles. Follow along from pre-sapience to space.[/p] [p]This world is a HEAVY work in progress. Pretty much every page is a stu...

Fantasy, Low Magic Science Fantasy Science Fiction Speculative

The Flying Flux

[p] Have you ever wondered what life would be like if opinions had any bearing on reality? Probably not, because such musings are illogical and almost definitely a massive waste of time. However, what I ask is for you...

Comedy Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Speculative Weird

Arcverse

The Arcverse is a fictional version of our own universe heavily based in scientific fact and plausible speculation. The canonical history of the Arcverse stretches from the Big Bang that began the universe to the final extra-universal migration of al...

Exploration Hard Science Science Fiction Space Opera Speculative

Shattered Horizons

Welcome to the Shattered Horizons Wiki The Last Refuge In the beginning, millions of Realms once existed in a single universe. Inhabitants were able to roam freely to whatever Realm they chose. The ten...

Alternative History Fantasy, Urban Speculative Weird

Pearl Directive

[follow:f21bcf04-4876-4cee-b0dc-1554bbe5b1a8] A one-of-a-kind game that merges the genres of science fiction and fantasy. Players can embark on an immense journey of space exploration and discovery, as they navigate through an ever-...

Cyberpunk Hard Science Mystery Science Fantasy Space Opera

Cold Earth

Modern Science Fiction, Modern Speculative Urban

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

Mundus Memoriam

Ein kleine "Nebenbei"-Projekt, wenn sich mal Zeit dafür finden lässt. Die meisten Namen und Bilder (insb. die Karte) sind nur grobe Platzhalter, bis sich besseres anfertigen/finden lässt.

Fantasy Hard Magic Speculative

Stars' Reach

The year is 2279. Mankind took to the stars on wings of steel, beginning their spread across the cosmos under the guidance of the Solar Union. The stars held sights not foreseen- among them, intelligent life who welcomed mankind with open arms. Usher...

Biopunk Cyberpunk Exploration Military Political

Cé

Warmed in the ashes of the Spring forest Fire, life begins to take root. Those who had hid themselves from Winter show their faces and begin the search for others of their kind to share in the celebration of life. They rejoice in the day, their energ...

Fantasy, High Magic MagiPunk Slice of Life Speculative

Shelder

The "perfect" Earth clone... only 23 million light years away! Planet Shelder. Four billion and a half years of evolution to get here, now: explosive bio-diversity ranging from the micro to the macro. Danger lurking behind every c...

Exploration Hard Science Science Fiction Speculative

Talitha Harbor

Talitha Harbor, home to descendants from the uninhabitable planet, Earth. A planet of small continents dubbed great islands. Many with their own unique ecosystem. Talitha Harbor’s seas are teaming...

Adult 18+ Science Fiction Solarpunk Speculative

Magudonya

Welcome to Magudonya (literally the world of mages). It is a world where anybody with the knowledge of the appropriate rituals can bring about magickal effects. It is also a world where some are gifted with the innate ability to see and manipulate th...

Fantasy, Low Magic Political Religious Speculative Sword & Sorcery

Calyria

Calyria is a world dominated by radical philosophies, where corporations and ideological groups have seized power, leaving states powerless. In the wake of this ideological takeover, a large part of society has lost their rights before the eye...

Adult 18+ Cyberpunk Dystopia Political Speculative

Ashnuw

Welcome to Ashnuw... ...a land created by Christian Live Action Roleplay (C-LARP). We're a group of passionate roleplayers, nerds, writers--you name it--who love to use our God-given and Christ-redeemed gift of imagination. Together, we h...

Fantasy Medieval Speculative Young Adult (YA)

Clifflands

On a planet with a single ovoid supercontinent, climates, ecosystems and resources are not separated as islands with oceans, but rather as plateaus with gargantuan sheer cliffs. As life develops on the land mass, between the grassy Plainlands, the...

Exploration Speculative

Craton II

Craton II is a large, continent-like landmass situated on the inner surface of a modified Dyson shell. Over half of its surface is covered in dense rainforest, with the majority of the other half being patchier or partially-cleared temperate forest....

Alternative History Biopunk Dieselpunk Fantasy, Low Magic Science Fantasy

Kima

Kima was an idyll of perfection and gaiety once upon a time. Its people had fought off invaders and established a fair form of government, but their leader was poisoned by greed and obsession. His country devolved into chaos, and a revolution was bor...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Speculative Sword & Sorcery

The Matrioshka Multiverse

The Matrioshka Multiverse is a digital space within a Matrioshka brain - a hyper-advanced, many-layered shell of near-computronium the size of a large planet, powered by a captive black hole and the emissions of several nearby red dwarf companions....

Hard Science Religious Science Fiction Speculative Transhumanism

Mythfenster

In a magical medieval world of high fantasy and adventure, our heroes will fight the forces of evil and chaos and try really hard to survive. On quests that evoke the feel and aesthetic of early '80's Dungeons & Dragons, they will seek to make their...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Urban Speculative Sword & Sorcery

The Five Realms

Known. Wild. Lost. Paranormal. Eternal.Humanity has re-emerged from the darkness into a world quite different from today. The younger mortals nations of the Orqui, the Hobbledehoys, and Human Ffolk, too busy with surviving to notice their le...

Alternative History Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Science Fiction Speculative

Ather

A futuristic Sci-Fi world set roughly 400 years into the future. After the discovery of fuel more potent and powerful than oil, a second space race was kicked off with Russia, China, and the United States competing to see who could get their hand...

Science Fiction Science Fiction, Modern Space Opera Speculative

Kelunbar Forest

[p]Kelunbar is the corpse of a Being.[/p] [p]Kelunbar's children have cultivated the forest since it, the First Tree, died. These six children were meant to bring balance into the world, but over time these Beings have grown distant, haun...

Fairy tale Fantasy Fantasy, Low Magic Soft Magic Speculative

The Web

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Exploration Fantasy, Urban Horror Speculative Supernatural

Lost Stars

Humanity has traveled far into the cosmos. Some of it from their own ingenuity but mostly by manipulating naturally occurring phenomena. Five hundred and fifty years ago humanity traveled to this new place, this new sector, through a wormhole corrido...

Adult 18+ Literature RPG Science Fiction Space Opera Speculative

White Feathers

A world populated both by humans and those thought to be the descendants of angels and demons, who possess mystical powers. As well as humans, wary of the easy power these Heavenborn possess, the bloodlines are often in conflict and those of mixed b...

Alternative History Fantasy Historical Speculative

Terra Antiqua

Terra Antiqua is a world not quite in the Dawn of it's growth, but not near noon yet. Technologically, it is solidly Bronze Age, though the greater empires have comfortably embraced Iron Age technology. Civilization is very much in it's infancy, tho...

Alternative History Ancient Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic

Arrhynsia

Welcome to the land of the broken shield. Come journey into a land of magic and fantasy, where the gods themselves walk amongst the strange peoples of our wild imagination. Here in Arrhynsia, mortals live out their everyday lives,...

Comedy Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Speculative Sword & Sorcery

Humanity in the Next Century

The state of humanity a century from now. This will update as real life progresses. Note that this will not line up with any events that occured after I, the author, created this timeline (Nov. 29, 2022).

Hard Science Post-modern Science Fiction, Modern Solarpunk Speculative

Continua

Fantasy Science Fantasy Speculative Sword & Sorcery

Eureka!

Humans' relationship with technology has been a long-explored concept, but one that never ceased to fascinate me. The majority of media I watched and read as a kid focused on the relationship between people and artificial intelligence, which was inte...

Biopunk Cyberpunk Hard Science Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction

Aurora

The world of the Variants, from my middle grade magical girl sci-fi novel Soul Devs.

Child Safe Science Fiction Speculative

Shedim

“They sacrificed to daemons, no-gods, Gods they had never known, New ones, who came but lately, Who stirred not your fathers’ fears.” The world stands at the dawn of the 21st century, entering an uncertai...

Alternative History Modern Speculative Supernatural Weird

Sagadorm

Fairy tale Fantasy, Urban Speculative Young Adult (YA)

Maw of the Deep

[p]80% water. Breakdown: 75% ocean, 5% freshwater. Further breakdown-- that 5% is mostly glaciers and ice. The temperature sits solidly between 50-70 degrees Fahrenheit in the temperate regions. In the arctic, sometimes it doesn't get above 40 in the...

Fantasy, Low Magic Flintlock Speculative Victorian

Corsairs

What is Corsairs Corsairs is set is a miniature planetary system made up of “spheres”: planetoids that range from the size of a golf ball to that of Earth’s moon, and “lanes”: ancient interplanetary gravity wells with artificial atmos...

Speculative

Hafiz

Welcome[p][/p]Salutations to all the saints and sages. Allegory: The expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence. Hafiz a...

Fantasy, Low Magic Religious Speculative Surreal Urban

Ciphrus

12556 Ciphrus is a world of many faces. This planet encompasses the minds of a great many, while a great few were only ever recognized. It is built on the idea of the individual, set forth in grand motion to accomplished feats of...

Adult 18+ Cyberpunk Dystopia Exploration Fantasy, Dark

Humanity 2.0

"This was the first step. The first real step that is. The first step humanity had to work together for, the first step outside of the little bubble we call earth. That little dusty print on the moon, casted, preserved, and studied for decades...

Post-modern Science Fiction Speculative

Malcera

A mountain that touches the sky and holds rebellion in its heart. A city that was once glorious and now is a charred ruin. A castle that gleams with all the wealth of the ages but stands silent and empty. This is Malcera. Three factions divide...

Fantasy Fantasy, Low Magic Medieval Speculative Sword & Sorcery

S.A.V.E.

Cyberpunk Hard Science Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction Speculative

Return to Ravenloft

All Things Move Towards Their End... [quote] "They say that long ago, when the Strangers left Castle Ravenloft, the great evil was vanquished. Our ancestors felt the sun on their skin for the first time in their live...

Fantasy, Dark Speculative

Eldûra

Amongst the ruins of a Sorcerer Queen's tyrannical rule, the continent of Aegéfaer has recovered much from the damage she inflicted. A wise and fair king rules upon the throne of Talnor, a kingdom that dwarfs its neighbours and is looke...

Exploration Fantasy Soft Magic Speculative Surreal

Indralis

Indralis is a world unlike many others. Many worlds are forged by Gods - landscapes molded carefully, species carefully constructed, and loyalties decided from birth. Many Gods have a direct impact on the lands they created or conquered, and used...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Informational Political Speculative

glorpwarp

Uh oh!! You've been abducted by aliens and sold as an exotic pet to other aliens who may be too distracted by their constant need for entertainment to even FEED you let alone take you for walks! If that weren't enough the shadowy corporatocrac...

Adult 18+ Comedy Exploration Science Fiction Speculative

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

Sundered Realms

Imagine a world where every myth is real, where creatures of legends walk side by side with humans, as they live their lives. This is not this world. Humanity had been enslaved for centuries, suffering under cruel and uncaring masters with a su...

Adult 18+ Exploration Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy Speculative

Earth

In einer postkapitalistischen und postnuklearen Welt in der Klimawandel und Atomarer Winter viel verändert haben, sind nur die Menschen und ihre Gewalt geblieben. Die Natur findet immer einen Weg. Verschiedene Rassen und Völker leben ungleich und in...

Alternative History Post Apocalyptic Speculative

Chordas System

The Chordas System across the Milky Way galaxy galactic center from the Sol System is about a third of the way up its galactic arm. Humans arrived in the Chordas System by accident, having reverse-engineered alien technology to produce an inter...

Science Fiction Speculative

The New Mythics

Millennia ago, mythical creatures lived alongside humans. But the humans came to reject their beast-like companions. To hide themselves, a spell was cast and they became like the humans around them; no one could tell the difference. Soon even they ca...

Fantasy Post Apocalyptic Speculative

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

The Stellar Front

A second Cold War between China and an America-led coalition goes hot. After seven years of chaos, nearly three hundred million dead, and the victory of democracy, the alliance disintegrates and five superpowers are given a world to govern... even as...

Hard Science Science Fiction Speculative

Wyrth

Wyrth is the canonical world of Warden's Game. The world has changed much in its near-10,000 year history, growing back to the glory it had before it was shattered by the world altering calamity of the Great Fracture, sundering the realms a...

Fantasy Hard Magic Literature RPG Speculative Sword & Sorcery

Teraforma

people found this world and now studying and conserving the creatures that live here when there was another organization that wants to terraform the planet and turn it into a wasteland like other planets before that had alien life on them then they h...

Science Fiction Speculative

The Castraversi

[quote] "Where there is life, there is greed..." - The Chrestomath[/quote] Welcome to Leviathan The Castraversi is a Ceonic-class Framework of the Yirem dominated by the greed of invasive Ars, barely held together by t...

Political Science Fantasy Speculative

Equinox

Equinox is a series of high fantasy / science fiction novels and short stories that has been in development since 2016. The series draws inspiration from numerous sources, including but not limited to: Greek Mytho...

Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Science Fantasy Space Opera Speculative

Uplink

[quote] Pertaining to computer networks, an uplink is a connection from data communications equipment toward the network core.[/quote] In the 2020s unmanned terraforming started on Mars. By 2035 the fourth planet could no longer be called the Red...

Post-modern Science Fiction Speculative Urban Young Adult (YA)

The Universe of Life

There is truly no place like home, but the place called home differs for everyone. In this universe, life can carve out a living on any planet, even if humans cannot. The universe is populated by sentient and sapient beings of all kinds, some which a...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Science Fiction Slice of Life Speculative

Tel-Eryon

Once a source of deep magic, hidden in a backwater sector of Wild-space, Tel'Eryon was hidden in the natural eddies of nebula gases the system was largely ignored. However, with it's sudden and devastating explosion, the former system is now the talk...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, High Magic Horror Science Fantasy Speculative

Havenfield

A large and vibrant world filled both with mystical magic and advanced science, and borrowing elements from both modern high fantasy and sci-fi. Creatures of all kinds, be it dragons, monsters or robots, coexist with the land's flora and fauna.

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Science Fantasy Solarpunk Speculative

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

Peace in Our Time

[p]Worldbuilding for a sci fi novel exploring the trajectory of our world and what optimism in our time can look like. [/p] [p][/p] [p][/p]

Crime Cyberpunk Fantasy, Dark Mystery Political

Siilun

[p]Siilun is an Earth-like planet with three continents in a binary planet system within a trinary star system. It and its sister planet, Leiko, are both home to life, though the life that ex...

Speculative

Caledonia

The ancient lands of Caledonia, perched at the edge of the known world. Once ruled by mighty druid kings, now splintered tribal groups fight amongst themselves for local supremacy. The druid order, a mere shadow of it's former glory, struggles to hol...

Alternative History Ancient Historical Speculative

The Red God

[quote] “I would not see our candle blown out in the wind. It is a small thing, this dear gift of life handed us mysteriously out of immensity. I would not have that gift expire… If I seem to be beating a dead horse again and again, I must protest:...

Cyberpunk Dystopia Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction Speculative

Dauthea

A world of cosmopolitan civilizations with a strange past just entering their renaissance age. These nations and cultures share the supercontinent, named The Blooming Continent, that stretches from pole to pole. However, they are not the only lands o...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Speculative

Escape Velocity Universe

In the vastness of the universe, one galaxy has come together miraculously and formed a communication system- several primary species from various home planets working together to form their own cultures, languages, and communities. However, hundr...

Biopunk Exploration Fantasy, Dark Political Post-modern

Farthest Frontiers

Cyberpunk Exploration Science Fiction Space Opera Speculative

Solace

Within the dark beauty of order and madness, countless realms are formed. Among oceans of sensuality, entire worlds flow within the storm. Control and freewill are endlessly explored, consciences always clear. Endless pleasures are indulged, unending...

Religious Speculative Supernatural Surreal Weird

Millennium Station

Millennium Station is the unofficial central hub of the galaxy. It is located on the border of the 4 main factions and considered neutral territory by all. Most great missions have started and ended here. At 12 kilometers across it is the largest and...

Cyberpunk Science Fiction Science Fiction, Modern Space Opera Speculative

Chronotopia

Even when infinite, time is always of essence. At the heart beat between eternity and oblivion, a city of broken time hangs in free-fall. Welcome to the City of Seconds, the Tower of Time, the Clockwork Crunch - Chronotopia. It is a world eternal, th...

Alternative History Science Fiction Speculative Subversion Transhumanism

Tre'vornay

This world is a setting for stories spanning millennia, from the days of the Iasid Imperative to the modern times of steam-powered flight. Bear with me, I have very little time to work on it. I am slowly transferring info from the existing stories in...

Fantasy Romance Speculative Steampunk Supernatural

Isaac Atomic Solar System

The year is 2247. The solar system has long since been colonized with a total population of around 23 billion, but most people still live on earth, around 20 billion of them. Mars long ago separated from earth, and the gas giants have formed together...

Hard Science Science Fiction Speculative