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The last 100 recently updated worlds under the genre

Kilimdor

Un mundo vasto y rico en diversidad, marcado por sus paisajes únicos, historias ancestrales y una compleja red de razas y culturas. El mundo está dividido en varios continentes principales, cada uno distinto en su geografía y estructuras sociales. De...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Medieval Science Fantasy Science Fiction

The Third Imperium of Mankind.

Welcome to Charted Space Humaniti has reached the stars—and found them crowded. Alien empires, strange life forms, and rival civilizations fill the voids between the stars. Science and technology have advanced far beyond the present day, yet the...

Exploration Science Fiction Space Opera

Arta

A historically referenced fantasy tale with floating continent and cosmic deities. The planet of Arta is ruled by a flow of energy maintained and directed by the three patron Uvaran entities of this planet, Moyadeen, Thrane, and Terrus. It is their b...

Alternative History Dieselpunk Fantasy Science Fantasy Science Fiction

Aedeva

Hello and welcome to Aedeva. My name is Reagan and I will be your guide. If you like epic, gritty, science-fantasy stories; if you like heroes that are actually heroes but still have issues to deal with; if you like interesting magic systems and stra...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic 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

Ultra Terra

In a distant future, the frontiers of known space lie in every direction. Great Nations battle for dominance, while small colonies struggle for survival, and corporations battle for supremacy of rich new worlds.

Science Fiction

Tales from Stranger Space

[quote]“There are a good many things we will never truly understand in this life. Things that lie beyond the reach of man's capacity to comprehend. Unfortunately, most men don't see that as a blessing. Many lusted for knowledge while forsaking a h...

Cyberpunk Exploration Science Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera

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

The Virgo Cluster

This is an area of the Universe known as the Virgo Cluster. Leveraging technology like the Travellermap, one can view [url:https://travellermap.com/?p=-4084.621!813.863!6.4&options=58359&mains=1|tab]mapping information for the @[Virgo Sector](l...

Military Science Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera

Alte'vurl

setting up a new world for future campaigns.

Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction Sword & Sorcery

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

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

Interstellar Wars

Science Fiction

The Third Horizon

Dystopia Horror Science Fiction

The Realm of the Physical

Often simply refered to as 'The Universe'. The Realm of the Physical is the expanse of time and space that originated from an event often called the Big Bang. The Realm of the Physical is host to matter and energy, both of which serve as suitable ves...

Science Fantasy Science Fiction Superheroic Sword & Sorcery

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 Fantasy Science Fiction

Hyper lane Galaxy

Cyberpunk Science Fantasy Science Fiction

War of The Realms

made you look.

Science Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera

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

Iron Stars

Seven years have passed since The Scream, a psionic disaster responsible for killing trillions across the galaxy in one swift stroke. Marooned on failing worlds both human and alien alike do what they can to endure the collapse of society, the shorta...

Alternative History Child Safe Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy Science Fiction

Urtbi

[p]The Urtbi Codex is a cryptic, ancient manuscript containing extensively detailed records about a mysterious, seemingly alternate Earth where the hominid species we recognize today as Homo neanderthalensis, Homo denisova, Homo flore...

Alternative History Informational Science Fiction Speculative Speculative Evolution

House of Prism

People always ask me, "What is the meaning?" Every life has a beginning... My eyes shoot open as I wake from another nightmare. Cocoon inches up, as I rise...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Science Fantasy Science Fiction Sword & Sorcery

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

Worlds Apart

Science Fiction

D&D 5e Campaigns

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Political Science Fiction

The Federation of Humanity

[p]Convicted by the Federation—rightly or wrongly—your names are marked in their databases, and your futures were meant to be shackles, cold cells, or a mutiod’s oblivion. But fate had other plans.[/p] [p]Drifting beyond Federation patrol lines, in t...

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

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

Shelder

[h2|ee7d7e6f-f0e5-4ca4-9565-bdc5b7d70fbb]The "perfect" Earth clone... only 23 million light years away! [p][/p] [h3|de03da23-9950-4771-bfe4-6dc45eeb0289]Planet Shelder. Four billion and a half years of evolution to get here, now: explosive bio...

Exploration Hard Science Science Fiction Speculative

The Hallowed Expanse

Around the campfires of the forgotten worlds, shamans, clergy, and professors all tell the same story. It is a story of awe & wonder; just as it is a tale of suffering & destruction. Despite being separated across the cosmos; each world’s m...

Biopunk Cyberpunk Fantasy, Dark MagiPunk Science Fiction

Cassiopeia

Aside: This world hosts the character options and maps for the Star Systems visited in the Space Western Campaign hosted in the Stars System of Cassiopeia. Currently it is being constructed for Dungeons and Dragons, but has ability to be ad...

Cyberpunk Exploration Fantasy, Dark Mystery Post Apocalyptic

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

The Fields Beyond

[p]"Through the mud I trudge to protect a future I'll never see, on a planet I no longer recognise, in a galaxy that will not remember my name" - final communication Uvs Aimag, Shinekhen Tal[/p] [p][/p]

Hard Science Horror Military Science Fiction Trenchpunk

Asyur

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Alternative History Comedy Fantasy Historical Horror

Traveller: Second Contact

Traveller: Second Contact is based on the Traveller Univserse. The PCs start as the crew of Earth's first space ship, a ramjet sent to a nearby star. But it turns out that the Universe is not empty... Eventually the PCs will reveal they believe...

Science Fiction

The Trident Coalition

Millenia ago several ancient human civilizations developed interstellar travel, individually of each other, and colonized thousands of systems across the Milky Way galaxy. The stories I write are primarily set in the Trident Coalition, formed by t...

Comedy Science Fiction Space Opera

Earth

A food chain rediscovered. A World of Monsters renewed.

Mecha Science Fantasy Science Fiction Science Fiction, Modern Supernatural

Tavla under Askandarae

[url:]New? Click here: [url:https://www.worldanvil.com/w/tavla-under-askandarae-izzy-lyzard/a/lancer3A-an-introduction-article]An introduction to Union and LANCER Under a pale bright star and its dim red sibling spins th...

Mecha Science Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera

Exile13

The retro-futuristic sci-fi world used by the Black Core Ltd Campaign, and other on-off stories. Filled with corporate espionage, exploration, adventure, bureaucracy, and strange anomalies from the deepest darkest parts of space. It is loosely based...

Cyberpunk Exploration Horror Political Science Fiction

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

Antigone

From the separatist Angel District to the lost System Horizon, the known galaxy has gone by many names, the product of countless species and peoples own look into their reality. The name generally accepted across the Systems Alliance however is Antig...

Fantasy Science Fantasy Science Fiction

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

Fortune City

You could think of the mid 2080's as a pretty interesting time to exist in. Humanity is still alive and kicking, despite some rather close calls in the past century or so. Fusion power has stopped being as romantisiced as it was when first developed...

Cyberpunk Dystopia Political Science Fiction Urban

NEXUS

In NEXUS, players will embark on a cosmic odyssey into the unknown. Thrust into a crossroads of destinies between humanity, extraterrestrial civilizations, and unexplored realities, the interconnection of the universe collides in this unique, a...

Dystopia Science Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera Superheroic

Boldly Going Universe

My setting for my Star Trek Adventures Campaign. [follow:96e9bec1-0499-49f3-b9c3-469fbf1828d6]

Science Fiction

Project Beyond

Horror Science Fiction Space Opera

Derkomai

Medieval Science Fiction Soft Magic Sword & Sorcery

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

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

The World Exudia

[h|2fc24700-d0c6-465d-997d-897f191a4698]History [h2|780864ce-c7aa-4132-8b7a-65c29dd20f8d]The Age of Ad Meliora [p]In the year 10,782, humanity stood at the height of its own myth. The age of fragile beginnings had long since been fo...

Science Fantasy Science Fiction

The Scion's Reach

[p]By the end of the 21st century, Humanity finally reached for the stars. While Earth and her colonies were growing at a rapid pace, the newly discovered Dawson-Sirenko-Mayer singularity drive opened a path to new resources to acquire and l...

Hard Science Science Fiction

Elivera: The Lost Ones

[h2|3e015490-20c3-4a06-93ac-2306a817815f]Introduction [p][/p] [p]After a fierce fight for freedom from the experiments of the Dragios, humans adjusted to life on Elivera. Now a millennia has pas...

Science Fiction Space Opera

Axis Gate

[p]This is the world of the Axis Gate book series, the world within and around the earth set in Confluence 42.5 (at least much of the time), around the year 1897. It is a world of alternate history, esoteric steampunk machinery, and l...

Alternative History Science Fantasy Science Fiction Steampunk Young Adult (YA)

Star Trek: Shadows of the Galaxy

[h1|ee2d486f-96f5-43f9-988f-253f581bfcf8]Welcome to Star Trek: Shadows of the Galaxy [p]The Federation is fraying. Old alliances are strained, new powers are rising, and dangerous technologies—Borg salvage, synth breakthrou...

Adult 18+ Science Fiction Space Opera Stealth

The Pontision System

Welcome to The Pontision System! I have created an original, science fiction setting primarily designed to be used in conjunction with the Lancer system. This is a galaxy teeming with life, adve...

Adult 18+ Dystopia Mecha Science Fiction Space Opera

Neon Eden

Adult 18+ Alternative History Cyberpunk Political Science Fiction

Earth 530

Science Fiction Superheroic

The United Commonwealth of the United Kingdom and Her Colonies

In the distant future of the 3rd millennium, the galaxy has become a vast and treacherous frontier. All the major powers of humanity have expanded beyond the solar system and are laying claim to countless worlds. In this era of neo-colonisat...

Exploration Military Post-modern Science Fiction Urban

Voynamir

The planet named Voynamir is the birthplace and eventual home planet of the Mregian galactic empire. This planet is a bit smaller than earth, and has a bit less water. Gravity is less, but the planet is rich in Lerite, a powerful material that al...

Biopunk Mecha Military Science Fantasy Science Fiction

The Ashen Star

[url:https://www.worldanvil.com/w/the-ashen-star-tahj1rvt/a/yrdde-location]Yrdde. A world where vast continents and countless islands float amidst an endless expanse of swirling clouds. Thousands of yea...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction Soft Magic

The 3rd Dimension

[p]A parallel universe to Asgorton where things look a bit more like dungeons and dragons[/p] [p][/p] [p][chronicle:83f2cdb5-b35f-4958-a0a5-b3b71ab6e0e4]Overall[/chronicle] timeline[/p] [p][/p]

Fantasy Science Fiction

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

Uni

"We were all one" The undeniable truth of this world was protected within these words throughout the centuries.The response to that truth, however, has divided the land and Uni's inhabitants. Through a mass plag...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Science Fiction

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

The Road of The S-Word

El planeta Haretz ha sufrido un desastre apocalíptico conocido como el Oblivion, deteriorando masivamente el 70% de la naturaleza y sus habitantes. Cinco años después del Oblivion, ELYÓN, El Espíritu, llama y levanta a Navi como su profeta, dándole l...

Post Apocalyptic Religious Science Fiction Superheroic Supernatural

Chronicles of Mann

Welcome to Chronicles of Mann, an ongoing world set in a galaxy far away, when and where, no one knows. The Galaxy of Mann is filled with worlds settled by Mann, although most of the Galaxy itself still remains largely unexplored. Those worlds which...

Military Political Science Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera

Superheroes Assorted

[p]Superheroes! (The name of the world to be tweaked eventually.) An optimistic, colorful world where good wins. Eventually. After a lot of work and catastrophe.[/p] [p]This guide to the world is written by @[Ruby Gray](Article:4b997853-73b4-4294-a12...

Science Fiction Superheroic Young Adult (YA)

Drift City

Diese Welt ist Schauplatz unserer Mekton Zeta Kampagnen. Mekton Zeta ist ein TTRPG mit Mechas, auch Mektons genannt, das von Mike Pondsmith entwickelt wurde und auf seinem bekannten Werk 'Cyberpunk 2.0.2.0.' basiert. Wir haben die Regeln hier und da...

Cyberpunk Hard Science Mecha Science Fiction Space Opera

Cybersmily's Cyberpunk 2020 World

[p]This is the world of Cyberpunk 2020 and contains information about the campaigns I ran or currently running. My players can find details about the world, NPCs, places, etc here to help them navigate the campaigns I run here.[/p] [p][articleblock:6...

Adult 18+ Cyberpunk Dystopia Science Fiction

Lumen Expanded Universe

[youtube:https://youtu.be/9VkPYuGQ57Y?si=_6aYjDpKAkP1cWuz] [p][/p] [container:transmission] Nine galaxies. Eighteen species. 1.3 million years of history. A cosmos where truth is not a single star—but a constellation perceived differently by every ey...

Science Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera Speculative Evolution

The Third Horizon

Many hundreds of years ago, two colossal colonization vessels left Earth. Their names were Zenith and Nadir, and their destination the star Aldebaran. The crews lived their lives aboard the ships, through centuries of deep space travel. One of the sh...

Science Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera

Dausk

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Historical Medieval Modern

The Shrouded Galaxy

[p]The Shrouded Galaxy is a sprawling patchwork of star systems bound together by ancient Jump Gates, corporate greed, and the thin veneer of fragile al...

Cyberpunk Horror Neo Noir Science Fiction Supernatural

Legacy

A hub for Ironsworn: Starforged and a variety of other RPG campaigns.

Exploration Science Fantasy Science Fiction

The Divided States

The United States approximately 1,000 years in the future after the Faro Plague caused by Ted Faro(HZD). After the extinction of life on earth, CYAN was instructed by GAIA, to activate the Yellowstone volcano, burying the inactive machinery under lay...

Alternative History Dystopia Fantasy, Urban Military Modern

Sleipner sector

The ultimate compendium for everything that is linked to this little area of the Imperium. For three centuries, the Sleipner Sector has been dominated by the mighty Ork warlord @[Grimskul](person:7...

Gothic Military Science Fiction

Gateway Network

Gateway Network is the name given to the Cosmic force that holds planes together. This system was developed by distant gods, which allows the planes to interact/interface with each other. This system also allows the Gateway Network to interact with m...

Science Fiction

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

Starlight

[p]Starlight is a series of Political Science fiction books taking place in the Milky way, 25512.[/p] [p][/p] [p][/p]

Political Science Fiction

World of Remnant (RWBY)

The Retelling of RWBY, takes place in a familiar world with expanded lore, concepts as well as attempt at righting some of the wrongs within the Show's righting and depictions of various issues in setting that'll attempt to be more serious and Mature...

Adult 18+ Fanfiction Fantasy, Dark Modern Science Fiction

Hoomanland

A bunch of silly masked aliens.

Science Fiction Weird

Mirium Dynus

By 2099, humankind had spread beyond Earth and its moon, straight into multiple space stations throughout the rest of the Sol System. Low-powered hubs were built on a terraformed Mars, on the distant Pluto, on the fragmented moons of Saturn and its r...

Science Fantasy Science Fiction

Γαῖα

There have always been those that are gifted, different, special. In the past they were demigods, heroes, witches, wizards. They were few and as persecution of those different increased the few there were hid themselves and they passed into myth....

Alternative History Science Fiction Superheroic

Battle Tech Dark Age - Rise of the Factions Adventure

Exploration Mecha Political Science Fantasy Science Fiction

The Milky Way

Hedgie's Guidebook to her Fusion Campaign

Cyberpunk Science Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera

Nuavaao

Mecha Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera

Chellok

DISCOVER YOUR CHANCE on CHELLOK CELEBRATING 23 YEARS on OUR LUNAR SISTER The [tooltip:Yeamu National Space Program]YNSP[/tooltip] invites YOU to join its Chellokan Immigration Program! We are lookin...

Science Fiction

Fallout

Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction

Etharai

A shattered world, with a beating heart. A community of people holding on to hope and to each other. The sun once again shines on Etharai, but it is up to her people to accept its warmth.

Fantasy Fantasy, Urban Science Fantasy Science Fiction Solarpunk

Megacorpolis

Welcome to the Megacorpolis! Greatest city in the world; run by marketing campaign and middle mangers, fueled by java and profit margins. The Megacorpolis is a city of the future, free from notions of nationality or patriotism. It is a city ruled...

Comedy Science Fiction Subversion Transhumanism Weird

Warhammer 40000

“In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war.”

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Horror Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction

Arcos

[p]A millennium ago, the land of Arcos was a land of peace. The kingdoms were united, and the land was home of a flourishing economy based on the exchange of knowledge and goods. Life was good. But peace was never meant to last…[/p] [p]War was decla...

Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy Science Fiction Steampunk

Story

This is more of my personal database for a show I want to make. You are free too look around if you want but chances are it might be confusing since it’s so far a little bit of everything. But hey if you have questions leave a comment and I’ll answer...

Fantasy Science Fiction Soft Magic Space Opera

ALETHEIA

In this world, any Aletheia spoilers will be hidden behind spoiler tags. This world is still a work in progress, so please pardon the chaos as I work to get everything filled in.

Dystopia Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction Young Adult (YA)

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

Project IRIS

Exploration Military Science Fiction Transhumanism

The Bubble

A history of humanity entering the galactic community and what happened in the core of settled worlds they called the Bubble.

Science Fiction

Tanari

Biopunk Crime Cyberpunk Horror Science Fiction

I.D.E.A.

200 years ago, a dimensional rift opened in the middle of Terra. A genius of his time, Hernst Van Glosten, managed to stabilize the phenomenon to visit this parallel dimension, thus creating what will become the InterDimensional Exploration Agency. C...

Exploration Political Post-modern Science Fantasy Science Fiction

The Spaceport

[p]World under construction - don't mind the dust... [/p] [p][/p]

Science Fiction Science Fiction, Modern