Dystopia

Asgard

Dwarves and Gnomes have been wiped from the Realm. [p]Overrun by Goblins attacks, the remaining members of Humanity, Elves, and Halflings face extinction as they fight to survive in the last city of the Realm.[/p] In these uncertain times – innoc...

Dystopia Fantasy, Dark Horror Medieval

NUGaming's Exiled Lands of Dark Desires

We have created a fantasy world that is set in a fictional timeline. Some aspects of our world have been inspired by our own history, as well as drawing further inspiration from the Conan storyline, the Early Middle Ages all the way up to the...

Adult 18+ Dystopia Exploration Fantasy Sword & Sorcery

Earth-618

A divergent timeline from Earth-616, which begins at the end of the second World War. (1945).

Cyberpunk Dystopia Superheroic

Malkora

Dystopia Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic

Chronicles of the Wasteland

((WARNING: THIS UNIVERSE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE FALLOUT GAMES 1-4, New Vegas, and 76. PLEASE TURN BACK IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO SEE THEM.)) The Earth as defined by Bethesda Game Studio's Fallout Franchise, and re-imagined with my personal player c...

Adult 18+ Dystopia Fanfiction Informational Post Apocalyptic

Prenanem

The year is 675 and Kia just wants Tad to repaint their front door to hide the chips in the paint. What she doesn't ask for is everything else that happens.

Dystopia Fantasy Fantasy, Low Magic Young Adult (YA)

SOFT (Old)

A sector rich in resources, allowing for the quick recovery from the scream but also for large interstellar conflicts. With a variety of ideologically and economically opposed factions to populate it. To the sector south the Dobren Imperium

Dystopia Mecha Military Political Post Apocalyptic

Dawn of Others

Dystopia Horror Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy

Aluth

WHERE IMPERNANCE IS INFINITE A planet that had once been but a barren, desolate wasteland is now a thriving, fractured archipelago. With the impact of the @[Glistening Phizog](location:cfef8119-2b1e...

Cyberpunk Dystopia Fantasy, Dark Political Religious

Trigger

Die Bewohner der metropolenartigen, gigantischen Maschine, die überall nur "Trigger" genannt wird, sind sich nie sicher, ob sie Gefangene oder Auserwählte sind. Denn eben diese Maschine absorbiert fortlaufend Energie in den Akkumulatoren ihrer 512 K...

Comedy Cyberpunk Dystopia Exploration Fantasy, Urban

Ilmanius

Ilmanius is a world That was once a peaceful world full of magic, science and hope, but after the Olc Agus Droch which destroyed most of the world, a lot of the magic in the world was destroyed and almost all of the hope went with it. The world went...

Dystopia Exploration Fantasy, Low Magic Post Apocalyptic

Arris

"Faith has failed us. From the first civilization to the ash and dust it left behind, all that we have strived for, has only lead us to the brink, and it is at this brink, that the final chapter of our world is told. In the ancient proverbs, such a t...

Dystopia Fantasy, Low Magic Gothic Post Apocalyptic Steampunk

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

Children of Tantalus

Cyberpunk Dystopia Horror Science Fiction

Korth A1

Korth, Alpha 1, or A-1 as it's more commonly known. This Earth like planet has been designated as the solar system waste planet. Rockets and drop ships fly in on a 2 month cycle and simply unload all the systems garbage. Everything from toxic waste,...

Crime Dystopia Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction

Nexus Reborn: Rise of the Fallen

The world of Nexus. The culmination of creatures, materials, and technology from all Planes of Existence, brought together by the event known as the Convergence. Driven by an unknown source, the Convergence has forced nearly all the Planes to slowly...

Cyberpunk Dystopia Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Science Fantasy

Heimland

It's been 50 years since the Old Folk vanished. Only their machines are left, along with things waiting in the shadows. And whatever scraps of humanity remain are caught in conflict with a foreign race they either fail to understand, or are afraid to...

Alternative History Dystopia Fantasy, Urban Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy

Galaxies End

A legacy of humanity [p]In the year 2034 AD, global tensions rose to conflict and open warfare. In what became historically known as 'The Third War', or 'The Final War' to some, major superpowers of Earth vied for political control of the p...

Dystopia Military Political Post-modern Science Fiction

Space Western

A spaghetti western sci-fi theme

Dystopia Space Opera Western

Celestial Mars

The year is 2855. The terraformed planet mars is home to the Amisher Lords, an anti-technology coalition that formed after the terminator war. They acquired the planet after a terraforming by-product made technology unusable on Mars. Mars has been...

Dystopia Exploration Medieval Post-modern Science Fantasy

The End

Generations ago, a mysterious infection spread across the world and brought the dead back from the grave, plunging the world as we knew it into an apocalypse. Humanity fought for well over a century before being wiped out. With a combination of the i...

Dystopia Horror Post Apocalyptic Supernatural

Eberron

Dystopia Neo Noir Political Science Fantasy

Auriga

Machines lie broken, but magic has returned, and everything is doing a bit better. However, Demons still roam during the night, killing those not under the protection of Sigils, and cold, cold winter is on the horizon. The Gods are gone, Nature is st...

Dystopia Fantasy, Low Magic Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction Sword & Sorcery

Post Earth

If Earth were turned into the bottom of a truck stop toilet, this is what it would look like. Unchecked medical advances, dubious experimentation, and a lot of money. These are the ingredients that led to the worst disaster...

Cyberpunk Dystopia Horror Political Post Apocalyptic

Futility, Domain of Revolution

Within the mists of Ravenloft, a man named Jean Bournage watches over his domain. Occasionally sipping a glass of white wine, his eye is caught by flame and shouts erupting a short distance from the town square. He gazes on, unperturbed, even as the...

Dystopia Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Flintlock Historical

Ménicéa

[container:meniceaintro]The void. All that was left of the Menicean civilization after the Clan War. Sitting alone in a world they once thought to be only for themselves, Gérouns started anew. Those who ended the neverending blood...

Dystopia Exploration Fantasy, Low Magic Medieval Supernatural

Incel world

Dystopia where men and women are strictly divided into castes and men are guaranteed sex by law.

Dystopia Science Fiction Speculative

Anaxas

Anaxas is a dystopian high fantasy setting that takes place in the sprawling metropolis of the same name. Once known as "The Jewel of the East", Anaxas has grown to cover roughly one quarter of the continent of Mironar. This once beautiful cosmopol...

Dystopia Fantasy, Urban

The Reign of Dreus

Toril, the world of the Forgotten Realms is a world of many countries and continents, but this world will simply cover one part of the continent of Faerun. However, the Sword Coast is a realm of many different peoples and governments. From city-state...

Dystopia Fantasy Political Sword & Sorcery

Albion

The Prime Millenia and The Myth of Creation In the beginning of this realm, there was nothing. Then, The Dawnfather and The Stormlord created the sky and filled it with light. The Dawnfather joined with the The Moonweaver to separate the li...

Dystopia Exploration Fantasy Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Melior

Fifty years ago, the world of Melior was forcefully introduced to magic during an apocalyptic invasion. Folks are questioning their old traditions and faiths as they struggle to rebuild amidst the new dangers of everyday life.

Dystopia Exploration Fantasy, Dark Post Apocalyptic

Estya

The world of Estya is the setting in the (hopefully) upcoming fantasy novel A War of Men and Demons and is a land torn apart by centuries of war. It is a world where magic runs through the earth itself and in the blood of every Estyan. From th...

Adult 18+ Dystopia Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic

Bloodmarsh Classic

Bloodmarsh is an unfortunate place where unfortunate things happen to unfortunate people. Pain is the norm, and struggle is a given. Maybe that's why nobody runs around with that "verge of disaster" mindset which gives the peaceful continents so many...

Comedy Dystopia Hard Magic Medieval

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

Science Fantasy Solar System

Adult 18+ Dystopia Horror MagiPunk Science Fantasy

Cats out of the Cradle

[p]Just a journey of a new up and coming squad of lancer pilots. Will they be the light in the dark or will they bring forth the evil that will consume all. Maybe they will find the the lost answers to the galaxy and find out what is really going on...

Dystopia Mecha Science Fiction

Eldrin

The denizens of Eldrin have enjoyed nearly ten generations of relative peace. In that time, countries have risen, towns have been razed by roving bands of marauders, and the tales of the past have passed into legend. Some individuals cannot abide sta...

Dystopia Exploration Fairy tale Fantasy Fantasy, Dark

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

The Veiled Fields

The second universe I've put/am putting together. It has way more thought put into it and has multiple dimensions within it. Stories; The King Without a Palace, The Arrangement

Dystopia Fantasy Medieval Modern Science Fantasy

Nexus

Welcome to a world surrounded by all enshrouding fog called "The Balemist" and plagued with the undead that reside therein. As an appointed Judge of the King you are to range the realm aiding the folk when you can, dispensing the king's justice where...

Dystopia Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Horror Medieval

Occulta Mundos

Centennial, 2019 AD. Abruptly transported to an altered reality, certain people, many of whom bear no recollection of their past life, including an astute teenager - Xander Astral, a loyal soldier - Cere Zin, the partially-blind herbal...

Alternative History Dystopia Fantasy, Dark Isekai Science Fiction

The Great Dust Bowl

A FALLOUT SETTING New PlayersOther Games[/col3] [...

Alternative History Dystopia Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction Western

Gilead System

The worlds of the Gilead System have stood for millennia as a beacon of Imperial order, located in the coreward region near the border of the Segmentum Solar and the Segmentum Obscurus. The numerous habitable planets and moons of the system were disc...

Dystopia Fantasy, Dark Science Fiction

Beckettville

Come visit us in the delightful city of Beckettville! Take a stroll through our beautiful Beckett Park and admire the new foliage brought to you by BecCo Nurseries. Pop by our riverside shopping center, The Strip,...

Dystopia Horror Surreal Weird

Caudis

900 Years after wars plagued the planet of Caudis, peace has fallen on the three continents. Apoya has united as the United Republic of Apoya, the first time this war stricken continent has seen peace. Jadia stands as a melting pot of different socie...

Dystopia Fantasy, Dark Horror

Aichoris

Ancient and old, the northern world only has a Three dominant powers. Katea The second largest country in the world. Spanning from coast to coast the country is mostly horizontal and can be considered a t...

Dystopia Fantasy, Low Magic Post Apocalyptic Weird

Cyberpunk Time of the Red

Taking place in 2045 and based largely in The Free State of Northern California's Night City, the Time of the Red describes the bloody red sky of the Earth in the mornings and evenings due to the radiation and debris in the atmosphere following the 4...

Afrofuturism Cyberpunk Dystopia Urban

Astrea

The Three Lands:Far in the depths of nowhere, in the center of Sixteen planes, a design of flawless anarchy and a brutal existence cared for by the twin celestial goddesses; Droduna and Erenna. At the center of their grand des...

Dystopia Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Fantasy, Urban

The Book of Dengoth

The Book of Dengoth is set within a rotten, decaying world plagued by war, corruption, religious penitence, and greed. The magnificent towers and cathedrals are all around, stretching upward and scraping the night-lit heavens. Their interiors are fil...

Dystopia Fantasy, Dark Political Religious Sword & Sorcery

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

Future's Seen

It is the year 2121. The Great Rewind has happened in the recent past which has resulted in the technology being rewound to the 1860s - 1880’s. Future’s Seen centres around the City of @[Birden...

Dystopia

Descent into Avernus

Welcome to Baldur's Gate, a city of ambition and corruption. You’ve just started your adventuring career, but already find yourself embroiled in a plot that sprawls from the shadows of Baldur's Gate to the front lines of the planes-spanning Blood War...

Dystopia Exploration Fantasy

Dimday Red

Join the battle between Shadow and Light, as the world around you burns!

Dystopia Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction

Taurua

World drifting far away from the eternal struggles and battles of mighty deities in the multiverse. So far away, that most beings of great power have long since lost knowledge of Taurua. On this, small world at the edge of eternal darkness and a...

Dystopia Exploration Fantasy, Dark Medieval Steampunk

Covenant

[container:vingettebox] [container:bangertext] Welcome to Arilia, first planet from the star Solis. [/container] [container...

Dystopia Science Fiction Superheroic Urban

Warscape

Project: Warscape Lore Compendium for a TTRPG set in a dark fantasy world of war, conquest, and morality in an ever-expanding, consequential landscape of heroes, villains, and those who strive to become something greater. Character developm...

Dystopia Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Political Steampunk

Etagard

300 years after Evermore's intergalactic conflict, humankind is at the height of civilization and technology. Understanding of the universe at large, some believe, is complete. Only the explorers know that things beyond comprehension still lurk unsee...

Dystopia Mecha Political Science Fantasy Science Fiction

Arton

The Gods have fallen. Ever since the The Usurper Trinity led their armies of mankind against the oppressors above, the world has been plagued by si...

Dystopia Fantasy, Dark Medieval Post Apocalyptic

The Vau

Welcome to The Vau, the central location of the series: Time of the Paragons. This is the tale of the events surrounding the dual system of Bora and Kvum, a red and brown dwarf star respectively, and the four habitable planets orbiting Kvum, known as...

Dystopia Flintlock Political Science Fantasy Space Opera

Pinar

A bay of cracked and broken islands. Mountains frozen with fire. A dead sea of grass. A dark forest filled with secrets. This is what Pinar, the once great kingdom of the human race, has been reduced to. A few strongholds still remain- Bastion, at...

Dystopia Fantasy, High Magic Post Apocalyptic

Abutor

Adult 18+ Dystopia Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Medieval

Aeloria

In the Name of Aeloria, We Rise! Planet Veridera Veridera—a planet of breathtaking vistas and sprawling megacities—serves as home, refuge, and cage to its people. Beneath the shimmering skyline and meticulously manicured parks lie...

Dystopia Mecha Science Fiction Science Fiction, Modern

The Ophelia VII 'Dust Zone

Ophelia VII is the oldest Cardinal-World in the galaxy-spanning Imperium of Man, second in sanctity only to Holy-Terra itself. A world of mile-high cathedrals, linked by avenues lines with statues of thousands of Imperial Saints. Here, beneath th...

Dystopia Fanfiction Science Fantasy Science Fiction

The Wastelands

With the Second Empire a distant memory, the inhabitants of the Wastelands are trying to scratch out a life of their own. Whether it be with the United Cities, @[The Holy Nation](organization:0b6b...

Alternative History Dystopia Fantasy, Low Magic Post Apocalyptic

The Dark Future

Adult 18+ Crime Cyberpunk Dystopia Political

Honarth

In the vastness of space, surrounded by the Great Unknown, a seemingly peaceful planet, will be found in the middle of turmoil when new powers make their first appearance and start stirring up trouble. Confrontation is inevitable. [quote] AT...

Biopunk Cyberpunk Dystopia Science Fiction Science Fiction, Modern

Aleron

Earth is in ruin and Humans are looking for a better place to live. The options are stay and die, or go to a mysterious planet named Aleron. The decision made, a crew of 25 people go to Aleron, hoping for a better life, on June sixteenth, 2914. Nearl...

Dystopia Exploration Fantasy, Low Magic Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction

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]

Adult 18+ Cyberpunk Dystopia Science Fiction

ASOC

Inspired by Greece and Rome. Heavily based in themes of religion and mythology.

Dystopia Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic

Promise City

"Welcome to Promise City, City of the World! The Jewel of the UN Megacity Initiative, Promise is a gigantic, modern metropolis right here in the heart of [redacted:NaN]. The chosen headquarters of many of the world's leading STEM corporations, Pro...

Cyberpunk Dystopia Mecha Military Science Fiction

Teronna

Dystopia Fantasy Science Fantasy Steampunk

Boiling Isles

The Boiling Isles is a fanfiction world created around [url:https://theowlhouse.fandom.com/wiki/The_Owl_House_Wiki]The Owl House, a fictional world created by [url:https://twitter.com/DanaTerrace]Dana Terrace and shown on [tooltip:New epi...

Dystopia Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Romantic Young Adult (YA)

Legends

My Hero Academia, Sky High, and all the other super hero highschool style stories - when students are placed in impossible situations, and forced to save the world. But what happens when those students fail? What happens when they aren't skilled enou...

Dystopia Modern Superheroic

Cyberguise

A spinoff from the lore of Cyberpunk, the Cyberguise universe has a whole lot of changes and, instead of being based around Night City, is based around Los Terrazos- a city around in the abandoned wilderness of Utah built in 2013 by deep mining tycoo...

Cyberpunk Dystopia Science Fiction

Rumble in Old Denver

In the year 2127, a series of simultaneous detonations occurred across the city of Denver, Colorado, turning the sprawling city and surrounding areas into devastated wasteland in a matter of seconds. Many of the explosives used were nuclear, and the...

Cyberpunk Dystopia Mecha Post Apocalyptic 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

Dark Heresy

The 41st Millennium., a Dark Age like no other. Humanity has took to the stars, and created a realm of perpetual war. Darkness rules, and a strong arm is always needed. This is especially true in the Imperium of Man, the domain of the God-Emperor. Le...

Dystopia Science Fiction

Cantarra

Crime Dystopia Fantasy, Dark Mystery Steampunk

Hunt: Mystery

Dystopia Horror Modern Supernatural Weird

A Dark New World

In the near future, Earth is near collapse. Humanity in it's hubris has fractured into major powers and spread throughout the Solar System, and starting to colonise the closest star systems. Regions are are divided into political factions, and even t...

Adult 18+ Crime Cyberpunk Dystopia Exploration

Verge Drive

The world of the Verge Drive is an homage to the convoluted, confusing, and down right unrelentingly complicated narratives of the fighting game genre, paying tribute to such titles as Guilty Gear, BlazBlue, and Mortal Kombat....

Dystopia Fantasy, Urban Science Fantasy

Space Bitch

[quote] On a lawless planet at the edge of the galaxy, greedy space corporations war for riches and precious resources. Violent corporate warriors contracted to protect company interests are also intergalactic celebrities. It’s a world of fast money...

Adult 18+ Cyberpunk Dystopia Post Apocalyptic Western

Earth, Year 2267

Earth in the year 2267, post WWIII where nukes irradiated large swaths of the United States and Europe, sea levels have risen and flooded coasts. Florida is gone, London is a floating city.

Cyberpunk Dystopia Science Fiction, Modern

Shadowrama!

Welcome to the Sixth World! This is a guide I put together for my Gone Gaming player group to chronicle their adventures and the friends and fiends they made along the way. It's 2057. The great dragon Dunkelzahn has just announced he's running for...

Cyberpunk Dystopia Fantasy, Urban

Tamyrh

Dystopian - Science Fiction - Cyberpunk A cataclysmic natural disaster and two-thousand years of conflict have rendered the surface of this world inhospitable to humanoids. Life returns noneth...

Cyberpunk Dystopia Hard Science Political Science Fiction

Fallout: Great Plains

Alternative History Atompunk Dystopia Exploration Post Apocalyptic

The Tempest Wilds

Hurricanes and storms have wiped out global trade and set the world ablaze with burning oil and gas wells. The lack of resources and supplies caused a technological downfall, as existing tech started failing and couldn't be replaced. Within this deca...

Dystopia Modern Post Apocalyptic Urban

Anogwin

[currentdate:8aea4344-d946-4392-97aa-1df5f3793043] [follow:8aea4344-d946-4392-97aa-1df5f3793043] [color:#cc0000]ADVENTURERS WANTED[/color] Do you [color:#993333]...

Dystopia Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic MagiPunk Young Adult (YA)

Fall of Sin

War has consumed the world of Magnella for two hundred and sixty-nine years. With that ceaseless longevity, however, warfare is now an uncommon occurrence. In the fractured and long-obsolete country of Magnesa, government is nonexistent. Institutions...

Adult 18+ Dystopia Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy Science Fiction

Spheres of the Gods

[p]Once the capital system of the galaxy-encompassing, technologically unmatched The Saikar Empire based on the human homeworld of Bastion, the Hy...

Dystopia Fantasy, Urban Mecha Science Fantasy Transhumanism

The Fortrop

[p]It's the year 3321. The Fortrop drifts through the void, a spacecraft once intended as a beacon of scientific exploration; of hope. Is now a prison for what remains of the human race. They navigate a world of dim corridors, constant surveillance,...

Cyberpunk Dystopia Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy Stealth

Tarana

The world of Tarana and the Crystal Spire campaign setting are built on D&D 5E with the goal of capturing the texture, flavor, themes, and experiences of Celtic mythology, while including aetherpunk/steampunk flavors and aesthetics on top of it all.

Adult 18+ Ancient Clockpunk Comedy Crime

Mars 2530

Planet Earth lies barren and depleted, racked by centuries of war that erupted into a nuclear holocaust. This catastrophe stemmed from a resource war between two global powers. The Mugong Compact comprised of Eurasia and Africa. Fighting against t...

Alternative History Cyberpunk Dystopia Horror Science Fiction

Disentropy

Cyberpunk Dystopia Fantasy, Urban MagiPunk

Arcona

A dystopian world riddled by the corruption of its inhabitant's ambitions. Arcona promises progress, growth, and self-discovery, but how much control do it's citizen's truly have, and what is really going on behind the scenes? Can the party solve the...

Cyberpunk Dystopia Fantasy Space Opera Supernatural

Alpha Edrox

A young world created by 8 Gods knowns as Erementors (Elemental Mentor), each one represents the principal elements. Those elements are Hydro, Igneo, Herba, Bio...

Dystopia Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic

Nidavellir

The background, context, lore and organisation of the Nidavellirian 884th regiment of the Imperial Guard.

Dystopia Military Science Fiction

Seven Devils

You cannot remember when the land you live in was taken by the Seven Devils; all you know is that it was before you were born. They burst from their wrappings and found their homes in the seven warlords of Gaodith:[/cente...

Dystopia Fantasy, Dark

Veilinia

Known shorthand as Veilinia, the Veilinian Isles are an isolated continent of islands, though there are two major landmasses known as East and West Veilinia. Originally, the islands were a place of...

Dystopia Fantasy, Low Magic

The Veil of Sovereignty

The world has long been ruled by a powerful global empire, The Sovereign Dominion, an organization that claims to maintain peace and order across the land. They achieved this by outlawing all forms of unregulated magic and heavily policing any rebell...

Crime Dystopia Fantasy, Dark Medieval Military