List of fictional universes in games
This is a list of fictional universes in roleplaying games, video games and other interactive fiction
Universe |
Origin/ first mentioned |
Notes |
|---|---|---|
Aventuria |
The Dark Eye (1984) |
High fantasy setting of the German RPG. |
Azeroth |
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans (1994) |
Setting for the Warcraft series and World of Warcraft |
Digital World |
Digimon (1997) |
Virtual world setting for the Digimon franchise, created from the Internet. |
Dragonstar |
Dragonstar |
Campaign setting comprising a futuristic interstellar empire ruled by dragons |
Dungeons & Dragons campaign settings |
Dungeons & Dragons (1974) |
A large number of prefabricated fantasy worlds specifically tailored to the rules of the Dungeons & Dragons role playing game. Notable examples include Greyhawk, Forgotten Realms and Krynn. |
Fallout universe |
Fallout (1997) |
Alternate future history of the United States following a nuclear holocaust |
Final Fantasy universes |
Final Fantasy (1987) |
Fictional settings that comprise multiple games in the Final Fantasy series. Examples include Gaia, Spira, Ivalice and Vana'diel. |
Glorantha |
RuneQuest (1978) |
Setting for several fantasy RPGs, including RuneQuest, Hero Wars and HeroQuest. Created by Greg Stafford and inspired by the works of Robert E. Howard. |
Hârn |
HârnMaster (1986) |
fantasy Island created by N. Robin Crossby in 1983 |
Hero Universe |
City of Heroes |
includes superhero, fantasy, historical, and science fiction settings in a single time continuum |
Gensokyo |
Highly Responsive to Prayers (1996) |
Isolated, supernatural Japanese village that forms the setting for the Touhou Project; a series of dōjin soft hobby games |
Grand Theft Auto settings |
Grand Theft Auto III (2001) |
Series of fictional settings closely modelled on US cities such as Liberty City (New York City), Vice City (Miami) and the state of San Andreas (California/Nevada) |
Universe of Kingdom Hearts |
Kingdom Hearts (2002) |
Setting for the Kingdom Hearts series of video games that fuses Disney characters and iconography with anime and JRPG conventions |
Nirn/Mundus/Aurbis |
The Elder Scrolls: Arena (1994) |
Common setting for The Elder Scrolls series of role playing video games. |
Nosgoth |
Legacy of Kain (1996) |
land inhabited by clans of warring vampires |
Oddworld |
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (1997) |
world in the thrall of molevolent corporations |
Pokémon regions |
Pokémon (1996) |
Common settings for each generation of the Pokémon series |
Ravnica |
Ravnica: City of Guilds (2005) |
Fictional setting created for the card game Magic: The Gathering |
Rifts Earth |
Rifts (1990) |
Post-apocalyptic future Earth intersected by dimensional rifts. |
Shadow World |
High fantasy/scifi hybrid world created for the Rolemaster game system |
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Star Fleet Universe |
Task Force Game #4 (1979) |
detailed in the series of Star Fleet Battles games (board-, card-, and role-playing) from Amarillo Design Bureau Inc. and used as reference for the Starfleet Command series of computer games. |
Suikoverse |
Suikoden |
A fantasy world where Suikoden series is based. |
Unnamed |
Shadowrun |
A future earth in which magic has returned and humans have been split into subtypes. |
Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40,000 settings |
Warhammer Fantasy Battle (1983) |
Settings for the Warhammer series of tabletop wargames created by Games Workshop, including Warhammer Fantasy' (high fantasy setting) and Warhammer 40,000 (science fiction setting) |
World of Darkness |
Vampire: The Requiem (2004) |
the name given to three related but distinct fictional universes created as settings for supernatural horror themed role-playing games: Vampire: The Requiem, Werewolf: The Forsaken & Mage: The Awakening |
Zelda Universe |
The Legend of Zelda |
depicted in The Legend of Zelda series of video games consists of a variety of lands, the most commonly appearing of these being , and was created by Japanese video game developer Shigeru Miyamoto. |