| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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) |
| Half-Life universe |
Half-Life (1998) |
Science fiction universe created by Valve Corporation involving an extra-dimensional alien invasion that comprises both the Half-Life and Portal series. |
| 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 |
| 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) |
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 malevolent corporations |
| Pokémon universe |
Pokémon (1996) |
Common settings for each generation of the Pokémon series |
| Rapture (BioShock) |
BioShock (2007) |
Setting for the first two BioShock games (BioShock and BioShock 2), as well as the DLC BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea. |
| 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 |
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High fantasy/scifi hybrid world created for the Rolemaster game system |
| 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. |
| Tamriel |
Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall (1996) |
A fantasy continent where the Elder Scrolls series is based, originally made for a dungeons and dragons game. |
| 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 (space opera 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 Hyrule (ハイラル, Hairaru), and was created by Japanese video game developer Shigeru Miyamoto. |