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The last 100 recently updated worlds under the genre

Zivaria

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Mystery Steampunk Western

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Fantasy, Dark Mystery Political Religious Soft Magic

Dulrayea

Welcome to a world of magic and mystery, where ancient forces are stirring, and a great war is looming on the horizon. Old cities and races that were long thought to be forgotten are beginning to reappear, and a new source of magic, known only as the...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Mystery

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

Shal'Azura - Age of Progress

Shal'Azura, the City of the Desert Rose, stands as a beacon of unstoppable progress. In this thriving metropolis, technomancy, magical artifice, and arcane development surge forward with relentless momentum, reaching for the unknown and t...

Fairy tale Fantasy, High Magic MagiPunk Mystery Oriental

Icewind Dale

[quote] "If I could choose what life would be mine, it would be this life that I now have, at this time. I am at peace, and yet, the world around me swirls with turmoil... The reality of existence here in Icewind Dale is harsh indeed, an environm...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Mystery

The Azure Sea

The lands encompassing The Azure Sea are a wild and dangerous place. Islands of civilisation offer some protection from the wildlands, but most of the continent remains unexplored and maps show only t...

Fantasy, Low Magic Horror Mystery Political Sword & Sorcery

Secret Agent Someone

The mysteriously wonderful world of W.I.L.L.O.W.I.S.P. is home to spies, lies, disguise, surprise, and a man with malachite eyes......

Crime Modern Mystery Religious Romance

Freyna

[follow:9a14243d-3933-4adc-8b92-4f5e9f5583c0] [container:intro-text] [quote] Welcome! Freyna is a place where the past and present collide and where danger lurks around every corner. This land is filled with mysteries...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Mystery

Kyre

[p]Welcome to a world where nations are ruled by dragons and giants, or even by gods--- these dynarchs protect their humanoid subjects from the many dangers that flooded the world after the Wake...

Child Safe Exploration Fantasy Mystery Post Apocalyptic

Cadriel

In the beginning, Cadriel was a world inhabited only by plants and animals. Giant magical life forms ruled the land without civilization. One day, the arcane energy came together and a life was spawned from thin air. This being, was called A...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Horror Mystery

San Francisco

San Francisco is a Gemini It contains a duality that is invisible to those who don't wish to see it. It's rich in culture and vibrant community, and there's no lack of desperation and unhealthy dependence. Across the city skyline you see...

Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic Mystery Neo Noir Urban

Xelestar

Fantasy, Dark Mystery Neo Noir

Aetates Obscurae Verae

[p]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 l...

Adult 18+ Alternative History Exploration Fantasy, Dark Horror

Primatis

A world created from the void, made from godly essences combined. The planes leak into the realm to create strange environments. This world has seen much turmoil as the demons of the abyss charged through the material to attack everything and ever...

Adult 18+ Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic

Terrus

[p]Welcome to the Terrus campaigns World Anvil. Here you'll find all manner of info about the world of Terrus and various campaigns within it.[/p] [p][/p] [p]Umbrella Corp Boston D&D Webring[/p] [p][url:https://linex.miraheze...

MagiPunk Mystery Sword & Sorcery

Interactive Eberron - Campaign of Dreams

Fantasy, Dark Mystery Political Steampunk Sword & Sorcery

Revenge on the Fey

[p]It is spring in the year 1487 DR, year of the Rune Lord Triumphant. Life in Faerûn has just recently returned to normal with the end of the Spellplague and revival of many deities and nation once thought lost. The Arcane and Weave restore...

Fantasy Mystery

Edda Revised

[h1|7672aed1-cab9-46f3-9997-827dbc807a34]Edda: Summer Camp 2025 [quote]Welcome one and welcome all to this years Summer Camp event! We're in for four weeks of creativity and passion from the entire website, yours truly included~!Follow me o...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic MagiPunk Mystery Sword & Sorcery

Arathos

The world of Arathos is a realm shrouded in mystery and wrought with peril. From the whispering depths of its silent seas to the towering peaks of its forbidding mountains, Arathos is a land of diverse landscapes and untold secrets waiting to be unco...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Mystery

Casmyr

I have renamed the world, because I have enough lore to do so. I keep "Casmyr" to make it easier to find.

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Flintlock Mystery Political

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Alternative History Ancient Fantasy, High Magic Mystery Supernatural

The Grand Duchy of Oberlan

This campaign follows the story of two unlikely friends as they struggle to make a name for themselves in the large capital of The Grand Duchy of Oberlan, known as @[Vallance](settlement:32e92ed5-03...

Crime Fantasy, Urban Medieval Mystery Sword & Sorcery

Nonvyrox

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Urban Mystery

Ethscahria

[p]Welcome to Ethscahria[/p] [p][/p] [p][follow:85f1d03d-92e3-4a62-90ae-ab0ab6707b7d][/p] [p][/p]

Exploration Fantasy Mystery Sword & Sorcery

Arus

Exploration Fantasy Mystery Sword & Sorcery

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

Traeon's Twilight

[articleblock:9de436cd-420b-4bca-82e7-b2f6909b860d] [p]row[/p] [p]col[/p] - 1 - 2 - 3 [p]col[/p] [p]col[/p] - 1 - 2 [p][/p] [p]row[/p] [aloud]In Traeon, you find yourself not merely as wanderer or treasure-seeker...

Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Mystery

Rodinia

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Mystery

Remaining Realm (Old)

Introduction Amalgam - what remains of the Remaining Realm - is a weird and wonderful world that was created as a result of the wish of Eyrs Thonich. A wish that the Gravebound never existed. This wish was granted by Limonar the Light, who...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Mystery

Pascelus

Legends tell of a brighter time when nations and pantheons guided the people of the world toward goals loftier than imagining. Millions flocked to their cities, beholding wonders beyond our dreams, gods and men wielding powers scarcely comprehensible...

Fantasy, High Magic Mystery Post Apocalyptic Religious

Curse of Strahd

Under raging stormclouds, a lone figure stands silhouetted against the ancient walls of Castle Ravenloft. The vampire Count Strahd von Zarovich stares down a sheer cliff at the village below. A cold, bitter wind spins dead leaves about him, bil...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Mystery

Hotel Nowhere

Hotel Nowhere is an AU for the Roblox game DOORS, based on the (noncanon) idea that the entities were once human. Expect a lot of canon divergence and heavily work-in-progress articles.

Fanfiction Horror Mystery Supernatural

Aulyre's Eberron Gazetteer

Fantasy Horror Mystery Neo Noir Steampunk

Sirion

[quote] "By love this world was made. And by love this world will be unmade..."[/quote] In a world that was once characterized by unity and wholeness, there has been a devastating catastrophe known as The Collapse, an event that mercilessly...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Romantic

Folk Rock Horror

[quote] Inspired by: Fleetwood Mac. The X-Files. The Eagles. Supernatural. Daisy Jones & the Six. American Gothic. Scooby Doo: Mystery Incorporated. Urban legends, gothic fiction & folk horror of the 1970s. Early Stephen King novels like Carrie [...

Gothic Historical Horror Modern Mystery

Widdershins

Nestled on the River Morrow the city of Widdershins is a perfect example of the early Victorian era and the latter Industrial revolution. The city shows both the positive and negative aspects of the revolution and the era. The economy is booming and...

Fantasy, Urban Mystery Steampunk Supernatural Victorian

Occsandria

Erlebe die Welt von Quest DnD - Von den weiten Wäldern Nordriens, über die eisige Tundra Nord-Rondrias bis hin zu den sandigen Outlands. Eine Heimat von Abenteuern, Gefahren und ihren Helden. Bekannt vom Quest DnD Kanal auf Youtube, Twitch & TikTok.

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Mystery Sword & Sorcery

Ealdwyll

Thousands of years ago a mysterious event called The Pulse nearly destroyed Ealdwyll. Those who survived faced many years of hardship in a world they barely recognized. Despite the harsh living conditions the small number of...

Fantasy Mystery

Anemoi

The ruling houses are at war, wielding powerful weapons of steel and magic. Certain doom is imminent if peace is not found soon.

Fantasy Mystery Political Sword & Sorcery

Robarri

[spotify:https://open.spotify.com/track/4yOw22Wzs6fJqixWJxh0IG?si=52144741bf3e48f2] [p][/p] [p]Welcome to Robarri, a land still healing from deep wounds left by catastrophe. The echo of Gold Morning—...

Fantasy Medieval Mystery Political

Eritaam

The world of Eritaam is a vast and rich plane of various cultures and beliefs throughout the world, each at various stages of progression and civilization. From the sporadic and disconnected forest and tundra villages of the Beastlands to the medieva...

Fantasy Mystery Sword & Sorcery

Sanctum

A really early work-in-progress. Planned is a alibi-high-fantasy world in a medieval setting.

Fantasy, Dark Mystery Political

Gotham City by Night

Gotham City! It was once referred to as "...a refuge! A stronghold! A fortress!" by judge Solomone Zebediah Wayne as he described his vision of the future of the city to architect Cyrus Pinkney. Pinkney than designed the characteristic skys...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror Mystery

Solaritas

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Mystery

The Buried Lands

In The Buried Lands, the world is a tapestry woven with ancient mysteries and enduring legacies. At the heart of this ancient realm lies Eryndel, the largest and most renowned of the continents. Its sprawling landscapes and diverse terrains have been...

Fantasy, Dark Historical Mystery Sword & Sorcery

Xohana

GALACTIC DIRECTORY Xohana (U.A.A. HEADQUARTERS) DIRECTORY Astral Arboretum @[Astral Patrol Lodges](la...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Modern Mystery Political

Ashalar

Exploration Fantasy Mystery

Ashton Creek

[p]Ashton Creek is a small, sleepy, first sector town in the north of Oregon, USA. It lies in a forested valley, and is home to around 6'800 unsuspecting inhabitants. It is fairly unknown the world at large, other than appearing in the news in 2003 w...

Comedy Fantasy, Urban Horror Mystery Supernatural

Exodus

While no one knows the true origin of Exodus, it lies at the center of a massive planar sphere. Composed of many continents, most unexplored, Exodus is home to many mythological wonders and fantasy races. In what is described as the heart of Exodus,...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Mystery Supernatural

Albion Archive

Anomalous Entities attempt to creep into our realm, Organisations like the Ministry of Anomalous Defense are all that stand in their way. This months focus is Bestial Entities! expect additions, adendums, and edits in this catagory!

Fantasy, High Magic Historical Mystery Religious Science Fiction, Modern

Daggers

[p]A long time ago in the megacity that covered half of the planet, a series of cannisters containing a strange vapour-like Mutagen that transforms whomever it touches into grotesque, violent and power...

Fantasy, Dark Mystery Post Apocalyptic Survival Urban

The Circle of Wildemount

The Circle of None is a personal adaption of Matthew Mercer's famous "An Explorer's Guide to Wildemount'. Cause I am playing this campagin with an alternate set of characters and fluctuating players, th...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Horror Mystery

Tacoma by Night

The nights have run red for years beneath the watchful gaze of ordinary people in Tacoma. First came the conflicts between Camarilla and Anarch. Then came the Sabbat in a surprise ambush. Then came the Inquisition. And lastly, came those Anarchs who...

Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror Mystery Supernatural

Long Branch City/Sakura and Secrets

A world at war left America as one of the victors. Magic was in extensive use by both sides, but there was no effort to quell the disastrous consequences of using it. Thus, the Department of Supernatural Safety was founded. Sanctions and laws red...

Fantasy Modern Mystery Science Fantasy Supernatural

Regencia

Fantasy, Romantic Historical Mystery Political Religious

Afterlight

[p]Monsters and Magic are real! They exist in the shadows of our world, all the legends of boogeymen are true.[/p] [p][/p] [p]Step into Afterlight, a realm where neon pulses against the darkness, and secrets dance in the shadows. In the year 20XX,...

Cyberpunk Fantasy, Urban Horror Mystery Supernatural

Therinyn

All creations and material belong to their creators, and all content found here is for personal use for my campaigns.

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Mystery Political

Avoranic

This world was created on July 27, 2022, here on World Anvil. Welcome to Avoranic! I want to welcome you to Avoranic - a world that is home to several short stories and novels by Tricia Johansson/Trix Joyce. On this...

Fairy tale Fantasy, Romantic Mystery Science Fantasy Slice of Life

Novarkan

Hierarchia, cultus personalitatis, corruptio, manipulatio veritatis, somnium aequalitatis. Omnia eiusdem causae consequentiae. Nihil restat nisi precari. In nomine regis, imperii, et minister sanctus. Amen.

Fantasy, Dark Horror Medieval Mystery Surreal

Gentrail

Gentrail takes place in a world called Pandemonium, lush with mystic power. Something about this planet keeps drawing in unique entities that may cause a storm of catastrophes if left unchecked. It has already been foretold that Pandemonium will erup...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Mystery

Quilela

After generations of war and bloodshed across the Susilotyh Archipelago, the 33 islands were eventually brought to heal for the first time (individually) by House Clearbrook, and forced into a single kingdom known simply as The Archipelago. Decades o...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Mystery Sword & Sorcery

Ædeos

[quote]The Evergreen Garden we called it for generations, for the sensations and shapes, and forms bloomed generously and withered silently. But [tooltip:The tribe best versed in travelling to Ædeos.]Tæn-ĭ-Sáveni[/tooltip], ventured to this wor...

Ancient Exploration Mystery Soft Magic

Atocitera

At a time long ago, a destructive object fell from the stars and through Cataclysm changed the continent of Atocitera. Mountains, containing raw metal which defies gravity when in presence of magical Flow....

Horror Mystery Science Fantasy

Hollow Men

[p][/p] [quote]Hey, you! Get your farter over here! Quickly, before they blow your brains out!Right, now listen to me carefully, rookie.|Wayde Licht talking to you :s[/quote] [p][/p] [p]Welcome to the world of the Hollow Men, where Gladiators...

Mystery Science Fiction Space Opera

Honides

Are you tainted by desire? Or do you posses the patience for creation? The discipline for devotion?The world as we know it is only here by accidental fertility. A blue marble lost in the endl...

Fantasy, Dark Mystery Steampunk Supernatural

Verdenheim

Pathfinder meets Stranger Things meets Freddie Krueger

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Urban Gothic

Salaksa

a ailean but fermiliar and modern world

Fantasy, Low Magic Modern Mystery

Sakudaer

Sakudaer is a fantasy setting built for exploration. The world can be thought of in two parts, the Old World and the New World. The northern continents, Alcao & Sirhelanga, have long histories with diverse cultures and m...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Mystery

The Traveler

Humanity has found their way through the expansion of the universe. Thousands of years have past, and new advanced technology and tools are at your fingertips. There are several secrets about the future, locked away for a reason. Choose your path wis...

Cyberpunk Dystopia Exploration Mystery Science Fiction

Minarim

I created this world for my own DnD campaings. It has Magic, trains, guns and almost everything u can think of. The timeline is for every campaign different but i will try to connect them somehow.

Adult 18+ Isekai Mystery Slice of Life Sword & Sorcery

Dheghom

Welcome to the world of Dheghom. In this homebrew campaign you are the creators of your own destiny. Although this world is an essential sandbox experience, Dheghom is a living and breathing place, filled with agendas, adventure seeds, and an ov...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Horror Mystery Sword & Sorcery

Montro City

Adult 18+ Horror Modern Mystery Supernatural

Recosia

Recosia is a world of increadible bueaty and magic. Though the true origin of the world is unknown the world is shrouded is mystery and deception. There is only one person you can trust. And that's yourself

Mystery Political Sword & Sorcery

Chronoverse

Exploration Fantasy Mystery Sword & Sorcery

Salt & Sin

Wake up to the True World that exists layered over the Mundane. Dull, fleeting at the corner of the eye, but very real. Struggle to obtain a glimpse of the true inner workings of reality, survive against those who guard the truth jealously, and strug...

Hard Magic Modern Mystery Political Supernatural

Greyhawk

Fantasy Medieval Mystery Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

Aelburn

Fantasy, Dark Mystery Wuxia-Fantasy

Barovia

Under raging storm clouds, a lone figure stands silhouetted against the ancient walls of a long-standing castle. A pale figure stares down a sheer cliff at the village below. A cold, bitter wind spins dead leaves about...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Mystery Stealth

World of Whisper

Fantasy, Urban Horror Medieval Mystery Sword & Sorcery

Talisman (and Ecos)

Things that make the Talisman campaign / setting unique: I will lie to you. Is magic real? Is your character who you think they are? Do gods exist? Are your party members actually on your side? You will have to figure th...

Exploration Fantasy Mystery

Curiosity and Satisfaction

Welcome to Curiosity and Satisfaction. A curious but satisfying Call of Cthulhu game set in 1950's Massachusetts where feline and canine sleuths investigate and battle against the horrors of the Cthulhu Mythos. [/cen...

Alternative History Horror Mystery Supernatural Weird

Launtrel

[color:#c10300]** All articles in Launtrel can be considered rough drafts. Please excuse typos - they will be fixed. **[/color]Deep in the lands of the Feywilds sits an isolated realm hidden to most. As an incredibly large and...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Horror Mystery Political

Ignotas

A dark hole of nothingness is many things. Scary. Sad. Unforgiving even. But like a blank sheet of paper, or a clean slate, it is potential in its rawest form. And if there was light that could illuminate the dark, what is not to say there could be a...

Ancient Fantasy, Dark MagiPunk Mystery Steampunk

Allenia

Allenia is a Homebrew Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition world created for friends. When I was young a few friends and I created a world for a role playing game. It was called Allenia. I named this as a homage to those memories and good times.

Ancient Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Romantic Mystery Political

Mystbank

The land of Mystbank holds many dark and eerie encounters. A convergance point of mystical energies, Mystbank is a hotbed for bizarre and supernatural events.

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Horror Mystery Supernatural

Frencal

South of Alven lies Frencal, a divided continent: to the north lies the Frencal Republic: a collection of former kingdoms now united against the south, the Frencal Empire, still holding on to the old ways. Join a world of politics, intrig...

Flintlock Mystery Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

Ithlacar

A Westmarches-style game in D&D 5e. For entirely too many people.

Exploration Fantasy Mystery Sword & Sorcery

The Heavens

[quote] Though this world holds and molds vast remnants of land and earth, diffused with [url:https://www.worldanvil.com/w/the-heavens-vox9999/a/magic-law]magical [url:https://www.worldanvil.com/w/the-heavens-vox9999/a/psychospace-law]psychosp...

Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Mystery Sword & Sorcery Weird

Kingdom of Waltrys

The Kingdom of Waltrys is a sprawling maritime realm spread across an expansive archipelago, bound together by trade, politics, and a shared history of shifting loyalties. It is home to four major island groups, each with its own culture, resources,...

Fantasy, Dark Medieval Mystery Religious Sword & Sorcery

Ehberys

Adult 18+ Exploration Fantasy, Dark MagiPunk Mystery

Eclipsium

The gods of the sun and moon have sealed an ancient power within the crust of the earth. Their denizens act as wardens agains the emerging threat of what is known as, "The Hungering Darkness". As this existential threat has slowly been forgotten abou...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Mystery Political

Trial World

This is considered an alpha and I opened a new World under its old name that I hopefully develop more.

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Mystery Surreal Sword & Sorcery

Inanhor

An island kingdom broken on by a powerful mage back in the times where magic was having its limits pushed. Later to be ruled by the royal family Acosta, after the mage who broke the nation away, Hedrick Acosta, took the throne.

Mystery Sword & Sorcery