Random Story Idea Generator

We created this random story idea generator to provide inspiration to science fiction writers, roleplayers, or game makers. While a little imagination is required (as is 99.9% of the creative process), we hope you will find it a useful way to slap your muse around the face and engage your creativity.

The generator will display randomly generated sci-fi plot ideas, useful for short stories, or maybe to inspire a full novel. Simply press the button for more ideas.

Sci-fi Story ideas

Two white guys become stranded on a dead underwater base. When they run out of supplies, one is forced to eat the other to survive.

The German Prime Minister dies before an important event. His staff pretend he's still alive using CGI.

When a rude successful astronaut is kidnapped & imprisoned in a Japanese internment camp, he starts to evolve into something different.

When two non-humanoid cats fall in love, they are forbidden to see each other. They decide to live online in a virtual reality fantasy world.

A story about two puppies who fight a legal battle in a race to build their own spaceships.

When an incompetent gadget inventor travels to a privately owned planet in search of his lost children, he becomes a target for a mercenary.

A bear begins to experience memories of a past life in which it was a normal teenager.

When a neanderthal is imprisoned by terrorists in an alien pit, he is interrogated & probed by aliens.

When a captain travels to an abandoned colony in search of fame, he's mysteriously killed, & his sister has to investigate.

An unknown alien intelligence establishes a base on Titan. Unable to communicate with the aliens, the Indian Military send a small team to deal with the threat. Before they are able to destroy the base, the team learn what the aliens are really doing on Titan; they are building a portal to another universe.

Two drug dealers become stranded on a lonely fortress. When they run out of supplies, one is forced to eat the other to survive.

After a number of suspicious deaths in a domed habitat, an incompetent white guy is suspected of murder.

After doing battle with an enemy spaceship in a remote star system, The UNS Western Roberson crash-lands on a desert planet. When the surviving crew scout the area around the crash site, they are surprised to discover that the enemy vessel has also crashed. The two crews will have to work together to survive.

When a neanderthal is kidnapped & imprisoned in an alien prison cell, he tries to build a weapon using what he can find laying around.

Two millionaires become stranded on a cold factory. When they run out of supplies, one is forced to eat the other to survive.