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 vikings become stranded on a high-gravity derelict. When they run out of supplies, one is forced to eat the other to survive.
A story about a debonair talking dog who inherits an alien weapon but a group of angry old men want it instead.
An unknown alien intelligence establishes a base on Mars. Unable to communicate with the aliens, the Chinese Government 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 Mars; they are building spaceships.
Two dinosaurs become stranded on a swamp island. When they run out of supplies, one is forced to eat the other to survive.
A story about two knights who risk everything for a new home after their homeworld was destroyed.
A ship carrying a cargo of deactivated robots crash-lands on a lava planet. Only two of the crew survive, but they activate the robots to help them survive. When she spaceship wreckage is discovered 7 years later, the mystery of what happened is uncovered in a series of blood-soaked diary entries.
When two average alien explorers fall in love, they are forbidden to see each other. They decide to declare war on their culture.
In deep space, the crew of The Leif Erikson explores a mysterious temple.
When a TV presenter is imprisoned by terrorists in a Chinese internment camp, he meets another captive & they work together to escape.
When a pioneer is kidnapped & imprisoned in a damp cave, he tries to build a weapon using what he can find laying around.
In the near future, an physicist creates a virus that changes people's gender. When it is stolen by unemployed people, she must try & stop it by any means necessary.
After doing battle with an enemy spaceship in a remote star system, The Unicorn 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 pilgrim is kidnapped & imprisoned on an deserted planet with no food, he builds a teleporter using instructions scratched into the wall.
An unknown alien intelligence establishes a base on Hyperion. Unable to communicate with the aliens, the Earth Federation 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 Hyperion; they are building a time machine.
When a webdesigner travels to a mysterious cavern in search of a powerful ally, he becomes a target for a mercenary.