Several of the listed settings are literary and media settings for which RPG material has been produced under license.

Fantasy

• Agone (Fantasy setting)
• Al-Qadim (D&D Arabian setting, situated on Abeir-Toril)
• Aldea (the world of Blue Rose)
• Arelas (Fantasy D&D setting)
• Arborlaria (Fantasy d20 Setting)
• Arcanis (D&D, set in the continent of Onara on the world of Arcanis)
• Arcana Unearthed
• Aventuria (The setting of The Dark Eye)
• Banestorm (GURPS)
• Battleaxe RPG (set in the World of Mordredica)
• Birthright (D&D, situated on Aebrynis)
• Blackmoor (D&D)
• Caliphate Nights (a True20 setting )
• Castlemourn
• Council of Wyrms (AD&D, in which PCs play Dragons)
• Dark Sun (D&D, situated on Athas)
• Dragonlance (D&D, situated on Krynn)
• DragonMech (A D&D steampunk-fantasy setting with mecha)
• Diablo universe (set on the World of Sanctuary)
• Earthdawn (situated on Barsaive)
• Eberron (D&D setting that blends fantasy & technology)
• Empire of the Petal Throne (situated on Tekumel)
• EverQuest (situated on Norrath)
• Exodus (D&D set on the world of Exodus)
• Forgotten Realms (D&D, situated on Abeir-Toril)
• Forcelia (D&D (not TSR's official), Record of Lodoss War, Sword World RPG, Legend of Crystania and Rune Soldier)
• Gaea (the setting of Tales of Gaea)
• Glorantha
• Greyhawk (D&D, situated on Oerth)
• Grimm
• Hârn (situated on Kethira)
• Hexaville (D&D setting in the world of Arelas)
• Hyborian Age is the setting of Robert E. Howard's Conan, and, naturally, is the base for the following RPG adaptations: old TSR Conan RPG, GURPS Conan and Conan d20.
• Iron Kingdoms is an award-winning setting created by Privateer Press where technology and magic are complementary forces, which lends it a unique character also demonstrated by the Warmachine tabletop wargame set in the same world.
• Kara-Tur (D&D Oriental setting, situated on Abeir-Toril created for the 1st edition of 'Oriental Adventures' but not used for the 3rd edition product of the same name)
• Kingdoms of Kalamar (D&D, situated on Tellene)
• Known Realms (D&D setting, born out of the Dungeon Crawl Classics adventures, and situated in the world of Áereth)
• Layonara
• Magnamund (the world the Lone Wolf d20 rpg takes place in)
• Mundana (from the Swedish role-playing game Eon )
• World of Llowellen (an online collaborative d20 design project )
• Middle-earth (The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game)
• Midgard
• Midgard (Alshard)
• Mystara (D&D)
• New Europa is the name of the European continent in Castle Falkenstein.
• Oathbound (D20)
• Planescape (D&D alternative dimension setting, which also allows crossover campaigns using multiple campaign settings)
• Ptolus
• Rokugan (of the Legend of the Five Rings used for the 3rd edition of the D&D 'Oriental Adventures')
• Scarred Lands (d20 setting, situated on Scarn) by Sword & Sorcery Studios (part of White Wolf)
• Shadow World (situated on Kulthea) (Rolemaster) by Iron Crown Enterprises
• Spelljammer (D&D fantasy-space setting, which also allows crossover campaigns using multiple campaign settings)
• Tékumel (The setting of Empire of the Petal Throne)
• The Kyngdoms (A very large, very detailed and complete d20 setting with a full color map, in depth national identities, interesting history, plus tons of information. )
• Tormenta (D20 and 3D&T, situated on Arton; a campaign setting created in Brazil originally for GURPS, AD&D, Trevas)
• Thunder Rift (D&D)
• Urban Arcana Earth (for d20 Modern)
• Uresia (BESM2 and d20)
• Warcraft (d20)
• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (situated on The Old World)
• Westeros (A Game of Thrones)
• Wheel of Time (d20)

Horror

• The Buffyverse (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel)
• Chill
• Cthulhu Mythos
• Cthulhu Dark Ages (Middle-Ages)
• Cthulhu Invictus (Rome)
• Cthulhu by Gaslight (1890s London)
• Cthulhu Now (1990s)
• Delta Green (1990s/2000s)
• Cthulhupunk (2020s. GURPS)
• Engel
• Fellowship of the White Star (1905-1914, Thenodrin Presents)
• Kult a nightmare universe parallel to our own, heavily influenced by gnosticism
• Little Fears where you play children haunted by horrors, supernatural or quite natural.
• Ravenloft (D&D)
• Masque of the Red Death (1890s)
• Living Death
• SLA Industries
• The Weird West (Deadlands)
• The World of Darkness (White Wolf house setting)
• The 'new' World of Darkness (White Wolf new house setting)
• Unknown Armies
• Witchcraft

Oriental fantasy

• Kara-Tur (D&D, situated on Abeir-Toril)
• Dragon Fist
• Bushido (role-playing game)
• Rokugan is the name of the land of Legend of the Five Rings RPG, as well the name of this game's d20 adaptation itself. It replaced Kara-Tur as official D&D oriental scenario.
• Sengoku uses a historical medieval Japan, though it has fantasy rules, according to Japanese old myths.
• 'The Creation' is the name for the Exalted series of RPGs scenario.
• Weapons of the Gods

Science fiction

• Alternity
• Babylon 5 d20
• Bubblegum Crisis
• Blue Planet (role-playing game)
• Centauri Knights
• Cyberpunk 2020
• Cyberpunk v3.0
• Cyberspace
• Dark*Matter
• Dawning Star (d20 Future)
• Dragonstar (D&D)
• Engel
• Ex Machina
• Fading Suns
• Firefly
• Fringeworthy
• FTL: 2448
• Gamma World
• Gear Krieg
• Heavy Gear (Silhouette)
• Imperium (Warhammer 40K)
• Jovian Chronicles (Silhouette)
• Infinite Worlds (GURPS)
• GURPS Lensmen is based in E. E. Doc Smith works.
• GURPS Planet of Adventure
• GURPS Terradyne
• Mekton Empire (Mekton)
• Mekton Zeta
• Serenity based on the television series Firefly (TV series) and the film Serenity)
• Shadowrun by Catalyst Games Labs
• Spacemaster by Iron Crown Enterprises
• Spacemaster: Privateers by Iron Crown Enterprises
• Star*Drive
• Star Frontiers (TSR)
• Star Hero - futurisc scenario of multi-genre Hero System
• Star Trek
• Star Wars
• Starblade Battalion (Mekton)
• StarCluster
• Stargate SG-1 (uses the d20 system)
• The Babylon Project (former Babylon 5 rpg, by extinct Chameleon Electric)
• Transhuman Space (GURPS)
• Traveller
• The Third Imperium
• The Shattered Imperium
• Mileu 0
• Tribe 8 (Silhouette. Post-apocalyptic world, situated in Canada)

Superhero

• Autumn Arbor is the setting published by Arbor Productions in RPGs (currently for M&M under the Superlink license) and novels.
• Continuum is the name for the scenario that spans for three games: Adventure! (pulp-era), Aberrant (supers) and Trinity (sci-fi).
• DC Universe had been licensed to the cancelled DC Heroes and DC Universe RPGs.
• Freedom City (M&M)
• Godlike is set in World War II, and inspired a modern-day game, Wild Talents.
• Marvel Universe had been licensed to the canceled Marvel Super Heroes and Marvel Adventure Game.
• META-4 (M&M)
• Empire City (Silver Age Sentinels)
• Omlevex (Third-Party M&M)
• Watchmen, by Alan Moore, was released to the DC Heroes system.
• Wild Cards (uses GURPS)
• International Super Teams/IST (GURPS)
• Millennium City (Champions/Hero System)

Comedy/satire

• Alpha Complex (Paranoia)
• Discworld (GURPS)
• Illuminati University (GURPS)

See also

• Dungeons & Dragons campaign settings
• List of fictional universes

External links

• DnD wiki campaign listingsLinks to many homebrew settings
• RPG Gateway's campaign listings Links to many homebrew settings, with ratings and summaries
• RPG Net's list of homebrew campaign settings A lengthy list of homebrew settings available online