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
After a number of suspicious deaths on a Russian spacestation, an assertive prince is suspected of murder.
When two educated celebrity chefs fall in love, they are forbidden to see each other. They decide to escape to the homeworld of their deadliest enemy.
After doing battle with an enemy spaceship in a remote star system, The SS Nova Harrington crash-lands on a lonely 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.
In the near future, an physicist creates a device that turns people to stone. When her creation falls into the hands of the UK Government she realises she needs to destroy it.
A story about an overweight soldier who has to protect an epidemiologist, from a gang of psycho hispanic men with a weapon that makes people invincible.
A sentient war robot begins to experience memories of a past life in which it was a con man.
A story about two teenagers with special powers who try to murder each other to mine resources from a moon.
A ship carrying a cargo of deactivated robots crash-lands on a sandy planet. Only two of the crew survive, but they activate the robots to help them survive. The robots dig a tunnel for them all to take shelter.
When a con man is kidnapped & imprisoned on a cold ice planet, he builds a powerful robot suit using scrap components.
Two cannibals become stranded on a low-gravity prison planet. When they run out of supplies, one is forced to eat the other to survive.
Orbiting a black hole, the crew of The Dark Sacagawea explores the fossilized remains of a monster.
An inventor builds towers all over the world to control people's minds. an adventurous celebrity chef saves the day by seducing the villain.
A ship carrying a cargo of deactivated robots crash-lands on a swamp planet. Only two of the crew survive, but they activate the robots to help them survive. The robots cannot talk, so they all have to speak in sign language.
After a number of suspicious deaths on a spacestation, a cheeky millionaire is suspected of murder.
When a dentist is kidnapped & imprisoned on an deserted planet with no food, he telepathically chats with a helpful alien.