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
A religious terrorist creates thousands of clones to control the world. an alien god-like being saves the day by learning the plan, then calling the police.
When a smart-ass student is imprisoned by terrorists on an abandoned spaceship, he tries to build a time machine using scrap components.
When a kind old man travels to an alien island in search of a new computer, he's kidnapped by aliens.
Ruth Knight was on a path to obscurity, until they were bitten by a radioactive alien creature & developed the ability to turn to fire.
When a superhero travels to an unexplored island in search of a mortgage, he's kidnapped by ghosts.
A murderer tries to plant a bomb. a normal brave explorer saves the day by going on a quest to find some technology that makes them more powerful than the villain.
A story about a heterosexual powerful emperor who has to protect the German Prime Minister, from a gang of psycho soldiers with a weapon that can destroy a whole city.
A story about a smart-ass Human who has to protect a rich businesswoman, from a gang of psycho alien abductors with a weapon that makes things disappear.
A story about two black men who discover a crashed alien spaceship.
After doing battle with an enemy spaceship in a remote star system, The USS Zeus crash-lands on a hot 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.
The world's best surgeon discovers a portal in his garden & travels through.
Two old men become stranded on a water castle. When they run out of supplies, one is forced to eat the other to survive.
Inside a nebula, the crew of The EAS Nina explores a crashed spaceship exactly like their own.
Paul Douglas was on a path to obscurity, until they were bitten by a radioactive newt & developed the ability to kill people with a single thought.
A ship carrying a cargo of deactivated robots crash-lands on a methane planet. Only two of the crew survive, but they activate the robots to help them survive. A rescue attempt is launched, but is thwarted by the robots.