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Greatest fictional worlds (all time)

A ranking of fictional universes (in games, films, literature, animations, etc.).

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Star Wars universe
1

Star Wars universe

(1977)
The Star Wars expanded universe (SWEU) encompasses all of the officially licensed, fictional material of the Star Wars saga, outside of the feature films, The Clone Wars film and series, and Rebels series produced by Lucasfilm. Th...
9.7
9.7
from 10 votes
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Fallout universe
2

Fallout universe

(1997)
Fallout is a series of post-apocalyptic role-playing video games created by Interplay Entertainment. The universe is set in a fictionalized United States alternate history scenario that diverged from our reality following World Wa...
9.3
9.3
from 16 votes
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Middle-earth
3

Middle-earth

(1937)
Middle-earth is the fictional-universe setting of the majority of author J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy writings. The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings take place entirely in Middle-earth, as does much of The Silmarillion and Unfinishe...
9.3
9.3
from 20 votes
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Half-Life universe
4

Half-Life universe

(1998)
The Half-Life and Portal universe, also known as the Half-Life universe or the Portal universe, is a science fiction universe created by Valve Corporation in 1998, with the release of the video game Half-Life on the PC platform. I...
9.3
9.3
from 7 votes
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Forgotten Realms
5

Forgotten Realms

(1987)
The Forgotten Realms is a fictional world designed as a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game. Commonly referred to by players and game designers alike as "The Realms", it was created by game designe...
9
9
from 3 votes
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Earth-616
5

Earth-616

Earth-616 or Earth 616, in the fictional Marvel Comics multiverse, is the name used to identify the primary continuity in which most Marvel Comics titles take place...
9
9
from 3 votes
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Dragon Ball universe
7

Dragon Ball universe

(1984)
The Dragon Ball universe is set within a fictional world full of human, alien and magical warriors with extraordinary powers.
9
9
from 1 vote
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Matrix universe
8

Matrix universe

(1999)
The Matrix universe is a science fiction universe created for the movie The Matrix. The series depicts a future in which Earth is dominated by sentient machines that were created early in the 21st century and rebelled against huma...
8
8
from 32 votes
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Marvel Multiverse
9

Marvel Multiverse

The Marvel Multiverse consists of thousands of separate universes, all of which are the creations of Marvel Comics and all of which are, in a sense, "Marvel universes". Starting with issues of Captain Britain, the main continuity...
7.8
7.8
from 4 votes
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Avatar universe
10

Avatar universe

(2009)
In the 2009 science fiction film Avatar, director James Cameron conceived a fictional universe in which humans seek to mine unobtanium on the fictional exoplanetary moon, Pandora. The Earth-like moon is inhabited by a sapient indi...
7.2
7.2
from 9 votes
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