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Setting labels used: post-apocalyptic world, surface world, bunkers, virtual reality, simulation, lab setting, world ravaged by virus, dystopian future
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A captive genetic experiment escapes, learns her origins, and turns revenge on the people who made her.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post apocalypse · futuristic world · city and wilderness · laboratory · secret facility · breeder farms · borderlands · dystopian society · world collapse
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0824
A genetically engineered teen and her flock race to survive a shattered Earth and uncover who caused the apocalypse.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · Earth · dystopian future · global disaster zone · lab-created fictional reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0827
A woman awakened too early from cryogenic stasis finds monsters, danger, and an irresistible protector on a ruined Earth.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · dystopian future · bunker · cryogenic facility · monster society · surface world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0887
A disabled teen in a post-apocalyptic VR world uncovers a rare dodge build and races to save his family.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic future · underground cities · virtual reality game world · full immersion VR · dystopian society · nuclear-warp aftermath · simulation world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0918
In an emotionless underground society, a glitching teen hides forbidden powers while risking deactivation and rebellion.
Why this is here
Setting labels: underground city · post-apocalyptic · post-nuclear · futuristic · controlled society · surface world · dystopian future · technological reality · laboratory reproduction · cybernetic setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1026
An Indigenous queer anthology of nine speculative stories imagining post-apocalyptic futures shaped by love, land, and survival.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · dystopian · utopian · near-future · future worlds · spacefaring · virtual reality · alternative reality · Earth-bound · off-world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1034
A memory-stripped teen races to survive a virus-ravaged world while WICKED hunts him and the truth behind the trials.
Why this is here
Setting labels: dystopian world · post-apocalyptic world · virus-ravaged world · ruined cities · wasteland · experimental facility · maze setting · safe haven · futuristic science fiction
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1080
A memory-wiped super soldier wakes in a lab and must decide whether his doctor is his guide, lover, or jailer.
Why this is here
Setting labels: laboratory · dystopian future · post-apocalyptic Earth · corporate-controlled world · war-torn future · science experiment setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1116
In a ruined world, survivors race back into a sealed nightmare to find a cure, save loved ones, and survive the cost.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · sealed facility · underground tunnels · desert wasteland · dystopian landscape · infected world · mutated underground
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1139
Six strangers wake in a bunker after a world-ending event and must solve a survival experiment with hidden motives.
Why this is here
Setting labels: underground facility · bunker · research facility · post-apocalyptic world · toxic atmosphere · island · future earth · near-extinction future · dystopian world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1145
In a collapsing near-future, a human-parasite hybrid fights quarantine, factions, and identity to bring her family home.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · near future · medical-tech future · outbreak setting · quarantine · military compound · safe zone · city collapse · society in collapse · bioengineered reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1159
In a plastic dystopia of VR, surveillance, and eco-terrorism, one grieving woman starts to question her world and her past.
Why this is here
Setting labels: plastic world · post-nuclear world · surveillance state · virtual world · retail workplace · futuristic dystopia · alternate reality · post-apocalyptic future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1166
