STEM-like Magic Systems
magic systems in fantasy that resemble and incorporate real or fictional sciences! for the fantastical scientists that want magic inscriptions that feel like coding, alchemy, and magical equations fueling spells!
created by the_rags
last updated December, 2025
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Such a cool concept ☺️
the_ragsOP
the idea for this was sparked by me reading Blood Over Bright Haven and my partner (who majored in Data Analytics in college) looking over my shoulder being like “is that code?”. and i was like wait there needs to be a collection of novels with STEM-y magic systems!
Love it
I've got a sibling and a friend who both code, and learned the very very basics when I was in school, so the magic in blood over bright haven was definitely very fun
Love this!! Thank you for putting it together!!
the_ragsOP
thank you! as a scientist and a lover of fantasy, it sciency fantasy novels are my jam
Brandon Sanderson is a great one for this.
that definitely seems to be the consensus from my research! i didn’t want this to be taken over by him so i only included The Rithmatist, which seems like the most scientific of his books, but i think most at least loosely fit this concept
