This is a visual timeline of the SOTF Universe to be used as a reference for dates and years of major events as pertaining to SOTF, the AT, and the game itself.
- 2003 - AT Formed by Victor Danya
- 2005 - SOTF V0
- June 12, 2005 - June 18, 2005: Final V0 Test Run
- 2005 - SOTF V1
- June 19, 2005 - June 29, 2005: V1 Duration (10 days)
- July 1, 2005: Adam Dodd (V1 winner) returns home
- June 19, 2005 - June 29, 2005: V1 is broadcast for public viewing
- June 19, 2005 - June 29, 2005: V1 Duration (10 days)
- 2006 - SOTF V2
- June 19, 2006 - June 28, 2006: V2 Duration (9 days)
- ??? 2006: Bryan Calvert (V2 winner) returns home
- June 19, 2006 - June 28, 2006: V2 is broadcast for public viewing
- June 19, 2006 - June 28, 2006: V2 Duration (9 days)
- 2007 - SOTF V3
- May 21, 2007 - June 4, 2007: V3 Duration (14 days)
- June ??? 2007:J.R. Rizzolo (winner v3) returns home
- June ??? 2007 (V3 Day 10): Maxie Dasai, Neil Sinclair, Brad Kavanagh, Matthew Wittany, Keith Jackson andIzzy Cheung escape SOTF V3
- ??? 2008: J.R. Rizzolo is murdered by Maxie Dasai
- May 21, 2007 - June 4, 2007: V3 is broadcast for public viewing
- May 21, 2007 - June 4, 2007: V3 Duration (14 days)
- 2008 - SOTF V4
- May 27, 2008 - June 8, 2008: V4 Duration (13 days)
- June 4, 2008 (V4 Day 9): STAR mounts rescue operation, 29 students are rescued
- June 4, 2008 (V4 Day 9): Victor Danya is shot and killed by Dorian Pello
- June 8, 2008: Rescued students are returned to Saint Paul, Minnesota
- July 2, 2008: Kimberly Nguyen (V4 winner) returns home
- May 27, 2008 - June 7, 2008: V4 is broadcast for public viewing
- June 8, 2008: V4 broadcast is temporarily halted, with 12 students remaining
- July 2, 2008: V4 broadcast resumes and completes
- May 27, 2008 - June 8, 2008: V4 Duration (13 days)
- 2012 - SOTF V5
- ???: Tracen Danya takes over as head of the AT.
- June 14, 2012 - June 25, 2012: V5 Duration (12 days)
- Mid-July 2012: Amaranta Montalvo (V5 winner) returns home
- July 4, 2012 - July 15, 2012: V5 is broadcast for public viewing
- 2015 - SOTF V6
- May 6, 2015 - May 16, 2015: V6 Duration (11 days)
- July 12, 2015: Min-jae Parker (V6 winner) returns home
- June 1, 2015 - June 11, 2015: V6 is broadcast for public viewing
- June 6, 2015: News of the destruction of STAR, and the survival of several students kidnapped in V3, becomes public
- May 6, 2015 - May 16, 2015: V6 Duration (11 days)
- 2018 - SOTF V7
- June 9, 2018: The AT abducts a group of students from George Hunter High School, returning home after their senior trip.
- June 10, 2018 - ???: V7 Duration (???days)
- July 13, 2018 - ???: V7 is broadcast for public viewing