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Viceroy's Pride

Cale Plamann

C54/100
Seek out new life and civilizations. Kill them for their mana. Daniel Thrush is the only known human capable of learning the magic that powers the various empires of the universe. Earth is in the crosshairs of the Tellask Empire — a race that discovered magic millennia before humanity mastered fire. All known alien civilizations abandoned technological progress once they found the arcane, spreading across the galaxy aboard great voidships. For all of Earth's military might, humanity's only hope is to incorporate alien magic into technology. That means finding monsters and harvesting their mana. Despite his better judgment, Daniel leaves Earth behind to bring back a future.
Goodreads4.31· 1.1K
Competent MCHard MagicMilitarySci-fi

The Dark Summoner

Andrei Tkachev

C54/100
When you're the sole surviving noble of a junior lineage, don't expect much of a future — or so some might think. Not Gregor. The way he sees it, being the last of a line means he can dispense with social niceties and do exactly what he wants. And if any unwelcome visitors have a problem with that, this summoner's got one or two surprises for them.
Goodreads4.37· 295
Base BuildingCompetent MCLitRPGSchoolSecondary WorldSummoning

My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero's Manga

Hiroyuki Aigamo

C54/100
When Akira's class is magically summoned to another world, his classmates receive heroic powers while he is assigned the role of Assassin. Harboring doubts about the king who summoned them, Akira uses his skills as a master of shadows to investigate — and uncovers a conspiracy that will set him on the run, framed for murder and hunted by the very crown that called him here. Master of shadows and wielder of a jet-black katana, Akira builds his strength in secret, gathering allies across continents of elves and beastfolk while waiting for the day he can claim revenge.
Goodreads4.23· 1.2K
Class SystemCompetent MCDungeon CrawlingIsekaiSecondary WorldSkill Collection+1

The Connected System

Troy Osgood

C54/100
The Connected System arrives on Earth without warning, bringing earthquakes, unconsciousness, and Adapted bodies in its wake. Lochlan Brady and his family were heading home from a camping trip when the Connection appears. He wakes to find his wife missing and his two teenage daughters counting on him. Loch just wants to protect his daughters and find his wife. But growing power brings growing responsibility — and the attention of some of the most powerful beings in the Connected System.
Goodreads4.32· 980
Base BuildingCompetent MCLitRPGOlder MCPost-apocalypticSystem Apocalypse

Earth's First StarFighter

Han Yang

C54/100
A massive wormhole rips open above Earth and aliens arrive — not conquerors, but merchant traders called the Iglax, who offer advanced technology in exchange for cheap labor in the asteroid belt. The aliens test humans individually for miner rentals, and a skilled pilot can earn a spaceship and a contract. When one puddle-jumper pilot tests above and beyond all expectations, he is offered something better than a mining ship: Earth's First StarFighter.
Goodreads4.34· 581
Competent MCMilitaryOlder MCSci-fiSkill Collection

MAD

J. Pal

C54/100
When alien beings address all of humanity, they deliver a warning: forces that destroyed their species' males are heading for Earth. In exchange for access to the System, they ask only for cooperation and survival. Mathew Alexander Dunphy knows it's all a lie. He saw the truth with his own eyes. Nobody believes him. They call him mad. In a world of alien-controlled survival games, Mathew fights back with mad-scientist ingenuity, crafting-based powers, and a stubborn refusal to let either the aliens or the apocalypse win.
Goodreads4.24· 1.1K
ComedyCompetent MCCrafting PowerSci-fiSystem ApocalypseUrban Fantasy

Superworld

Benjamin Keyworth

C54/100
Matt Callaghan is in trouble. In a world where everyone has superpowers, he's got none, and has spent five years faking clairvoyance to avoid getting caught. When a desperate bluff backfires, he'll need every ounce of cunning and juvenile delinquency to stay alive. Jane Walker is trouble. In a world where everyone is powerful, Jane stands alone and apart, hated for her ability to copy abilities and atrocities far beyond her control. A chance encounter sends her hurtling toward her lifelong dream — or a violent, painful death. Unbeknownst to both, their paths are intertwined, and an unseen force draws them toward a secret whose existence threatens not just their lives, but the fate of the entire world.
Royal Road4.52· 932Goodreads4.08· 263
Anti-heroComedyCompetent MCMysteryOverpowered MCSci-fi+2

FFO

Rachel Aaron

C53/100
In the real world, Tina Anderson is invisible and under-appreciated, but in the VR game Forever Fantasy Online she's Roxxy — the respected leader of a top-tier raiding guild. Her brother James is a college drop-out struggling with debt, but in FFO he's famous for completing every quest and collecting the rarest items. When FFO becomes real, wounds stop being virtual, monsters turn cunning, and death might be forever. Separated across a much larger and deadlier world, their only advantage is the skill they spent years building in the game.
Goodreads4.02· 1.3K
Competent MCGameLitIsekaiLitRPGVRMMO

Dark Paladin

Vasily Mahanenko

C53/100
Surviving in a game world is easy — until the game is your real life, your enemies want you dead, and your own class couldn't care less about your survival. Paladin Yaropolk must navigate a world where pragmatism and personal gain are the only currencies that matter, wrestling with whether to become like everyone else or hold onto something more.
Goodreads3.87· 1.3K
Anti-heroCompetent MCGrimdarkLitRPGSystem Apocalypse

The Goldenblood Heir

Boris Romanovsky

C53/100
There are only about thirty people in the world with golden blood — and for the protagonist, it is both a curse and the only thing offering any chance at a better life. Coerced into a single-option deal by men from the Special Services Department, he is thrust into a dangerous world far from the drudgery he'd always known. With his special inheritance and his faithful helper Alisa, he must survive what comes next — whether he's ready or not.
Goodreads4.34· 480
Competent MCIsekaiLitRPGWeak to Strong

Accidental War Mage

Tom Writing Quietly

C53/100
In a militaristic empire where war mages are prized and steam knights celebrated, Mikolai reluctantly signed up to be a steam suit mechanic to avoid conscription into the regular infantry. Magical talent is rare, precious, and a pathway into the nobility — but Mikolai is a peasant from a small farming village with simple ambitions: stay alive and do the right thing. When an unfortunate accident leads to his assignment to a special task force commanded by the notorious war mage Ognyan Spitignov, surviving with a clean conscience becomes very difficult. The mission: stamp out resistance to imperial rule in newly-conquered territory. Mikolai will try everything in his power to make the best of a bad situation — and he has more power than he realizes. His journey will take him through the horrors of war and the grinding clash between empires.
Royal Road4.61· 550Goodreads4.33· 3
Competent MCGrimdarkMilitaryOverpowered MCSecondary WorldSoft Magic+1

Library System Reset

K.T. Hanna

C51/100
The Library of Everywhere once stood as a beacon of magic and power. For 500 years, it has been broken. Quinn can barely handle her own life, but when the Library discovers her compatible magical signature, she becomes the sole potential Librarian — and the weight of the universe falls on her shoulders. Before things can be quiet and peaceful, she must battle engorged bookworms, repair centuries of damage, figure out why there's been no Librarian for five hundred years, and begin collecting the Library's 18,042 overdue books. There will be a helluva lot of late fees to process.
pf5.0· 1Goodreads4.19· 1.1K
Base BuildingCompetent MCLitRPGMysterySkill CollectionStats

Nexus Games

Shami Stovall

C51/100
Alex Kellan has a strange problem: two men are dogging his every step on Christmas, and they won't take no for an answer. They want him to join the Nexus Games — a deadly competition set in a twisted dimension of high-tech weaponry and magic, where each game is unique and harder than the last. A LitRPG thriller where the ultimate prize is very much worth fighting for.
Goodreads4.34· 353
Competent MCGameLitIsekaiLitRPG

Not (Just) a Mage Lord Isekai

Draith

C51/100
Perry liked being a mechanic. Now he's a mage lord. When Perry is transported into the body of a young noble with newfound magical powers, he must choose between surviving on the Front — a mystical battleground with sky-high mortality — or pledging an oath to become a Magus Dominus. He chooses the title, but the responsibilities are punishing: he must develop and protect a domain in the hostile north with a shaky grasp on magic, a loyal servant, and a tempestuous Storm mage half-sister. His most potent advantage turns out to be his experience from Earth — and his mindset as a mechanic.
Goodreads4.35· 260
Base BuildingCompetent MCHard MagicIsekaiTransmigration

Wandering Warrior

Michael Head

C51/100
James Holden has reached the maximum level possible for a human — which is fortunate, because he is a wandering warrior without control of his destination, tossed between universes by gods who have failed to explain why. On each new world he serves as the lone Judge, righting wrongs the innocent cannot fix themselves, with one year to accomplish his mission. On his twentieth world, James quickly finds that the roots of corruption run deep — guilds protect themselves rather than the people, and monsters roam unchecked. Being the strongest human will not be enough this time. He may have to recruit some new blood, even if he prefers to work alone.
Goodreads4.32· 523
Competent MCIsekaiLitRPGLoner MCOverpowered MCStats

The Heroic Villain

Charles Dean

C50/100
Once the promising young CEO of a successful corporation, Lucas abandoned everything after a horrific accident and retreated into virtual reality, lazing about in a carefree digital life. When his escapist paradise is threatened with deletion, Lucas is forced to act — and do what he does best: take charge. This time, however, he returns not as a hero but as the villain. He overthrows local lords, assumes command of the evil Imperium's forces, and begins designing a dungeon no player would ever want to miss. As he evolves his monsters and builds an entourage of minions to become the greatest villain the game has ever known, Lucas realizes it won't be nearly as easy as it seemed.
Goodreads4.15· 1.1K
Anti-heroCompetent MCDungeon CoreLitRPGVillain MCVRMMO

Star Runner

B. V. Larson

C49/100
Two centuries after humanity colonized the stars, the peaceful Conclave faces a new threat: alien invaders attacking fringe settlements while the core worlds dream on. Captain Bill Gorman has vanished — but a clone set aside for exactly this emergency awakens and begins piecing together what went wrong on the frontier, what happened to the original Gorman, and why the colonies are being picked off one by one.
Goodreads4.18· 1K
Competent MCMilitaryReincarnationSci-fi

Defier of Fate

J P Koenig

C49/100
When Fate itself fails to kill him, even the gods should tremble. Taliesin was supposed to die in an apocalyptic war, sacrificing himself so his people could escape. Instead, he found himself lost within the Void beyond time and space — a realm untouched by creation yet bound by Fate itself. There he glimpsed the Akashic Records, the foundations of reality, and understood the secrets that grant gods their life and mortals their power. But even the Void couldn't contain him forever. Pulled into a new world spiraling toward its own Ragnarok, Taliesin refuses to let another civilization burn. With nothing but his wits and fragments of his former might, he must reclaim his strength, forge powerful alliances, and rewrite destiny before the Twilight of the Gods consumes all.
Royal Road4.61· 302
Competent MCGameLitIsekaiOverpowered MCSecondary WorldSoft Magic+1

Sigma 16

Erios909

C49/100
Talia, daughter of a wealthy conglomerate CEO, joins the droves of new human explorers combing through uncharted space to make her own mark on the universe. Her resilience is tested when her brand-new exploration corvette crashes onto an uncharted planet, Sigma 16. Equipped with a state-of-the-art exo-suit, a semi-operational colony bootstrap system, and a sometimes-annoying AI companion, Talia sees the crash as an opportunity. She sets out to build her base, explore the expansive dunes and jungles, and uncover the planet's resources and secrets. But Sigma 16 may not be as uninhabited as it first seems — and a potentially hostile alien species with equally advanced technology is watching.
Royal Road4.58· 634
Base BuildingCompetent MCCraftingGenius MCLitRPGPost-apocalyptic+1

The Arcane Gunslinger

Bjorne

C49/100
Sergeant William Remington, a decorated Coalition Marine, is displaced by a lazy celestial being's mistake and placed into a new body in an unknown world. His interstellar life aboard the Valkyrie is gone, replaced by a wild west fantasy setting full of magic, skills, monsters, and ancient revolvers. Skeptical but driven to survive, Will falls back on what he knows — weapons and hunting down criminals — now with the added challenge of monsters. He's no elite soldier, just a grunt with experience, learning to adapt to a world that operates by entirely different rules.
Royal Road4.61· 283
Class SystemCompetent MCIsekaiLitRPGSecondary WorldWeak to Strong