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Dungeons & Deliveries

SagaScribe

B61/100
In post-System Toronto, Alex doesn't slay monsters to get by — he delivers pizza. Broke and rejected by both the Adventurer's Guild and the Courier Guild, with nothing but a crumbly resume, he takes the only job left in town: delivery boy for Nino's Pizza, a Lich Pizzeria run by a married couple literally bound to the building. He must deliver enchanted pizza to Dungeon Bosses in sixty minutes or less, or suffer the wrath of both the Bosses and the old couple. With nothing but a seemingly useless ability, Alex must stay alive, deal with psychotic exes, and pray for loot in place of tips.
Royal Road4.65· 540
ComedyCozyDungeon CrawlingGameLitLitRPGPost-apocalyptic+3

An Unbound Soul

Cathfach

B61/100
When Peter's too-close encounter with a truck sends him to another world, he lands in what seems like a perfect fantasy land — magic, elves, a hyperactive catgirl neighbor, and a System for earning skills and leveling up. But the world is almost suspiciously nice. Set a few hundred years after the events of A Lonely Dungeon, this is a slow-paced slice-of-life story about an Earthling falling into a rebuilt civilization and the struggles both he and the world's self-proclaimed protector face in trying to understand each other.
Royal Road4.41· 1.1K
CozyDungeon CoreDungeon CrawlingGameLitIsekaiLitRPG+2

Arcane Academy

A.P. Gore, Patricia Jones

B61/100
For two centuries, Daren Morin ruled as the Evil Lord through terror and cunning. Betrayal ended his reign — and now he wakes up eighteen years old again, stripped of power and trapped in a magic academy crawling with his old enemies, who mock him with the nickname 'Moron.' This time he's weaker. This time they think he's no threat. They're wrong. Daren remembers every secret, every spell, every betrayal — and he's going to use it all to survive, rise, and make them regret not finishing the job.
Goodreads4.22· 1.5K
Anti-heroDungeon CrawlingGenius MCReincarnationSchoolVillain MC

Axiom of Infinity: Souleater

TSeris

B61/100
"They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. What then are we to think of it when the gods themselves steal our ideas on how the universe should work?" Axiom of Infinity follows several travelers from Earth as they attempt to make new lives in a world where RPG mechanics are as innate as the laws of physics, dungeons lurk everywhere, and the gods themselves appear to be playing a very different game — one with unknown stakes and strange alliances. Blessed by two gods and cursed by a third, one man finds himself at the center of their machinations. The unsuspecting natives of this world are about to learn to live alongside a bunch of min-maxing, power-gaming, spreadsheet-wielding gamers who do what they do best: break things.
Royal Road4.65· 483
Dungeon CrawlingGameLitGenius MCHard MagicIsekaiLGBTQ++5

Becoming the Dark Lord

Mark Evenhart (aturato)

B61/100
The System integrated Earth into a multiverse of gods, monsters, and dungeons. Half of humanity answered the call. Some return stronger. Others never return. Thirteen years ago, Luke's mother entered the Tutorial and vanished. Now Luke faces the same trial — not for glory, but for answers. What should be a beginner's test becomes a death sentence when he falls into a forgotten dungeon floor where monsters are scarce, supplies are limited, and the only way out is a temple hanging over an abyss, guarded by a sleeping demon. Every puzzle kills. Every step risks his life. No buffs, no tricks — just a knife and the raw will to survive. When the light fades and the body breaks, Luke has only one choice: embrace the darkness and be reborn.
Royal Road4.08· 1.2K
Anti-heroBase BuildingDungeon CrawlingGameLitGrimdarkLitRPG+5

Archmage from Another World: Gaining Administrator Access

Etheric

B61/100
Transported into a world where just about anyone can receive the title of Mage, Morgana is baffled and outraged. She spent twenty-two years studying spell formulae and memorizing the forty-three Primary Astolian Paradigms — and here, power is just handed out? She doesn't know how she arrived, why everyone is so ignorant of magic's fundamentals, or what this strange System is. But she intends to find out. Dungeons, artifacts, classes, skills, and spells all seem to have been built using a language only Morgana recognizes — and hidden within those mechanisms may be something far bigger than arcane knowledge alone.
Royal Road4.57· 918
CozyDungeon CrawlingGameLitHard MagicIsekaiLitRPG+2

Apocalypse Knights

DB King

B60/100
Maximo Strident, war veteran and local law enforcement officer, never wanted to enter the dungeon. Promises of wealth beyond imagination convinced him. Without a Knight's magical equipment or spells, Max relies on the formidable sword forms he learned at the Blade Academy — more than enough for low-level monsters, but far short of what the dungeon demands. When something goes horribly wrong inside, Max meets the legendary hero Artur Brightblade, who grants him something he never dreamed of: a unique class and the ability to become a Knight. Armed with new powers, Maximo must learn to cast spells, work within a cohort, and craft worthy wargear — or the apocalypse will destroy everything he loves.
Goodreads4.37· 795
Class SystemCraftingDungeon CrawlingSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Ascension of Chaos

WolfShine

B60/100
Ashley wakes up at the start of a System tutorial with no memories — only basic common knowledge and the blood of a primordial flowing through her veins. Her Skill Tree has just a single ability: to assimilate the skill trees of those she kills. As a Primordial System integrates every human on the planet, Gates open across the world and monsters pour out of broken domains. Ashley must navigate an apocalypse she knows nothing about, growing stronger only by assimilating the skills of the fallen — all while slowly recovering the emotions and memories she's lost.
Royal Road4.46· 1K
Dungeon CrawlingGameLitLitRPGOverpowered MCPost-apocalypticSecondary World+3

The Apocalypse is a Side Quest

Liam Lawless

B60/100
Sometimes the best way to save the world is to ignore it completely. When the apocalypse hits, Nathan Lee accidentally dumps all his rare skill points into fishing. Humanity has been ripped from Earth and dropped into a colossal multidimensional dungeon — a nine-realm gauntlet straight out of a nightmare. Legends with sword and fireball are fighting to carve a path home. Nathan is busy maxing out his ability to sit quietly in a boat. Too bad the universe has other plans. On his first day in the tutorial, he accidentally deletes a monster from reality via a system bug, feeds a snail radishes and gets a rare skill, and somehow starts taking down ogres with his fishing rod. It turns out side quests and weak classes are more powerful than anyone expected.
Goodreads4.38· 576
ComedyCozyDungeon CrawlingIsekaiLitRPGSkill Collection+2

Dungeon Inc.

Colossal Soup

B60/100
Dungeon Inc. is the biggest 'fake' reality show on Earth — college kids pretending to be actors, starring as fantasy heroes. But on the other side of the portal, the monsters don't follow scripts, the loot is real, and there's no respawn button. For Alex Mercer, this was supposed to be the ultimate campus job: cosplay, clout, and enough cash to kill his student loans. Cast as the team's "wizard," he wields tech-enhanced equipment designed to fake magic for the viewers back home. But then he discovers that magic is real. Now Alex must survive a world powered by karma, Qi, and consequences. Somewhere between science and sorcery, he begins to wonder: can he become the mage he's only been pretending to be?
Royal Road4.65· 393
CozyCultivationDungeon CoreDungeon CrawlingGameLitGenius MC+7

Limitless Path

DarkForsaken

B60/100
One day the Limitless Path sweeps up Earth into its established structure. Magic and beasts flood the world, making even a trip down the street a potentially dangerous endeavor. Elizabeth "Beth" Bell seizes the opportunity, choosing a path of battles and exploration. She fights her way through countless dungeons and trials, masters a wide variety of skills and abilities, and pushes herself to the very limit of what is possible — and beyond.
Royal Road4.47· 991Goodreads3.00· 1
Dungeon CrawlingGoreLitRPGSci-fiSkill CollectionSystem Apocalypse+2

Deeper Darker

mooderino

C59/100
Set in the far future, humanity has reached the stars — only to find it is not the first to do so. A long-dead alien race has left behind ancient cities, abandoned starships, temples, and fortified bunkers filled with artefacts so advanced they feel more like magic than technology. Powerful enough for a single person to dominate a star system, these relics are also fiercely defended by bewildering security measures. Those who are compatible with the alien technology can augment themselves to face the increasingly extreme protocols in the depths of the ruins — and by doing so, attain greater and greater power. The rewards are immense, but only those willing to go further and risk more will uncover the greatest secrets of a civilisation that vanished long before the first human walked upright.
Royal Road4.55· 910
ComedyCompetent MCDungeon CrawlingHard MagicSci-fiStats

Path of the Last Champion

TheWanderingWind

C59/100
Nar was born in darkness and was meant to die there — a slave, shackled by a sin long forgotten, doomed to a life beneath the surface. His eyes were never meant to see the Infinite Nexus or the wonders of the Endless Labyrinth. He was never destined for power, a class, or the System. But he made the choice few sinners dare: to Climb. Now he must forge a hybrid tank/DPS class, conceal a secret that could destroy his party, and achieve the impossible to save his dying father. With every step toward the City Without End, Nar unknowingly draws to a close a play that has spanned eternities — and no one is expecting him.
Royal Road4.59· 841
Dungeon CrawlingGameLitGenius MCGrimdarkLitRPGMystery+4

Gravity and Divinity System

Hunter Mythos

C59/100
Jay Luckrun has many interests: street dancing, anime, action movies, comedy, and dashing across rooftops. But after a failed attempt to talk to his crush at her birthday party, he adds dungeon crawling to the list — because the Apocalypse has arrived. A divine creature chooses Jay to become a Champion, granting him a leveling System, stats, Skills, access to dungeon dimensions, and gravity powers that can alter reality. The downside: global assassins want Jay and other Champions dead, and monsters are hungry to break free from their dungeons and raze his world.
Goodreads4.36· 829
ComedyDungeon CrawlingHard MagicLitRPGOverpowered MCStats+2

MADMAN APOCALYPSE

Dosei

C59/100
The whole world has gone mad, so it's a good thing that Gambit is already insane. Locked away in a padded room, Gambit watches as the world goes to hell — blood rains from the sky, screams echo through the city, and monsters tear through reality. The world transforms overnight into the GREAT GAME: an apocalyptic battleground where monsters hunt, dungeons materialize, and the System destroys everything humanity once knew, all for the entertainment of an unseen audience. Armed with nothing but his fists, a talking plushie named Panda, and a glitched character Class that shouldn't exist, Gambit fights his way out of the asylum. But his existence triggers alerts across the GREAT GAME, drawing the attention of its agents who hunt players that don't follow the rules. In a world where insanity transforms humans into the very monsters they fear, Gambit's fractured mind becomes his deadliest weapon.
Royal Road4.60· 822
Anti-heroComedyDungeon CrawlingGameLitHorrorLitRPG+3

Omen of a Bluebell

Syly

C59/100
Gaining access to the System — that's the only goal Emilia has had for years. The death of her family left her scarred and broken, but her future still has a chance at being rewritten. She just needs the strength to overcome her past once and for all. After years of failure, her final opportunity is slipping away. One last delve into the Tunnels, sponsored by a questionable backer and fueled by desperation. Emilia never imagined that succeeding would be the easy part. Ancient powers begin to stir. Forgotten evils awaken. The System itself changes in ways nobody fully understands. And somewhere amidst the chaos, powerful forces begin searching for the one responsible — leaving Emilia scrambling through a new life she never had time to prepare for.
Royal Road4.66· 191
Dungeon CrawlingLGBTQ+LitRPGNon-human MCOverpowered MCSecondary World+3

Greyblood

Daniel Prince

C59/100
Lugor is a Half-Orc, and in his world, that's a very dangerous thing to be. He dreams of becoming an Adventurer, slaying monsters and delving into dungeons — but one cut to his skin could reveal his secret. He's forced to spend his days in his small village, keeping his head down. When a monster attack turns his world upside down, Lugor seeks training at the Adventurer Academy, where he must contend against an arrogant mage determined to see him fail. With a steadfast Dwarven Elementalist and a sarcastic Dark-Elf Necromancer at his side, Lugor sets out to prove that being Half-Orc doesn't mean he can't be a hero.
Goodreads4.22· 1.3K
Dungeon CrawlingLitRPGNon-human MCSchoolStatsWeak to Strong

Ember of Invention

Dexel

C58/100
Lindle is determined to be as unlike his father as possible. Unfortunately, being a half-giant is hard to ignore, and the system seems determined to force him into a giant-exclusive class. Seizing what may be his last chance before his path is locked, Lindle takes a job guiding an adventuring party out of his snowy village and into the sunless tundra. Deep in the dungeon, he finds his opportunity — but no one has ever heard of an Artificer class before. Fortunately, Lindle loves to craft, and a spark is about to reignite a destiny long buried under the snows of his frozen world.
Royal Road4.65· 288
Class SystemCraftingDungeon CrawlingGenius MCLitRPGSecondary World+1

Hundred Kingdoms

Michael R. Miller

C58/100
Jack Kross only wanted to play the game. Now he's fighting for his life. When a mysterious hacker takes control of Hundred Kingdoms, Jack is trapped inside the fantasy VR world along with millions of other players — but in a worse predicament than most. He's cornered in the very tower the terrorists have seized as their base, the only free player left within its walls, while in the real world his body lies in a sweltering room with no relief coming. Playing a low-level profession-based Scavenger class, Jack must craft gear, set traps, and forge uneasy alliances with a deadly dungeon master and an AI he can't fully trust — racing against time to save himself and the millions of players held hostage.
Goodreads4.18· 1.3K
Class SystemCraftingDungeon CrawlingLitRPGVRMMO

Common Clay

WanderingLeaf

C57/100
Clay has always lived in a world of heroes and monsters. From childhood he trained — body, speed, and courage — all in hopes of receiving a Class that would grant him the power to protect the people he cares about. Then, on the day of his Choosing, the gods give him nothing. As every one of his friends sets out to become a hero, Clay is told he is a [Commoner], suited for farm labor and nothing more. He decides to fight the monsters anyway. Armed with his wits and little else, Clay sets out to show everyone what a [Commoner] can really do.
Royal Road4.61· 769
Class SystemCompetent MCDungeon CrawlingLitRPGSecondary WorldWeak to Strong