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Spiteful Healer

Hakurai

A80/100
Eli Winters was never interested in playing The Shattered World — thanks to his deadbeat father Makaroth, the game's number one player. But when his best friend convinces him to try it out, a heat-of-the-moment bet presents a chance for retribution: become more powerful than his dad, win the bet, and force him to delete his character. The problem: Eli is six months behind at level 1, with top players already past level 100. Through hard work and trial and error, he discovers a unique skill that massively boosts his experience gains — with one catch. He cannot deal any damage whatsoever. In a game where killing is the fastest way to level up, he'll need to get very creative.
Royal Road4.49· 1.1KGoodreads4.53· 267
ComedyCozyDungeon CrawlingGameLitLitRPGOverpowered MC+5

Emberscale Alchemist

Maikana

A80/100
Born into the underground civilization of Emberscale Caverns, Kori is not your average young Kobold. She would much rather ponder life and magic than wrestle or roughhouse with her many siblings. Learning early that if she wants to know something she has to ask questions — often repeatedly — her insatiable curiosity will shape the path she walks. Follow Kori's slow progression from a curious hatchling to a productive member of Clan Emberscale, as she gradually uncovers the various facets of the world's system and finds her path to becoming something her clan has never seen before: an alchemist.
Royal Road4.78· 373
AlchemyCozyLitRPGNon-human MCSecondary WorldStats+1

Path to Transcendence

l-Ryn-l

A80/100
Grief took Julian's family. Fate gave him another life. Reborn as Julius Von Hyperius, he awakens in a world where power is measured in tiers, skills, and the will to keep climbing. Surrounded by ruthless nobles, terrifying monsters, and an unknown system, Julius has only two choices: transcend or die. With a relentless spirit and questionable decisions, he carves his own path — each breakthrough bringing new foes, higher stakes, and the terrifying truth that transcendence demands sacrifice.
Royal Road4.46· 4.1K
Class SystemCozyCultivationIsekaiLitRPGReincarnation+4

Arcane Chef

Srsli

A80/100
Trevor has been training since he was a child for a life of combat and adventure — ten years of gruelling preparation. On the year of his 15th birthday, the day of choosing arrives only to have his entire world crushed as he is assigned the class 'Arcane Chef', an unknown rare class with no known history or levelling path. Being a cooking class, he's relegated to the Servant class of society. The journey travels through his struggles to come to terms with this class, trying to keep his friendships intact and make new ones. Unbeknownst to all, Arcane Chef will have a drastic impact on the world as a whole. Join Trevor as he discovers his class, travels the world, and seeks the glory, adventure, and friendship he thought he had lost — all while cooking amazing food.
Royal Road4.71· 1.6K
Class SystemCozyCraftingLitRPGSecondary WorldSkill Collection+1

Marrow

cerealman

A80/100
Marrow was old — older than anyone he knew. He had been sitting in a closet for many, many years, doing nothing but stare. But eating a spider opened up another world to him: a voice, speaking to him directly. Marrow didn't understand what the voice was saying, but that was secondary. Something stirred inside him — something like restlessness. This is a LitRPG story of a skeleton's coming of sapience, with skills, levels, heroes, and monsters.
Royal Road4.58· 582Goodreads3.92· 16.4K
ComedyLitRPGNon-human MCSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Towers of Heaven

Cameron Milan

A80/100
Six towers appeared on Earth one day — hundreds of stories tall, invulnerable, and filled with monsters, treasure, and magic. They also periodically release waves of creatures to attack the world outside. By 2083, only a hundred humans remain. In a final desperate attempt, they challenge the top floor. They clear it — at the cost of every life but one. As his reward, the last survivor is granted a single wish: to go back in time and prevent it all.
Goodreads4.25· 4.4K
LitRPGRegressionSystem ApocalypseTower ClimbingUrban FantasyWeak to Strong

Restarting the Apocalypse

Michael Chatfield

A80/100
Len and Rick have lived through it all: the Plynthian Civil War, the fall of nations, the rise of city-states and guilds, the otherworlder invasion, the fall of Harmonia. Now they have been sent back — 130 years — to the exact moment mana first appeared on Yorel. Their stats are baseline, their mana gates closed, their skills gone. But they remember everything. When society crumbles, mana mutations spread, and the boundaries between worlds thin, these veterans will be ready.
Goodreads4.45· 1.9K
CraftingDungeon CrawlingLitRPGMilitaryRegressionSystem Apocalypse

The Allbright System

LunaWolve

A80/100
Thea has always dreamed of joining the United Human Federation marine corps, ever since she was saved by one of their soldiers as a child growing up in the Undercity of Lumiosia. Getting there from a mid-world means earning credits, and her years spent repairing arcade machines and mastering their simulators have given her a head start. On the eve of the monthly ladder reset, a brand-new challenge appears from nowhere — one that changes the course of her life forever. Set against a galaxy-wide war, the story follows how a unique System interacts with each faction in the conflict, with each side receiving a distinct system-trait that fundamentally changes how war is waged.
Royal Road4.56· 2.5K
Class SystemCozyGenius MCGrimdarkLitRPGMilitary+5

Etherious: The System's Descent

Em Es

A80/100
When Earth evolves past a threshold few even knew existed, humanity is whisked away by the Grand System to an educational Tutorial. Arthur Ward is left behind, bleeding out on a sidewalk. Animals have become deadly monsters, dimensional incursions are a constant threat, and Arthur is forced to adapt or die. Missing the Tutorial was supposed to be a death sentence — but with new rules to live by and a path to redemption before him, it may be the best thing that ever happened to him. After all, nothing is quite impossible when you can rewrite reality itself.
Goodreads4.45· 1.9K
LitRPGSkill CollectionSystem ApocalypseUrban FantasyWeak to Strong

Discount Dan's Backroom Bargains

James Hunter

A80/100
Dan has accidentally 'noclipped' into the Backrooms — a bizarro extra-dimensional world cobbled together from twisted carnivals, abandoned shopping malls, janky laundromats, and condemned insane asylums, overrun with horrific nightmare creatures known as the Dwellers. No one ever gets out. If Dan wants to survive the week, he's going to need to harness the strange game-like magic of the Backrooms, make some very sketchy allies, and carve out a little safe haven to call his own — and fast, because the Flayed Monarch of the 999th floor has marked him for death.
Goodreads4.29· 3.9K
Base BuildingComedyDungeon CrawlingGrimdarkHorrorLitRPG

Re:Birth: A Slow Burn LitRPG Mage Regressor

Ace_the_Owl

A80/100
At 79, Adom is an old mage who has known nothing but illness and regret. When the world finally burns and all hope turns to ash, a mysterious being appears at the last beat of his fading heart with a simple question: "If you could try again, would you?" A handshake seals the deal, and Adom wakes up on his old school grounds, sixty-seven years in the past — with all his knowledge intact, his memories preserved, and his youth restored. This time, Adom wants it all: food he's never tasted, a world still full of wonder, the life he dreamed of. There's just one small catch — he needs to prevent the end of the world first. And as he will soon discover, changing history may demand sacrifices even greater than watching it burn.
Royal Road4.58· 2.2K
ComedyCozyHard MagicLitRPGOlder MCRegression+1

Rune Seeker

C.J. Thompson, J.M. Clarke

A80/100
Hiral is the Everfail, the weakest person on the flying island of Fallen Reach. He trains harder than any warrior and studies longer than any scholar, but all his people channel magic through sun-powered tattoos — and despite enormous energy within, Hiral alone cannot. In a moment of danger, he unlocks an achievement granting him access to a dungeon — his first and maybe last chance at real power. All dungeons lie in the wilderness below the flying islands, places of secrets and dangers that no one has survived. New powers await, but so do new challenges. If he survives, he could forge his own path to power. If he fails, death will be the least of his problems.
Goodreads4.39· 3K
Class SystemDungeon CrawlingLitRPGSecondary WorldSkill CollectionStats+1

The Power of Ten, Book Three: The Human Race

RE Druin

A80/100
A shard severed from a soul — full of Karma, but needing a body and life of its own. The first true Rantha Hagbloods emerge on a Shrouded Earth invaded by magic, struggling to once again see the sky. Three souls with the full knowledge of Power of Ten find themselves on a world in need of something to break the stalemate and suppression of the Shroud of Undeath. It will take gold, Gear, and Levels to push back — but the undead are not the only enemies they will face as they strive to liberate a world and guide it toward the Light of Heaven.
Royal Road4.74· 715
GameLitLGBTQ+LitRPGOverpowered MCSecondary WorldSystem Apocalypse+1

Path of Dragons

nrsearcy

A80/100
Elijah is dying. Afflicted with terminal cancer, he boards a plane to spend his remaining time with his sister in the Pacific Northwest. Along the way, Earth is transformed by the touch of the World Tree, injecting it with magical Ethera and connecting it to a larger universe via the System — and causing his plane to crash on a deserted island. Through the System, Elijah gains the Druid archetype, which may be enough to survive a hostile environment full of powerful monsters, starvation, and the elements. Meanwhile his sister Alyssa must survive the collapse of civilization while keeping her family safe.
Royal Road4.46· 3.8KGoodreads4.38· 8
Class SystemDungeon CrawlingLitRPGPost-apocalypticSystem ApocalypseUrban Fantasy

Assassinate Wonderwind

Matizu

A80/100
Aiden lives in Wonderwind, the world's biggest VRMMO. He dropped out of college, ditched real life, and invested everything into a career as a cold, calculated virtual assassin targeting the richest players in the top-500 leaderboard — every kill executed to perfection. Until his headset glitches mid-mission. One lag spike later, rent's due and his landlord is about to kick him to the curb. Aiden realizes his next job might be his last. He logs into a high-level area severely underleveled with trash gear, prepared for one final assassination — and then he didn't expect to fall for his target.
Royal Road4.75· 536
Anti-heroCozyDungeon CrawlingGameLitLitRPGLoner MC+4

Duskbound: a Monster Hunter LitRPG

EmergencyComplaints

A80/100
An incident in his childhood left Velik an outcast with a racial subtype that thrives at night and a unique class called [The Black Fang], which focuses on just one thing: killing monsters. For ten years he has been gaining levels and sharpening his skills on thousands of monsters infesting the wild frontier, keeping a lonely stretch of towns safe. This year has seen an explosion in the monster population beyond his ability to handle alone, drawing the interest of a professionally licensed monster hunter who seems more interested in investigating Velik than hunting. With a partner whether he wants one or not, Velik is free to finally explore the deep wood — where he believes the source of all monsters resides. Every answer leads to new questions, and not even Velik knows the truth of what happened on that fateful day.
pf7.0· 1Royal Road4.68· 1.6K
Anti-heroGameLitGrimdarkHorrorLitRPGLoner MC+3

The Lone Wanderer

PathOfPen

A80/100
Percy was born with little hope of standing out — just another face in a world ruled by bloodlines and class, starting with the lowest Red core and mocked as a waste. When his bloodline awakens with the power to send clones across worlds, he seizes the chance to shatter those expectations. Exploring strange realms full of danger, Percy returns with divine techniques, obscure knowledge, and treasures stolen from advanced civilizations. But mastering alchemy, outmaneuvering scheming Great Houses, and surviving invading gods will test whether a so-called waste can truly reach the stars.
Royal Road4.48· 3.4K
AlchemyCraftingCultivationGameLitIsekaiLitRPG+6

Magic Murder Cube Marine

Alex Karne (TheDeliciousMeats)

A80/100
Francis Francis Francis the 3rd was one hell of a Marine. He died doing what he loved. After being vaporized in the line of duty, Francis is transported to a new world full of gods and magic. Too bad Hades is trying to kill him for declining a job offer and the System holds a grudge for what happened during character creation. At least his new patron deity seems nice. Armed with nothing but his lucky pink booty shorts, a pair of matching flip flops, and nineteen years of Marine Corps experience, Francis must find a way home to his fellow grunts — or be listed as KIA forever.
Royal Road4.71· 1.4K
ComedyDungeon CrawlingGameLitIsekaiLitRPGMilitary+3

A Novel Concept - He Who Eludes Death

Priam

A79/100
When a universe was born, seven primordial Concepts acquired an ego. Omniscient and omnipotent, they have since plundered other universes, capturing young civilizations to enrich their own. Many monsters, gods, and races compete for the eighth throne — and now it is Earth's turn. Humanity begins its integration through a deadly Tutorial. Priam has the luck and misfortune to finish it first: his reward is a form of pseudo-immortality, but as his civilization's champion he is transported to Elysium, the most dangerous world the Concepts have created. Nine out of ten champions die there on their first day. Fortunately for Priam, he has many lives.
Royal Road4.51· 3.1K
ComedyGenius MCIsekaiLitRPGOverpowered MCSecondary World+2

Vaudevillain

tetran

A79/100
Dylan is your average nerd — architect by day, games-and-media enthusiast by night. When an indie company releases a virtual reality MMO where players choose to be heroes or villains, Dylan immediately signs up to play his favorite archetype: the Saturday-morning cartoon villain. Inept, bungling, yet highly dangerous. But to grab a playerbase, the company has announced that players with high enough reputation can become paid permanent raid bosses. Serious players are rushing to purchase copies of World of Supers. What will happen when Dylan — someone playing purely for fun — clashes with these overly serious players?
pf7.0· 1Royal Road4.56· 2.3KGoodreads4.41· 330
ComedyGameLitLitRPGSci-fiSuperpowersVillain MC+1