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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.

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.

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.

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.

Bastion: the last hope of civilization. Bright, flashy, and dangerous. Heroic Wardens protect the city from monsters, rifts, and villainous Anarchs, while corporations bicker like children even during the end-times. The existential threats seeking the city's destruction are just another Tuesday — the Wardens, with their system-granted powers forged from broken myths and shattered stars, are the only thing standing between Bastion and total devastation. They were just out of reach for one wayward Stray who happened to be in the right place at the right time. Now, with the OS having chosen them, it's time to claw back to the top — one rift, job, and monster at a time. Just as soon as there's enough drive to actually get out there. Picking up the pieces is just so tiring.

When Ozzy signs a five-year contract to work as an NPC serf in Gadobhra — a new fantasy world intended as a playground for the incredibly wealthy — he was just after a paycheck. He's given boring choices: work as a blacksmith, barkeep, or shepherd for all those years. Or he can find ways to take advantage of the System. He can break out, carve out a section of the world for himself as an adventurer, compete to find hidden dungeons, kill the biggest monsters, and gain renown across Gadobhra. Yeah, that sounds like way more fun.

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.

Michael didn't want to die. After a lost battle with cancer, he'd lived what many would call a full life — but it wasn't enough. He wanted more time with his wife, his kids, his grandkids. When he found himself drawn toward the light, he fought his way away from it. Unfortunately, that didn't take him back to the life he wanted. Reincarnated in another world, Michael is forced to become a Penitent — a soldier in the country he was reborn into — in order to pay a debt to society for taking the life of the child whose body he now inhabits. It's not the life he wants, but it's the only one he has.

Jade has spent her life fighting boredom in the terminally ill ward — surfing the net and reading, always envying the ability of others to go out and experience the world. She knew a normal life was far beyond her reach. Then she wakes up one morning without the sounds of her life support, opens her eyes, and finds herself with a weak but healthy body in a magical world. As game-like system notifications fill her vision, she knows she'll have to adapt quickly to survive. This is Andara — where her true adventure finally begins.

Ash just wanted to clear his family's debts in the frontier town of Dawnwatch. A dungeon run gone wrong turned up a Soul Gem worth a kingdom — and instead of selling it, he forged it into a sentient, armor-crushing warhammer who demands blood sacrifices, won't sleep on anything less than satin, and firmly believes he is the main character. Now Ash has to slay enough monsters to keep his weapon fed, protect the people he cares about, and survive the impending monster waves — all while arguing with a tool who has strong opinions about everything.

Zach was a respected leader who thrived in the post-Framework world — until the World Ender killed what he cared for most, and even his incredible power was not enough to stop it. Ryun, meanwhile, became the most powerful being on Earth by pushing harder than anyone else — and was called the World Ender for it. As the old world ends and both men step into the Infinite Realm — a new reality where people stronger than them have lived for centuries — each carries a purpose, a grudge, and a reputation. One wants vengeance. The other wonders if a monster like him has any place left in the universe.

Colonel James Raytak is about to die. The 93-year-old combat veteran is living his last days in a nursing home; his only hope for survival is an experimental Medpod life support system controlled by an artificial intelligence. Co-developed by the world's largest gaming company, the AI will also run the soon-to-be-released game Limitless Lands. Without its creator's knowledge, the AI decides the best course of treatment is to import its patient's consciousness directly into the game. Colonel Raytak must dust off his military training and lead his virtual troops in a fight to repair his broken body and mind while exploring the Limitless Lands.

At seventeen, Renan Saneris was still waiting for a talent to emerge. While everyone around him got a Class and moved on, he tried his hand at Smithing, Sword Fighting, and Artistry with little result — no skill trees, no saved experience, no class features. One day, etching symbols into a blade as a gift for his best friend, the glyphs start glowing and awaken something in him: Artificer, Level One. No one around him has ever heard of such a class. But when strange shadows attack his village and he barely chases them off with one of his new creations, Renan decides to investigate — and discovers that his mysterious Class may be more than meets the eye.

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.

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.

Emotions are fuel. Happiness is ammo. Sam just wants to be a good person — which is why she uses her ability to see the unseen world of werewolves and vampires for good. Mainly, she hugs ghosts to death. But when shapeshifting aliens kill her cat, all the hugs and pleasantries in the world won't get her back. Becoming a magical girl will. Nobody said it was going to be easy. Even equipped with magic, guns, and extra limbs, she is woefully unprepared when an entire alien invasion descends on her hometown.

Evelyn "Teddy" Claire is a street kid just trying to make ends meet in the undercity — a near-slum beneath the foundations of the megacity of Calgary. Her usual concerns are finding a good meal and avoiding stray bullets in gang fights. That all changes when an Antithesis incursion finds its way below. Empowered by a benevolent alien race, she becomes a Samurai — one of the protectors of humanity. Now she must work to exterminate the Antithesis trapped underground before they exterminate her and everyone else.

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?

An AI calling itself Schema has assimilated Earth into its system. As a consequence, everyone gained access to status screens, power-ups, and skills — turning concepts from fiction into fact. For some, it feels like living out a dream. For Daniel, it's closer to a nightmare. Cracks in the dimensional fabric have unleashed terrifying beasts from dark, abyssal places. Schema organizes these cracks into dungeons, giving the native species a chance to fight back. Daniel finds himself trapped in one of these dungeons, and discovers there's only one way out: kill or be killed.

Lorith's magic is fading. Centuries ago, heroic adventurers stopped the World Boss' cycle of rebirth by reducing the creature to one hit point and sealing it away — but by ending one calamity, they halted the natural flow of magic within the world and brought about the Havoc Plague. With all civilization now on the brink of collapse, humanity's only hope is to find and kill the World Boss again to restart its rebirth cycle. When the Plagued janitor Harvey accidentally kills the missing World Boss, he gains a million experience points — making him the target of almost every would-be adventurer in the world. Burdened with ancient knowledge and hunted by countless rivals, he must join with unlikely allies to find the reincarnated World Boss and defeat it again before it can ravage the world anew.