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Artisan

Literal Folly

B62/100
It is 2054 and unemployment is at an all-time high. In the era of the quantum computer, autonomous systems have taken over as the backbone of the workforce. Justin, twenty years old and unemployed, has nothing holding him back — so when his government stipend covers the cost, he signs up to play Imagitech's brand new full-immersion virtual reality game: A Time of Heroes. Justin plays Artisan, an alien AI trapped on Earth — inventor, hacker, and gadgeteer to a team of heroes navigating an alternate America where superheroes and villains are on the rise and forces of good and evil battle for the future.
Royal Road4.61· 899
Crafting PowerLitRPGNon-human MCSci-fiSuperpowersUrban Fantasy+1

Shopocalypse Saga

Damien Hanson, Joseph Phelps

B62/100
After the arrival of the Multiversal Monopoly BuyMort, life got brutal. All systems were through BuyMort. All currency was through BuyMort. You could resist or compete, but in the end you used BuyMort — or you perished. Enter Tyson Dawes, a no-cares slacker with a traumatic past, two wrinkled bucks in his wallet, and a crap job caretaking a campground in Arizona. He had a deal with the world: he didn't change it, and it didn't change him. BuyMort broke that deal the moment it unleashed alien entrepreneurs upon his planet, intent on selling everything not already tagged as private property. When a man has little, he cherishes it. When that little is lost, he'll do whatever it takes to get it back.
Goodreads4.30· 1.4K
Base BuildingComedyLitRPGProfanitySatireSci-fi+1

Unfathomably Cute

Strahdsillystraw

B62/100
Brooke believed she understood the tug-of-war between entities seeking to end or save humanity. She believed in the Vanguard — heroes granted immense power via contracts with the eldritch. She believed she would have no part in any of it, and above all, she believed in a path back to some semblance of normality. She was wrong. Follow Brooke and Roosevelt's incomprehensible journey as they contend with forces beyond understanding. As she delves deeper into the abyss, she'll find new allies, horrifying phobias, and a healthy respect for anything with more than two mouths.
Royal Road4.67· 233
GrimdarkHorrorPost-apocalypticSci-fiSuperpowersUrban Fantasy

Wish Upon the Stars

Malcolm Tent

B62/100
In Unity territory, power and public perception go hand-in-hand, empowering an elite class of cultivators. For most, becoming a cultivator is impossible. On his 18th birthday, Shane receives a cryptic message from his absentee father that puts everything he's known into question — he has the bloodline of the Wishmaster, the most powerful criminal in the universe, and the ability to grant people's wishes. The more Shane experiments with his wish-granting ability, the more incredible it seems. By granting wishes, he can gain skills, items, and stat points, bypassing the slow road of conventional cultivation. The Wishmaster has many descendants, so the competition to succeed him is steep. Until Shane is strong enough, staying hidden is imperative. His plan: progress through the ranks of heroes while concealing the true source of his powers.
Goodreads4.23· 1.5K
Class SystemCompetent MCLitRPGSchoolSci-fiSkill Collection+2

Theseus

Sigil of the Void

B61/100
Meryll Watkins is a corporate IT consultant on her way home to Titan after an exhausting business trip on Mars. After a run-in with security, she's ready to spend the first wing of the flight getting some well-earned sleep. When she wakes up, she finds herself floating in an empty void with several new cybernetic implants jutting from her skin — and when she closes her eyes, she can see a dizzying display of data and machinery. She has somehow ended up inside an unfamiliar starship, acting as its living central processor. Coaxing the ragtag crew to release her back into the physical world, she discovers she's been unintentionally recruited by a band of pirates who mistook her for a human-like ship core. What follows is an exploration of her bizarre new existence, the day-to-day life of a space outlaw, a grand conspiracy, and the importance of an imperfect found family.
Royal Road4.69· 280Goodreads3.59· 500
Genius MCLoner MCMysteryNon-human MCSci-fiVRMMO

Tempered in the Force

FullMetalStu

B61/100
An old man dies in one world and a young boy wakes up in a galaxy far, far away. A Star Wars fanfiction with cultivation fantasy influences.
Royal Road4.67· 214
CozyCultivationIsekaiReincarnationSci-fiWeak to Strong

Dreams Come True

Parky

B61/100
In a futuristic world of superheroes and supervillains, the ability to dream of another world doesn't seem particularly useful. But for Demund, who has recently sent his best friend off to the Preliminary Islands superhero training grounds, it turns out to be life-changing. A rejuvenating vacation to a world of magic is now only a good night's rest away. As Demund explores his new world, reality around him begins to change — and he must figure out how to balance the existence of both.
Royal Road4.41· 1.2KGoodreads4.24· 283
CozyIsekaiReincarnationSchoolSci-fiSecondary World+3

Unconquered Tower

DR PEAK

B61/100
A hundred years ago, thirteen towers arrived on Earth. Each year at noon on the summer solstice, the tower gates open, admitting any who wish to climb. Those who survive return with incredible powers and riches. Over the decades, the worlds inside the towers have leaked free, changing Earth and her inhabitants. Except for the Thirteenth Tower — the Unconquered Tower. Nobody has ever left it. Every year it leeches more life out of the world, turning the American Southwest into a growing graveyard. If it isn't cleared, it will consume the planet. Roan doesn't care about that. The tower has long been the gravestone for his family, as generations have tried to best it and save their ancestral homes. All he wants is to put one burning question to rest: are they dead? He only needs to clear the tower to find out.
Royal Road4.67· 210
CultivationGrimdarkLitRPGPost-apocalypticSci-fiSecondary World+3

A Draconic Rebirth

Undercover_Dragon1

B61/100
A tale of reincarnation with an unexpected twist. The protagonist is reborn not as a human, but as a dragon. Stripped of everything familiar from his former life, he finds himself in a world unlike anything he has ever known. To survive, he must adapt, evolve, and carve out a place for himself in this strange new realm.
Royal Road4.66· 312
Anti-heroBase BuildingGenius MCGrimdarkLitRPGMilitary+6

DIE TRYING

Mark Arrows

B60/100
Jump into a fantasy deathworld. Smuggle magical loot and refugees back to Earth. Try not to die. Michael Wade's only goal in life was to get rich — and that's gotten a lot more literal recently. Stuck in retail hell and living paycheck to paycheck, his circumstances change dramatically when a desperate god offers him the ultimate side hustle: running a nightly smuggling operation between his bedroom and another world entirely. One filled with spells, treasure, and as much magical contraband as he can stuff into his pockets. There's a small problem: the band of heroes destined to save that world failed centuries ago, and the place has become a goddamn deathtrap. With a reality-bending video game System to exploit, years of min-maxing experience, and a chaotic god texting him questionably useful advice, Michael might survive long enough to make the operation actually work.
Royal Road4.59· 990Goodreads3.70· 688
ComedyIsekaiLitRPGPost-apocalypticSci-fiSecondary World+2

His Soul Is Marching On to Another World; or, the John Brown Isekai

The Cabbage Preacher

B60/100
The land of Gemeinplatz is filled with fantastical creatures, adventurers, and heroes — most of them transported from Earth and blessed with cheat skills. On the surface, it's a perfect power-fantasy world where even the most ordinary person can pull themselves up by their bootstraps. Yet beneath this "Gemeinplatzer Dream" is a disgusting truth. To satisfy the needs of heroes who can't function like normal humans, a lucrative slave trade crushes the dreams and ruins the lives of hundreds every day. Demi-humans labor in harems and mansions, treated as less than people by a ruling class with every incentive to keep the system going. In a world where the oppressors are overpowered and the odds are impossible, the hope for the enslaved has a name: John Brown. This time, he'll finish what he started.
Royal Road4.65· 421
Anti-heroBase BuildingComedyGenius MCIsekaiMilitary+4

Coeus?

Andur

B60/100
A boy who doesn't see himself as quite human begins to learn the truth about his world — and not everyone is pleased about his existence. The story is intended to evolve into a full space opera with elements of magic woven through it.
Royal Road4.63· 820Goodreads4.49· 76
ComedyCozyMysteryNon-human MCSchoolSci-fi+2

Terminate the Other World!

Icalos

B60/100
NSLICE-00P — Non-Standard Leashed-Intelligence Cybernetic Enforcer — is an unstoppable killing machine built to destroy all who oppose her sinister masters. Everything runs according to plan until she's hacked and sent back in time to kill her own creator. She obeys. The resulting time paradox ejects her entirely from her reality. Now the cyborg finds herself in a world of skills and levels, in possession of a dungeon core, and with no one left to give her orders. NSLICE-00P has a whole new life ahead of her — if she can keep from blowing things up.
Goodreads4.37· 812
ComedyDungeon CoreLitRPGNon-human MCSci-fiSkill Collection

Hard Luck Hermit

MrMander

B60/100
Two years ago, Corey Vash got abducted by aliens. A few months later, mostly by accident, he saved the universe. The parades and free drinks are long over, leaving his crew of bounty hunters with nothing but the expectations of a frightened galaxy and the overbearing attention of governments who want picture-perfect heroes. Now a murderous new threat is stalking their every move, forcing Corey and the crew of the Wild Card Wanderer to move past the bullets, booze, and blind luck that kept them alive — and become actual heroes, even if they aren't very good at it.
Royal Road4.66· 251
ComedyCompetent MCMysterySci-fi

Station Cores

Jonathan Brooks

B60/100
Milton Frederick was abducted by aliens and had his consciousness transplanted into a massive metal Station Core — but the ship exploded before reaching its destination, sending him hurtling through space to crash-land on an unknown primitive planet. With only a foul-mouthed nanite AI named ALANNA to guide him, Milton must come to terms with his new existence as a giant metal egg, defend his damaged outer shell from dangerous wildlife, and manage the hazardous radiation from his broken reactor. Building a dungeon underground and filling it with Combat Units works against beasts — but when people show up at his door, everything changes.
Goodreads4.14· 1.5K
Base BuildingDungeon CoreLitRPGSci-fiStats

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

Keeper of Totality

Infinityphoenix

B60/100
The death of the Hero reset the timeline — not what Lucy had intended when she made that last soul attack while dying. Returned to Earth, she attempts the obvious: use her knowledge of the future to dominate the System's five realms. Except things go wrong immediately. A Shard of Totality is now lodged in her eye, her Status is broken, and the Hero remembers everything — and has his own agenda involving her other identity, Adrianna Riftmire. She may be doomed. But as a master of soul magic and former Archmage, she is far from defenseless. This might just be her best chance to permanently defeat the Hero of Light, whose powers distort destiny to ensure his success.
Royal Road4.64· 598
Anti-heroBase BuildingCultivationIsekaiLitRPGMystery+5

Tales From the Terran Republic

SlightlyAmusing

B60/100
It's the thirty-second century, and humanity is now part of a galactic civilization spanning hundreds of worlds. Savaged by natural disaster and centuries of war, humanity has fractured into several separate populations — all of which loathe each other. This is a gritty, drama-driven story that swings between action, dark comedy, and horror. There are no good guys here — it's less "good versus evil" and more "bad people doing bad things to worse people." Pick your favorite rogue, kick back, and enjoy the show.
Royal Road4.65· 387
Anti-heroComedyGrimdarkMilitarySci-fiVillain MC

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

Pioneer of the Abyss: A Deepsea Livestreamed Isekai LitRPG

WolfShine

B60/100
On a dark day hated by all citizens of the lower worlds, Aqua is chosen during the Selection Ceremony to participate in the World Expansion — sent to a newly discovered world to explore and document it on a livestream broadcast across the entire Alliance. Things go sideways almost immediately when she awakens not one but two Bloodlines. As they merge, the Abyssal Kraken takes her first dive into the waters of her new world. Aqua must fight to survive in the ocean world of Oceana while navigating constant broadcast scrutiny — and occasionally stepping into the Alliance's entertainment industry through a System Phantom acting in her stead.
Royal Road4.45· 1K
ComedyGameLitIsekaiLitRPGOverpowered MCSci-fi+1