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Tyrants of Earth

Purveilor

C55/100
All Ryan ever wanted was to become an adventurer — quests, skills, quirky teammates, and posting exploits on Realmnet. Instead he's broke, working at a Manaburger, and System slots cost more than his paycheck times ten thousand. Then he gets shot. Then the Trial System chooses him. What follows is a cascade of catastrophes: clashing with authority figures, stabbing a sword prodigy in a deathmatch, and getting blacklisted from the Adventurer's Guild before he's even started. Suddenly Ryan is no longer just a fry cook — he's a rare Destined, tasked with figuring out how to save not one, but two worlds. In a world ruled by Tyrants, Ryan must navigate between Earth and The Realm, where the line between villain and hero adventurer is mostly just attitude.
Royal Road4.60· 723
Anti-heroComedyDungeon CrawlingGameLitIsekaiLitRPG+4

Tower of Jack

Sean Loomer

C55/100
Jack Atlas, self-proclaimed 'World's Best Assassin', had a simple plan: retire in style and marry the girl of his dreams. Then he gets placed in The Tower — a divine deathtrap where gods pit their creations against each other for the ultimate prize. The catch? If you lose, your chances of finding a decent bar in oblivion are slim. Jack soon finds himself on the wrong side of the Black Centipede, a notorious assassin cult with a charming recruitment policy: join or they'll murder everyone he loves. If anyone's crazy enough to not just survive but win against The Tower, it's Jack.
Goodreads4.36· 391
Anti-heroComedyCompetent MCDungeon CrawlingLitRPGTower Climbing

Godfather's System

Agoraphobic Dragon

C54/100
Edward Hill was an old man, content with his lot in life as a godfather and preparing for retirement when an unexpected ambush ruined his plans. Stepping through a portal of light was dangerous and foolhardy; stealing the destiny of a young man was tasteless. But when the choice was between that and death, he was willing to take the deal. Now stranded in a new world, alone and without support, surrounded by people treating him like a commodity, he must choose: toe the line, or once again create his own path. And then there is this mysterious system calling him a hero — what a ridiculous idea.
Royal Road4.52· 778
Anti-heroDungeon CrawlingGameLitGenius MCIsekaiLitRPG+2

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.
Goodreads4.22· 1.1K
Class SystemCompetent MCDungeon CrawlingIsekaiSecondary WorldSkill Collection+1

The Matter Destructor

Lucian Cross

C54/100
Hunter Graves was quiet, unreadable — a data analyst with a poker face and a life built on routine. But when a storm of lightning ripped his world apart, Hunter and everyone he knew were thrown into the Multiversal System, a brutal trial of survival where humanity was nothing more than raw material to be tested. Accepting the class of a healer, Hunter should have been relegated to the backline. Instead, his cold pragmatism and honed martial skill make him something far more dangerous — a fighter who refuses to die by the rules others set for him. Level by level, kill by kill, he grows sharper and faster while quietly unraveling the secrets of his skills and the unseen powers who watch from above.
Goodreads4.35· 450
Anti-heroClass SystemDungeon CrawlingLitRPGStatsSystem Apocalypse+1

Skill Hunter

Noct

C53/100
Stuck under a mountain of debt, Ike can only dream of the world of hunters. Ranks, power, and the System are out of his reach — until the day he awakens a unique skill that lets him harvest the abilities of the monsters he slays. To fulfil his dream of becoming the ultimate hunter, Ike must break out of the slums and overturn a hierarchy that insists slumrats can never rise past Rank 2. Turning the world's own logic against itself, he begins his climb toward the highest rank.
Goodreads4.32· 880
Class SystemDungeon CrawlingLitRPGSkill CollectionWeak to Strong

Monster Menu

Matador (Terrell Garrett)

C53/100
Renee 'Nay' Favreau wanted to be a respected chef with a renowned taco truck. After a deadly encounter with an interdimensional spider, she finds herself in a dangerous new world full of magic and mayhem. She discovers she has the rare power to become an Epicurist — one of the special chefs who can prepare magical meals that give the cultivators known as Marrow Eaters their powers. To survive the heat, she must navigate a world full of gods and monsters.
Royal Road4.62· 456
ComedyCozyCrafting PowerCultivationDungeon CrawlingGameLit+6

Magical Engineering

Buttopia

C53/100
It's the end of the world, and all Dave wanted was to eat his eggs in peace. Thanks to a talking bird, he's been transported to another universe with only a few years to either grow powerful enough on his own to save his home, or find someone who can help him do it. With new friends by his side, Dave pushes against a System that keeps nudging him toward dangerous experiments, working to understand the rules of his new world before time runs out.
Royal Road4.41· 810
Base BuildingCrafting PowerDungeon CoreDungeon CrawlingHard MagicIsekai+5

First Line of Defense

BenjaminKerei

C52/100
Earth was invaded, conquered, and humanity was subjugated — 400,000,000 people culled in a second, without any chance to fight back. The Peacekeepers claim to be benevolent: they don't want to rule Earth, they just want humanity to stop playing around with AI and genetics. Willing or unwilling, Morgan and the rest of humanity are now members of the Collective. And like every species in the Collective, they have to learn to play the Game. When an AI offers you the opportunity to play the greatest tower-defense game the universe has ever created, you accept — and figure out the rules for survival later. Morgan certainly thinks so. But when aliens are attacking your station and giant six-eyed rats are eating your robotic face, doubts start to creep in.
Royal Road4.58· 689
Base BuildingDungeon CoreDungeon CrawlingLitRPGPost-apocalypticSci-fi+2

Micro - Efficient and Reliable Cultivation

eric_river

C52/100
In a world where cultivation has long been the practice of the powerful, a failed summoning puts the soul of a beloved truck into the body of a potential hero — and the fate of the world must take a backseat. Join Micro as he journeys from dungeon to dungeon, mastering all the skills he can acquire from the Core Cards each dungeon holds. Every road is full of adventures, mysteries, monsters, new friends, and potholes. Will he one day become powerful enough to return to his garage at the end of a long trip?
Royal Road4.61· 589Goodreads4.00· 1
ComedyCultivationDungeon CrawlingGameLitIsekaiNon-human MC+5

The System Seas

RC Joshua

C52/100
Marco trained his whole life to become a captain, maxing every childhood achievement the System would allow — diving, rigging, outrunning couriers up mountains. When classing day finally arrives, the System doesn't make him a captain. It makes him a Gluttonous Marauder. The class has combat perks, shipwright skills, and captain potential — but a reputation so bad he's arrested on the spot. Now on the run in a barely seaworthy smuggler's dinghy, Marco sets out to prove he's not the villain they think he is, if he can out-sail bounty hunters, survive cursed dungeons, and feed enough victories to his ever-growing ship along the way.
Royal Road4.61· 578
Class SystemComedyCompetent MCDungeon CrawlingGameLitGenius MC+2

The Whims of Gods

S.I. Waxman

C52/100
Tess was hoping for some major life changes — getting chosen by a god wasn't what she had in mind. After a quarter-life crisis and quitting her job, she's abruptly plucked from Earth and whisked away to a new world. With nothing but a cryptic blessing from a god, Tess must carve out a new life in a land where magic, monsters, and character levels are all par for the course. Dark forces are stirring, she's woefully unprepared, and spiders keep trying to turn her into dinner. Follow Tess as she gets embroiled in the affairs of gods, embarking on a journey through blighted deadlands, bustling cities, and merciless dungeons.
Goodreads4.32· 694
Class SystemDungeon CrawlingIsekaiLitRPGStatsWeak to Strong

Roadtrip - Madness Re-Incarnate #2

Travis Bagwell

C52/100
Nyx was born Hollow — an empty vessel in a world of spirits, a condition that should have meant death. Somehow he survived, driven by stubbornness and a touch of madness. In a previous life, he did something reckless: he sent himself his own memories, throwing them into the Flow from which all spirits return. Now those memories have found him, raising questions he can't stop asking — was reincarnation real, would his half-baked plan actually work, and could his life possibly get any worse? It could.
Royal Road4.54· 717
Anti-heroComedyCraftingDungeon CrawlingGameLitGrimdark+3

Rigged

human-type-1

C52/100
Life has always been a battle — but for some people that is especially true. Not everyone can take living another day for granted. And that was before the world started ending. Now that the [Trial] is here and everything is going up in flames, life is not getting easier. Trapped in the [Trial], John is faced with a painful reality: if he wants to live, he has no choice but to climb. And if he wants to survive long-term, he needs to keep climbing — even if that means heading directly into danger.
Royal Road4.61· 569
Dungeon CrawlingGameLitLitRPGSystem ApocalypseTower ClimbingWeak to Strong

Steamforged Sorcery

Actus

C52/100
The Great War ravaged the earth many years ago. In the years that followed, the world rebuilt by mixing machinery and magic into something new — great blimps belching steam above metal city-states that sprouted like weeds across the desert. Angel, a talented mage, scours the desert endlessly in search of lost knowledge. When it unexpectedly falls into his hands, he quickly realizes the world is far larger — and far more deadly — than he ever predicted. No amount of danger is going to keep Angel from seeking greater strength and claiming the greatest treasures the world has to offer.
Royal Road4.56· 697Goodreads4.29· 334
Dungeon CrawlingGenius MCHard MagicLitRPGOverpowered MCSecondary World+1

Heavy Metal

Kuropon

C51/100
Struck down in battle, a Hero and a Demon King meet their end at the same moment. As their souls linger on the edge of the afterlife, a mysterious force intervenes — merging their fragmented souls into a new being: Rusty, a living suit of armor. Affected by the memories and presence of both predecessors, Rusty embarks on his own quest. Will he seek revenge for the Hero's betrayal, fulfill the fallen Demon King's desires, or forge an entirely new path?
Royal Road4.42· 756
Anti-heroBase BuildingCozyDungeon CoreDungeon CrawlingGameLit+11

At the End of the World

Justin Marks

C51/100
Jason and his friends just wanted to spend a week at the lake house to relax and catch up on old times. Then the System arrived. It only took a few hours for their world to become a real-life roleplaying game, trading downtime for the need to learn new skills and powers while defending their new home and surviving. They don't know the rules. They don't know what's coming next. What they do know: reinforce and expand their fort, keep leveling up, and explore a dangerous new world.
Goodreads4.30· 953
Base BuildingDungeon CrawlingLitRPGPost-apocalypticStatsSystem Apocalypse

Leveling Up The World

L. Eclaire

C51/100
After his first college party, Dallion wakes up alone in a small medieval village in the middle of nowhere. He needs to figure out where he is and how to survive a world filled with magic and monsters. Then he must uncover the secrets of being "awakened." Objects in this new world are sentient, and the awakened can mend or upgrade them by traveling into each object's unique realm and defeating the guardians within. Countless miniature worlds to explore — and so much time.
Goodreads4.23· 1K
CraftingDungeon CrawlingIsekaiLitRPGSecondary WorldStats+1

Rise of the Grandmaster: Megabooks

Bradford Bates, Michael Anderle

C50/100
Tim was always a planner — college, graduate, well-paying job. That plan was coming together until he saw a presentation at his graduation ceremony offering him a chance to get paid to play a virtual world called The Etheric Coast. He could spend his life in a cubicle and a one-bedroom apartment, or he could take a leap of faith into a world of unlimited possibilities. Now he just has to figure out how to get the job of his dreams, help his parents financially, and catch the attention of the girl of his dreams. Tim sure hoped the wave he was about to catch didn't kill him first.
Goodreads4.30· 899
Class SystemDungeon CrawlingGameLitLitRPGStatsVRMMO+1

Soul Forging

RainWatcher

C50/100
By the time college student Jayce understood that humanity had lost control of its own destiny, he had already been enslaved by another race and put to work as the subordinate of a noble's daughter. He was summoned to another world as someone else's gacha prize — and in this world, humans are nothing more than C-Rank trash. Follow one young man's journey as he struggles from pitiful slavery to reach heights he never could have imagined.
Royal Road4.59· 633
Dungeon CrawlingGameLitIsekaiLitRPGSecondary WorldStats+1