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Mage Steel: A Western Sci-Fi Cultivation Series

Dominick R

C59/100
A thousand years ago, Earth fell. Rifts tore open reality, flooding the planet with eldritch horrors. Humanity evolved, adapted, and awakened to new powers — but it wasn't enough. Earth was abandoned and humanity scattered to the stars. Now, Knights are all that remain of Earth's warrior legacy: humans wielding Rift-forged power armor and ancient combat disciplines, fighting for hire across the galaxy. Cadet Kon was training to join their ranks until his ship was shot down and he crash-landed on a Rift-infected world crawling with pirates, bandits, and relics of a dead civilization. Cut off from command and surrounded by monsters that should not exist, survival becomes the first test of many as Kon fights his way through a world lost to madness.
Royal Road4.64· 504
CultivationHard MagicMilitaryOverpowered MCPost-apocalypticSci-fi+2

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SquiggleStoryStudios

C59/100
Dr. Uru'Nav Xant, Department Head of Research, has been documenting his interviews with a newly discovered "Creator level" intelligent species: Human. His subject, Jasmine, displays many unique quirks — most intriguingly, an incredibly strong "frequency" she produces with the help of an implanted alien translator. Together the pair navigate cultural misunderstandings, corporate politics, and animal companionship while uncovering the mysterious circumstances of Jasmine's abduction.
Royal Road4.65· 346
ComedyCozyIsekaiMysteryNon-human MCOverpowered MC+1

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· 849
Dungeon CrawlingGameLitGenius MCGrimdarkLitRPGMystery+4

Dungeon's Path

akhier the dragon hearted

C59/100
So the world ended. Most people say that and mean humans are inconvenienced. Not this time — all matter disintegrated at the atomic scale. The local universe wasn't actually stable; what everyone took for sea level was actually a nice little mountain lake, and when the dam busted, so did everything. Magic is real, qi is real, gods are real — not on old Earth, but souls pay little attention to time and space, so humanity dreamed of it. The closer the shift in reality got to Earth, the closer those dreams got to the new reality. Reality became a video game. And Doyle Huxley became a dungeon. Doyle just wanted a normal life, but some early paths he takes — both literally and figuratively — lead him to becoming a dungeon core. This is his story.
Royal Road4.15· 1.1K
ComedyCozyDungeon CoreGameLitLitRPGNon-human MC+3

Knights Apocalyptica

Zach Skye

C59/100
The Earth met its end, bathed in holy fire. Rifts now spill monsters into the world, and the Kingdom of Cindrus is the last bastion of humanity, clinging to life deep underground. Erec, blessed by the goddess like all humans, comes from a line of disgraced nobility and seeks to reclaim his family's honor by joining the prestigious academy that trains the next generation of Knights. Armed with a power that drives him to uncontrollable Rage and aided by an old-world AI, Erec sets out to reconquer the world with the remnants of humankind.
Royal Road4.51· 948
Class SystemLitRPGPost-apocalypticSchoolSci-fiSecondary World+1

A Draconic Rebirth

Undercover_Dragon1

C59/100
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 Road4.65· 329
Anti-heroBase BuildingGenius MCGrimdarkLitRPGMilitary+6

The Power of Ten: Book One: Sama Rantha, and Book Two: The Far Future

RE Druin

C59/100
Some time ago, a planes-traveling archmage invented a video game to train people on Earth for a coming catastrophe. The gods seized the opportunity to take the templates — and even the souls — of some of those characters for use in other worlds. Sama Rantha is one of those characters. Being a Hagchild and surviving after your Hag Curse fails to murder you at birth is much, much less fun than setting it as your race at level one on a gamescreen. Book One follows Sama's Road to Ten in a traditional LitRPG fantasy setting, heavy with gaming terms and rules-lawyering as she min-maxes her heart out to survive a world intent on killing her. Book Two shifts to a sci-fi/fantasy/psionics mashup as Sama is sent into a grim dark galaxy she'd rather not be in — but the heart of a powergamer never says no.
Royal Road4.32· 1KGoodreads4.67· 3
GameLitGenius MCGrimdarkIsekaiLitRPGMilitary+5

Superhero life? Super-Sized troubles!

Belial666

C59/100
Months after an extra-dimensional invasion ravaged Florida, the world is still reeling: the global economy is in crisis, political relations are strained, and both religious and scientific beliefs have taken hits. The greatest upheaval is the emergence of superpowers — originally seen only in survivors of the invasion, they are now appearing randomly with dangerous results. Maya Wennefer has spent months recovering from the horrors of the invasion and only wants to rebuild her life. Unfortunately, as one of the survivors with the strongest powers, she will have to get involved in the developing situation before others do it for her.
Royal Road4.64· 443
LitRPGOverpowered MCPost-apocalypticSci-fiSuperpowersUrban Fantasy+1

Galactogon

Vasily Mahanenko

C58/100
Twelve players set off through the online world of Galaktogon, lured by the game owners' promise of an enormous payoff. The question is who will survive to tell the tale — which of the twelve is a potential hero, and which a traitor in the making? A knight or a coward? Each of the twelve will have to choose their path. Each will keep a poker face. But if a billion-pound prize calls your name, you can't conceal your choice.
Goodreads4.17· 1.4K
Competent MCLitRPGSci-fiVRMMO

The Forerunner Initiative

Draith

C58/100
Dragons, catgirls, guns, and magic — plus the ability to stop time. A modern woman finds herself in a fantasy world with a mysterious past she'd rather keep locked away on Earth. She has goals, though: first, play with magic. Last, find a way home before the world ends. A LitRPG-Isekai adventure that builds toward a return to Earth to stop a System apocalypse.
Royal Road4.52· 917
GameLitIsekaiLitRPGSci-fiSecondary WorldSystem Apocalypse+1

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

The Cabbage Preacher

C58/100
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 Road4.64· 428
Anti-heroBase BuildingComedyGenius MCIsekaiMilitary+4

Dungeon Inc.

Colossal Soup

C58/100
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 Road4.64· 427
CozyCultivationDungeon CoreDungeon CrawlingGameLitGenius MC+7

Cherno Caster

Akaso

C58/100
Betrayed and murdered for daring to expose corrupt deeds, Brunhilde Krahe is snatched from death by the capricious hand of cosmic coincidence and reborn into a bizarre world of magic and conspiracy — eldritch knowledge in her brain, cosmic fire burning inside. She copes with her own death the only way she knows how: by continuing her work in the new world. Ruthless mafiosos, corrupt politicians, lowly gangsters — there is more than enough work for an investigator with no qualms about hyperviolence. Do not make peace with evil. Nuke it.
Royal Road4.65· 289
GrimdarkIsekaiLitRPGMysteryOverpowered MCReincarnation+3

Magical Girl Crystal Genocide

RavensDagger

C58/100
After Earth's magical girls accidentally destroy the entire planet, they decide to fix their mistake with the power of love, friendship, and overwhelming firepower. This doesn't go as planned. A multi-isekai plot featuring ridiculously overpowered protagonists, cute girls terrorizing multi-dimensional godlike beings, and a hero who is occasionally badass — but usually on accident.
Royal Road4.63· 618
Base BuildingComedyCozyIsekaiOverpowered MCSci-fi+2

Phantom Server

Ros Per

C58/100
As the years start running out, you often find that life has left you completely alone. This is what has happened to one military veteran who has lived through many of history's flash points. In order to inject some color into his final days, the former soldier signs a contract with a company that has developed a fully immersive virtual world. Project Alpha Rome is a multi-level city plagued by endless wars between humans and mutants. Under the nickname Volper, the veteran sets out on his path alone — and thanks to his attentive, reflective approach, he begins spotting things other players have missed, raising deeper questions about the true purpose of the project.
Goodreads4.02· 1.5K
LitRPGMysteryOlder MCPost-apocalypticSci-fiVRMMO

Titan Hoppers

Rob J. Hayes

C58/100
Born talentless, Iro has all but resigned himself to a life of drudgery — watching others hop across massive space titans for supplies. When a titan explodes and his sister is killed, Iro finds new determination to take her place. When the fleet encounters a new titan filled with powerful monsters, deadly traps, and mysterious cloaked figures, Iro is the first to spontaneously manifest a new talent. Sent to a different ship to train with others far beyond his strength, Iro will have to work twice as hard just to catch up — and to uncover the mysteries of the titans.
pf8.0· 1Goodreads4.21· 1.3K
Hard MagicSci-fiTower ClimbingWeak to Strong

Arena

Holly Jennings

C58/100
Kali Ling competes in the RAGE tournaments—the Virtual Gaming League's elite competition where the world's best gamers fight to the digital death on national TV. The pain is real, even if the weapons are digital, and every bloody kill is broadcast to millions. Chosen as the first female captain in RAGE history, Kali is at the top of her game—until a teammate overdoses. Now she must confront what the tournament actually is, because the VGL hides dark secrets, and the only way to change the rules is to fight from the inside.
Goodreads3.74· 1.6K
Competent MCGrimdarkLitRPGSci-fiVRMMO

Hoqalo: The Broken System

MarekSusicky

C58/100
Dash's great-grandfather was one of the Fifteen who saved humanity during the System Apocalypse, founding the corporations that now rule the solar system. That legacy should have been his — until his father was destroyed by corpo politics, leaving Dash with nothing but a single building on Earth 2.0. When Dash nearly dies, a broken System manifests: barely functional, stripped to the bones, but carrying the tinkerer's trait Hoqalo — letting him forge gear that punches far above its tier. The more he digs into why his System came out wrong, the more it looks like sabotage. Someone with corporate reach wanted the Kallum bloodline to stay down. With his hands, his tools, and friends willing to go to corpo hell and back, Dash sets out to steal his future back — with interest.
Royal Road4.65· 270
Anti-heroCraftingLitRPGMysterySci-fiSystem Apocalypse+1

The Brink and Back - Tinker of Fiction

MetaBettaOmegaLetta

C58/100
Between the violent gangs, greedy corporations, and corrupt governments, nowhere is really safe in Night City. But when Jackson is torn from his world and dropped into the world of chrome — armed with the Tinker of Fiction — what path will he take?
Royal Road4.63· 571
Base BuildingCraftingCrafting PowerIsekaiSci-fiUrban Fantasy

Human Altered

Yousureimnotarobot

C57/100
Earth's Engineers are a double-edged sword. They can fix or improve anything — but no sane Xeno Engineer will touch a device that carries the Human Altered warning. A series of interconnected tales from humanity's distant future. Most chapters are standalone.
Royal Road4.63· 535
ComedyMilitarySci-fi