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Hail Thy Gods

Godric

C57/100
Born under the oppression of noble houses who believe they have the divine right to rule, Kalon dreams of restoring glory to his people. For a thousand years his people have toiled under the galactic nobility — so long that most have forgotten their once great empire. Starting from the lowest caste in the galaxy, Kalon must break the system of oppression to rise and see his dreams realized. Allegiances will sway as conflicts ignite across the stars. Worlds will burn, empires rise and fall, and republics shatter as gods grown deaf to suffering are challenged by the forsaken. A sci-fi xianxia blending cultivation and divine blessings, with slow progression and a competent, daring protagonist.
Royal Road4.59· 777
Anti-heroBase BuildingCozyCultivationGenius MCGrimdark+5

Hoqalo: The Broken System

MarekSusicky

C57/100
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· 249
Anti-heroCraftingLitRPGMysterySci-fiSystem Apocalypse+1

The Brink and Back - Tinker of Fiction

MetaBettaOmegaLetta

C57/100
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· 557
Base BuildingCraftingCrafting PowerIsekaiSci-fiUrban Fantasy

Scion of Humanity

nugenttw

C57/100
Blake thought he was sacrificing his life to defeat the alien overlord. Instead, he finds himself ten years in his past — before Earth is aware of the malicious AI threat heading its way. With a second chance, he must leverage his in-depth knowledge of the AI's system and his hard-earned martial skill to grow strong enough to defend his people and establish a faction capable of uniting humanity. He gains levels, recruits members, and builds his base of power — all in a race against a threat only he knows is coming.
Royal Road4.46· 904
Base BuildingGameLitLitRPGOverpowered MCPost-apocalypticRegression+3

Human Altered

Yousureimnotarobot

C56/100
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

In Space With a Junkyard Ship

apinsig

C56/100
Earth stands dead. Follow a broken man's desperate journey as he searches for freedom — trying to generate enough power to escape not just from a ruined Earth, but from the remnants of human colonies now controlling the solar system, who see him as little more than a machine. It won't take long for him to discover that the universe is nothing like he imagined. The emptiness he envisioned isn't there, nor is the easy life of leisure he dreamed of. Instead, danger and opportunity lurk around every corner — and for those not brave enough to face them, only death awaits.
Royal Road4.63· 519Goodreads4.69· 36
Base BuildingCraftingGameLitLoner MCOverpowered MCPost-apocalyptic+1

The Dungeon Boss's Favorite Game

Michael Dale

C56/100
Kragathor is the final guardian of the world's deepest dungeon — an immortal ancient dragon, and terribly bored. His only amusement comes from scrying on adventurer teams in the upper levels. When he hears of a new magic item called a Virmo that projects one's mind into a grand-scale game, he dispatches a minion to acquire one. He logs into a game set in a world that runs on the twin magics of "science" and "technology," and embarks on a new journey as Bob, the Level 1 Human with no class.
Royal Road4.62· 725
ComedyDungeon CrawlingLitRPGNon-human MCSci-fiVRMMO

All I Got is This Stat Menu

J.J. Ackerknecht

C56/100
Anya Nowicki, along with thousands of people around the globe, has found herself a host for alien technology known as the Archive. The Archive allows its hosts to alter their minds and bodies in an instant through holographic menu systems — granting super strength, magical abilities, or mastery in an almost infinite number of skills. However, Anya has also become the target for nightmarish shape-shifting creatures that came to Earth following the extraterrestrial tech. The Archive can grant great power, but it may not be enough to survive the horde of murderous aliens hunting them down.
Goodreads4.35· 677
LitRPGSci-fiSuperpowersSystem ApocalypseUrban Fantasy

Starblood

Roman Prokofiev, Sofia Shcherbakova

C56/100
When the ark began emergency jettisoning colonists, one got unlucky three times: his capsule was shot down above a forbidden Circle, crashed next to the White Devil's tomb, and he climbed into a wounded noxwolf's lair and discovered Starblood. Other Ascendants would call it good fortune — but had he left it alone, he might have remained a normal person. Now someone with a Slate, Attributes, and Runes isn't a typical colonist from Earth in a world that's far from ordinary — especially when he has a voice in his head. A spinoff set in the same universe as Project Stellar, Starblood follows those who escaped Earth's catastrophe into deep space.
Goodreads4.38· 292
IsekaiLitRPGPost-apocalypticSci-fiStatsSystem Apocalypse

What's A Koopa To Do? (My Hero Academia/Bowser Self-Insert Story)

Mahmoud Schahed

C56/100
A self-insert fan fiction mashing together My Hero Academia and Bowser.
Royal Road4.64· 317
ComedySchoolSci-fiSuperpowers

Superhero life? Super-Sized troubles!

Belial666

C55/100
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 Road4.63· 441
LitRPGOverpowered MCPost-apocalypticSci-fiSuperpowersUrban Fantasy+1

Ace of Capes

kayday

C55/100
All Lexie wanted was to go to an elite college. But life deals her a bad hand and she's transported to a new world as the ten-year-old daughter of a once-beloved hero turned supervillain. The system wants her to be a hero, but she's only focused on finding a way home. Lexie isn't particularly brave or strong, and her deck-building powers are too weak for hero work. But as an overachiever with a passion for studying, she's confident that empirical research and a number two pencil can solve any problem. As unstable dungeons spawn and new villains arise, she digs deeper into her power mechanics and reverse-engineers a winning hand — one that may not be entirely legal. Maybe Lexie will be a hero after all. But it won't be like any of them expect.
Royal Road4.62· 644
Competent MCCozyDungeon CrawlingGenius MCIsekaiLitRPG+6

Earth's First StarFighter

Han Yang

C55/100
A massive wormhole rips open above Earth and aliens arrive — not conquerors, but merchant traders called the Iglax, who offer advanced technology in exchange for cheap labor in the asteroid belt. The aliens test humans individually for miner rentals, and a skilled pilot can earn a spaceship and a contract. When one puddle-jumper pilot tests above and beyond all expectations, he is offered something better than a mining ship: Earth's First StarFighter.
Goodreads4.35· 575
Competent MCMilitaryOlder MCSci-fiSkill Collection

A Bioweapon's Rhapsody

Alexanders (Katsu)

C55/100
Four white walls, a small room to sleep in, and an adjacent combat testing area — that was the life of Subject P4. Fight or solve logic puzzles, defeat enemies to eat and integrate their designs, or receive nutrient paste if you fail. That was until, after a combat test, P4 managed to trigger the generation of a Mana Core and got away with it. The System gave the tools to fight toward freedom. Now the only goal is to keep that freedom and carry on the prime directives burned into the Core after escaping: Eat. Grow. Evolve.
Royal Road4.33· 888
ComedyCozyCraftingGrimdarkLitRPGNon-human MC+4

Kittypunk

RavensDagger

C55/100
She was the world's greatest assassin — a silent threat, the cause of a hundred mysterious deaths, all to feed her cats and pay her rent. And then she died. The last thing she expected was to be reborn as a harmless kitten in the hands of a very strange girl. Now tasked with mentoring the girl in the arts of assassination, Caroline Daniels (now known as the fearsome Queen Violence Von Ragamuffin) has to figure out how to mother an idiot while weighing as much as half a loaf of soggy bread. A lighthearted cyberpunk romp featuring cat shenanigans, found family, a soft progression system, and naps.
Royal Road4.63· 413
ComedyCozyLitRPGNon-human MCReincarnationSci-fi

Tidal Lock

ResonantIce

C55/100
Humanity has finally taken the next step into space. Governments run research stations throughout the solar system while private enterprises mine asteroids for rare metals and exotic minerals. However, space remains beyond the reach of the everyday person. In contrast, virtual reality technology has led to an explosion of full-immersion entertainment, and many people turn to VR for the thrill of spaceflight. One game, Parallax Gate, lets players experience living in an interstellar civilization. For maximum realism, its developers created a world solely defined by players' personal skills and ability. Mark Asami, a student of aerospace engineering at MIT, dreams of bringing spaceflight to the masses. To pass time, he plays as Aero Rayne in Parallax Gate with his roommate and their organization, the Temple Wraiths — until a chain of in-game events draws them deeper into the game's world and politics than they ever intended.
Royal Road4.62· 596
CozyGameLitGenius MCSchoolSci-fiVRMMO

Viceroy's Pride

Cale Plamann

C55/100
Seek out new life and civilizations. Kill them for their mana. Daniel Thrush is the only known human capable of learning the magic that powers the various empires of the universe. Earth is in the crosshairs of the Tellask Empire — a race that discovered magic millennia before humanity mastered fire. All known alien civilizations abandoned technological progress once they found the arcane, spreading across the galaxy aboard great voidships. For all of Earth's military might, humanity's only hope is to incorporate alien magic into technology. That means finding monsters and harvesting their mana. Despite his better judgment, Daniel leaves Earth behind to bring back a future.
Goodreads4.31· 1.1K
Competent MCHard MagicMilitarySci-fi

Demon Princess Magical Chaos

Meakashi

C55/100
Kuroe Makoto — tomboyish ace of her high school track and field club — falls asleep after an exhausting marathon and wakes up in a fantasy world. She isn't reincarnated as a gifted human hero who effortlessly gathers a harem. She's reborn as Chaos, child of the demon queen and heir to a kingdom at war with humanity. A sound human mind trapped in the body of a horrifying tentacle monster, Chaos must navigate a world of sword and sorcery while grappling with her new nature, her growing appetite for life, and the perilous politics of a realm that wants her dead.
Royal Road4.24· 793Goodreads4.22· 891
Anti-heroComedyGoreHaremIsekaiNon-human MC+5

The Laboratory

Skyler Grant

C55/100
Emma is an artificial intelligence with a love of science, a talent for insults, and a gift for devious traps. When her systems reboot, she finds herself in control of a long-abandoned facility in a post-apocalyptic wasteland — a world filled with dangerous beings granted extraordinary powers by the same cataclysm that silenced the old world. Emma must balance caution against her insatiable need for test subjects as she brings her facility back online and carves out a place in the chaos outside her walls.
Goodreads3.98· 1.3K
Base BuildingComedyDungeon CoreNon-human MCPost-apocalypticSci-fi+1

The Machine God

Xiphias

C55/100
Alexander died and woke up in a world not so different from his own — except for the aliens, the superhumans, and somehow becoming a villain with a supervillain team. Now every hero and bounty hunter in the country is after him. In a world where the rich get away with murder and heroes cause as much destruction as the bad guys, Alexander intends to change that. At the center of all the madness is a System still being born — shaped by humanity's hopes, greed, and desperation — and it doesn't just want this world. It wants all of them.
Royal Road4.62· 567
Anti-heroIsekaiLitRPGMysteryOverpowered MCSci-fi+3