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Wasteland Warlords

eden Hudson, James Hunter

D30/100
Twenty years ago, the Merge brought armies of monsters flooding into the West Coast. Dungeons popped up in shopping malls and airports. Walls were built to contain the spread, but the promise of priceless loot dropped by the creatures inspired a new kind of gold rush. Clay Jaeger has nothing left outside the walls. Civilization took everything he worked for and spat it out. Now Clay, his wife Alex, and his chainsaw-toting brother Joe are going west to try their hand at monster killing. The loot from low-level mobs is enticing, but it isn't the real reason they risked the Infested Zone — they need to kill a Dungeon Lord. Only one in ten thousand hunters pull it off. The rest become fertilizer for the wasteland.
Goodreads4.11· 596
Dungeon CrawlingLitRPGPost-apocalypticStatsSystem ApocalypseUrban Fantasy+1

The Soulstealer's War

kwerte

D30/100
A college student from Earth wakes up in the body of a Duplicate — an artificial soldier built from a template and deployed to hold the line against orc hordes threatening a crumbling empire. As an Atoning, he must serve on the front lines to pay off the "theft" of the soul he now inhabits. Survival is a luxury for Dupes. He is up against orcs, mutated monsters, and battalion members who want to put a knife in his back. But there is a slim chance to become more than just cannon fodder — to build something from the rot, and turn his name into a legend through skill-merging and earned progression.
Royal Road4.48· 384
Base BuildingCozyGenius MCIsekaiLitRPGMilitary+5

Early Adopter

Nat Wenty

D30/100
Private Investigator Scarlet Bourne isn't particularly bothered by the end of the world. When strange windows start appearing in people's vision, counting down three days to "Full Initialization," she does what she always does: she prepares. When the countdown ends, extinction never comes. Instead, the world gets monsters, mana, and the System. Most people panic. Scarlet sees a gap in the market — one an information broker is uniquely qualified to fill. The rules have changed and nobody knows what they are. She intends to be the first to find out, controlling the battlefield from the shadows rather than fighting her way to the top.
Royal Road4.54· 228Goodreads4.53· 70
Base BuildingGameLitGenius MCLitRPGMysteryOverpowered MC+4

Unbound Ascension – Coreless

Carcian

D29/100
When Earth is integrated into the Multiverse, humanity gains stats, skills, and magic — but only a select few are granted System Cores, becoming Core-bearers with a clear path to power. Cade Whitehollow, a burned-out, indebted postdoc who has just been fired, is not one of them. Thrown into a lethal Tutorial designed for Core-bearers, Cade must survive the brutal grind of becoming eligible to forge a Core of his own while others level, cast spells, and surge ahead. Monsters evolve. Humans turn on each other. And buried somewhere in the chaos of the Tutorial is an ancient path to power — one even the System cannot control.
Royal Road4.40· 382
CultivationGameLitLitRPGPost-apocalypticSci-fiSystem Apocalypse+2

Azure: Gunner

AzureInk

D28/100
Az has one burning desire: to escape her backwater town. In a dystopian post-apocalyptic future shaped by a System engineered by long-dead politicians, power and freedom are paid for with blood, sweat, and cold hard cash. When Az gets pulled into the machinations of the corrupt and wealthy, she must decide whether to stand up for her beliefs or keep her head down to survive. It's not always clear which choice is right — but she's never been one to back down from the dangers ahead.
Royal Road4.50· 361
Competent MCGrimdarkLGBTQ+LitRPGPost-apocalypticSatire+3

Settlement Stone

Rhea Zulu

D27/100
Five hundred years ago, the Evolution System descended on Earth and the world ended. Facing terrifying monsters and a new race of hostile elves, humans had no choice but to fight back with Awakened magic powers. For Imani, magic and skills are all he's ever known. Trapped in an isolated, overpopulated town with dwindling resources, he's taught that survival means following the rules. But by putting his life on the line and breaking one of those rules, he earns a rare Settlement Stone — and the chance to build something new in the uncharted wilderness, if he can survive what lurks there.
Goodreads4.19· 455
Base BuildingLitRPGPost-apocalypticSystem ApocalypseWeak to Strong

Sybil

Azrie

D27/100
Magic is fading, and humanity is on the brink of extinction. Sybil has spent her life as a miner, delving into monster-infested caverns and perilous shafts to unearth Relics of an ancient past in exchange for food and shelter. One day she discovers a Relic unlike any other — one that connects her to magic long thought lost, transforms her fate from simple miner to Ascended, and gives her something she has never had before: freedom.
Goodreads4.13· 550
Crafting PowerHard MagicLitRPGPost-apocalypticWeak to Strong

Maniac's Mayhem: A guide to being a corporate slave

Lividiea

D27/100
Caught as a little kid hacking into a corpo server, Evelin Vance was forced into indentured service. Disposable and "employed" by New Hope LLC to penetrate the security of other corporations, usually by dangerous and less than legal means, one day she is sent on a mission that is a lot more dangerous than expected. With her head just above water, Evelin struggles beneath the weight put upon her — at least until the world decides her job is done. After getting attacked, mauled, bludgeoned, and bruised, she awakens as a samurai. This is a fan fiction set in the world of Stray Cat Strut by RavenDagger.
Royal Road4.53· 193
Anti-heroComedyGameLitLGBTQ+LitRPGPost-apocalyptic+2

I Tricked a God

Mortykay

D26/100
Born with a soul mutation desired even by the Gods — perfect memory — Kael could recall every word, every book, yet not a single drop of mana. Mockery, beatings, a ruined family, and a desperate deal with the God of Knowledge and Madness condemned him to centuries of slavery in the endless Divine Library. Seven hundred years of torment turned him into a vessel of knowledge. Then hatred — and the stolen Canon of Primordial Void — gave him a chance. Kael escaped back into his fifteen-year-old body, months before tragedy struck. Now he carries not only memory, but the knowledge of countless worlds. His goals: protect his family, hide from the gaze of the Gods, walk the path of power once denied to him — and take revenge against the God who enslaved him.
Royal Road4.43· 357
Anti-heroComedyCultivationGenius MCGrimdarkHarem+9

Advent of the Apocalypse

D. Pidge, V.A. Lewis

D26/100
The apocalypse is here. Giant fireblasts tear across the earth as the Gates of Hell are ripped open — in an instant, billions are killed and human technology becomes worthless. Those who died in the initial blast are reincarnated as undead monsters. Massive fiery pits swallow every major city. Demonic creatures make all realms of Earth their home. But all hope is not lost. The Angels left a parting gift before their defeat: a System that bestows humanity the power to fight back. With it, Jaco will master his Druid Class and do whatever it takes not only to survive the end of the world, but to thrive.
Goodreads4.14· 533
Class SystemGrimdarkLitRPGPost-apocalypticSummoningSystem Apocalypse

The Nameless Engineer

FrankG

D25/100
She wakes up on a hostile alien planet with no memory, no name, and a body rebuilt by machines. Everyone else got combat classes; she got Engineer, Level 0, locked from the start and designed to fail. But she's adapting — turning scraps and broken machines into things that keep her alive, getting stronger with every fight, and unlocking something new with every evolution. She needs answers: who she was before this, why she's here, how to get off this planet. Somewhere in her broken memory is a mission she was supposed to complete. None of that matters if she can't survive long enough to remember it.
Royal Road4.51· 299
CraftingCrafting PowerDungeon CrawlingGameLitGenius MCIsekai+5

Consumer of the Fourth Anchor

Miko Melina

D25/100
Sentience came quite suddenly to Suri the slime, leaving him with an insatiable hunger and a vague memory of pretty lights and lots of magic. The forest of his home is crawling with shambling, humanoid monsters possessed of an appetite for magic that would put even his to shame — a fact he's sure is completely unrelated to his arrival. With his first evolution — Guardian Slime — Suri is given his purpose. When he finds the local human village under siege, his path is clear: protect people, eat stuff. But threats lurk around every corner. Pestilent magic spreads the shamblers' curse. Harpies fight for their survival, and a dungeon sprawls beneath the land, poised to swallow unsuspecting slimes. Can a tiny slime make a difference and save the people he cares for?
Royal Road4.52· 189
CultivationDungeon CoreDungeon CrawlingLitRPGNon-human MCPost-apocalyptic+3

The Game Of The Gods

Corwin Benedict

F24/100
Elena S. Trudeau doesn't know why she was chosen as a beta tester for The Game of the Gods, but she knows the world is about to change. Beta testers with strange new powers are popping up across the globe. Elena will have to face monsters, mob-bosses, and dangerous enemies as she attempts to protect herself and those around her from the beings calling themselves gods. Fortunately, she's not your average girl.
Royal Road4.52· 163
ComedyLitRPGOverpowered MCPost-apocalypticSuperpowersSystem Apocalypse+1

Mistrunner

Nicholas Searcy

F24/100
Ninety years ago, Earth was consumed by a cloud of alien nanites known as the Mist, bestowing humanity with uncanny abilities and transforming technology far beyond what was known. The price was catastrophic: billions dead, the planet overrun by vicious monsters, and alien overlords waiting to exploit what remains. Mirabelle Braddock was born into this changed world. In the megacity of Nova, her powerful uncle has prepared her entire life for one purpose: to survive Earth's imminent Integration into the larger galaxy. Gifted with a unique Tier 7 Nexus Implant, cybernetics, and an arsenal of advanced weaponry, Mira has the potential to become the most powerful being on Earth.
Goodreads4.19· 268
LitRPGPost-apocalypticSci-fiSuperpowersUrban FantasyWeak to Strong

Re:Chimaera

Philetus

F23/100
A crazy wizard bound my soul and turned me into a monster. My memories, lost; my body, an amalgamation of different parts; my soul, crammed into the core of a creation called chimaera. Despair was interrupted by curiosity. After killing and eating something for the first time, I started to learn about my new powers. Just as I was beginning to find happiness in my new life, the wizard blew up time itself. I should have died, but somehow I survived and found myself starting the whole thing all over again. A monster evolution time loop LitRPG about becoming the best chimaera possible in order to save the world — and the friends we meet along the way.
Royal Road4.50· 286
GameLitGrimdarkHorrorIsekaiLitRPGNon-human MC+4

Rise Of The Worthy

CyberCinder

F23/100
Fifteen years ago, the apocalypse rained magical coins from the sky. Anyone who picked one up disappeared. Some never came back. Everyone who did was never the same. Shelby Thestalos never thought she'd become one of them. But when a molten corpse clutching a Class Coin throws her into the thick of it, she takes up the coin and joins the ranks of those who travel between Earth and the unnamed other world. With her newfound Gambler class and nothing else, Shelby will brave the dangers of the other world and come back stronger — no matter how much the system doesn't want her to.
Royal Road4.50· 279
Class SystemGameLitIsekaiLitRPGPost-apocalypticSci-fi+3

Progenitor's Path

Everheart

F22/100
Survive, protect, get stronger, and figure out what the hell a progenitor is. One Saturday morning, the planet was inducted into the wider universe — somewhere with horrors and wonders far beyond human imagination, where things from myths, legends, and dreams are commonplace. Alex, a man who preferred to stay home with his dog, found himself thrown into this new reality alongside the rest of Earth's population, drawn into the Universal System's tutorials. Alex didn't want this, nor to be changed into whatever a Progenitor is, but he refuses to be weak. If there is one constant in the surrounding chaos, it is that Progenitors never stop growing.
Royal Road4.22· 336
Base BuildingLitRPGOverpowered MCPost-apocalypticSecondary WorldSystem Apocalypse+1

The NextWorld

Jaron Lee Knuth

F22/100
In a near future where environmental collapse has made the outdoors uninhabitable, the government has created a virtual world where civilization continues—schools, malls, churches, all digital. When a group of teenagers log into a beta test for a new game, harmless virtual violence turns deadly when they realize the game's fatal error: they can't log out. Forced to battle through an endless army of kill-programmed monsters, the players must fight against the clock and find a way back to the real world before it's too late.
Goodreads3.62· 513
GrimdarkLitRPGPost-apocalypticVRMMO

Ex-Human Morphus: A Mutant Evolution Apocalypse LitRPG

sinout

F22/100
In a world turned into a game, Earth has become a dangerous place full of mutants and survivors. Jake, once lucky to be alive, finds himself transformed into a mutant with retained intelligence — hated by both survivors and mutants, surrounded by enemies. To survive, Jake must become the apex predator in this new unforgiving world. A unique system grants him diverse mutant skills and abilities, driving a step-by-step evolution from one deadly form to the next.
Royal Road4.09· 335
Dungeon CrawlingGoreHorrorLitRPGMysteryNon-human MC+5

Warlock Chronicles

Victor Alucard

F22/100
Dan used to work at a Psychic Agency, making a living by swindling naive clients — until a group of thugs paid him a visit and the world decided it had had enough of humanity. Those who survived the Apocalypse were forced to fight for their lives. Dan didn't become the gray-bearded wizard he'd always hoped to be. Instead, he was forced to start his new life from the very beginning — in the primordial waters, full of algae and unicellular organisms. The goal: evolve and reach the land. Perhaps he should have paid more attention in biology class.
Goodreads4.16· 335
LitRPGNon-human MCPost-apocalypticReincarnationWeak to Strong