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Sword to Ploughshare

James Falcon, Wolfe Locke

D44/100
For the last twenty years, Cid served the realm as a city guard. One thing drove him forward: a friend's suggestion, and what he planned to do with his eventual pension. A purchase — specifically a plot of land in the village of Haven reserved by the Kingdom. After a lifetime of fights and scuffles, it's time for something new. Time to be a farmer.
Goodreads4.24· 841
Base BuildingCozyGameLitLitRPGOlder MCSecondary World

Shadows Over Arcadia

Zacheas

D44/100
The unwanted second prince of a powerful but corrupt kingdom sets out on a dangerous path of vengeance. Under the protection and guidance of his demonic maid, Prince Ren Drakemore works to covertly gain power, influence, and allies — all in service of eventually killing his own father, brother, and anyone else who stands in his way. Initially driven by a desire to right his kingdom's evils, Ren will increasingly struggle to maintain his own humanity as he grows in power. Whether he becomes the hero who saves them all or the monster that consumes them remains to be seen.
Royal Road4.60· 231
Anti-heroBase BuildingCozyCraftingGenius MCGrimdark+8

Born Different

Vnator

D43/100
In the dark caverns of a secluded dungeon, Click the spider is born with the impossibly rare gift of great Intelligence. Only the strongest of monsters can hope to survive in the savage dungeon, and Click must make the most of their unique abilities to come out on top — or at least alive. Click can best be described as Lawful-Neutral, finding merit in making and benefitting from allies rather than trampling everything underfoot. Not a hero, but definitely not a mindlessly evil villain.
Royal Road4.58· 508Goodreads4.59· 22
Anti-heroBase BuildingDungeon CoreGameLitGenius MCLitRPG+4

City of Desire

A WAN

D43/100
Remus had plans: build a quiet business empire within the safety of the empire he knew. His family had other ideas. Shipped off to Greltheaven — a dangerous border city filled with opportunity and peril in equal measure — he swears revenge and sets about making the best of a terrible situation. The business fate has handed him is a brothel. Remus intends to make it the most successful one the city has ever seen, and use it as the foundation for something much larger — if the city survives long enough for his plans to bear fruit.
Royal Road4.15· 636
Base BuildingGenius MCHaremLitRPGMerchantMilitary+1

Dragon Core Chronicles

Lars Machmüller

D43/100
Carl was a regular construction foreman who died of a heart attack — and woke up reincarnated as a dragon in a magic-filled, dog-eat-dog world. One crazy starting bonus. Major downside: no thumbs. Being at the top of the food chain has its perks, but Carl needs to figure out how magic works, which monsters are safe to eat, and why his hoard matters so much to him. Enemy dragons are already incoming, and every monster in the region wants bragging rights for taking down a dragon. At the end of the day, Carl just wants to build a life worth living in a world where might makes right.
Goodreads4.23· 831
Base BuildingComedyNon-human MCReincarnationSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Peril's Prodigy

Craig Kobayashi

D43/100
Garath was a gamer who spent his time adventuring in magical worlds behind a keyboard — until the planet he actually inhabited became drastically more interesting. The ability to shapeshift into a house cat or summon a demon were things that only existed in video games, until they weren't. More akin now to the RPG games he loved than the 9-to-5 grind he'd woken up to, Earth has been fundamentally altered. He's a quick study, though, and learns fast that this new Earth isn't just fun and games. Garath and a motley crew of friends and neighbors must band together, using their new abilities to hold off increasingly deadly waves of monsters.
Goodreads4.20· 855
Base BuildingClass SystemComedyDungeon CrawlingLitRPGPost-apocalyptic+1

Focused Fire

arg3nt

D43/100
The rise of a young Fire Nation commander. Xing, a survivor of a village attack turned prodigious firebending colonel of the Fire Nation's 11th Regiment, seeks to keep his adoptive family in the military safe, sound, and sharp — even as the pieces of the main story begin falling into place around him. The biggest piece: Princess Azula joins the 11th Regiment in their military operations across the Earth Kingdom.
Royal Road4.58· 480
Base BuildingCompetent MCHaremIsekaiMilitaryOverpowered MC+2

Warlords of the Circle Sea

Ember Lane

D43/100
Connor O'Grady wakes up naked in long grass, reincarnated in a game world packed with monsters. A voice fills the sky and announces him as a Lord of the land — and then informs him that ninety-nine other Lords are out for his blood. Connor must build a civilization from scratch, form a team with other souls reincarnated from Earth, forge alliances with native elves, mountain men, and pixies, and tame dragons and wyverns. Monster battles, full-scale war, quests for hidden artefacts, magic, and crafting await — all while competing in a ruthless 100-Lord battle where there can be only one winner.
Goodreads4.21· 838
Base BuildingCraftingCultivationLitRPGMilitaryReincarnation+1

The Ascendant: Endless Reincarnation

TheDreamForger

D43/100
My name is Richard Brooks. I died while saving a kid. Kicking the bucket at 28 was really depressing — there's so much I still wanted to do. But instead of passing on, I was thrust into an endless series of reincarnations. Whenever I die, I earn Karma points based on my achievements and growth. These points can be exchanged for weapons, spells, or other bonuses for my next life. Honestly, it feels like I'm stuck in an RPG. Sometimes all I can do is grit my teeth as I die an ignoble death. But I won't complain — even when it's dangerous and painful, I love life. With my unique power of Runecrafting, maybe I'll even become strong enough to overturn fate. It might take a few hundred lifetimes, but what's the rush? I have all the time in the world.
Royal Road4.52· 564
Base BuildingCozyCraftingGenius MCHaremLitRPG+3

Gunwitch

Goroella

D43/100
Hecate has never done anything wrong in her entire life. She was supposed to follow the rules, pick the same class as her mother, keep her head down. Instead she picked [Gunwitch] — and shot the Archon's son. Thrown into Silesia, a place that burns witches, Hecate has two guns, magic bullets, and nothing left to lose. Every head she claims only adds to her power. A loot system inspired by Diablo II runewords fuels her rise from outlaw to something far more dangerous.
Royal Road4.46· 583
Base BuildingClass SystemComedyCozyGameLitLitRPG+3

PrimeVerse

R.K. Billiau

D42/100
For Hudson, the virtual world of PrimeVerse isn't all bad — it's beautiful, much nicer than overpopulated Earth. It almost feels like a vacation, except for the volatile wildlife, lack of amenities, and the inability to log out. He didn't exactly sign up for this. Exploring the world and leveling skills is all fun and games until a powerful rogue player with a vendetta shows up to wipe out Hudson and his primitive tribe. Thrust into a conflict he didn't create, Hudson is forced into a cycle of respawning where he learns that even death can be used as a tool. In an uninhabited, newly created virtual world, Hudson sets out to make the best of a bad situation.
Goodreads4.10· 866
Base BuildingClass SystemDungeon CrawlingLitRPGStatsVRMMO

Universe's End

N. Francis

D41/100
The end of the universe came and went. An intergalactic war was waged, and the bad guys won when they pressed the big red button. Yet instead of the end of the story, Rory — a nobody in the grand scheme of things — finds himself almost completely alone in a fresh universe, one of eight precursors chosen almost entirely at random. With only an odd World Spirit for company, Rory must survive and build an entire universe from scratch. This is not the story of a plucky hero daring to challenge the gods of old. This is the story of how one of those gods came to be — their rise from a nobody in a brand new universe to a name known, sometimes loved, sometimes feared, throughout all of existence.
Royal Road4.59· 235
Base BuildingCraftingCultivationGameLitGenius MCLitRPG+4

Bloodline Tree

InkPainting

D41/100
In a world where the strong make the rules and bloodlines make the strong, Shu Yang felt incredibly unfortunate to be reborn as a lowly farmer in a small village. Without any special bloodline, he struggled to reach even the first stage of martial arts. Fortunately, the small seed that killed him in his previous life wasn't without a conscience. Taking root within his sea of consciousness, it granted Shu Yang an incredible ability: as long as his bloodline spread, he would receive feedback from his descendants, inheriting their talents and unique traits. His bloodline strengthening further and further, Shu Yang began gaining the power to truly explore this vast and mysterious world.
Royal Road4.51· 544
Base BuildingCultivationOverpowered MCReincarnationWeak to StrongWuxia

Carve the Ley

Nail-Sun

D40/100
Brennan died once, worn down by a life that never mattered. He wakes in a world of shifting Zones where forests twist overnight and monsters claim the land, and he refuses to fade into the background again. His past is gone. This time, he is all in. A weak-to-strong isekai built around an expansive new world with its own cultures, nations, and political systems, rune magic, dungeon mechanics, and consistent progression.
Royal Road4.45· 550
Base BuildingDungeon CrawlingHard MagicIsekaiLitRPGReincarnation+2

Rise of the Mechanar

Gallekryde

D40/100
At twenty years old, Nicholas has lived his life to fulfil a vow. With the obligation settled, he yearns for answers to the mystery of his own origin — answers that will require venturing to the old continent, the Ancient Capital, and the midst of a war to reclaim it from the monsters that drove humanity away millennia ago. Not all plans survive. When heathen invaders upend everything, Nicholas swears another promise and finds himself alone in the wilderness of the old continent, surrounded by enemies both monster and human. Drawing on ancient powers that may finally provide the answers he sought, he must tread carefully — because he may turn into something that even monsters fear.
Royal Road4.57· 450
Base BuildingGenius MCGrimdarkLitRPGMilitaryOverpowered MC+2

The Lich King Reincarnates as a Baby

Of Rantings and Ramblings

D40/100
Lord Dread was the first lich in history and the greatest magical prodigy the world has ever seen. The Gods themselves feared his potential and banished him for it. They should have been more thorough. After freeing himself from a prison of countless millennia, Lord Dread finds his powers diminished and his body that of a baby girl — born to an aristocratic family. With a fresh chance to re-learn magic better than he taught himself originally, his sights are set on regaining his former glory. He must learn this strange new era, rebuild the dark empire he once used to challenge even the Gods, and take revenge on the fearful divinity that struck him down. This would be easier if girls could inherit land — but Lord Dread has never let a little thing like that get in his way.
Royal Road4.39· 554
Base BuildingComedyLGBTQ+ReincarnationSchoolSecondary World+2

The Cozy Abyss

Harmon Cooper

D40/100
There are three levels to the afterlife. At the top lie the Celestial Plains. At the bottom is the Chasm. And in between lies the Underworld — where brave soldier Sylas Runewulf finds himself after he dies. Following a mysterious blue prompt, Sylas journeys to the town of Ember Hollow to breathe new life into a quaint local pub. Dubbing it "The Old Lamplighter," Sylas hopes it will be a safe haven for weary souls. The prompt reappears with a warning of an impending invasion, and as Sylas works to decipher the message, he faces challenges, makes friends, and builds a community around his humble pub — one he must soon defend, or they'll all face a fate much worse than death.
Goodreads4.25· 704
Base BuildingCozyLitRPGReincarnationSecondary WorldWholesome

I Woke Up as the Villainess's Friend. I Don't Want to Be the Next Dark Queen

AngelNersus

D39/100
An avid MMORPG player suddenly finds herself trapped in the world of an otome game she's barely touched. Now inhabiting the body of Bianca, the plain and overlooked friend of the villainess, she's exhilarated by the chance to live in a world brimming with magic. Determined to make the most of her knowledge of the game's opening events, she ventures into a beginner's dungeon to gain strength. But when a seed of darkness disguised as an innocent puppy crosses her path, her plans spiral out of control — pushing her to level up, seize an overwhelming power, and face the temptation of becoming the next dark overlord.
Royal Road4.26· 561
Anti-heroBase BuildingComedyCozyDungeon CrawlingGameLit+7

Dark Fate

Stuart Grosse

D39/100
The world ended — or rather, the world as it was known ended, replaced by one with a System, with levels, hit points, and stats. Monsters spawned and preyed on the weak. The Black Knight rose as one of humanity's greatest champions, striking down warlords and monsters to protect the people. Then, at the moment of his greatest triumph, he was betrayed by his lover and closest friend and struck with a cursed blade. The explosion cast him back in time, into his own body before the System Apocalypse began. He had been a hero — and all it earned him was betrayal and death. This time, he would become the darkness itself, and bend it to his will.
Goodreads4.25· 656
Anti-heroBase BuildingHaremLitRPGRegressionSci-fi+2

Rules of Biomancy: A LitRPG Healer Fantasy

Buller

D39/100
For almost half a century, Elijah kept his Core sealed — staying in the shadows, running a small alchemy shop on the outskirts of the slums, staying weak but staying safe. When he finds two people half-dead in an alley, both too young to have had a chance at life, he removes the chains from his magic to help them. An older MC with plant-based magic steps back into the light, taking on the role of teacher to two otherworlders given a second chance. A story of political drama and light LitRPG elements set in a secondary world.
Royal Road4.53· 494
AlchemyBase BuildingGameLitIsekaiLitRPGOlder MC+2