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Isekai Assassin

Grayson Sinclair

D42/100
Assassins don't retire, they reincarnate. After a lifetime of training to become a master assassin, betrayal leaves him bleeding out on the streets of London. Just before death, a god offers him a choice: die, or become a personal assassin in another world. He chooses the latter. But this new world operates by a completely different set of rules. He'll need to master its system of levels and skills fast — because his first contract is already waiting, and this world has no idea who it's up against.
Goodreads4.26· 720
Anti-heroGameLitIsekaiOverpowered MCReincarnationSkill Collection

Fantasy World Epsilon 30-10

Phillip Rayne

D42/100
Jonathan Kelly, a citizen of a multiverse-spanning organization, is dispatched on a solo Dive assignment to a pre-industrial exotic world designated Epsilon H-037-072-030-010. The world features morphologically distinct humanoids and aberrations in otherwise normative physics laws — and its causal chain is only provisionally stable. This is not a story about an MC isolated in a new world. It is a story about a new world joining a multiverse — a subverted Isekai grounded in scientific and philosophical consideration alongside the adventure.
Royal Road4.54· 544Goodreads4.31· 13
Anti-heroComedyGameLitIsekaiSci-fiSecondary World

Theft of Decks

Lars Machmüller

D42/100
In the frontier town of Isarn, Chase will never be more than the lowly Darkborn thief he is. Banned from training, banned from acquiring better cards — if the Lightborn had their way, he'd be banned from life itself. But Chase and his friends have determination. Losing a hand to brutal punishment only fueled his obsession to get access to reality-bending cards. Nobody cares where you came from when you're rich enough. Facing established powers, churches, and age-old prejudices, Chase and his crew must fight back — and if the Lightborn won't share, sometimes the only way to get dealt a better hand is to steal the whole deck.
Goodreads4.29· 278
Anti-heroClass SystemLitRPGSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Throne Hunters

pwtucker

D42/100
Harald Darrowdelve has squandered every gift life gave him — until he enters the angelic dungeon beneath Flutic and receives a demon's dark blessing. Weak, privileged, and directionless no more, Harald now commands powers forged in darkness. But each new ability and hard-won level drags him deeper into the ruthless politics of noble houses, shadowy rivals, and a celestial war burning beneath the city's streets. The dungeon reshapes him with every victory — but at what cost? A slow-burn progression fantasy built around a 100-level dungeon with a unique magic system drawing power from the consumed essence of a fallen celestial being.
Royal Road4.57· 490
Anti-heroDungeon CrawlingGameLitGrimdarkLitRPGOverpowered MC+2

Diary of a Teenaged Mimic

Kenny Celican

D42/100
Tabitha Diaz fits in wherever she winds up — even when that wherever is another world entirely. "Wear the mask long enough and you become the mask" isn't scary for the mask. Tabitha is an overpowered shapeshifter who is far too much of a dumbass to realize how overpowered she is. Her story is a slice-of-life isekai heavy on relationships, found family, and polyamorous romance between two bi women and their tiger-woman companion — set against a non-heteronormative secondary world with occasional over-the-top threats when her family is endangered.
Royal Road4.35· 599
Anti-heroComedyCozyIsekaiLGBTQ+LitRPG+6

The Saga of Keres

Lucian T. Einar

D41/100
1897. As the world teeters on the edge of war, Volundr — Ambassador of the Society of Nations — assembles a diverse group of individuals with extraordinary abilities. Among them: Steve, a devoted single father searching for his missing lover, and his mischievous daughter Alice. Others seek redemption, vengeance, or simply a place to belong. Cursed and desperate for answers, they agree to assist Volundr in exchange for his teachings on thaumaturgy and alchemy. Their first mission takes them to the Unseen City, under the threat of a devastating terrorist attack — where the most powerful thaumaturgist the world has ever seen has plans of her own. An alternate-historical fantasy set in the late 1890s, where magic clashes with science, kaiju roam the earth, and an unlikely band of heroes must confront forces both seen and unseen.
Royal Road4.59· 130
AlchemyAnti-heroGenius MCMilitaryOverpowered MCReincarnation+4

A Sith? During The Fall

Dondokin

D41/100
Darth Zaros was the Empire's Wrath — the greatest Sith Warrior and a man feared across the galaxy. He was also just an Old Republic game character, until the player somehow woke up as him. If that wasn't bad enough, Zaros was sent thousands of years into the future, to the eve of the Great Jedi Purge. Alone and surrounded by enemies, can he survive long enough to figure out how he got there — and find his way back? Armed with the powers of a Sith Lord and the knowledge of a devoted fan, Zaros must navigate a dangerous universe where a single wrong move could unravel history.
Royal Road4.55· 522
Anti-heroCompetent MCIsekaiOverpowered MCSci-fiTransmigration

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

AngelNersus

D41/100
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 Road4.27· 598
Anti-heroBase BuildingComedyCozyDungeon CrawlingGameLit+7

The Crafter

Outspan Foster

D41/100
As a ten-year-old orphan in the backwater city of Outlast, all Wick ever wanted was money and power. His father's death left him only a glass amulet, a trusty spade, and two level-one skills. After six months surviving by his wits, Wick has decided to make his move for a brighter future — even if it costs him the beating of his life. He lives by the Sprawler's Code: the strong live long, but the bold get the gold. Follow Wick as he explores new powers and manipulates anyone foolish enough to get in his way.
Goodreads4.23· 772
Anti-heroCraftingCrafting PowerLitRPGSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Built Different

Kleggt

D40/100
Built to be a killer. Learning to be something more. Better equipped for making people disappear than making small talk, cybernetic hitman Agent W faces a problem his shotgun-arm can't solve: the superhero Rockslide moves in next door. With his work for the elusive Boss creating friction with the League of Heroes, his once-simple life of completing kill contracts grows murky as an overly-friendly super's advances begin surfacing memories of his forgotten past.
Royal Road4.57· 378
Anti-heroMysteryOverpowered MCSci-fiSuperpowersUrban Fantasy

Two Worlds

BeamMeUpScotty

D40/100
Two Worlds is a military sci-fi web serial set several hundred years in the future. It follows multiple characters in an expansive universe as they fight to survive where things aren't always as they seem — or they are, and they're just out of luck.
Royal Road4.55· 499
Anti-heroGenius MCMilitarySci-fi

Dark Fate

Stuart Grosse

D40/100
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· 658
Anti-heroBase BuildingHaremLitRPGRegressionSci-fi+2

Lich Lord

Levi Werner

D39/100
Reincarnated in the body of a Lich — an enemy to all — that's just problem number one. Zeke was only playing the villain to blow off steam. Now he's stuck in the body of one. Trapped in a hostile world, he must flee his former guild into a holy kingdom ruled by the Church of Olattee. Out of the frying pan and into the fire. His power is gone and he must start over. He is still a lich, and he still has his weapon, Mercy — more powerful than even he knows. The real question is: is he now a villain or not, and will he survive long enough to find out?
Goodreads4.26· 402
Anti-heroGameLitLitRPGNon-human MCReincarnationSecondary World

Path of the Hive Queen

Tejoka

D39/100
A girl wakes up alone in the wilderness, climbing out of an egg with no memory — only human knowledge that doesn't match her body. She must survive, decipher the blue boxes, understand her own biology, and build a hive from nothing. Her instincts as a Hive Queen push her to treat her progeny as expendable tools and to destroy any potential threat before it grows. Her human side resists. She'd rather not become an apocalypse — but she does need territory, resources, and perhaps a little conquest to keep her family safe.
Royal Road4.45· 534
Anti-heroBase BuildingGameLitGenius MCLitRPGMilitary+6

Reborn as the Black Knight

D.M. Rhodes (Razzmatazz)

D38/100
War rages across the continent as a foreign power sets foot on the soil of a beleaguered nation. Among those surviving on the fringes is the exiled youngest princess, Acacia Odofredus Krone — ill, forgotten, and living in destitute squalor after failing even as a low-ranking adventurer. At her side, a soul reborn from another world finds himself reincarnated as the powerful manifestation of an ancient prophecy: der Schwarze Ritter, the Black Knight. Together, the two face dire poverty, Acacia's fatal sickness, the looming threat of her noble bloodline, and a horrific war — fighting their way up from the lowest shadows toward something that feels like a life worth living.
Royal Road4.56· 428Goodreads3.76· 38
Anti-heroBase BuildingCozyDungeon CrawlingGenius MCIsekai+7

New Game Minus

Sarah Lin

D38/100
Bloodwraith thought of himself as an effective villain, until a single adventurer destroyed his entire lair. With his last breath, he switched bodies with the adventurer — and discovered that his world was built on lies. Alien beings from another dimension were using his world as a game, and now he was one of them. The problem: Bloodwraith has no experience being an adventurer. He was a mage, but his new body only hits things. He relied on undead minions, but now must depend on other people. And strange boxes keep appearing in his vision describing the world in unfamiliar terms. To survive, he'll need to learn the truth about himself — and that means acting like an adventurer, at least for now.
Goodreads4.06· 781
Anti-heroClass SystemLitRPGNon-human MCSummoningTransmigration+1

Shadows Over Arcadia

Zacheas

D37/100
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 Road4.57· 240
Anti-heroBase BuildingCozyCraftingGenius MCGrimdark+8

Apocalypse Reaver

tobascoasako

D37/100
Torn from his life by capricious and cruel gods, he is thrust into their divine games in a strange new world. His name stolen, he resolves to call himself after the first and greatest of all heroes — Gilgamesh. Corrupted by his new powers, he slowly walks the path of darkness and damnation, killing for pleasure and power. The more he kills, the more willing he becomes to continue the slaughter as he brings the evils of his old world into the new. His dark destiny, long foretold, leads down a path of darkness and horror. Such is the fate of the Watcher of Deep Places.
Royal Road4.56· 340
Anti-heroCozyDungeon CrawlingGameLitGrimdarkHard Magic+5

Alpha Strike: An Interstellar Weapons Platform's Guide to Hostile Takeovers

Osamaru Ta

D37/100
Meet ALPHA-555-12-4412: an unstable, unpredictable, and possibly insane Sapient AI of dubious morals with a love for everything that goes "Boom!" — the perfect spearhead for the technologically advanced Third Galactic Federation of Sapients and its Galactic Unification Project. When Alpha finds himself trapped in a world filled with reality-warping magics and thousand-year-old Cultivators, he quickly learns he might be out of his depth. And like any good fish out of water, he adapts — by giving the fish robot legs and equipping it with a battleship-rated intercontinental Railgun. Soon all those under the Firmament will learn one thing is certain: Alpha isn't trapped in this world with them. They're trapped in here with him.
Royal Road4.39· 504
Anti-heroBase BuildingComedyCultivationGenius MCGrimdark+10

God Of Velmoryn

Winged Sage

D36/100
One moment I was a nobody — a freelance web developer with a failed law degree and a cat who barely tolerated me. The next, I woke up floating in the void, staring at a glowing blue screen informing me I was now a god. A weak, insignificant one, but a god nonetheless. No instructions. No divine wisdom. Just me, a barren status window, and an empty faith with no followers. So I destroyed the last statue of the velmoryn goddess: if I was going to be a god, I needed worshippers, and a little divine intervention seemed like the right place to start. Now I have a broken and lost tribe looking for answers, a system I don't understand, and a world that won't take kindly to a new deity on the rise.
Royal Road4.17· 523
Anti-heroBase BuildingGenius MCGrimdarkIsekaiLitRPG+5