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Deepest Dungeon

G.D. Penman

D32/100
When Martin's raiding guild joins the latest virtual reality MMO, they discover a challenge unlike any other. Strata Online is a hundred-floor mega-dungeon with an ever-shifting ecosystem of monsters. Martin's team find themselves in a race against the world's strongest guilds, all competing to be first to reach the unbeatable lowest depths. Complicating everything is Sin — a twisted morality meter that can transform a player's class into its dark counterpart. Martin bets on a rarely chosen race, the rat-like Murovan, combined with the unusual exorcist class. But Strata demands more than skill. The deeper he goes, the darker the dungeon gets.
Goodreads4.08· 654
Dungeon CrawlingGrimdarkLitRPGNon-human MCVRMMOWeak to Strong

Villainess Joan of Arc

OnceWritten

D32/100
Steve tried as hard as he could to beat his favorite game, The Hundred Years War, as his favorite general, Joan of Arc. After hundreds of failed runs he finally did it — with a small exploit, but still number one in the world. The game asked for his name, and the moment he gave his real one, he found himself sucked into the game as Joan of Arc. Trapped in a world where Joan is forced to fight battle after battle through countless lifetimes, Steve's only hope is the exploit that won him the game. But when he finally finds it, he's faced not with the end but a whole new beginning — a completely different game where he has no idea what's going on. What the hell's a Villainess?
Royal Road4.55· 249
ComedyCozyDungeon CrawlingGameLitIsekaiLGBTQ++5

Dungeon Noble

J. Parsons

D31/100
Ascension is a blessing of the gods — a chance to strive for glory. Jake Khesh is an orphan yearning to be more. When the gods grant him the chance to Ascend, he seizes it, only to find himself saddled with an unfamiliar Class and a mysterious Patron. With limited knowledge and Triarchy Inquisitors hunting anyone like him, Jake must hide what he is while gaining enough power to reach the next Tier. Dungeons offer wealth and power, and conquering them is at the core of his Class. Unlocking the truth of his origins matters just as much as fame or fortune.
Goodreads4.22· 482
Class SystemDungeon CrawlingLitRPGMysterySecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Warmaster

Melissa McShane

D31/100
Aderyn has waited five years for the Call — the moment the system grants her a class and sets her on the path to becoming an adventurer. When it finally arrives, she's made a Warmaster: a class everyone considers useless. No real combat power, no magic, no impressive skills. Refusing to give up, Aderyn sets out to prove the world wrong. With the help of a young man from another world, she'll tackle dungeons, political intrigue, and continent-spanning quests — showing that a Warmaster can do anything.
Goodreads4.23· 331
Class SystemCompetent MCDungeon CrawlingLitRPGSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Knives & Levels: Survival LitRPG Apocalypse

Zach Skye

D31/100
When Earth is thrust into a deadly multiverse labyrinth, a kitchen worker armed with only his knives and wits must lead his coworkers to survive, level up, and uncover the secrets of their new reality. Colt King never thought much of his kitchen job — until Earth was integrated into a greater reality and his workplace became the heart of a dungeon teeming with monstrous creatures. With limited resources, dangerous coworkers, and no clue about the world outside the dungeon, Colt must step up to lead. Every stat point counts, every decision matters, and survival means more than just making it out alive.
Royal Road4.48· 403
CultivationDungeon CrawlingGameLitGenius MCLitRPGOverpowered MC+4

Soul Merger

IcedFairy

D31/100
When a human kills their first monster, they absorb its soul and gain some of its power. Most consider this a blessing. Alissa considers it a curse — fused with a succubus, she involuntarily seduces everyone around her. She copes by working as a delver, heading into labyrinths to gather materials and treasures in relative isolation. That changes when a lucky encounter draws her into friendship, bloodshed, and the dark truths that lie at the bottom of the labyrinths.
Royal Road4.48· 403
Dungeon CrawlingGrimdarkNon-human MCSecondary WorldSkill CollectionSoft Magic

Gun Girl from Another World

Ninmast Nunyabiz

D31/100
Remmi's whole life has revolved around the terrifying equalizing power of firearms. So when she finds herself sitting amongst the clouds with a floating text box asking what she thinks power is, her answer is immediate and obvious. She doesn't realize she's selecting a class for a fantasy world. Now armed with a gun and a bizarrely generous point-based leveling system, she alone stands between a group of newfound allies and an all-consuming darkness threatening the end of their world.
Royal Road4.54· 309
Class SystemCozyCraftingDungeon CrawlingIsekaiLitRPG+3

Nocturne

JD Glasscock

D31/100
Gideon Sho — a man forced to become an Assassin — is interrupted mid-mission when Earth is chosen for Integration into the Multi-Versal System. Reality shifts to a post-apocalyptic scenario, but nothing will stop him from keeping his promise to bring justice to the Senator who set him on this path. A grimdark progression series with LitRPG elements, multi-versal factions, gods, dragons, and dark themes.
Goodreads4.18· 589
Anti-heroDungeon CrawlingGrimdarkLitRPGPost-apocalypticSystem Apocalypse

Arcanist in Another World

Bleeding Tears

D31/100
Valens is the youngest Life Archmagus the Empire has ever seen. His mastery over Resonance lets him hear the frequencies of the world and heal even the deepest wounds — yet he could do so much more, if only it weren't forbidden. When an ancient ritual promises to reveal the truth, he leaps at the chance — and lands alone in an unfamiliar world, deep in a dungeon crawling with monsters and a System that grants him the secrets of Warmagic as easily as breathing. Valens no longer needs to hold back.
Goodreads4.22· 413
Dungeon CrawlingHard MagicIsekaiLitRPGOverpowered MCStats

Deadly Persuasion

FreeID

D31/100
Isekai'd into a mysterious Victorian town, Levi finds himself in a weak child's body amid deep darkness, ravenous monsters, and a murderous cult of devil worshippers seeking to summon mythical beasts from the Graveyard of the Gods. Fortunately, he possesses the rare talent of an Arch-Magus. Armed with deadly magical words and traps, he is ready to incite riots, gain classes, and level up to survive everything that threatens his precious new life. In this world, power comes from absorbing Ingredients — each holding its own paths and classes — and every week the Krag opens, offering an entrance to the Graveyard of the Gods where relics, power, and Ingredients wait to be plundered, protected by terrifying monsters.
Royal Road4.48· 392Goodreads3.74· 209
Class SystemDungeon CrawlingIsekaiLitRPGMysteryOverpowered MC+4

Edge Cases

Silver Linings

D30/100
In the Prime Kingdoms, the system dominates everything — dictating strength, skills, and power, and spawning dungeons filled with monsters. But every system has its limits, and it is about to push four oddball adventurers to theirs. There is Derivan, an enchanted suit of armor in an existential crisis; Misa, a tanklike half-orc who loves exploiting the system but misses her family; Vex, an anxious lizardkin wizard who has run away from his; and Sev, a cleric who would rather have tea with his god than worship him. When a simple quest goes off the rails and a mysterious dungeon linked to each of them appears, they discover that something is deeply wrong with the Prime Kingdoms. The system is malfunctioning. The world itself is falling apart. Their only hope is trust, shared secrets, and perhaps a bit of healthy communication.
Goodreads4.22· 393
CozyDungeon CrawlingLitRPGNon-human MCSecondary WorldSkill Collection+1

Chronicles of Sir Crabby

Boe Hagen, Ryan Rimmel

D30/100
A prank by a young girl changes the fate of a humble crab forever. Wrenched from his peaceful life at the beach and thrust into sapience, Sir Crabby finds himself in a world filled with creatures both mundane and magical — a world where Evil lurks beneath the waves. Join Sir Crabby as he travels beneath the ocean, discovering power, adventuring forth, and searching for his young friend as he is thrust into the Eternal Conflict of Arthos.
Goodreads4.00· 633
ComedyDungeon CrawlingNon-human MCSecondary WorldSoft Magic

The Adept Archives

Darren Hultberg Jr.

D30/100
In the realm of Eon, strength is the rule of law. Adepts — powerful cultivators who wield mystic spirit energy — battle for control of ancient relics imbued with the power of gods. At night, darkbeasts born of a mysterious fog called the veil hoard those same relics in their dungeons and destroy any adept who ventures too close. When portals begin pulling warriors from other worlds into Eon's brutal battlegrounds, one police officer from Earth finds himself fighting to survive — and discovers he may have the spirit needed to shake the realm to its core. As Roy rises through the ranks of rogue adepts in the outlaw city of Shadowreach, dark forces move to tear everything apart.
Goodreads4.00· 629
CultivationDungeon CrawlingGrimdarkIsekaiLitRPGSecondary World+2

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 Last Experience Point

Parogar

D30/100
Leveling up has been a forgotten relic for nearly a thousand years. Spawn points are gone, and the few who still have access to them are effectively gods — superheroes towering over an ordinary world. For Zach, life is mundane: school, work, repeat. That changes when he stumbles upon one of the last unknown spawn points in existence, throwing him into a chaos he never could have expected.
Royal Road3.81· 429
Base BuildingDungeon CrawlingLitRPGOverpowered MCSci-fiSuperpowers+4

Pixel Dust

D. Petrie

D29/100
Before the online game Carpe Noctem launched, the average person wasted a third of their life sleeping. Now players step into a breathtaking world of fantasy and adventure instead. For most users, it's a dream come true. For MaxDamage24 and his sidekick Kirabell, it's about to become something else. After being fired, one of Noctem's creators sets a plan in motion to bring the entire system crashing down. To stop the collapse, Max and Kira must gather their most trusted friends and push themselves to their absolute limits — facing creepy dungeons, impossible bosses, and their own nightmares along the way.
Goodreads4.22· 321
Dungeon CrawlingGameLitVRMMO

Earth's Alpha Prime

MN_1223

D28/100
Jay, a young mixed martial arts trainer, never expected his life to change in an instant. Picked by the mysterious System as one of Earth's eleven Alpha Chosen, he is thrust into the Trial Program — a brutal intergalactic challenge that sends him to the Trial World, a deadly planet overrun by monstrous creatures. To survive the horrors of the Trial World, the Alpha Chosen must fight, adapt, and grow stronger. Jay, however, possesses a unique talent — a game-changing ability that allows him to grow faster and stronger than anyone else. Rising rapidly through the ranks, he carves his path to the top of the Trial World's hierarchy.
Royal Road3.90· 399Goodreads3.00· 1
Dungeon CrawlingGameLitIsekaiLitRPGOverpowered MCSecondary World+2

The Rules

Aaron Oster

D26/100
When Sam wakes up in a strange new world with a message floating before his eyes, he thinks he's hallucinating. He soon discovers a land filled with dungeons, monsters, angry gnomes, and talking dogs. The only way back is to reach level 100 and defeat the final boss — and the Illustrious Overlord is always watching. A profanity-heavy LitRPG featuring stat sheets, message windows, dungeons, and epic loot.
Goodreads4.01· 562
ComedyDungeon CrawlingIsekaiLitRPGProfanitySystem 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

The Book of Dungeons

John Staats, author

D25/100
The Book of Dungeons is a ruthless new VR RPG in which no one respawns. To one player, the stakes of winning its battle royale couldn't be higher — broke and homeless, he must outwit sixty-three other gamers, each brilliant in their own right. Can alliances last with so much on the line? The game world spans a continent filled with cities, dungeons, monsters, and magic. As years pass, contestants amass experience, rank up skills, unlock spells, and plunder powerful magic items. A slow-burn progression featuring heavy game mechanics, pet companions, boss fights, and base-building.
Royal Road4.50· 336
Base BuildingCozyDungeon CrawlingGameLitLitRPGMonster Taming+3