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Animus

Joshua, Michael Anderle

B68/100
It was just one fight, but it changed Kaiden Jericho's life forever. A street kid trying to leave his gang behind, Kaiden is offered a chance at the elite Nexus Academy — an institution that trains the next generation of fighters, leaders, hackers, and spies, then hires them out to companies, governments, and NGOs. Training happens through the Animus: a simulation so advanced that every death makes you closer to perfect. Kaiden would really rather skip the death part.
Goodreads4.34· 1.7K
Competent MCMilitarySchoolSci-fiUrban FantasyVRMMO+1

Second Ascension

Reece Brooks

B68/100
Dean was there when the last Kingdom fell. A common soldier with no real talent or power, he watched as the kingdom's most famous adventurers were broken and killed — all except the Spear Saint, who then betrayed mankind and doomed them all. On the cusp of death, Dean is offered a choice: go back in time and take a different path, one that could grant him the power to change his fate entirely. But behind the scenes, a silent war rages between unseen powers whose agents will soon hunt him — drawing him into a conflict that spans not continents, but entire worlds.
Goodreads4.43· 467
Class SystemMilitaryRegressionSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

The Rings of Jupiter

O.C. Saar

B68/100
Once a legendary Gunslinger of the Outer Ring, Raziel has been reduced to a drunken husk. The only thing that stirs him into action is trying to save a friend's life, even if it takes a suicide mission. Things take a turn when Raziel winds up with a gem lodged in his chest — one that has all three Rings salivating, because it can do the impossible. He can now level. His arm now absorbs power from people and weapons alike. The dangers of the Rings of Jupiter once took everything from him. Now he has the chance to make things right — to get revenge. A noir-inspired, dystopian space setting full of conspiracies, murder, cults, and mysteries.
Royal Road4.72· 109Goodreads4.60· 20
GameLitGrimdarkLitRPGMysteryOverpowered MCSci-fi+1

Path of Dragons

Nicholas Searcy

B68/100
Elijah Hart is dying — wracked by cancer and weakened by chemotherapy. When the mysterious World Tree extends its branches to Earth, his Seattle-bound flight crashes into the Pacific Ocean and a game-like system takes hold, reshaping humanity's future. Waking up on an island in the Pacific Northwest, Elijah finds himself suddenly gifted with magical powers and an innate connection to the natural world as a Druid — wielding Ethera and able to take on the forms of powerful beasts. The influx of magic has rendered most technology useless and thrown humankind back into a preindustrial age. With each trial he faces, Elijah becomes healthier, stronger, and more powerful. But will it be enough to save himself, let alone the world?
Goodreads4.41· 820
IsekaiLitRPGMonster TamingPost-apocalypticSystem ApocalypseWeak to Strong

The Cursed Legion: Iron Throne Series

Zer0n1gh7s

B68/100
Rome fights an endless war against the greenskinned. Maximilian, an orphan, is caught stealing a Class Shard to activate his Patron Inheritance — but he stowed away a Skill Shard too. Thrown into a Cursed Legion and hurled to the frontlines of a massive war, Max must learn how to use his Patron Inheritance to improve and merge Skill Shards, forging himself into the greatest legend ever to wear the maroon and silver.
Royal Road4.70· 277
Base BuildingClass SystemGameLitGenius MCLitRPGMilitary+6

The Last Diabolist

wkrrk

B68/100
My name is Jain Shin Hallow, and I eat lunch in the school bathroom. I'm in my senior year at Charter Academy, finished with my SATs, filling out college applications, living in a one-bedroom apartment in Manhattan with my dad. I've been bullied all my life, mostly for not knowing when to shut up. Oh. It also turns out I'm the last of the Hallow Diabolists and the Shin Shamans. Pacts and bargains, ghosts, haunted amusement parks, mass graves, rooms that lead to other places, yokais and daevils — just another Friday. My name is Jain Shin Hallow, and I'm the last Diabolist of New York.
Royal Road4.70· 277
Genius MCHorrorMysteryPost-apocalypticSchoolSecondary World+3

Intelligent Design: A Monster Evolution LitRPG

Kienti

B68/100
Earth is integrated into the cosmic System without warning. Recognized for humanity's tenacity and will to survive, the planet faces a brutal ultimatum: adapt or die. At midnight, every human transforms into an egg with the potential to evolve beyond imagination. Among them is David, an ordinary man thrown into a savage new world. Armed with only his wits and a drive to survive, he must navigate a place where the rules are simple: evolve fast, or become prey for something that did.
Royal Road4.63· 1.1K
ComedyLitRPGNon-human MCStatsSystem ApocalypseWeak to Strong

Splinter Angel

AvaritiaBona

B68/100
Ana just wanted to get home. Instead, the kid she was bodyguarding got dragged through a hole in reality, and she went with him. Once the smoke settled, Nic was dead, Ana had no way home, and she had to deal with magic, floating numbers, and a forest full of demons. The locals are friendly — when they're not trying to kill her. Ana has a gift for getting stronger, even if she struggles to see people as anything more than objects. Possessed creatures and bad actors will find out what happens when they run afoul of someone unburdened by conscience. A bodyguard turned guardian angel, Ana will fight to protect her new world, whatever it takes.
Royal Road4.57· 1KGoodreads4.41· 853
Anti-heroGrimdarkIsekaiLGBTQ+LitRPGOverpowered MC+2

The Broken Knife

SilverSidhe

B68/100
Kaz is a kobold, just trying to survive, grow, and protect his tribe. His efforts are about to become complicated: dragons are nesting in a cave nearby, and humans are seeking an ancient secret in his mountain with potentially deadly consequences. Join Kaz as he discovers what magic and cultivation are, gets up close and personal with a dragon of his own, and delves deep into the mountain to find secrets — and a freedom he never dared to hope for.
Royal Road4.67· 621
CultivationDungeon CrawlingNon-human MCSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Blood Sovereign

C.Peinhopf

B68/100
Some monsters are born. Others are chosen. Mirela was meant to be a saint, but her birth was cursed. Born a vampire beneath the shadow of prophecy, she never knew her blood carried both miracle and abomination — she only ever wanted to survive. On her eighteenth birthday, the divine Catalyst awakens her class and reveals a truth that could tear the world apart. Hunted, betrayed, and torn between the call of sainthood and the hunger in her veins, Mirela must decide what her power is truly worth. Blood and divinity were never meant to mix. In her hands, both may save the world — or end it.
Royal Road4.68· 457
Anti-heroClass SystemGrimdarkLitRPGNon-human MCOverpowered MC+3

Deathworld Commando: Reborn

RangerFrank

B68/100
Commander Kronos was not considered human — he was a weapon, grown in a tube to be the perfect soldier for his species. When he experienced genuine emotion for the first time, humanity eliminated him. He was reborn into a world of swords and sorcery as Kaladin Shadowheart, a dark elf, and given a second lease on life he initially refused to accept. It took a near-death experience and hard-won growth, but Kaladin finally committed to honoring a promise to his former comrades: to give this new life an honest try. A reincarnation progression story focused less on power fantasy and more on a former weapon learning what it means to be a person.
Royal Road4.37· 1.5K
CozyGrimdarkIsekaiMilitaryNon-human MCReincarnation+3

Wolf Girl Evolution [Tails, Teeth, and Too Much Food!]

Aer En'Kalhurn

B68/100
Luna is a wolf pup with an appetite bigger than the world — sweetly optimistic, endlessly gluttonous, and ruthless when she has to be. Her dream is simple and enormous: to taste everything that ever was or will be. To eat, grow, and adventure, she will endure, evolve, and growl her way through a world that underestimates her. She might be a small pup, but nothing — friend or foe — will stop her from getting stronger.
Royal Road4.68· 440
CozyLitRPGNon-human MCOverpowered MCSecondary WorldSkill Collection+1

Dawn of the Density God

ToraAKR

B68/100
Madra: a planet stuck on hard mode, set to devour everyone on its surface. Jiran is just a child when he receives shattered, imperfect memories of a past life — and nestled inside those emotionless visions is a magic very different from the density and mana he knows: the magic of science. The empire stands alone against the relentless beasts of Madra. Their only means of survival is harnessing the density that saturates her surface, a magic they cannot possibly understand. Will Jiran realize he holds the key to unlocking humanity's infinite potential before they are all wiped out?
Royal Road4.56· 1.2K
CultivationHard MagicLitRPGOverpowered MCReincarnationSecondary World+1

Corruption Wielder

Aaron Shih

B67/100
When the world ends, humanity must fight to survive — but where others struggle in fear, Will sees only an opportunity. When Earth merges with the magical world of Arcadia and a system gives humanity a choice between forty years of indentured servitude or fighting a chaos incursion, Will doesn't hesitate. The system thanks him by throwing him into an impossible tutorial. With little chance of survival, he shrugs and picks [Corruption] as his primary attribute. With a forbidden element — and the powers of death and space added on top — Will just might be able to stab his way through. Earth's sole corruption wielder finds danger at every corner. To him, that might be exactly where he's meant to be.
Goodreads4.39· 1.4K
Anti-heroLitRPGStatsSuperpowersSystem ApocalypseWeak to Strong

Death: Genesis

Nicholas Searcy

B67/100
Zeke Blackwood devoted his childhood to baseball and gave up a kidney to save his sick brother — only to die on the operating table. Eons later, after Earth has been ravaged, he is reborn in the Radiant Isles: a magical realm of legendary creatures, horrifying monsters, and a war between good and evil. Fully healed and guided by the mysterious entity Oberon, Zeke begins battling his way through trolls and darkness, gaining superhuman abilities with every victory — and acquiring allies in an archer named Abby and a soul-bonded dire bear cub named Pudge.
Goodreads4.39· 1.4K
GrimdarkLitRPGMonster TamingPost-apocalypticReincarnationStats+1

A Journey in Darkness

Mr. White

B67/100
A Journey in Darkness is the story of a human girl who finds herself displaced far from home, in a new world filled with wonders to discover and perils to overcome. Waking up in a cave in her pajamas will only be the start of her problems. The world she finds herself in is not so black and white, and she will have to grow and find her own way despite the hardships she encounters — no overwhelming power, just a normal person navigating somewhere strange and dangerous.
Royal Road4.64· 1KGoodreads4.00· 1
IsekaiLitRPGSecondary WorldSoft MagicWeak to Strong

Irrelevant Jack

Prax Venter

B67/100
Jack is violently pulled into a game-like universe and dumped into a seaside town on the brink of destruction. When the people of Blackmoor Cove ask about his combat role, Jack discovers his odd Hero Class and finds that parts of his game interface are riddled with exposed coding errors. The only way the town can grow and push back the unknown substance threatening to consume it is if Heroes venture into an infinitely high, ever-changing tower, kill bizarre monsters for their equipment drops, and deposit those items into a special chest. As Jack struggles to level up and help save the people he's grown to care for, he learns the true nature of this simulated world — and his destiny.
Goodreads4.24· 1.9K
Base BuildingDungeon CrawlingIsekaiLitRPGTower ClimbingWeak to Strong

The Sect Leader System

bwfoster78

B67/100
After meeting Truck-kun, Benton — a grandfather and an overall nice man — is transmigrated into the body of Chao Su in a brutal, might-makes-right cultivation world. His career in middle management gives him ample experience leading people, and those skills should translate to running a sect. Unfortunately, things aren't that simple. Benton quickly realizes that his plan to let his recruits fight for him won't work. He'll need to get up to speed on life in a cultivation world fast, because danger is on the way: a beast tide threatens his new territory, rival sects don't like the balance of power being upset, and the demonic cultivators that destroyed Chao Su's prior sect are still out there. The MC cannot cultivate himself and advances through cultivation realms by earning points from the System, treating his sect members like a doting grandfather rather than a typical Xianxia protagonist.
Royal Road4.50· 1.3K
Base BuildingCozyCultivationIsekaiLitRPGTransmigration+1

Reforged from Ruin

Silv3rtongue

B67/100
Raika used to be a cultivator — living in a sect, fighting in tournaments, defying the heavens as cultivators do. She was never the strongest or wisest, but she never gave up and always stood by her ideals. Then an Imperial Cultivator destroyed her soul organs and left her crippled. In a world ruled by a millennia-old Emperor and his Blades, where enslaved Daemons serve as weapons of mass destruction and eldritch entities roam at the edges of reality, Raika is now less than worthless. But when the choice is surrender or madness, she chooses madness. Embarking on a strange new path, she will abandon humanity, sanity, and the rule of the Empire to become something far stranger and more powerful than she ever imagined. A story of slow-burn progression, expansive worldbuilding, and a protagonist who keeps transforming — body, mind, and soul — until she is truly free.
pf9.0· 2Royal Road4.55· 1.2K
Anti-heroCultivationDungeon CoreGrimdarkHorrorLGBTQ++4

Echoes of the Tribulation

Carl Dehal

B67/100
The year is 1329, and the Horns of the Apocalypse are about to sound. In a small Scottish town, a young boy begins a journey from carpenter's apprentice to one of the most powerful forces in the Host of the Heavens. A path of adversity lies before him, spanning from the Scottish Borders to the Spanish Reconquista, the Holy Land, and realms beyond. His ascension is an unceasing trial where one misstep may condemn his soul — facing mythical beasts, hordes of demons, and fell beings created by the System for the Tribulation of Mankind. Will he live by the Words of God, be guided by his own intent, or will other forces claim him for their own ends?
Royal Road4.68· 393
Base BuildingDungeon CrawlingGrimdarkLitRPGMilitaryOverpowered MC+4