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Remnant

Randi Darren

B70/100
Steve wakes with no memories in an open field of dirt, with only a collection of farm tools and bags of seeds to tell him what he's supposed to do. Hidden messages left by his past self warn that he has already failed once — though he has no idea at what, or how to succeed this time. The world has just undergone a radical change, forcing Steve to fight the undead, bandits, and nature itself as everything falls apart around him. He has an axe, a farm to build, and a mystery he doesn't yet know how to solve.
Goodreads4.14· 2.5K
Base BuildingGameLitGoreGrimdarkHaremLitRPG+1

Undead

NineKeys

B68/100
A man has been brought back to life for a fell purpose. He inhabits the body of a ghoul — a lesser undead being — and must kill and eat, both to accrue power for himself and to serve the purposes of the mysterious woman who summoned him.
Royal Road4.62· 1.1K
GoreGrimdarkHorrorLitRPGNon-human MCReincarnation+1

Incubus Inc.

Randi Darren

B68/100
Sameerixis — Sam to those who know him — is an Incubus who solves problems for a price: a few years of your life, a handful of days, or a single night of pleasure. A one-demon service provider, imprisoned by an old business partner — until a portal opens with his name on it. Sam steps through and begins rebuilding his operation from the ground up in a new plane, only to find himself immediately moving from the known to the unknown to the inadvisable.
Goodreads4.29· 1.8K
GoreGrimdarkHaremIsekaiNon-human MCSecondary World+1

Cruel Violet

Dreamer's Riot

B66/100
It's been centuries since the world fell to the mist and crystal, changing the flora, fauna, and the very air. Humanity slowly returns from mountain refuges, mastering crystals and the strange clarity they offer. Now, at age five, every child receives a crystal inlay ring that reveals their calling — a specific area of excellence and a unique method of growth. Everyone has a calling. Everyone but Violet. For eleven years she has been the only child with no calling, learning to adapt to the ridicule and pity with a carefully worn persona of warmth and kindness. Then she finds herself with blood on her hands — and finally understands how to feed her calling, and her appetite.
Royal Road4.68· 388
Anti-heroDungeon CoreGoreGrimdarkLitRPGOverpowered MC+6

Bloodsworn

Dominick R

B66/100
The Dragons have been slain, the Giants pacified, the Elves have retreated to the old growth forests, and the Dwarven forges have gone cold. Magic fled from the world as the Empire of Man rose supreme on the strength of technology — until Essence ignites, filling the world with the old powers of myth and legend. Erak doesn't care about any of it. His Oaths are etched into his Blood, and the Weight Essence has given them has only made them stronger. He serves his Queen: her shield, her sword, her guardian. Cut off from her as portals tear open the sky and release a storm of demons upon the Empire, he will fight his way to her side. Rallying survivors, soldiers, civilians, and scholars, Erak is determined to cut through every legion of Hell standing between him and his Queen. For he is the Bloodsworn, and nothing shall stop him from honoring his Oaths.
Royal Road4.73· 222Goodreads3.63· 542
GoreGrimdarkHorrorLitRPGMilitaryNon-human MC+5

Demon Card Enforcer

Tharsult

B65/100
It's Drop Night, the one night every decade when the gods hand out cards to a lucky few. If you get a deck, you're a deckbearer capable of great feats — such as controlling frightening monsters. Wolfe, top enforcer for the Grimm family mob, has already been overlooked on two previous Drop Nights. People of his ilk seldom receive cards, as the gods tend to favor those who follow divine mandates. Against all odds, though, Wolfe does receive a deck at midnight — including a rare card everyone would kill to have. With the rival street gang the Cobras fielding six deckbearers and cutting into the Grimm family's trade, someone has to do the dirty work. And it isn't going to be the spoiled children of Big Man Grimm.
Royal Road4.66· 629
Anti-heroGoreGrimdarkLitRPGProfanitySkill Collection+1

CyberGene

Sixbees2

B65/100
Every century, the MALswarm invades — adaptive aliens of blood and steel led by Titans that decimate billions and leave behind raw Warp Energy. Humanity seizes this power, transforming into beings of mutated flesh and cybernetic might. Yet the promised utopia remains a lie, and New California's underworld schemes to profit from the impending Fifth Swarm. Two destinies collide amidst the chaos. Ripley — a cybernetics savant battling to save his dying mother — operates in the shadows of a gang-owned nightclub. Diana, engineered for perfection, fights as an officer of the law to forget her past. When a monster is unleashed, they steal its infinite potential to warp their futures. In a city where salvation and damnation are inseparable, Ripley reinvents himself from the wreckage of his enemies' cybernetics as a mercenary, while Diana's mutated blood crackles with lightning as she purges corruption. Against a grand conspiracy of aliens, rogue AIs, shady corporations, and organized crime, their alliance — and conflict — determines if the world will plunge into darkness or embrace the light.
Royal Road4.66· 604
Anti-heroBase BuildingCozyGenius MCGoreGrimdark+9

Land of the Elementals

Aaron Oster

B64/100
Life is cruel — Arbor learns this the hard way when everything he loves is taken from him in a single night. Left alive by the men who butchered his family, Arbor has two options: give up and perish, or rise up and fight to take back the life he's lost. To do that, he must leave behind the only home he's ever known and venture into a world far more dangerous than he could ever have imagined — a world filled with magic, monsters, and mythic beasts powerful enough to destroy entire nations.
Goodreads4.40· 575
GoreGrimdarkSecondary WorldSkill CollectionWeak to Strong

Behemoth

lkal92

B63/100
Cyril, the affable third prince of the Wandering Phoenix Tribe, awakens in the desert with no memory of his recent past. Destined to serve as the future Librarian of his people, he never expected to become the vessel of Behemoth, one of the World Titans — celestial beings ancient as the world itself, viewed like the eruption of a volcano or a tsunami capable of washing away an entire nation. More interested in reading romance novels than conducting war, Cyril seeks only to return to his family. But he soon discovers he is not the only anomaly to arise, and not everyone has such peaceful intentions. Armed with an unfathomable reservoir of mana and the spirit of a colossus, Cyril must stand tall through the upheaval of the old world and the birth of a new one.
Royal Road4.67· 274Goodreads4.12· 67
CultivationGoreGrimdarkLitRPGOverpowered MCSecondary World+2

Limitless Path

DarkForsaken

B60/100
One day the Limitless Path sweeps up Earth into its established structure. Magic and beasts flood the world, making even a trip down the street a potentially dangerous endeavor. Elizabeth "Beth" Bell seizes the opportunity, choosing a path of battles and exploration. She fights her way through countless dungeons and trials, masters a wide variety of skills and abilities, and pushes herself to the very limit of what is possible — and beyond.
Royal Road4.47· 991Goodreads3.00· 1
Dungeon CrawlingGoreLitRPGSci-fiSkill CollectionSystem Apocalypse+2

Power Mage

Hondo Jinx

C56/100
After discovering a secret psionic society, bull rider Brawley Hayes learns he has the unique potential to control all seven psychic energies — one for each order. He just needs a teacher from each. Seven orders. Seven amazing powers. Seven beautiful teachers. But everyone is hunting him: all seven orders, a shady government bureau, and the psionic mafia. As Brawley fights his way toward mastery, darker secrets emerge — including the sinister truth lurking behind the Super Lattice and the identity of his most dangerous enemy, the Tiger Mage.
Goodreads4.33· 1K
Class SystemGoreHaremLitRPGSexual ContentSuperpowers+1

Demon Princess Magical Chaos

Meakashi

C55/100
Kuroe Makoto — tomboyish ace of her high school track and field club — falls asleep after an exhausting marathon and wakes up in a fantasy world. She isn't reincarnated as a gifted human hero who effortlessly gathers a harem. She's reborn as Chaos, child of the demon queen and heir to a kingdom at war with humanity. A sound human mind trapped in the body of a horrifying tentacle monster, Chaos must navigate a world of sword and sorcery while grappling with her new nature, her growing appetite for life, and the perilous politics of a realm that wants her dead.
Royal Road4.24· 793Goodreads4.22· 891
Anti-heroComedyGoreHaremIsekaiNon-human MC+5

The Turning

Kenny King

C53/100
About four weeks ago the world simply turned. One day: iPhones, Mickey Mouse, hamburgers. The next: magic and monsters. And humans became players — with levels, items, and classes. Pretty ironic considering how many times parents told their kids to quit gaming and experience real life. Then real life grabbed everyone by the throat, and it was the gamers who were prepared. A story about a guy, his best friend, a loyal golden retriever, a little girl, and her beloved cat — plus copious amounts of gore, legendary weapons, and a lich king who needed slaying.
Goodreads4.25· 1.1K
Base BuildingGoreLitRPGPost-apocalypticSystem ApocalypseUrban Fantasy

The Archon

Dominic Stal

C53/100
Being a mage isn't all it's cracked up to be — especially when you've witnessed the end of the world and the demise of all you've ever loved. As a particle physicist, William Jenkins is as unsuited to survival on an alien world as any normal thirty-something post-doc could be. Thankfully, he's not alone: with an A.I., magic, scientific curiosity, and most improbably a deity on his side, Will must come to terms with his new reality before otherworldly terrors extinguish all hope. Meanwhile, Effni Naridia, Qaseri Ranger and Guardian of her people, must face her own demons — by undertaking a trial that could determine not only the fate of her city but unravel a mystery aeons in the making.
Goodreads4.14· 1.2K
GameLitGoreHard MagicIsekaiPost-apocalypticProfanity+1

Sunspot

yootie

C53/100
Seven years ago, the Frozen Flame brought magic to Earth — but not to Dalton, who received only scars. Now a lonely shut-in known as "Ezzen," he's resigned himself to an online life of secondhand magic and fanboying over the superhuman Vaetna. When fate splinters and magic finally finds him, it's the best day of his life — and the worst. He suddenly becomes a resource in a cold war over magical power, hunted by paramilitary organizations and Flame-worshipping cults alike. Worse, the reality of being a flamebearer is nothing like the apotheosis he dreamed of: it is cruel and twisted, the bloody path of monsters.
Royal Road4.58· 695Goodreads4.28· 210
CozyGoreGrimdarkHard MagicLGBTQ+Sci-fi+4

Twice Lived

obran

C52/100
In a fraction of a moment, the Earth was no more — destroyed in an accident, killing billions. This is the story of Elm, a regular American born on Earth and given a chance to be reborn on a world of magic, monsters, and dungeons. But for Elm, this is far from the idealistic reincarnation story. He is born into a family of inquisitors — a noble order dedicated to hunting down and killing the "Twice-Lived," the name society gives to those reincarnated with their past-life memories intact. Elm must navigate a world that wants him dead, armed only with knowledge from a life that no longer exists.
Royal Road4.53· 724Goodreads3.54· 200
GameLitGoreGrimdarkLitRPGReincarnationSecondary World

Future Reborn

Daniel Pierce

C51/100
Jack Bowman is out of luck and out of money — until he agrees to be cryogenically frozen for a major scientific research company. When his pod splits open two thousand years later, he finds a wasteland world of warring tribes, mutated animals, monsters, and ogres. The freezing process was only half the experiment. Something swimming in his bloodstream is turning Jack into something more than human, and he'll need every advantage he can get to survive.
Goodreads4.16· 1.1K
Base BuildingGoreHaremPost-apocalypticSexual ContentSuperpowers

The Scattered and the Dead

L.T. Vargus, Tim McBain

C48/100
When the power grid fails and a mysterious virus runs rampant, society collapses almost overnight. Among the survivors: a family scrambling for shelter, two orphan girls trying to last the winter, a drunk plotting revenge against the raiders who killed his parents, and a televangelist fleeing a rumored nuclear strike. Slowly their paths converge. A new world will be born from the ruins—but not all of them will make it.
Goodreads3.95· 1.1K
DrugsGoreGrimdarkHorrorPost-apocalyptic

Crimson Hydra

Joshua Rettew

D44/100
Pulled from the point of death and thrust into a horde-mode-style survival game, Benny White's odds aren't looking too great. To make matters worse, an eldritch entity named 'Dave' has tasked him with destroying the very System that now controls his fate. Benny's experience as a lab tech grants him a rare Splicer Class that lets him repurpose the genetic material of slain enemies into augments for himself — bone claws, blood-bullet turrets, and skeletal hydra heads. There's also his Flesh Golem summon, a six-foot mound of muscle called Meat. The entire galaxy is watching. Welcome to the Game of Souls, where the only prize is to survive.
Goodreads4.29· 416
Class SystemCrafting PowerGoreLitRPGSummoningSystem Apocalypse

Deus in Machina

Tony

D44/100
In a galaxy forsaken, infernal gateways tear the world asunder, unleashing Hell's legions to crush all in their grasp. From the ashes, Theosis — the Divine System and God's voice in the temporal realm — ascends, forging a grand Empire and waging four millennia of merciless Holy War against the Underworld's evil. Far from the Empire's light, on a savage world, Angar is forged in fury as a gateway to the abyss tears his homeland apart. His maul thunders with unyielding hate, offering crimson tithes to the Lord as he carves a blood-soaked path to glory — or damnation. A new Crusader rises.
Royal Road4.60· 204
GameLitGoreGrimdarkLitRPGMilitaryOverpowered MC+4