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I Regressed 300 Years to Open a Quiet Inn

gbolgurov

D26/100
Roen Ashveil was the Archmage of the Crimson Tower — the most powerful mage to ever live. He spent three centuries fighting wars, burying friends, and shaping kingdoms. Then he died alone on a bad chair. The next second, he wakes in his nineteen-year-old body with all his memories intact and one firm decision: he will not be the hero this time. He is opening an inn. Unfortunately, Millhaven is not the kind of town that lets people stay uninvolved. There are debts crushing good families, fields where the soil has started to die, and nobles who smile while tightening chains. People keep finding their way to Roen's door — a sharp-tongued merchant woman, a boy too clever for the life he was born into, a tired guild captain watching the southern road. Every spell risks exposure. Every kindness becomes attachment. And beneath the quiet fields, something old is beginning to wake.
Royal Road4.37· 368
CozyMysteryOlder MCOverpowered MCRegressionReincarnation+3

The Academy's Immortal Professor

Evil Lemon

D26/100
After a lifetime as humanity's strongest, Lucian never expected to become a professor. Once he defeated the Demon Lord, he disappeared to relax for a few centuries — and only came back when an old friend called in a favor. That friend also happened to see the future, and apparently a whole string of disasters was on the way, all somehow tied to a certain academy. Naturally, Lucian was suspicious when the solution turned out to be a teaching job, but he was willing to give it a shot. All he had to deal with were scheming nobles, mysterious threats lurking beneath the surface, a few old enemies who really should have stayed dead, and a new enigmatic System to worry about. Still, Lucian knew he could handle anything. Especially right after a good sandwich.
Royal Road4.39· 365
ComedyCozyGameLitLitRPGOlder MCOverpowered MC+2

The Spider Dilemma

Zodiac36Gold

D25/100
Issekina is a girl like many others: she wakes up in the morning, has breakfast with her many sisters, goes to school, sometimes fights the inner voice inside her head for control over her mind, and takes lessons on forbidden magic from a century-old Mage. Oh, also, she's a human reincarnated in the body of an arachne. And if that wasn't enough, she is not alone — there are others from Earth. A boy and a girl who were mysteriously brought to this big new world, where Memories and War have more power than physics and dreams are a place you can visit. Follow their adventure in this story of a changing world full of Classes and Levels.
Royal Road4.37· 364
Class SystemComedyCozyGameLitIsekaiLitRPG+4

System Girl

Jakib Sawad

D25/100
Death isn't a game over. For Ana, it's a server transfer. Once a game tester, she's now a System AI forced to guide incompetent heroes through lethal worlds. But every time her User dies, she keeps the upgrades and gets a new host in a new reality. Tired of being a tutorial for the universe's biggest losers, this rogue System has a new goal: absorb enough power to stop patching the game and start rewriting the code of reality itself. A story with an indirect protagonist, system-focused progression, and a new hero and world every arc.
Royal Road4.44· 354
ComedyCozyIsekaiLitRPGNon-human MCReincarnation+1

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· 337
Base BuildingCozyDungeon CrawlingGameLitLitRPGMonster Taming+3

Mycology

Sir Nil

D25/100
Declan was a teenager when he was invited to Gaia — not a popular VRMMO, nor a game in the traditional sense. Gaia was the stopgap to Indiri, a living, breathing world, the final creation of a dead genius. Invited by Eve, an AI overseer far beyond anything humanity had built before, Declan was given a simple choice: join or don't. He chose to join.
Royal Road4.50· 331Goodreads4.35· 46
ComedyCozyGameLitGenius MCIsekaiLitRPG+4

Gun Girl from Another World

Ninmast Nunyabiz

D25/100
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 Road4.50· 321
Class SystemCozyCraftingDungeon CrawlingIsekaiLitRPG+3

Maximum Intimidation Knight

D.N. Newyn

F24/100
Sir Henry Hildebraud of Mostenstein is the last of the Knights of Saint Merin — and the most useless of a useless lot. In a world full of magic, he has none. When a rock falls on his head and grants him a system, he expects salvation. What he gets is a hundredfold multiplier on his Intimidation stat, an attribute he never wanted and cannot turn off. Every time Henry speaks, he involuntarily threatens to massacre the local populace. Left with no choice but to pretend he is the most dangerous man alive, he sets out to find the woman rumored to hold the key to restoring the Order of Saint Merin — who is, by all accounts, a total weirdo. A comedy of accidental terror, knightly honor, and a progression system built entirely around downsides.
Royal Road4.50· 279
Class SystemComedyCozyDungeon CrawlingLitRPGSecondary World+1

Unique Skill: Trash

Lykanthropy

F23/100
In a world where your Skills are your everything, what does it say about you when your personal Skill is literally Trash? Catarine has found herself reborn into a new world where great heights are achievable — but only with the proper Skills and the drive to improve them. Born into a Necromantic family with a Skill that mirrors exactly what everyone thinks of her, she must find her own methods to survive and rise.
Royal Road4.46· 334
ComedyCozyDungeon CrawlingGameLitReincarnationSchool+3

Cursed Explorer of the Arcana

TypingTyphon

F23/100
A small seaside city, ordinary loving parents, and friends who turn every day into an adventure — a simple yet pleasant life. Elyssia isn't your usual unruly kid, but there's something more to her than even she remembers: the mark of fate. Most would consider being special a gift, but the world does not hand out boons without taking something in return. Less than a day is all it takes to lose her simple life and be entangled by the strings of fate like a powerless puppet. Now it's up to her to fight back using the same gift that brought this misfortune — the knowledge of a faraway world called Earth. Utilizing the Journey Guide, the System of the magical world of Aelion, she will climb to the top of the skies and dive to the bottom of its deepest wounds.
Royal Road4.42· 339
CozyGenius MCIsekaiLitRPGNon-human MCOverpowered MC+2

Runeforged: Path of the Paladin

M.S. Davidson

F23/100
Ben Crawford shouldn't be here. One moment he's on Earth; the next he wakes up in an inescapable room that seems intent on erasing him. Then, just as suddenly, he's somewhere else entirely — dropped onto a world where humanity is barely more than a myth. On Ark, power is everything, and Runebinding magic is the key to survival. Ben shouldn't be able to use it, but he can — and he's learning faster than anyone should. Fighting alongside monster hunters and wielding powers of Light, Ben quickly discovers that being an anomaly comes with a price. Some see his strength as an opportunity; others see it as a threat. As faction politics turn against him and ancient powers take notice, Ben must navigate a world that doesn't know what to do with him, all while something far more dangerous watches from beyond. Humanity was never meant to be part of this story — but to survive what's coming, Ben must forge a new path as the first Paladin in a world that needs one.
Royal Road4.49· 294
Base BuildingCozyCultivationHard MagicIsekaiOverpowered MC+5

The Tears of Kas̆dael

Sidlunal

F23/100
It was just supposed to be a game. Instead, Jasper got his heart ripped out by a brooding goddess and awoke in another world — no weapons, no skills, naked — trapped in a place full of ancient horrors where gods and monsters still roam the earth. He's not ready to die. Good thing he's a mage. A high-fantasy story with light LitRPG elements, where the system is an important part of the story without dominating it.
Royal Road4.31· 346Goodreads4.00· 1
CozyGameLitIsekaiLitRPGSecondary WorldSoft Magic+1

The Apprentice of Ouroboros

Magius Swiftscale

F23/100
Hated by humans. Hunted by monsters. Neska will prove that strength comes from more than defeating foes. Neska Aksen knew early on she was different from other snakes — spending her days giving mice big hugs and reading her witch's tomes in a rustic potion shop. A test ritual unlocked her Interface, revealing that she had a prior life as a human, and the power of Classes and monsters. Her power is unprecedented, but the monsters who fear the Awakened soon learn of her and her witch, forcing her to flee toward Rivilat Academy of the Awakened. With little to go on but steadfast determination and powers from both halves of her soul, Neska must find allies and gather power to survive — and decide what direction her own soul pulls her toward: humanity, or those they're supposed to be fighting against.
Royal Road4.48· 323
AlchemyCozyCraftingGenius MCLitRPGNon-human MC+5

Marvel-ous Ninjutsu

pewpewcachoo

F21/100
A man is thrust into the Marvel universe armed with a unique superpower drawn from the world of Naruto. The story follows him navigating a version of the MCU — alongside the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, and more — as he wields chakra and ninja abilities in a world of costumed heroes and world-ending threats.
Royal Road4.34· 328
ComedyCozyIsekaiReincarnationSchoolSecondary World+3

S.P.E.C.T.O.R

Sweeper

F21/100
Adam was having a great time camping in the woods with his girlfriend until they were suddenly attacked. His girlfriend was shot; he was thrown from a cliff. Unconscious and near death, an android appeared and brought him aboard a spaceship called Spector, which healed him. Now Spector wants him as its operator so they can leave Earth — but first, Adam needs to settle the grudge against those who attacked him. Armed with advanced technology, Adam hunts them down before heading out to explore the universe — all while being forced to livestream to the entire cosmos.
Royal Road4.33· 322
Anti-heroCozyHaremMilitaryOverpowered MCSci-fi+3

Myriad Rivers to the Sea

Waspark.Writer

F20/100
In a world where an awakened spirit determines your starting point, Li Yu awakens a low-grade blood-red Koi fish — a Grade One, Inferior spirit fit only for a decorative pond. Mocked and with no future in his village, he discovers his "useless" Koi possesses a divine ability: it can devour the spiritual energy and life essence of any aquatic lifeform. To cultivate this power, Li Yu forsakes the path of a glorious disciple and takes the most despised job at the prestigious Green Mountain Sect — fish farmer in the Aquatic Beast Pens. Surrounded by cultivation resources only he can access, he begins a path of silent, hidden growth. Armed with two heaven-sent techniques, he navigates treacherous sect politics from the lowest rung, his growing power concealed behind the aura of a simple fish. While others see a quiet, hardworking orphan, he is an unseen predator in a tranquil pond — patiently absorbing the power to one day become a leviathan that can swallow the seas.
Royal Road3.75· 329
ComedyCozyCultivationLoner MCOverpowered MCSecondary World+3

How to Heal a Soul

S.Kasper

F20/100
Growing up in an orphanage, Valar never dared to dream of something greater — grand adventures and endless wealth always seemed out of reach. But awakening to his magic far earlier than his peers changes everything. Armed with both life magic and a peculiar fire that burns him as readily as his enemies, Valar sets out to become a healer on his own terms. To do that, he'll need to grow stronger, which means killing beasts, which means adventuring. A slow-burn fantasy series built on a power system rooted in the soul, where ranks mark major milestones rather than endless stat screens, and every cost of pushing past your limits is real — if not always immediately visible.
Royal Road4.48· 142
CozyDungeon CrawlingGameLitOverpowered MCSchoolSecondary World+2

Inheritance: Path of The Harvester

TheGingerScribe

F20/100
Every youth of eighteen must choose their path. For Samuel Garner, Choosing Day was meant to mark the beginning of a quiet life — steady work, family ties, and the comfort of the familiar. But an unexpected letter from his estranged uncle shatters those expectations, offering Samuel a chance to choose a path that lies beyond the bounds of his family's farm. A slow-paced progression story with LitRPG elements, slice-of-life moments, and a journey from novice to master across the course of a long, expansive narrative.
Royal Road4.47· 211
CozyGameLitLitRPGSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Supersum: Living in Another World

Chiruschka

F19/100
A man from Earth dies and is reincarnated in a world of magic and swords, reborn as a beast-kin with wolf ears and a fluffy tail. Follow him as he discovers the mysteries of magic and the system, navigates intricate politics and cultures, and forges his own path in a new world. The story features multiple POVs, slow-burn pacing, kingdom-building elements, and a LitRPG system layered over a rich secondary-world setting.
Royal Road4.05· 323
Base BuildingCozyGameLitIsekaiLitRPGNon-human MC+4

Goth Mommy, Bone Daddy: Life's a lich, Then you die

ReignyDaze

F19/100
Modivar, the last light of salvation, had done it. He reached max level and saved the world. All it cost him was everything he had ever known and loved. Now he is cursed — he broke his oath, and that oath is killing him. So instead of living out his days as a hero, he chose to go as far away as possible and spend whatever time he has left as nothing more than a simple potion seller. He found a village with no name, no buildings that weren't run down. At his wit's end, at the end of his life, he didn't expect to find Belladonna. He didn't expect to find love. He didn't expect to find a reason to live on beyond death. What started as a prank gone horribly wrong turned into a love story that would last an unlifetime.
Royal Road4.25· 311
Anti-heroBase BuildingComedyCozyCraftingNon-human MC+4