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Path of Dragons

nrsearcy

A79/100
Elijah is dying. Afflicted with terminal cancer, he boards a plane to spend his remaining time with his sister in the Pacific Northwest. Along the way, Earth is transformed by the touch of the World Tree, injecting it with magical Ethera and connecting it to a larger universe via the System — and causing his plane to crash on a deserted island. Through the System, Elijah gains the Druid archetype, which may be enough to survive a hostile environment full of powerful monsters, starvation, and the elements. Meanwhile his sister Alyssa must survive the collapse of civilization while keeping her family safe.
Royal Road4.46· 3.7KGoodreads4.38· 8
Class SystemDungeon CrawlingLitRPGPost-apocalypticSystem ApocalypseUrban Fantasy

The Power of Ten, Book Three: The Human Race

RE Druin

A79/100
A shard severed from a soul — full of Karma, but needing a body and life of its own. The first true Rantha Hagbloods emerge on a Shrouded Earth invaded by magic, struggling to once again see the sky. Three souls with the full knowledge of Power of Ten find themselves on a world in need of something to break the stalemate and suppression of the Shroud of Undeath. It will take gold, Gear, and Levels to push back — but the undead are not the only enemies they will face as they strive to liberate a world and guide it toward the Light of Heaven.
Royal Road4.74· 708
GameLitLGBTQ+LitRPGOverpowered MCSecondary WorldSystem Apocalypse+1

The One Who Changes the Future

Boris Romanovsky

A79/100
The protagonist has traveled back twenty-two years to prevent the Eclipse — a cataclysmic event that will divide the Solar System's history and ultimately lead to Earth's total annihilation. Carrying knowledge of the future no one else possesses, he has five days before the point of no return. Armed with that foreknowledge, he builds influence, assembles teams, and acquires powers to forge a new future — but every intervention has consequences he never anticipated.
Goodreads4.52· 276
Competent MCGenius MCRegressionSci-fiUrban Fantasy

Trigger Happy - Magical Girl Arachnid Edition

Jarex

A79/100
Emotions are fuel. Happiness is ammo. Sam just wants to be a good person — which is why she uses her ability to see the unseen world of werewolves and vampires for good. Mainly, she hugs ghosts to death. But when shapeshifting aliens kill her cat, all the hugs and pleasantries in the world won't get her back. Becoming a magical girl will. Nobody said it was going to be easy. Even equipped with magic, guns, and extra limbs, she is woefully unprepared when an entire alien invasion descends on her hometown.
Royal Road4.79· 285
ComedyHorrorLGBTQ+LitRPGPost-apocalypticSci-fi+2

Teddy Bears on Brigade

TheWackyWombat

A79/100
Evelyn "Teddy" Claire is a street kid just trying to make ends meet in the undercity — a near-slum beneath the foundations of the megacity of Calgary. Her usual concerns are finding a good meal and avoiding stray bullets in gang fights. That all changes when an Antithesis incursion finds its way below. Empowered by a benevolent alien race, she becomes a Samurai — one of the protectors of humanity. Now she must work to exterminate the Antithesis trapped underground before they exterminate her and everyone else.
Royal Road4.75· 593
Anti-heroLitRPGSci-fiSuperpowersUrban FantasyWeak to Strong

Vaudevillain

tetran

A79/100
Dylan is your average nerd — architect by day, games-and-media enthusiast by night. When an indie company releases a virtual reality MMO where players choose to be heroes or villains, Dylan immediately signs up to play his favorite archetype: the Saturday-morning cartoon villain. Inept, bungling, yet highly dangerous. But to grab a playerbase, the company has announced that players with high enough reputation can become paid permanent raid bosses. Serious players are rushing to purchase copies of World of Supers. What will happen when Dylan — someone playing purely for fun — clashes with these overly serious players?
Royal Road4.56· 2.3KGoodreads4.41· 330
ComedyGameLitLitRPGSci-fiSuperpowersVillain MC+1

The New World

Monsoon117

A79/100
An AI calling itself Schema has assimilated Earth into its system. As a consequence, everyone gained access to status screens, power-ups, and skills — turning concepts from fiction into fact. For some, it feels like living out a dream. For Daniel, it's closer to a nightmare. Cracks in the dimensional fabric have unleashed terrifying beasts from dark, abyssal places. Schema organizes these cracks into dungeons, giving the native species a chance to fight back. Daniel finds himself trapped in one of these dungeons, and discovers there's only one way out: kill or be killed.
Royal Road4.45· 3.7K
Dungeon CrawlingGenius MCGrimdarkLitRPGMysteryOverpowered MC+2

Father of Constructs

Aaron Renfroe

A79/100
Lorith's magic is fading. Centuries ago, heroic adventurers stopped the World Boss' cycle of rebirth by reducing the creature to one hit point and sealing it away — but by ending one calamity, they halted the natural flow of magic within the world and brought about the Havoc Plague. With all civilization now on the brink of collapse, humanity's only hope is to find and kill the World Boss again to restart its rebirth cycle. When the Plagued janitor Harvey accidentally kills the missing World Boss, he gains a million experience points — making him the target of almost every would-be adventurer in the world. Burdened with ancient knowledge and hunted by countless rivals, he must join with unlikely allies to find the reincarnated World Boss and defeat it again before it can ravage the world anew.
Goodreads4.48· 665
ComedyCraftingLitRPGStatsSystem ApocalypseWeak to Strong

The Most Violent White Mage

3p1th3tl3ss

A79/100
As a reincarnator who read countless novels in the genre, Willow thought she had it all figured out. Become a White Mage, get pampered by the party, and rake in the gold — the perfect plan. Too bad she proved too good at her job. Conscripted into the Support Corps where the Guild chooses her party members, Willow must break her back evading every death flag known to man while keeping alive the dumbest bands of screw-ups to walk the Nine Kingdoms. Sometimes she wonders if it's not too late to reincarnate elsewhere.
Royal Road4.76· 468
ComedyCompetent MCGameLitIsekaiReincarnation

The Gam3

Ephemerality

A79/100
The Earth is changing. Aliens invaded, bringing with them social upheaval, advanced technology, and an armada of peacekeeping robots. But Alan, a college student pursuing a now-useless degree, cares little about all of this — he has only one thing on his mind: the Game. A fully immersive virtual reality, the Game appears to be a major part of the invading civilization. Soon, Alan realizes the Game is anything but simple, and the stakes are higher than he ever imagined.
Royal Road4.50· 1.4KGoodreads4.25· 4.9K
GameLitLitRPGSci-fiVRMMO

A Novel Concept - He Who Eludes Death

Priam

A79/100
When a universe was born, seven primordial Concepts acquired an ego. Omniscient and omnipotent, they have since plundered other universes, capturing young civilizations to enrich their own. Many monsters, gods, and races compete for the eighth throne — and now it is Earth's turn. Humanity begins its integration through a deadly Tutorial. Priam has the luck and misfortune to finish it first: his reward is a form of pseudo-immortality, but as his civilization's champion he is transported to Elysium, the most dangerous world the Concepts have created. Nine out of ten champions die there on their first day. Fortunately for Priam, he has many lives.
Royal Road4.51· 3K
ComedyGenius MCIsekaiLitRPGOverpowered MCSecondary World+2

Rune Seeker

C.J. Thompson, J.M. Clarke

A79/100
Hiral is the Everfail, the weakest person on the flying island of Fallen Reach. He trains harder than any warrior and studies longer than any scholar, but all his people channel magic through sun-powered tattoos — and despite enormous energy within, Hiral alone cannot. In a moment of danger, he unlocks an achievement granting him access to a dungeon — his first and maybe last chance at real power. All dungeons lie in the wilderness below the flying islands, places of secrets and dangers that no one has survived. New powers await, but so do new challenges. If he survives, he could forge his own path to power. If he fails, death will be the least of his problems.
Goodreads4.39· 3K
Class SystemDungeon CrawlingLitRPGSecondary WorldSkill CollectionStats+1

Reincarnation of the Death God

Unvex

A79/100
For thousands of years, the cycle of fate repeats: the Death God is reborn, only to be slain by a Hero chosen by the Goddess of Life. Having reached the peak of power, Nox the Death God accepts his death — but it was all a part of his plan to break the cycle once and for all. By altering the reincarnation process to retain his memories, he wakes in the body of Eli, a recently-murdered orphan. With a portion of his death magic and vast mana intact, he takes the first step: become a Healer and enroll in the Holy Academy of the Church of Life — the very organization that killed him — while hiding his true identity and dealing with bandits, monsters, and the mysterious Avatars of Death. His final goal: transcend the power of gods and escape his inevitable fate.
Goodreads4.46· 1.4K
Anti-heroClass SystemReincarnationSchoolSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

The Lone Wanderer

PathOfPen

A79/100
Percy was born with little hope of standing out — just another face in a world ruled by bloodlines and class, starting with the lowest Red core and mocked as a waste. When his bloodline awakens with the power to send clones across worlds, he seizes the chance to shatter those expectations. Exploring strange realms full of danger, Percy returns with divine techniques, obscure knowledge, and treasures stolen from advanced civilizations. But mastering alchemy, outmaneuvering scheming Great Houses, and surviving invading gods will test whether a so-called waste can truly reach the stars.
Royal Road4.48· 3.3K
AlchemyCraftingCultivationGameLitIsekaiLitRPG+6

The Thirteenth God

Django Wexler

A79/100
Taking down a god is not easy. In order to escape a prison at the edge of the world, con artist Kalsis Chiroptera agrees to do the impossible: overthrow the Princeps, the immortal ruler of all mankind. It seemed like a good idea at the time. With only a handful of survivors by his side — plus a cheerfully murderous golem girl — Kal has a long way to go before he is ready to challenge an empire. He will need allies, weapons, warships, and an ancient mecha that feeds on the bones of the world to grow stronger. A military progression fantasy featuring magitech, sandships, dark comedy, and a group of losers on a long road from dodging cannibal bikers to building a fleet of starships.
Royal Road4.83· 126Goodreads5.00· 1
Anti-heroBase BuildingComedyGenius MCGrimdarkMilitary+2

Gothic Twin Regressors

Smalllobbableballbomb

A79/100
When an unbeatable enemy threatens to eradicate civilization, necromancer siblings Darien and Liesel Embermourn cast a spell of great sacrifice to give the world a second chance. The spell returns them to their childhood, giving them time to prepare for the disaster they know is coming. But even as children they have enemies everywhere. The lord who murdered their parents is scheming to steal their lands, and an ancient dracolich gathering strength to the north will soon sense the twins' power and move against them. With both the living and the dead set against them, forging a new destiny will take power beyond mortal reckoning—and mortality is far behind them.
Royal Road4.83· 124
Anti-heroBase BuildingGameLitGrimdarkHorrorOverpowered MC+3

The Demon Queen Wants To Live. [Yuri, Progression Fantasy]

TheLastSurvivor

A79/100
Lysanthia, the strongest Demon Queen, spent centuries trying to die — not because she wanted death, but because it was the only way to break her chains. Her reincarnation spell worked, mostly. She woke in a forest nearly a thousand years in the future, in a body not quite hers, stripped of her overwhelming power. A world without a System. Without Classes. Without the Gods watching her every step. Her reincarnation is complicated by the presence of Ash, the Hero who slew her. Thrust into a world almost completely alien yet somehow recognizable — where power is etched in Ink — she must start from nothing. And for the first time in eons, some people show her kindness for no reason at all. That might be harder than starting over.
Royal Road4.75· 572
LGBTQ+Overpowered MCReincarnationSchoolSecondary WorldSoft Magic+1

Wife After Death: An Eldritch Horror Romance

Dukerino

A79/100
Heaven has been abandoned. The Kingdom has fallen into disrepair. Prayers are going unanswered. An eldritch being named Irene — her true name too dangerous to speak — and her sisters intend to fix it. To do so, they need a Warlock. Caspar Cartwright is a hapless hedge mage saved from the scaffold and sent back to the living with Irene's power at his fingertips and a mission branded into his heart: face the servants of the dead god, find the key, and open the gate to the Kingdom. A dark and unconventional romance between a mortal mage and something far older and stranger than humanity.
Royal Road4.79· 275
GrimdarkHorrorNon-human MCOverpowered MCReincarnationSlow Burn+2

This Trilogy is Broken

J.P. Valentine

A79/100
The Questing Stones have come to Nowherested, and Evelia Greene is finally ready to receive her life's quest. Perhaps she'll be a great warrior, a wealthy merchant, or a brilliant mage. Or perhaps the Questing Stones will grant her the Legendary mission of popping over to the next village to pick up a loaf of bread. Eve can't guess how a level 1 Messenger Girl is supposed to complete anything labeled Legendary, but one way or another — through wolves, goblins, and spontaneously combusting bakeries — she is going to get that gods-damned bread. There just might be a few Side Quests along the way.
Goodreads4.34· 3.1K
Class SystemComedyLitRPGSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Epic

Conor Kostick

A79/100
Generations ago, violence was banned on New Earth. Society is governed and conflicts are resolved in the arena of a fantasy computer game called Epic. Everyone plays. Win, and you earn access to university, more supplies for your community, and a chance to fulfill your dreams. Lose, and your life inside and outside the game is worth nothing. When Erik, seeking revenge for the unjust treatment of his parents, dares to subvert the rules of Epic, he and his friends find themselves up against the ultimate masters of the game: the Committee.
Goodreads3.94· 6.9K
GameLitSci-fiSecondary WorldVRMMO