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To Play With Magic

Draith

B66/100
Dragons, catgirls, guns, and magic — and the ability to stop time. A modern woman finds herself pulled into a LitRPG world, but her goal is ultimately to return to Earth and stop the System apocalypse threatening everything she left behind. Her past, locked in a dark corner back on Earth, refuses to stay there.
Royal Road4.49· 1.3K
GameLitIsekaiLitRPGSci-fiSecondary WorldStats+2

Pandora Unchained

Patrick Laplante

B66/100
When Sorin's parents die under mysterious circumstances, he begs Hope — the Eighth Evil — for help, and receives an answer he never expected: he is made a Poison Cultivator, a rare class shunned by high society. Unable to continue his medical practice, he turns to adventuring with a ragtag crew: an armored polar bear, a stern archer, a sleep-deprived pyromancer, a peeping-tom rogue, and a rebellious rat familiar who won't stop eating the party's loot. When Sorin uncovers his ancestor's hidden research notes on forbidden medicine, he must discover what dark deeds his family was involved in — if he and his companions can survive the coming Demon Tide.
Goodreads4.44· 254
AlchemyClass SystemCompetent MCCultivationDungeon CrawlingSecondary World

The Sovereign's Toll

AuthorJS

B66/100
His family was his world. Now he's in a new one. When a fatal accident rips Caleb Foster from his wife and kids, the forty-year-old gets a second chance in a realm of dungeons and monsters. A cosmic system offers him a choice of legendary powers, but Caleb refuses the flashy magic. He chooses the abilities to learn faster, remember perfectly, and master any physical skill. A father's instinct to protect doesn't die with his family. To survive and shield the new lives that depend on him, he must use a lifetime of quiet competence to navigate a dangerous frontier town, hunt deadly beasts, and outwit men who mistake his lack of flash for weakness. In a place where might makes right, Caleb is about to show that the most lethal weapon is a mind that misses nothing.
Royal Road4.49· 1.3K
Competent MCCozyDungeon CrawlingIsekaiLitRPGOlder MC+6

Dinosaur Dungeon

Alex Raizman

B66/100
Newborn Dungeon Cores must choose what entity they help contain, and that choice determines what monsters they can summon. After being executed for crimes forgotten in death, Tira is given the chance to make that choice. She chose Acekorah, the Primeval Terror — a being so dangerous few cores will risk trying to contain it. The danger wasn't important. Tira remembers dying. Because the Primeval Terror walked the world long before the races of Man, Cores bound to him can summon beings from beyond the veil of time. Forged in the fires of Tira's wrath, the dinosaurs will walk the world anew.
Goodreads4.40· 855
Dungeon CoreGrimdarkMonster TamingNon-human MCSecondary World

The Good Student

mooderino

B66/100
Nic Tutt is a good student. He excels at all subjects. But his education serves only one purpose — to gain entry into the Ransom School. Ransom is the most prestigious school in the country. Its alumni are destined to become the future leaders of Ranvar: politicians, statesmen, and in some exceptional cases, mages. Only the brightest and the best get in. But Nic doesn't care about any of that. He has another reason entirely for wanting to enter Ranvar's most famous school.
Royal Road4.48· 1.3KGoodreads3.65· 85
CozyGenius MCMysterySchoolSecondary WorldSoft Magic

Infernal Investigations

saithorthepyro

B66/100
Malvia was once an Infernal of the Black Flame gang, a member of the Empire's most despised race serving in one of its most infamous criminal enterprises. But that's all in the past now. One faked death later, she's been living as Katheryn Falara, a slightly sketchy alchemist operating under the nose of the law — and business is booming. With the Anglean Empire's nobility constantly scheming against each other, both magic and machine benefiting from her skills, and an ever-expanding kingdom full of rare ingredients, Malvia has been content to sit on the sidelines and make a tidy sum of cash. However, a rash of poisonings among the noble heirs makes her behind-the-scenes role impossible. Elements of a life she wanted to leave behind keep resurfacing, and soon she'll find herself at the center of a web of intrigue — figure out the web, or be trapped by it forever.
Royal Road4.68· 347
AlchemyAnti-heroMysteryNon-human MCSecondary WorldUrban Fantasy

Level One God

Zachary Scott

B66/100
He used to be a god. Now he's level one. Brynn was the first to ever activate the world's hidden Prestige Mode, gaining powerful perks at the cost of his godhood and all memories of his past life. Now at rock bottom in a brutal world where leveling is so deadly most people never try, he must grind his way back to divinity — armed with nothing but a magical helmet and an empty Alchemist's Kit left by his former self. But secrecy is everything. This world had nine gods, and all but one reset at the same time. With no memories to guide him, Brynn can't trust any of them. And behind it all lurks one haunting question: what terrified gods enough to make them start over?
Goodreads4.42· 429
Class SystemCompetent MCDungeon CrawlingLitRPGSecondary WorldStats+1

Evil Overlord: The Makening

NotGodot

B66/100
If evil was easy, everybody would be doing it. But the road to Utter Domination is neither easy, smooth, nor straight — as the boy who will one day become Gar the Pitiless is about to discover.
Royal Road4.60· 1.1K
ComedySatireSecondary WorldVillain MC

Dungeon Core Chat Room

Bluelightning42

B66/100
In this world, each race was gifted a System by the gods to compensate for their shortcomings — humans received the Skill System, elves the World Tree System. Dungeon Cores, however, were given the Dungeon Connection System: a magical internet allowing cores to barter monsters, traps, and knowledge, and to entertain each other with adventure streams. This is the story of a dungeon core unluckily spawned far from any adventurers, forced to innovate beyond its peers to find its place in the world. A slower-paced tale of experimentation, magical crafting, and steady progression — closer to slice-of-life than frantic combat, with a focus on building something extraordinary from scratch.
Royal Road4.56· 1.1K
Base BuildingCozyCrafting PowerDungeon CoreLitRPGNon-human MC+1

Atlantis Rising

Evan Currie

B66/100
A war was fought. Humanity lost. Demons now rule what was once mankind's domain, the great works of civilization lie in ruins, and the surviving humans live under the yoke of their conquerors. Not everyone went quietly, but at the end of it all the demons stood victorious. In one nearly uninhabitable corner of the conquered world, a very young woman comes of age walking in the shadow of destiny she does not yet understand. The demons have one final lesson left to learn from humanity — and it begins with the smallest of sparks.
Goodreads4.28· 1.6K
GrimdarkMilitaryNon-human MCPost-apocalypticSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

The Way Ahead

NorskDaedalus

B66/100
Edwin never really felt many connections to other people, but as a physics student, that was fine. He was content to peel back the mysteries of the universe — though modern-day research was too well-trodden for any single enthusiast to make real headway. That doesn't apply to other worlds. Not ones where magic and Skills run rampant, where well-defined roles and Classes dominate society with little room for novel experimentation. That kind of world would be perfect for an overeager, newly-minted Alchemist to make his mark. A slice-of-life progression fantasy following someone trying to find his place in a world that doesn't know what to do with him. Expect lots of science, lots of alchemy, a few sarcastic quips from the System, and plenty of exploration.
Royal Road4.23· 1.9KGoodreads3.73· 468
AlchemyCraftingGameLitGenius MCIsekaiLitRPG+3

Outlaw Country

Ghotty

B66/100
Buck Jones was born in 1850 and died in 1880. He was an outlaw, and technically still is. The world may change, the species may differ, and the circumstances may twist — but Buck knows one thing for sure. Always draw first.
Royal Road4.67· 438Goodreads4.06· 48
Anti-heroComedyCompetent MCIsekaiLitRPGSecondary World

Commerce Emperor

Maxime J. Durand (Void Herald)

B65/100
When Robin Waybright became the Merchant Hero, all of Pangeal turned into his marketplace. The Merchant can buy and sell anything — youth, skills, memories, hair color, joys, and illnesses. In the trade of power, every deal can tip the scale. And Robin needs power. His homeland of Archfrost teeters on the brink of collapse, the sinister Demon Ancestors plot in the shadows, and twenty-one other Heroes — each with their own Class — have been chosen to save the world of Pangeal. Not all of them are friendly. There's work to do, and profit to make.
Royal Road4.67· 1.1KGoodreads4.07· 352
Base BuildingClass SystemCompetent MCGenius MCMerchantOverpowered MC+1

Mud's Mission

ushnor

B65/100
An elderly hermit mage on the outskirts of a labyrinth town invokes simple spellwork to create a mud automaton for household chores — but in the middle of the ritual, his ancient heart finally fails. Now, half-formed and with limited understanding of the world, an artificial being of mud stirs to life. Despite its limitations, it has a mission to fulfill: the last instructions of a dying creator. "Defend my home, and my possessions." To the mechanical mind of Mud, only absolute perfection is acceptable. Nothing in the universe will ever threaten The Master's home.
Royal Road4.60· 1KGoodreads3.75· 4
CozyDungeon CrawlingLitRPGNon-human MCSecondary World

Dungeon Robotics

Matthew Peed

B65/100
In 2150, robotics scientist Regan Earle inadvertently caused a global robot uprising. For decades, he kept humanity hostage from the top of a tower, broadcasting his location as a deterrent. Until one day, his last creation finally came for him. Instead of death, Regan received a second chance — reincarnated in another world. As a dungeon core. With all his memories intact. The world of Murgin has no idea what's coming.
Goodreads4.31· 1.6K
Base BuildingDungeon CoreNon-human MCReincarnationSci-fiSecondary World

The Discarded, Half-Eaten Apple Core New Life.

MDW

B65/100
The world ended. The Apocalypse opened the gates of Hell, demons killed everyone — including me. But I got a second chance at life. As an apple. Which was eaten by a starving survivor, not that I fault them. But to toss my half-eaten core into a landfill? Then an earthquake buried the landfill a mile underground. No sunlight, no water, and I'm pretty sure the apple I was reincarnated into was a GMO hybrid with no real chance of germinating. Then: **DING** — SYSTEM INITIATION!
Royal Road4.54· 1.1K
Anti-heroComedyCozyDungeon CoreGameLitGenius MC+12

Starbreaker

Luke Chmilenko

B65/100
"Starbreaker, thrice named. Starbreaker, awake." Sylvas Vail is the most powerful mage on his planet — a big fish in a small pond. When the doors to the cosmos come crashing open and all the untold wonders and terrors of the universe pour in, he is left with only two choices: ascend or die. A dark prophecy foretells his rise, and the path ahead is written in blood.
Goodreads4.39· 1K
CultivationGrimdarkSchoolSci-fiSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

A Colorful Life

Fabled Webs

B65/100
A Worm/Pokemon crossover. A second-chance story about becoming the best there ever was — again — with all the chaos, cute companions, and unexpected consequences that entails.
Royal Road4.69· 205
ComedyCozyIsekaiOverpowered MCReincarnationSchool+3

Dead End Guild Master

marshalcarper

B65/100
Hans had a realization that changed the direction of his adventuring career: "above average" is different from "great." At 39, with a litany of lingering injuries, he accepted that he would never progress from Gold-ranked to Diamond-ranked. With his prime behind him and disillusioned by guild politics, he accepts a guild master posting in a remote village — an insignificant position no one else wanted. Looking forward to a quiet life of teaching, Hans arrives in the small town of Gomi at the foot of the Dead End Mountains. As he rebuilds the local chapter of the Adventurers' Guild, his unconventional teaching methods earn him allies and enemies alike, while his career failures find ways to resurface. A slice-of-life fantasy exploring life post-adventuring and the challenge of reconciling dreams with reality.
Royal Road4.66· 601Goodreads4.42· 58
ComedyCompetent MCCozyDungeon CrawlingGameLitOlder MC+2

Second Ascension

Reece Brooks

B65/100
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.
Goodreads4.42· 373
Class SystemMilitaryRegressionSecondary WorldWeak to Strong