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Explorer of Edregon

Wizardly Dude

B64/100
The universe is dying, and humanity has a backup plan: colonize a world that defies all logic. Vin went from dirt-poor vagabond to one of humanity's first colonists in the blink of an eye — and when given the chance to choose a class, he just can't resist becoming an Explorer. In a patchwork world of impossible magic, deadly monsters, and powerful artifacts, it's Vin's job to go out and discover the rules of this new world they need to survive on. If only the System wasn't already threatening to kill him.
Royal Road4.56· 1.1K
Class SystemCozyGameLitIsekaiLitRPGOverpowered MC+2

The Cursed Legion: Iron Throne Series

Zer0n1gh7s

B64/100
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 Road4.68· 252
Base BuildingClass SystemGameLitGenius MCLitRPGMilitary+6

The Resonance Cycle

Aaron Renfroe

B64/100
The magical world of Volar is dying. To save themselves and their followers, the native gods have instituted a plan to transform Earth mortals into anchors for their powers. Ty, along with thousands of other humans, is summoned through portals and given one mission: choose a god and power up as fast as possible. A fast-paced portal fantasy adventure set in both our world and Volar, with demons, dragons, dungeons, and unexpected plot twists at every turn.
Goodreads4.38· 1.2K
Dungeon CrawlingIsekaiLitRPGSecondary WorldStatsSystem Apocalypse+1

Fleabag

SomeoneToForget

B64/100
In the deepest reaches of the Bone Pits, a canine woke up in the ruined remains of a wooden box — with knowledge it shouldn't have, fleeting memories it couldn't reach, and the icy grasp of death crawling up its spine. It simply wished to live another day. In the industrial underbelly of Carmera, gangs, religious groups, Dungeon Barons, and cultists battle for supremacy — blind to what prowls below. In the writhing smog and murky sumps that none dare approach, in the deepest reaches of the dungeon, the last wolf rakes its claws through steel and howls to a distant sky.
Royal Road4.62· 1.1KGoodreads4.16· 474
Dungeon CrawlingGameLitGrimdarkHorrorLitRPGNon-human MC+3

Paragon of Skills

VengefulBirch

B64/100
Jacob Cloud is sixteen, a miner's son, and he knows his fate: die young, broke, and anonymous in the town that feeds silver ore to richer cities and spits out its sons in pine boxes. He dreams of becoming a Knight — but that takes gold, rare Skills, and connections he will never have. Then the mine floor gives out beneath him. Jacob falls — not to his death, but onto a Rainbow-ranked Skill Crystal, something so rare people kill over it. He doesn't get a weapon or a healing Skill. He gets The Grimoire Extraordinaire — a support Skill that can only show him the flaws in any other Skill or item. No instant power. No glory. But Jacob isn't an idiot. He grinds, he experiments, and he uses the Grimoire to optimize the basics. In five days trapped underground, he boosts his skills to levels nobles would envy — and when he claws his way out, he's ready to quit the mines for good.
Royal Road3.93· 1.3K
Class SystemDungeon CrawlingGameLitLitRPGOverpowered MCSecondary World+3

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

Fate's Anvil

Scott Browder

B64/100
Morgan Mackenzie had a very bad day. First at work, then at home — and then her bathtub fell through a portal to another world, with her in it. Now she is stranded thousands of miles from any civilization, armed with nothing but the bathtub and a lace puffball scrubby. She did learn magic, so that is sorta nice. Now if only she could find some clothes.
Goodreads4.30· 1.5K
ComedyCompetent MCHard MagicIsekaiSecondary WorldSkill Collection

Equilibrium

Excalionar

B64/100
Peter V. Kastell is taken from the cycle of reincarnation and given a purpose — one he can fulfill in nearly any way he chooses. But his soul is damaged, leaving him at an unforeseen disadvantage. Thanks to a benevolent Goddess, he gains different advantages to compensate. Along the way, his story will be uncovered, and he will gain powers beyond what he ever thought possible.
Royal Road4.60· 967Goodreads4.25· 67
Anti-heroGenius MCIsekaiLitRPGOverpowered MCReincarnation+2

Bones in the Dark

TF Warden

B64/100
Ester Mazar wants nothing more than to serve Her Eternal Majesty and the Empire — the greatest nation to have ever existed. As a commonborn graduate of the Academy, she must work off her debt to the Throne. Armed with the best magical education the Empire can provide and finally permitted to wear the crossed lightning bolts of a Chartered Mage, Ester is sent far from the bright lights of the capital to Vass Karan — a city so riddled with corruption and crime that even she has heard whispers of it. There, Ester will learn that the world is not quite as black and white as in the books. Nevertheless, she is determined to overcome prejudice, scepticism, and murderous criminals to become the hero she needs to be.
Royal Road4.66· 470
Competent MCHard MagicMysterySchoolSecondary WorldUrban Fantasy

Evil Eye: Hexcaller

LuckyFrey

B64/100
In a broken world once ruled by almighty Mage Kings, the chosen of the gods are all that hold against total annihilation. Harald Horste — naïve, humiliated, broken, and penniless — inadvertently changes his fate with a single act of spite, finding himself drawn into a life of conflict. Demon cultists, savage monsters, and entities of the abyss threaten the lands of men from the remnants of a long-dead empire. To survive, Harald must attend the academy of Ashmere, nursing the pain of a lifetime of mistreatment while navigating scheming nobles and undead horrors.
Royal Road4.56· 1K
CozyGrimdarkLitRPGSchoolSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Adventures on Brad

Tao Wong

B64/100
Daniel was Gifted by the gods at birth with the ability to heal even the most grievous wounds with a touch. Born in a mining camp, he can't stay still — so he heads to a nearby Dungeon town to take his first steps as an Adventurer. A traditional fantasy adventure with LitRPG elements, the series follows Daniel, his Catkin companion Asin, and the friends they gather along the way as they delve dungeons, level up, and navigate the monster-filled world of Brad.
Goodreads3.97· 2K
Class SystemCozyDungeon CrawlingLitRPGSecondary WorldStats

House of the Dragon: Aegon's Infinite Class Tree

Deep__aureate

B64/100
When a game developer from modern-day Earth wakes in the body of Prince Aegon Targaryen — the long-forgotten third son of Baelon the Brave — he expects a swift, bloody end in the shadows of his more famous brothers. But fate has other plans. Aegon remembers everything: dragons, fire, politics, and the unfinished class tree system he'd been coding at the time of his death. Somehow, it lives within him now. Each decision grants him access to traits and abilities no Targaryen has ever wielded: [Pyromancer], [Demon Knight], and secrets yet to be unlocked. As the Seven Kingdoms groan under the weight of scheming lords and rising dragons, Aegon walks a knife's edge — with a mind sharpened by two lifetimes and power drawn from beyond the known world.
Royal Road4.59· 990
Class SystemGenius MCIsekaiLitRPGOverpowered MCReincarnation+2

Critical Roleplay: I Min-Maxed For Endgame, Not Flavor

PatchnotesPending

B63/100
Vera spent years climbing to the top of Ashen Legacy, a punishing MMO where every stat point mattered. She min-maxed her build, crushed endgame content, and became one of the highest-level players around. Then she woke up inside the game — in the body of her character. Everything works: the magic, the gear, the absurd power level. Unfortunately, so does the backstory — including the kid she gave herself for emotional flavor and half-baked roleplay she barely remembers writing. Now she must navigate a world shaped by her own exploits: divine ruins she helped demolish, cults whose gods she may have deleted, and a continent teetering on the edge of an expansion she never cleared. Being overpowered is easy. Being responsible? That's the real raid boss.
Royal Road4.60· 952
CozyGameLitIsekaiLGBTQ+LitRPGOverpowered MC+2

Beware of Kittens - Scientific Sorcery!

Vitaly S Alexius

B63/100
Ioan Starfall, a Nordstaii teen on the cusp of adulthood, drowned as his village was set ablaze by a dragon. A biochemist from our world woke up in his body — and refused to become a hero seeking revenge when offered incredible power by a witch. There are far more important things on the to-do list. Reborn in a land of Nordic cultivators and giant monsters, there is a whole new world of science to explore, witchy powers to experiment with, and magical creatures just waiting to be dissected.
Royal Road4.68· 218
ComedyCultivationGameLitGenius MCIsekaiLitRPG+3

The Way

Mike Ignatov

B63/100
A raging fire devoured the world of the Ancients. Where great cities once stood, there is nothing but ruins swallowed by sand. In this wasteland, strength is the only currency that matters. A young man who enjoyed his childhood without paying attention to the world around him pays a devastating price for that ignorance. Cast out and humiliated, forced to look into the eyes of the man who took everything from him, he resolves to become one of the strong — to avenge his father's death and bleed dry the bastard who destroyed his family.
Goodreads4.39· 722
GrimdarkLitRPGSchoolSecondary WorldWeak to StrongWuxia

Blacksmith of the Apocalypse

Arkusar

B63/100
When not one apocalypse but all of them strike simultaneously, humanity faces its hardest hour. A playful god shows mercy — or something like it. Follow Seth on his journey to survive whatever his world has become.
Royal Road4.22· 1.3KGoodreads4.36· 11
CraftingDungeon CrawlingIsekaiLitRPGPost-apocalypticSecondary World+2

Overleveled: Arrival in a New World

JL Vincent

B63/100
When an aimless guy dies making a noble sacrifice, he is given a chance to live life better in a new world. Due to some godly negligence and terrible luck, however, his arrival does not go as planned. Having acquired overwhelming power, he has to confront a familiar question: how should I live my life?
Royal Road4.54· 1.1K
ComedyCozyDungeon CrawlingGameLitIsekaiLitRPG+3

Madness Re-Incarnate

Travis Bagwell

B63/100
Nyx was born Hollow — an empty vessel in a world of spirits, normally a death sentence. Somehow he survived. In a previous life he did something reckless: he threw his memories into the Flow from which all spirits return, sending himself a message across the boundary of death. Now those memories have found him. A different kind of reincarnation story — one that isn't easy — featuring a slow burn to power, a gradual system introduction, a loot-based skill modification system, and a cast of deeply strange companions.
Goodreads4.39· 708
LitRPGReincarnationSecondary WorldSkill CollectionSoft Magic

The Saga of the Nothing Mage

J. P. Valentine

B63/100
"There's nothing there." Those words were nearly a death sentence for young Declan. Without detectable mana, there could be no studying at the sky-piercing Pinnacle Towers, no great monster hunts, and no following in his legendary father's footsteps. He would be a cripple. But when a terrible accident forces him to flee, Declan learns the true nature of his mana. Just because it doesn't resonate at any known frequency doesn't mean it isn't magic. Just because it can't be seen doesn't mean it isn't there — and Declan is beginning to discover just how dangerous the Nothing can be.
Goodreads4.13· 1.7K
Competent MCSecondary WorldSoft MagicWeak to Strong

The Elder Lands

B. Salem

B63/100
Lucan is the son of a landed knight in a kingdom surrounded by diverse threats. As he comes of age, he must make peace with both the tasteful and distasteful aspects of his responsibilities — but most important of all, he must find a way to either tame or accept his own ambitions. In a realm where an underground labyrinth births monsters that hunger to climb into the world of man, it's difficult to be a noble and dangerous to be a warrior. Lucan must navigate a maze of mortal peril and political intrigue if he is to survive and, perhaps someday, thrive. An action-adventure kingdom-building LitRPG focused on individual-level progression — no territory status sheets, and the RPG elements stay grounded rather than overwhelming the story.
Royal Road4.60· 936
Base BuildingDungeon CrawlingGameLitGenius MCLitRPGMilitary+1