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A Game Of The Dead

Boyd Lee

A82/100
Orphaned as a teenager and later saved by Duke Kinson, Morgan Lovecraft found a new life in the world of Dunnishire — until the day he turned sixteen and discovered he had a death affinity and was a necromancer. The old prejudices ran deep, and Morgan went from having friends to being an outcast all over again. Hoping his scholarship to the Mages Academy will be a new turning point, Morgan finds himself challenged to an honor duel on his first day of classes. Making mortal enemies in five minutes, then being asked by the duchy to speak to the dead, investigate assassination plots, and root out corruption — the former Earth gamer finds himself center stage as The Duchy's Necromancer.
Goodreads4.55· 288
GameLitMysterySchoolSecondary WorldSummoningWeak to Strong

Hohenfels

Perseus XXVII.

A82/100
The Holy Empire is in decline. Religious and cultural schisms wreak havoc on its internal politics, revolutions are brewing in neighboring kingdoms, and the aristocratic houses play endless power games while the Emperor clings to what little influence he has left. Amidst all of this, Arnold von Hohenfels — first son of the Margrave — finds himself compelled to attend the Imperial Academy, a notorious battleground of wits and brawn for ambitious young nobles. Armed with a magical gift that is as much curse as blessing, he must navigate treacherous aristocratic entanglements, represent his family's interests, manage formidable enemies, forge alliances, and somehow keep his brash cousin Friedrich out of trouble. Frankly, he would much rather be anywhere else.
Royal Road4.77· 650
Base BuildingGenius MCHard MagicMilitaryOverpowered MCSchool+2

The Devil of Cintra

Ekological Chimera

A82/100
After her second death, Tanya von Degurechaff finds herself reincarnated once more — this time in a world of monsters and magic. Discovered by Aretuza's recruiters at a young age, she graduates from the prestigious academy in record time and secures herself a comfortable position in one of the Continent's most influential kingdoms. She is ready, at last, for some peace and quiet. Unfortunately, her job does not stay comfortable for long.
Royal Road4.80· 400
Anti-heroBase BuildingGenius MCMilitaryOverpowered MCReincarnation+2

Magical Fusion

Jonathan Brooks

A82/100
Larek Holsten is different from most people — his seven-foot frame draws suspicion in the Kingdom of Androthe, but as long as it helps him fell trees in the magical forest, he doesn't mind. His best friend is an axe imbued with a powerful Fusion that makes it sharper and stronger than any normal tool. A deliberate misunderstanding lands Larek in trouble, and he is taken from his family and ordered to attend an academy for Mages. He has no desire to become a Mage; all he wants is to return home. But when he discovers a unique talent stemming from his newly unlocked latent power, he might just have to stick around. A weak-to-strong story with LitRPG progression, statistics, and a heavy crafting emphasis.
Goodreads4.45· 3.1K
CraftingCrafting PowerHard MagicLitRPGSchoolStats+1

Millennial Mage

JLMullins

A82/100
The Wilds relentlessly reclaim all things. Humanity shelters within ever-dying cities. Mages create the only path forward. Tala had to fight tooth and nail in the Magic Academy to forge a power path that was her own. She knows it is her duty to use that power to defend humanity against the creatures of the untamable wilds — but she skipped a few steps in her education, like apprenticing to someone who actually knows what they're doing. Now Tala must balance learning as fast as she can with paying off the veritable mountain of debt the Academy dropped on her shoulders, not to mention staying alive. Even though she should only be a Mageling, the world considers her a Mage.
Royal Road4.58· 3KGoodreads4.29· 62
CozyGameLitSchoolSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Dragon Magus

DB King

A81/100
Dragons have been extinct for centuries. Can one young man bring them back? Raphael was born with the mark of the dragon. His foster father taught him a mysterious and ancient magic unlike anything seen since the last dragon left the world. Now, at 18, he is accepted into a guild of mages with the promise of learning more about his unique power. Raphael's strange abilities could very well lead to the return of the dragons — a coming-of-age fantasy series with cultivation elements and incremental progression through spells, abilities, and equipment.
Goodreads4.49· 690
CultivationSchoolSecondary WorldSkill CollectionWeak to Strong

The Arinthian Line

Sever Bronny

A81/100
Orphan and former farm slave Augum dreams of becoming a warlock, but with a kingdom in chaos, that dream seems out of reach. A vicious tyrant has overthrown the king in a quest for seven mythic artifacts — and Augum's mentor, the legendary Anna Atticus Stone, possesses one. Forced to take shelter in a mysterious castle with other aspirants, Augum must learn the basics of spellcraft before the tyrant finds them. But when a sudden betrayal plunges the group into a terrifying ordeal, survival will hinge on his daring, his aptitude in the arcane arts, and friendships forged in fire.
Goodreads4.33· 3.8K
Competent MCSchoolSecondary WorldSoft MagicWeak to Strong

Forgotten Conqueror

Za1d3

A81/100
Powerless and consumed by rage for half his life, an avenger grasped at redemption only to find despair and darkness. His mind lost, he became an inextinguishable flame of carnage — unable to be snuffed out even by the laws of the world. Death offered only a moment's reprieve. His rage overflows even beyond the grave, and he is granted life once more in a different era. All those his vengeance was focused on have long since vanished into obscurity. What does one who holds all the power in the world do, when every reason for that power has disappeared?
Royal Road4.58· 2.6KGoodreads4.27· 99
GrimdarkOverpowered MCReincarnationSchoolSecondary WorldTragedy+1

Tori Transmigrated

Aila Aurie

A81/100
Forty-year-old project manager Tori Felix was scrolling through a wiki article about a dating sim on the bullet train when everything went wrong. She woke up in the bruised teenage body of Victoria de Guevera — the villainess of the popular game "The Romance of Soleil" — with a splitting headache and a very bad prognosis: according to the wiki, Victoria dies violently at the hands of sex slavers. With only weeks before the heroine and villainess collide, there is no time for an existential crisis. Tori's personal mantra has always been "assess the situation, then make a plan of action" — and she intends to use it.
Royal Road4.54· 3.2KGoodreads4.11· 87
ComedyCompetent MCCozyIsekaiOlder MCReincarnation+2

Guild Mage: Apprentice

David Niemitz (M0rph3u5)

A81/100
There are a lot of things wrong with Liv Brodbeck. She's too small — working in the castle kitchens with her mother, she can't carry a sack of flour or roll a keg of ale. The chirurgeon says she has brittle bones, barring her from the rough play other children enjoy. Everyone says she ruined her mother's life when she was born. A child like Liv doesn't have much hope. But when she accidentally unleashes a surge of wild magic, she takes her first step on a journey that will lead her from the kitchens of Castle Whitehill, to the cold palaces of the Eld, and beyond — to the graves of gods.
Royal Road4.69· 1.7K
CozyDungeon CrawlingSchoolSecondary WorldSoft MagicWeak to Strong

System Override (Cyberpunk: Edgerunners)

Daoist Mystery

A80/100
What do you get when you cross nanomachines controlled by a volatile AI with a bleeding-edge military-grade cybernetic implant and a gutter rat out to prove everyone wrong? A forced experimental drug treatment at an early age has saddled David with an immense burden. His mother's death has left him adrift and unsure of his direction. So he does what any teenager with no more cares left to give does — chips in some mil-spec chrome and looks for a quick way to earn edds, all the while learning to utilize the nanotechnology forced on him as a child. Corpo or Edgerunner? Why not both? And why not the best of both while we're at it?
Royal Road4.74· 819
Anti-heroOverpowered MCSchoolSci-fiSuperpowersUrban Fantasy+2

The Ultimate Passive Paradigm

Triopals

A80/100
For two years, Nathan has been the weakest disciple in his sect, cursed with an abysmal energy absorption rate and facing imminent expulsion. His dream of returning to Earth to save his ailing mother is dying. Then his long-dormant System awakens and grants him a bizarre, unique ability: the Passive Paradigm. His flaw is no longer a curse — it is the key to a new kind of advancement where endurance equals strength and survival itself fuels explosive growth. By discovering loopholes and turning the rules of cultivation upside down, Nathan forges his own path to power.
Goodreads4.51· 374
Class SystemCultivationHard MagicIsekaiSchoolWeak to Strong

Throne of Time

Cognosticon

A80/100
Time travel is forbidden, but Suria didn't have a choice. When she transfers to Darkmoon University, the greatest magical academy in the world, she accidentally stumbles into a complex conspiracy that has thrown students into a time loop. Someone decided the unparalleled advantages of time travel were worth risking the death sentence — but Suria was never supposed to be there. Her education will be nothing like she expected as she attempts to unravel a conspiracy too layered to possibly solve in a single loop.
Royal Road4.90· 152
Base BuildingGenius MCHard MagicMysterySchoolSecondary World+1

Silver Fox & The Western Hero

M. H. Johnson

A80/100
Alex was willing to do anything to survive terminal cancer — even have his mind uploaded into a digital universe of countless worlds while his body waited for a cure. He expected to wake gradually into a peaceful existence. Instead, he regains consciousness naked and alone in the bowels of an ancient ship crewed by raiders carrying enough poison to kill an entire city. The choices he makes from that moment will have profound consequences — for him and for an entire realm. Alex faces bloodthirsty pirates, ruthless cultivators, and fearsome demigods as he takes his first steps on a path that might one day forge him into a cultivator powerful enough to challenge the heavens.
Goodreads4.45· 2.7K
CultivationSchoolSci-fiSecondary WorldWeak to StrongWuxia

Re:Birth: A Slow Burn LitRPG Mage Regressor

Ace_the_Owl

A80/100
At 79, Adom is an old mage who has known nothing but illness and regret. When the world finally burns and all hope turns to ash, a mysterious being appears at the last beat of his fading heart with a simple question: "If you could try again, would you?" A handshake seals the deal, and Adom wakes up on his old school grounds, sixty-seven years in the past — with all his knowledge intact, his memories preserved, and his youth restored. This time, Adom wants it all: food he's never tasted, a world still full of wonder, the life he dreamed of. There's just one small catch — he needs to prevent the end of the world first. And as he will soon discover, changing history may demand sacrifices even greater than watching it burn.
Royal Road4.59· 2.2K
ComedyCozyHard MagicLitRPGOlder MCRegression+1

The Allbright System

LunaWolve

A80/100
Thea has always dreamed of joining the United Human Federation marine corps, ever since she was saved by one of their soldiers as a child growing up in the Undercity of Lumiosia. Getting there from a mid-world means earning credits, and her years spent repairing arcade machines and mastering their simulators have given her a head start. On the eve of the monthly ladder reset, a brand-new challenge appears from nowhere — one that changes the course of her life forever. Set against a galaxy-wide war, the story follows how a unique System interacts with each faction in the conflict, with each side receiving a distinct system-trait that fundamentally changes how war is waged.
Royal Road4.57· 2.4K
Class SystemCozyGenius MCGrimdarkLitRPGMilitary+5

Path to Transcendence

l-Ryn-l

A80/100
Grief took Julian's family. Fate gave him another life. Reborn as Julius Von Hyperius, he awakens in a world where power is measured in tiers, skills, and the will to keep climbing. Surrounded by ruthless nobles, terrifying monsters, and an unknown system, Julius has only two choices: transcend or die. With a relentless spirit and questionable decisions, he carves his own path — each breakthrough bringing new foes, higher stakes, and the terrifying truth that transcendence demands sacrifice.
Royal Road4.46· 3.9K
Class SystemCozyCultivationIsekaiLitRPGReincarnation+4

Penitent

Seersucker

A80/100
Michael didn't want to die. After a lost battle with cancer, he'd lived what many would call a full life — but it wasn't enough. He wanted more time with his wife, his kids, his grandkids. When he found himself drawn toward the light, he fought his way away from it. Unfortunately, that didn't take him back to the life he wanted. Reincarnated in another world, Michael is forced to become a Penitent — a soldier in the country he was reborn into — in order to pay a debt to society for taking the life of the child whose body he now inhabits. It's not the life he wants, but it's the only one he has.
Royal Road4.64· 1.8K
GameLitIsekaiLitRPGOlder MCOverpowered MCReincarnation+3

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

Dragon Sorcerer

Sean Oswald

A79/100
Nico, a young dragon of barely fifty, is rudely chased from his home by a group of murderous adventurers. Of his entire clutch, only he and one sister remained, but now he is alone. Isolated and hungry, Nico's magic awakens, bonding him with Cami, a brave young woman. In order to hide from the adventurers' pursuit, Nico takes on human form. However, once they discover that both he and Cami have magical ability they are required by law to attend the Imperial Academy. Of course, he has to hide his true nature, which isn't always easy, given a dragon-sized ego.
Goodreads4.46· 1.3K
Non-human MCSchoolSecondary WorldSoft MagicWeak to Strong