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The Hedge Wizard

Alex M

S85/100
Hump grew up believing his master was nothing but an ordinary hedge wizard. When the old man unexpectedly dies, however, his book of spells binds to Hump's soul. Now without a master, Hump sets off to find his place in the world, discover the secrets of magic, and understand the Book of Infinite Pages. Scorned by the gods, wizards can trust only their own wit and skill to survive. Lacking the godly gifts of the Chosen, Hump fights for something more immediate — if he wants to eat, he needs to work. And with a new dungeon opening in Bledsbury, where better for a young hedge wizard to earn some coin?
Royal Road4.59· 1.8KGoodreads4.47· 3.2K
ComedyDungeon CrawlingGameLitGrimdarkHard MagicSecondary World+1

Chaotic Craftsman Worships The Cube

ProbablyATurnip

S85/100
Summoned after an unfortunate accident in hopes they could protect the world from a coming threat, Ben and his classmates are given another chance at life. With fame and fortune promised to whoever is willing to fight, the deal seems reasonable — except Ben wasn't blessed with magic or combat skills. Only crafting and enchanting. His skills are not useless, but they are not seen as necessary to the coming war. Cast aside and alone, Ben tries to find his place in the world while meeting some of its colorful characters along the way.
Royal Road4.59· 4.3KGoodreads4.22· 89
CraftingCrafting PowerDungeon CrawlingGameLitIsekaiLitRPG+3

Dungeon Core TV

Michael Anderle, Michael Todd

S85/100
The aliens didn't conquer Earth — they negotiated exclusive streaming rights instead. The powerful Voltaxians, whose empire is fueled by a monopoly on mana, offered humanity a deal: allow dungeons controlled by intelligent dungeon cores to be set up on Earth to generate mana, and they'd share the wealth. Now dungeon exploration is the world's hottest career, broadcast around the world and across the galaxy via Dungeon Core TV. Luther Miller, a finance guy who had no interest in dungeon diving, is about to discover that family honor and intergalactic revenge can intertwine in the dark depths of the dungeon.
Goodreads4.60· 296
Dungeon CoreDungeon CrawlingLitRPGSci-fiUrban FantasyWeak to Strong

Earthen Contenders

Jonathan Brooks

S85/100
Against his will, Thaden was transported along with millions of other humans from Earth to train as Contenders in a new world. Something went wrong during his transfer — he was ejected from the training program and sent into the open mouth of an active volcano. Through a miraculous and horrifying series of events, Thaden survived, only to find himself alone in a dungeon with no clothes, no weapons, and a Support-based Healer class with no offensive capabilities whatsoever. None of his spells do damage; he can't even pick up a weapon. But Thaden quickly discovers something unique about himself that might just allow him to survive — because he seemingly will never run out of Mana.
Goodreads4.40· 4.3K
Class SystemDungeon CrawlingIsekaiLitRPGOverpowered MC

Ether Flows

Ryan DeBruyn

A84/100
The Sovereign Empire's power was a lie. Azrael was brutally trained from birth to be a Sovereign Elite — until war came, and he found himself a prisoner on Tech Duinn, a prison planet designed for blood sport, before he even turned eight. Without system access and stripped of his identity, Azrael must rely on his trainers to keep his true name secret. If anyone learns his last name, he will wake up in the arena — if he wakes up at all. Surviving the Arena Pit Dungeon seems impossible, yet Azrael vows not only to live, but to find a way off-world. He lives only because of applause. Others will die for it. Death or escape is the only way out of the cycle.
Goodreads4.25· 6.9K
Dungeon CrawlingGrimdarkLitRPGSci-fiWeak to Strong

So I'm a Spider, So What? Light Novel

Okina Baba

A84/100
A normal high school girl dies and is reincarnated in a fantasy world as a tiny spider at the bottom of a monster-infested dungeon. With no special advantages and no one to rely on, she must use every trick at her disposal just to survive — and then to grow stronger. From her early days desperately evading predators through her eventual evolution into something far more formidable, her journey is one of relentless improvisation against a world that seems designed to kill her.
Goodreads4.35· 4.8K
ComedyDungeon CrawlingLitRPGNon-human MCReincarnationStats+1

Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 6: The Ghosts of Earth

DoctorHepa

A84/100
The apocalypse will be televised. In a flash, every human-erected construction on Earth collapses into a heap, transformed into a dungeon: an 18-level labyrinth filled with traps, monsters, and loot that circles the entire globe. Only a few dare venture inside — and once you're in, you can't get out. Each level has a time limit. But this game isn't about strength or dexterity; it's about followers, views, and clout. Building an audience and killing those goblins with style. You can't just survive here. You gotta survive big. And if you have that 'it' factor, you may just find yourself with a following — and the loot boxes dropped by generous benefactors watching from across the galaxy.
Royal Road4.63· 2.9K
ComedyDungeon CrawlingGameLitGenius MCGrimdarkLitRPG+4

Dungeon Devotee

Nixia

A84/100
Through all of Linaria, no dungeon holds such a grip on the dreams of men as the Eternal Depths. Hundreds throw themselves against its trials each day. Dozens survive, walking away with power and wealth beyond their wildest dreams — until they go back for more. One way or another, they all eventually feed the Depths. Edmund Montgomery Ahab has sworn to destroy it. Underleveled, undertrained, and underprepared, Edmund steps into the maw of the world's greatest predator with a sword in his hand and vengeance on his mind. With every level he earns, every piece of loot that drops, every secret he uncovers, and especially every bit of power he can squeeze from his mysterious connection to the Aspect of Madness, Edmund crawls closer to accomplishing that insurmountable feat. With nothing else to lose, Edmund has already given the Depths his life. All that remains to be seen is whether he takes the dungeon's right back.
Royal Road4.70· 2K
Dungeon CrawlingGameLitLitRPGOverpowered MCSecondary WorldSkill Collection+2

World Sphere

Always RollsAOne, Erick Thiemke

A83/100
Given an unattended moment to choose abilities before his next life, a man opts for wealth and prosperity — but in a world of infinite magical possibilities, plans are quickly disrupted. Storme finds himself reincarnated into a Dyson Sphere stabilized by powerful aetheric magic, where fantastical creatures, terrible dangers, and treacherous dungeons are abundant. It doesn't take long before he succumbs to the adventurer's life.
Goodreads4.51· 656
Dungeon CrawlingReincarnationSchoolSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Paladin Of The Forsaken Lands

jollybane

A83/100
Vrax should be dead by now, and he damn well knows it. Yet he's still here — delving into the eldritch unknown of the Forsaken Lands at level zero, being an overtly picky asshole, and praying for the System to give him the perfect class. Until then, he'll just have to outwit or outrun the horrors most sane adventurers avoid. Everything changes when he gets offered a class with twisted but limitless potential: one that lets him fight the horrors he's been running from his whole life using even worse creatures of his own making. Steady progression from level zero, with a unique power set that lets him craft and twist monsters into deadly horrors.
Royal Road4.76· 894
Class SystemComedyDungeon CrawlingHorrorLitRPGSecondary World+1

Assassinate Wonderwind

Matizu

A83/100
Aiden lives in Wonderwind, the world's biggest VRMMO. He dropped out of college, ditched real life, and invested everything into a career as a cold, calculated virtual assassin targeting the richest players in the top-500 leaderboard — every kill executed to perfection. Until his headset glitches mid-mission. One lag spike later, rent's due and his landlord is about to kick him to the curb. Aiden realizes his next job might be his last. He logs into a high-level area severely underleveled with trash gear, prepared for one final assassination — and then he didn't expect to fall for his target.
Royal Road4.80· 478
Anti-heroCozyDungeon CrawlingGameLitLitRPGLoner MC+4

Mage Tank

Cornman8700

A83/100
After being killed by a high-velocity tree, Arlo is transported to a new world of skills, stats, and levels where those brave and talented enough to conquer ancient Delves are rewarded with incredible supernatural power. Unfortunately, there is no tutorial. Arlo is immediately forced to tackle a Delve set to the highest difficulty with a party of strangers, possessing no armor, no weapons, and no knowledge of this world — and his paper-thin excuses for how he got there are growing thin. There's also the fact that the System seems to be treating Arlo's situation like a big, cosmic joke. Determined not to die again, Arlo forgoes his highest stat, Intelligence, and dumps everything into Fortitude. After all, who needs equipment when you can eat fireballs for breakfast and ask for more hot sauce? Mage Tank is a comedic LitRPG set in an epic fantasy world rapidly evolving as new and powerful secrets of the Delves are uncovered, featuring slow progression, intelligent characters who make intentional build choices, and real consequences.
Royal Road4.59· 2.2KGoodreads4.31· 2.9K
ComedyDungeon CrawlingGoreGrimdarkIsekaiLitRPG+4

Beastborne Chronicles

James T. Callum

A83/100
The Founders were the first Marked — and they built kingdoms on those powers, then made it their business to ensure no one else could join their ranks. Hal is lost in a world of Levels, stats, and monsters, wanted dead by its rulers. Ingenuity and courage won't be enough. To survive and carve out freedom for himself and those who follow him, he must embrace the beast within — fighting the monsters around him while guarding against becoming one himself.
Goodreads4.44· 3.4K
Base BuildingDungeon CrawlingGrimdarkLitRPGSecondary WorldStats+1

Tower of Somnus

Cocop (Cale Plamann)

A83/100
When humanity first encountered alien life, we were judged and found wanting. The Galactic Consensus found us selfish, wasteful, and boorish — blockaded Earth and left behind little more than a hypercomm relay and a handful of subscriptions to a massively multiplayer game played in one's sleep. The game, they said, would teach us to be better galactic neighbors. The megacorporations ignored it until they learned the powers earned from clearing dungeons were just as real when day broke. Magic and supernatural abilities exploded into existence, and a subscription to the Tower of Somnus became a status symbol. Katherine "Kat" Debs doesn't have much, but she wants something more — a chance to claw her way up the rigid social ladder from the arcology where she was raised. When she gets the opportunity to enter the Tower free of corporate control, she jumps at it, knowing the game might be her only path to taking control of her own destiny.
Royal Road4.57· 2.4KGoodreads4.35· 1.7K
Dungeon CrawlingGameLitLitRPGSci-fiTower ClimbingUrban Fantasy+1

Ajax's Ascension

Keleros

A83/100
Reborn on Gryndor with the mythical trait [Divine Witness], Ajax swears to live a life of no regrets — seizing every opportunity, fighting every monster, and plundering every treasure. But humans are considered one of the weakest sentient races, confined to their own patch of land and perpetually divided against themselves. In order to see the vast richness of the world, Ajax must battle for his life and respect, gaining levels and forcing the other races to acknowledge humanity's worth. Ajax's ascension to the top won't be quick or easy.
Goodreads4.47· 1.9K
Dungeon CrawlingLitRPGReincarnationSecondary WorldStatsWeak to Strong

The System Apocalypse

Tao Wong

A82/100
Goodreads4.24· 5.9K
Dungeon CrawlingLitRPGMilitaryPost-apocalypticSci-fiSecondary World+2

Underworld

Apollos Thorne

A82/100
A thousand-year-old succubus, tired of devouring men, invents a new spell to grow more powerful in a less distasteful manner — by kidnapping twenty students and forcing them to level up in the Underworld. Elorion is just an average high school student when he wakes to find himself and nineteen others captured and given the ability to use magic and gain levels. If he doesn't fight the monsters of the Underworld, he will die. But if he does fight, will he survive?
Goodreads4.33· 4.3K
Dungeon CrawlingGrimdarkLitRPGSkill CollectionStatsWeak to Strong

Viridian Gate Online

James Hunter

A82/100
October, 2042. An extinction-level asteroid is on a collision course with Earth. World governments are preparing deep-earth bunkers for a lucky few, but Jack Mitchel, a thirty-two-year-old EMT, isn't among the winners. His only chance: permanently upload his mind into Viridian Gate Online, a brand-new ultra-immersive fantasy VRMMORPG. The transition kills his body, one in six die in the process, and even if Jack beats the odds he'll face vicious monsters, domineering AIs, and cutthroat players. When Jack stumbles upon a secret conspiracy to transform V.G.O. into a new feudal dark age, the deadly creatures in the dungeons become the least of his concerns.
Goodreads4.22· 6.2K
Base BuildingDungeon CrawlingLitRPGMilitaryOverpowered MCPost-apocalyptic+2

Cinnamon Bun

RavensDagger

A81/100
The world called out for a hero to purge it of great evil. It received Broccoli Bunch — explorer, expert cleaner, occasional ghost-buster, and full-time Cinnamon Bun. Broccoli's approach to adventure is unconventional: talk enemies into becoming friends, hug menu boxes, and wield overpowered skills like Cleaning and Gardening. Her personal quest is simple — make all the friends. All of them.
Royal Road4.64· 2.5KGoodreads4.19· 1.1K
ComedyCozyDungeon CrawlingIsekaiLitRPGSkill Collection+1

Path of the Slayer

Hunter Mythos

A81/100
They laughed when Arden got stuck at Rank 0. Then he discovered the hidden path that monsters and rankers fear most. Arden gave everything to rise as a guild adventurer, pushing his warrior training and artificer talents to their limits. For four soul-crushing years, his Rank 0 Epiphany remained locked at 99%. Now, with his dreams fading and health collapsing, he undertakes one final quest — a simple goblin extermination in the city's sewers — and discovers a rare Hell Portal: the only path to unlock his true potential. Beyond lies limitless power and realms stretching far past the borders of his empire. In this System, there can only be one Slayer.
Goodreads4.48· 889
Competent MCCrafting PowerDungeon CrawlingIsekaiLitRPGWeak to Strong