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Ascend Online

Luke Chmilenko

S85/100
Marcus and his friends escape a stagnant society by diving into a revolutionary virtual reality game — but from the moment he logs in, Marcus finds himself separated from his group and thrown into a remote village under attack by goblins. Forced into battle, he rallies the beleaguered villagers and drives off the invaders. With the village in ruins, the survivors turn to Marcus for help rebuilding. Quickly realizing this game is unlike anything he has played before, he is swept up into a whirlwind of adventure as he struggles to defend his new home — and discovers that marauding goblins are the least of his problems.
Goodreads4.23· 8.9K
Base BuildingLitRPGSecondary WorldStatsVRMMOWeak to Strong

Demon World Boba Shop

RC Joshua

S85/100
After a hard life cut short, Arthur is given another chance at happiness in a demon world. Here he finds solace in brewing tea, forging friendships, and living the tranquil life he never knew he needed. Along the way he builds a community with a mother-son sparrow-demon duo, a bulky infernal, and a captivating water elemental. For the first time in two lives, Arthur is finally finding out what life is really about.
Royal Road4.69· 1.1KGoodreads4.49· 1.6K
Base BuildingCozyGameLitIsekaiLitRPGReincarnation+2

Path of the Berserker

Rick Scott

S85/100
When cultivators came to Earth they destroyed human civilization in a matter of hours. Armies fell, cities burned, and the moon turned red and filled the world with monsters. Now, over a decade later, what is left of humanity slaves under the heels of Qi-infused masters. One man wants none of it. Sick of serving and determined to make the cultivators pay, he is found by a fearsome goddess who shows him a different path — one that does not rely on Qi. Through blood, sweat, and pain, he will fight to take back the planet and free humanity, or die trying. That is the Path of a Berserker.
Royal Road4.50· 768Goodreads4.52· 2.8K
Anti-heroBase BuildingCultivationMilitaryPost-apocalypticSci-fi+3

Emerilia

Michael Chatfield

S85/100
Goodreads4.36· 4.9K
Base BuildingCompetent MCCraftingSystem ApocalypseVRMMOWeak to Strong

Blood & Fur

Maxime J. Durand (Void Herald)

A84/100
A new emperor rules each year in Yohuachanca. Only the most delicious food graces his palate, the realm's most beautiful women fill his harem, his palace dazzles the mind — and at the year's end, he is sacrificed to the Nightlords under the light of the Scarlet Moon. Iztac is a pisspoor orphan and this year's emperor. A sacrifice bound for the altar. But the vampires have made a mistake: Iztac is a sorcerer whose soul can journey into the secret underworld to plunder the spells of the dead. There, in the darkness, hides the power to drag the Nightlords off their throne. He has a year to find it — or perish for good. He may not be the first emperor, but he will be the last.
Royal Road4.75· 1.5K
Anti-heroBase BuildingGenius MCGrimdarkMilitarySecondary World+1

Battle Trucker

TomWrites

A84/100
Jill MacLeod might be just a long-haul trucker with a dirty mouth and back pain, but with Bertha the big rig under her she always makes her deliveries. When mana, monsters, and an RPG-style levelling system descend on Earth, the apocalypse is here. On her journey it's just Jill, her Soulbound truck, and any survivor she can find against the universe — mutated animals, aliens, dragons, droid armies. Nothing is going to stop her from making her way home.
Royal Road4.71· 675Goodreads4.52· 469
Base BuildingGoreLitRPGOverpowered MCPost-apocalypticProfanity+3

Creation's Bane

Kevin Sinclair

A84/100
Running a restaurant was hard, but it filled Clive's life with meaning — running through a portal was easy, but it filled his life with demons. Weak in a world full of strength, Clive and his friends rely on grit and determination as they navigate a brutal, war-torn land of magic in search of a way home. There is a problem, though: Clive's been cursed. A demonic knife wound catapults them into a race against time to find a cure, fighting their way across Falritas in need of friends and levels like there's no tomorrow. Set in a chaotic land ruled by ruthless gods, complete with game mechanics, a progression system, and empire-building, where demons, werewolves, dwarves, and elves roam.
Goodreads4.51· 784
Base BuildingGameLitGrimdarkIsekaiLitRPGStats+1

UnderVerse

Jez Cajiao

A84/100
Jax is a pretty regular guy with a job he tolerates and a girl he kinda loves — and he fights creatures from the UnderVerse in his sleep, waking covered in horrific scars. When his brother vanishes and five years later Jax is kidnapped as well, his father gives him a stark choice: travel to the UnderVerse in reality, reach the capitol of that ruined realm at the center of existence, and open a portal for the Noble Houses to return home — or die slowly. First, though, he has to survive the arena, where twelve will enter and only one can leave.
Goodreads4.47· 2.9K
Base BuildingGoreGrimdarkIsekaiLitRPGProfanity+1

The Bee Dungeon

Icalos

A84/100
Belissar was a simple beekeeper until the lord's ruthless son slaughtered his village. As he lay dying with an arrow in his back, a tiny worker bee saved him — and revealed itself to be a dungeon core. Together they swiped the tower away from the murderous Ruckanos, and Belissar woke up king of his own beehive dungeon. With power comes trouble far beyond what he imagined. In addition to building and defending his monstrous apiary, Belissar must confront the Hunger — an encroaching doom that consumes everything in its path and leaves only death.
Goodreads4.52· 561
Base BuildingDungeon CoreLitRPGNon-human MCSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Rise of the Cheat Potion Maker

Alvin Atwater

A83/100
Summoned to another world and asked to be a great hero, the protagonist wants none of it — the world already has a hero. Instead, he chooses the simplest class available: Potion Maker. He has no interest in defying the heavens or cultivating mana. But the nearby town is suffering from crippling inflation and losing businesses fast. Someone has to do something about it. An unlikely potion shopkeeper and his apprentices begin building what they hope will become an S-ranked potion shop — though that turns out to be far easier said than done.
Goodreads4.47· 2.5K
AlchemyBase BuildingClass SystemCraftingIsekaiMerchant

The Mine Lord: A Dwarven Survival Base-Builder

Trae McMaken

A83/100
When a young dwarf named Yorvig travels to a mining claim in the wilds of the Red Ridges, he learns by hard experience that his fellow prospectors are more focused on ore than survival. Thinking he alone can hold disaster at bay, Yorvig plots his way to becoming captain of the mine. He only expected to lead in a fight against starvation, but far greater danger arrives in forms both fair and foul. The mine grows beyond what they ever imagined, and while Yorvig's authority must grow with it, the challenges of love and loyalty will not make it easy — nor will the old foe determined to drive the dwarven folk from the Red Ridges.
Royal Road4.71· 1.9K
Base BuildingCraftingGenius MCNon-human MCSecondary WorldSoft Magic

Natural Laws Apocalypse

Tom Larcombe

A83/100
When a message appears in Marc's line of sight warning that Earth has been in a "variant Natural Laws beta test" for millennia and is about to revert to the norms, he decides — sane or not — it cannot hurt to prepare. Once the change begins, monsters spawn across his town, everyday animals mutate into dangerous creatures, and Marc's small group races to create a Safe Zone while the system hands out classes and magic to those capable of grasping them. With a system that desperately needs English-language lessons and an increasingly strange universe behind it, Marc works to rescue as many survivors as he can.
Goodreads4.43· 3.5K
Base BuildingClass SystemLitRPGPost-apocalypticStatsSystem Apocalypse

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

Wild Wastes

Randi Darren

A83/100
Before World War Two could reach its conclusion, a catastrophic experiment turned the center of the United States — from the Sierra Nevada to the Mississippi — into "The Waste," a land overrun by orcs, ogres, trolls, elves, harpies, and every manner of mythological monster, all of whom despise humankind. Vince is a Ranger, a profession built around surviving in the Waste and taking missions from the Ranger Guild. A single escort mission changes everything — and sets him on a path from lone survivor to ruler of a growing city-state, fighting to carve out a permanent home in a hostile world.
Goodreads4.31· 4.6K
Base BuildingGrimdarkHaremMilitaryPost-apocalypticSexual Content+1

Rise of Mankind

Jez Cajiao

A83/100
When the world loses electricity and mana-twisted beasts begin to prowl, Matt — an ordinary guy left for dead at the bottom of a gully — grasps at his only chance of survival: a glowing, dangerously pulsing Dungeon Core. With his reality permanently altered, Matt must race to deploy the Core before it detonates. Fighting through hundreds of people standing between him and safety, he carves out a foothold in a world that will never be the same again.
Goodreads4.42· 3.4K
Base BuildingDungeon CoreLitRPGPost-apocalypticSystem Apocalypse

The Bell Tolls for Me

Nemorosis

A82/100
A succession crisis consumed the Kingdom of Dovhain following the death of Edgar the Great. Princess Isabella endured every indignity, overcame countless injustices, and fought the most vicious of enemies — first for survival, then for hope of a better future. She became queen, only to be betrayed by those she trusted most. Somehow, Isabella woke up eight years in the past, one week after her father's death. The experience and knowledge she gained in the struggle for the throne give her a fighting chance — but the question she must answer is a hard one. Should she pursue her own happiness, or attempt to better the realm? Perhaps, if she dares, she can reach for both.
Royal Road4.75· 1KGoodreads4.58· 19
Base BuildingGenius MCGrimdarkRegressionReincarnationSecondary World+1

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

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

Play to Live

D. Rus

A81/100
A new phenomenon — the perma effect — has swept Earth: some players' minds permanently merge with their online games, leaving their bodies comatose. The terminally ill, the disabled, and those who simply want to escape have begun choosing it willingly. Once a seasoned gamer and now a terminal cancer patient, Max takes this last chance to preserve his life and identity. He dives into AlterWorld — a sword-and-sorcery MMORPG — alongside trusted friends and the woman he loves, seeking the immortality that the real world will never give him.
Goodreads4.11· 7.1K
Base BuildingGrimdarkLitRPGMilitaryPost-apocalypticVRMMO