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Dungeon Runner

Kindar

C48/100
Tibs survived by picking pockets — until he's caught. Instead of losing a hand, he's sent away and told he must now survive a dungeon. How is a kid who knew nothing more than street life supposed to survive a dungeon that changes every time he enters it? Being sent into an ever-growing dungeon becomes his life, facing ever-changing threats to himself and the people he tries so hard not to become attached to. He'd like to run away, but the guards have made it clear that trying to run will ensure he dies. His street taught Tibs to get back up after being beaten down — so he isn't going to just give up.
pf4.0· 1Royal Road4.35· 725
Dungeon CrawlingGameLitLitRPGSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Shattered Kingdoms

Aaron Oster

C48/100
Dabu's life has been far from easy. Born with a crippling lung illness, he has never been as strong as his father or brother, both of whom disappeared after attempting to challenge the Trials of Ancients. In the wake of the Tyrant King's war, his village has fallen under the control of the Purus, a vicious gang of magically enhanced cutthroats. The Trials offer the promise of power to any who can clear them, but Dabu has been forbidden from entering. After a violent encounter leaves his family in danger, he faces a difficult choice — leave to challenge the Trials or stay and risk starvation. The Trials are monstrously difficult, filled with dangerous beasts, deadly obstacles, and tribes of challengers who control the areas within. But if he can make it out alive, Dabu will gain the power he needs to drive the Purus from his home.
Goodreads4.32· 333
GameLitLitRPGSecondary WorldStatsTower ClimbingWeak to Strong

Rise of the Archon

Havoc1021

C48/100
In the Kingdom of Ferris, mages are not born but made. Through magic and arms, Ferris has grown to rule nearly the entire known world. Vayne was intended to live and die as an advisor to the nobility — nothing more. But a vision of his future reveals a terrible truth: he would grow to become the strongest mage of his time, only to fall in battle against strange invaders from beyond the impassable oceans. Now Vayne must choose — follow his intended path, fight a hopeless battle, or defy fate entirely and forge himself into the greatest mage the world has ever seen.
Royal Road4.54· 642
CozyCultivationOverpowered MCRegressionSchoolSecondary World+2

Secret of the Old Ones

Blaise Corvin

C48/100
Secret of the Old Ones is a deep-dive VR game unlike anything the world has seen. Trent Noguero, a hardcore gamer who has been playing for a year, is on the verge of his big break — a chance to join the ranks of the most powerful players in the world. But power draws attention, and celebrity creates enemies. Trent has the keys to massive success, and he has also accidentally painted a target on his back — both inside and outside the game.
Goodreads4.19· 999
LitRPGMysteryVRMMOWeak to Strong

Re:Hero — Starting Over As The Strongest

LaughYeAmer

C48/100
Demon King Erizen thought all Heroes were insane. For one thousand years he ruled the continent of Thalmyra while lunatic bands of Heroic Chosen Ones tried and failed to end his reign — until a random peasant girl from a back-end village manifested the Holy Sword, led a Crusade to his door, and ended his life before dying herself seconds later. As he died alongside the smiling Heroine, Erizen could not understand: why did heroes not care for their lives? What gave them such suicidal strength? When the System offers him reincarnation, he makes the only choice that makes sense — he will reincarnate not as a Demon King, but as a Hero. If even a peasant's heroism was enough strength to kill him, then this heroic Demon King vows to become nothing but the strongest.
Royal Road4.43· 701
Anti-heroComedyLitRPGOverpowered MCReincarnationSecondary World+1

Luck Lockyer

MageOfSacks

C48/100
Luck Lockyer was a man of perpetual amusement, his smirk his most natural state — known to his friends, family, and himself. But the death of everyone close to you can affect even the most stoic person. Without purpose, without anyone to do the job for, Luck found himself inside an empty, forgotten church — smirk gone, amber eyes dull and lifeless, sobbing in the dark. On a whim, he prayed: for death, for revenge, for friends, but above all for a second chance for his family. It was then that Luck Lockyer, the Devil of the Cards, the Bloodless Hand, the Amber Demon, was answered by a being from another world.
Royal Road4.59· 593
IsekaiLitRPGOverpowered MCRegressionWeak to Strong

A Doctor Without Borders

DB Lazarus

C48/100
A doctor spent years mastering medicine — helping people live, watching people die, witnessing what a soulless system does to patients and to himself. He was counting down the days before he sold out. That plan ended when a stroke code went sideways. Now he's somewhere else entirely: a world where magic rules, Humans are despised, and Healers knit flesh back together in the blink of an eye. What good is a man of science with years of training and not a shred of magic? A slow-burn progression story grounded in medical realism, where every step forward is earned.
Royal Road4.43· 318Goodreads4.01· 1.3K
GameLitGenius MCIsekaiSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

The Last Enclave

Morgan Cole

C48/100
Still reeling from the death of his parents, Jake finds a doorway to an abandoned space station in his grandfather's basement — and when he walks through, he discovers he's trapped there with company. The station's AI enlists Jake to reclaim the systems needed to support life, but he has only eight hours to complete the task or he'll die alone in the cold vacuum of space. With only a wrecking bar, work boots, and basic survival equipment, he must defeat the horrific monsters infesting the station before his air runs out. Hidden somewhere in the station is also a message that could spell doom for Earth and the entire universe.
Goodreads4.29· 731
Base BuildingCompetent MCLitRPGPost-apocalypticSci-fiStats+1

King's League

Jason Anspach, JN Chaney

C48/100
King's League is more than a game — it's a way of life. For recently expelled college dropout Dirk Wilson, picking up and reselling other players' scraps from cleared dungeons and botched side quests is the only thing keeping him off the streets. Tired of ramen noodles and past-due notices, Dirk decides that if he's going to make something of himself, it'll be within the game — taking advantage of real-life payouts from selling in-game goods on King's League's River Market. But the game leaves little margin for error, and Dirk's virtual problems grow as large as his real-life ones when he uncovers a powerful conspiracy that impacts players from level one to level 99.
Goodreads4.29· 719
ComedyLitRPGMerchantVRMMOWeak to Strong

Deepest Depths

leftright

C48/100
Max is kidnapped from Earth and dumped into the world of Nava — a place of monsters, magic, swords, and gods, governed by an all-encompassing System that assigns classes and determines who prospers. His granted title of Lost Lord immediately makes him a target for assassins and terrorist organizations. Monster attacks are a daily occurrence in Nava, and the people who survive depend on fighters willing to put their own safety aside. Max will have to decide what kind of person he wants to be in this new world.
Goodreads4.29· 718
Class SystemIsekaiLitRPGSecondary WorldStatsWeak to Strong

Department of Dungeon Studies

JPwrites

C48/100
Nox is an alchemist by trade, but he dreams of magehood. Fate dealt him unfavorable cards, yet he has learned to compensate with scholarly pursuits, tenacity, and sheer grit — qualities that catch the attention of Woodson University's scouts. The Department of Dungeon Studies values the mind and its ability to overcome all limitations. After all, they stripped the divine of their titles, turning gods into Dungeon Lords and their domains into Dungeons. The department will give Nox the tools to achieve his ambitions, and his limitations will push him to the forefront of arcane discovery. More immediate challenges remain, though. Nox lacks the means to pay the university's ridiculous tuition. Only alchemy and smart business deals will earn him the hundreds of gold coins he needs.
Royal Road4.56· 575Goodreads4.29· 684
AlchemyAnti-heroCraftingCultivationDungeon CrawlingLitRPG+3

Drakon Prince

Jamie McFarlane

C48/100
Separated as a child from his family, Theo has always felt made for something bigger than the suburban life ahead of him. When stepping in to protect a friend earns him a beating, he wakes up to floating game text inviting him to become a dragon. No matter how often he rejects the prompt, it returns. Reluctantly accepting, he's finally exposed to the real world — filled with goblins, orcs, and dragons. Starting at Level 1 and in extreme danger, Theo must embark on an epic quest to level up and claim his rightful draconic heritage. Dragons are both jealous and territorial, and the only way to survive is to grow fast.
Goodreads4.30· 507
Base BuildingClass SystemGameLitLitRPGNon-human MCStats+2

Idiot's Paradox

Taylor Colt

C47/100
Logan was kicking back with a beer on his dock when the System Integration transformed his world. The planet became a sci-fi movie overnight — powers, levels, and impossible messages from an entity called the System that has deemed humanity a plague. Each day the dissolution of society gets worse, and in 365 days only the top-rated 1% will survive. Logan could accept his lot and go along with the flow, but he's worked out how to manipulate his new world: baseball bats with nails, cleavers, weed whackers — whatever it takes. He's good at killing things, and when the System threatens his sister and her kids, he'll show it what an idiot can really do. Features a bonded murderhobo octopus and a sentient weapon with murderous intentions toward the MC's friends.
Royal Road4.46· 683
ComedyGenius MCLitRPGOverpowered MCPost-apocalypticSci-fi+2

Advent of Dragonfire

C. Sebastian Nutt

C47/100
In a world where monsters inflict violence and terror as a part of daily life, only those endowed with extraordinary powers can stand against them. For Charlene Devardem, the thought of becoming an essentia magician — one of those gifted few — was never something she expected. Now that the opportunity dangles in front of her, she finds that she wants it. Not for the heroism, the fame, or even to follow in the footsteps of her two prodigy brothers. Charlene wants it simply because magic makes people beautiful. She will find that these abilities are more than she knew, that people in this world are not kind or simple, and that she will have to change if she is to survive.
Royal Road4.39· 697
LitRPGOverpowered MCSecondary WorldSoft MagicWeak to Strong

Worm Mage

Maradina

C47/100
In a world ruled by giant bugs, colossal moths ravaged Sparrow's hometown, titanic waterbugs sank his refugee ship, and giant ants killed his parents. Ordered to stay behind and cover his army's retreat in humanity's losing war against the Swarm, he is rescued at the brink of death by a hidden village of powerful mages. To save his life they change his class to Worm — a class no one in the outside world knows anything about. Armed with a set of reality-warping mutations and abilities, Sparrow must gather knowledge, master the mages' techniques, and accumulate as much power as possible before returning to his army. First, he has to learn to control his wormhole abilities before he rips himself apart.
Royal Road4.60· 347
Class SystemCompetent MCGenius MCLitRPGMilitaryOverpowered MC+2

The Protagonist's Sister Is Actually The Strongest

Pancakes Witch

C47/100
A struggling author transmigrates into the world of Solo Player, the massively popular novel she read to improve her craft. She doesn't become the protagonist or a villain. She becomes the protagonist's sister — the most worthless character in the story, a burden universally hated by readers, and someone fated to die no matter what path she takes. Armed with full knowledge of the story's events, she has one goal: not only to survive, but to surpass every limit and rewrite the terrible ending. Her ridiculously overprotective brother — the world's strongest solo player — is the main obstacle. The Constellations watching from above are another problem entirely, bombarding her with gifts and sponsorships as though she's a top-tier celebrity streamer.
Royal Road4.24· 717
Dungeon CrawlingGameLitIsekaiLitRPGMonster TamingOverpowered MC+6

Player 0.4

Alek Aundra

C47/100
The battle against the Kobar Empire was utterly lost, and as Luca lay dying a strange blue screen appeared: he had the aptitude to be a Player, and if he accepted, the game would reset. He accepted — and the reset went wrong, leaving him as only a partial player: Active Players: 0.4. Luca is neither clever nor strong. He will die. A lot. But with enough resets, he'll learn and grow. A slow-burning, character-driven story about an underdog using time-loop deaths to inch toward something better.
pf7.0· 1Royal Road4.55· 628
Anti-heroBase BuildingComedyGameLitGenius MCLitRPG+4

Virus: Origin of Blood

Chaos65

C47/100
The world didn't end with a bang. Instead it suffocated slowly — a long fight for survival against monsters and others like them. Isaac experienced it all from the beginning. While humanity scrambled to understand the Contamination Zones overtaking the Earth, he fought for his life and tried to embrace the Virus that had become part of him. Origins, Legacies, attributes — familiar terms that meant little at first, but that quickly changed. Humanity adapted, monsters died, and Isaac? For the first time in his life, he was searching. Searching for a purpose, a goal. And if that journey began with hundreds of monsters lying dead at his feet — so be it.
Royal Road4.50· 648
GameLitLitRPGOverpowered MCPost-apocalypticSystem ApocalypseWeak to Strong

Rise of the Skillmaster

S.T.J

C47/100
In a modern Korea where fifteen percent of humanity has awakened as Manaborn, rifts tear open across the city and the strong rise as Rifters. Sam Jimin, a poor orphan scraping by on the outskirts of Seoul, pinned everything on his Awakening. He received Rank E-1 — no skills, a dead end. Hidden behind that humiliating result, however, is a Unique Skill no one has ever seen: Skillmaster, the ability to create and edit skills at a cost only he can pay. With nothing left to lose, he gambles everything on it — fighting his way up through academies, guild politics, and rising threats, skill by skill and battle by battle.
Royal Road4.41· 683
ComedyCozyCraftingGenius MCLitRPGSchool+5

The Traveler Initiative

Orthoros

C47/100
Liam is a down-on-his-luck gambler whose life is falling apart. When loan sharks come to collect, things end badly. But he gets another chance — by joining the Traveler Initiative, which promises the freedom to explore planets across the universe, a new body, and a slew of other benefits. Even in this strange afterlife, his gambling addiction rears its head, and he somehow ends up reincarnated as a slug. What follows is a largely solitary journey of evolution and survival, as Liam slowly crawls his way up from the bottom of the food chain.
Royal Road4.53· 636
IsekaiLitRPGNon-human MCReincarnationSci-fiWeak to Strong