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Cultivator Andy

Walker Miles

D31/100
Wake up. Mine crystals. Don't die. That's the job, and Andy doesn't remember ever having a different one. The guards have guns. The other workers have agendas. The tunnels have monsters that shouldn't exist. On his first shift, surrounded by men who've already made their peace with the dark, he decides he won't be one of them. Then he finds the cavern — crystals bigger than anything on the work floor, whispering secrets the guards would kill to keep buried. It's a path to power, maybe a path out. But he'll have to hide it from everyone until he's strong enough to stop hiding. No one leaves the mine alive. Andy intends to be the first.
Royal Road4.54· 239
Anti-heroCultivationGameLitGrimdarkIsekaiLitRPG+4

Arcane Innovator

CosmicQuill

D30/100
After an unfortunate death on Earth, Darian is reincarnated into a harsh medieval-like world. Life as a poor villager offers little — until he discovers that magic is real and that he too can cast it. From that day on, all he can think about is becoming a mage. To change his station he must carefully navigate a dangerous world with his newfound powers, risking everything in pursuit of his dream. When the rules won't let him win, he's willing to make his own.
Royal Road4.01· 445
Anti-heroBase BuildingCozyIsekaiReincarnationSecondary World+2

A Modern Mind in Medieval Times

C. S. Valiant

D30/100
After his own arrogance destroyed his life, the depressed and blacklisted Jack escapes into strategy games — until he is reincarnated as the would-be savior of refugees fleeing a pogrom, in a world where the Vozoran Empire is swallowing the last independent kingdoms. An engineering and history nerd, Jack knows how to build a civilization from scratch. But knowing and doing are very different when his new people are living in tents, starving, and under threat from bandits. Meanwhile, a young Princess across the border searches for allies as the empire creeps ever closer. A kingdom-building story driven by problem-solving, real engineering, and a romance that shapes the fate of nations.
Royal Road4.13· 439
Base BuildingGenius MCHaremIsekaiMilitaryReincarnation+2

Multi-Dimensional Merchant System

MisterSquigs

D30/100
Oliver expected college classes, work, bills, and girlfriend problems. What he never expected was a mysterious system granting him the ability to buy and sell things across dimensions. With a multiverse full of possibilities — and the chance for adventures he never imagined — a few complications are a small price to pay.
Royal Road4.30· 427
Anti-heroHaremIsekaiLitRPGMerchantSci-fi+1

The 37th Tier [Hundred Year War|Avatar The Last Airbender SI]

R. Lockey

D30/100
An airbender who can't fight is just a monk who's really good at running away. Sonam died in the 21st century and woke up at the Southern Air Temple — with twelve years before Sozin's Comet and a head full of memories from a world where this one was a TV show. The Air Nomads have thirty-six tiers of airbending. Every monk considers fighting back beneath them. Sonam is building the thirty-seventh tier, convinced that pacifism is a death sentence for everyone he knows — even if the order would rather exile him than learn it.
Royal Road4.53· 309
Base BuildingGenius MCIsekaiMilitaryOverpowered MCPost-apocalyptic+5

Lord of The System

Alex Toxic, Furious Miki

D30/100
Planet Earth burns in nuclear flame, and the System transfers all its humans to a new world — with a new name, a starting bonus, and a good kick to get going. Some got a sword, some a crown. Leo got a potato. Somehow, he intends to take over the world with it.
Goodreads4.21· 429
Base BuildingComedyIsekaiLitRPGSystem Apocalypse

Reroll Saga: I Brought Sarcasm To A Sword Fight

Runewriter

D30/100
Hal Miller wanted comfort, not chaos. Now he's trapped in a world where plumbing is myth, toothbrushes are sorcery, and nobles are parasites in fancy shoes. With a sarcastic AI in his head and a head full of modern logic, Hal is about to break every rule this world has. Armed with stubborn ingenuity and a talent for making things explode in instructive ways, he sets out to drag an entire medieval society into a new era — one scientific-magic experiment at a time.
Royal Road4.25· 428
Anti-heroBase BuildingComedyCozyCraftingGenius MC+5

The Villainess is the Villainess

tobascoasako

D30/100
After striking a dangerous deal with a mysterious stranger, a wealthy and powerful woman finds herself trapped in the very fantasy game she helped create. Reborn as Seraphina de Sariens — daughter of a duke, engaged to a cold Crown Prince — she quickly learns she is not the destined heroine but the villainess, fated to summon dark forces and be destroyed by the story's true savior. The new Seraphina holds one advantage: vast knowledge of the game's world, paired with ruthless ambition. With danger at every corner and the shadow of treason threatening her life, she must maneuver through cutthroat politics and betrayals. Succeed, and ultimate power is hers. Fail, and the price is death.
Royal Road4.41· 406
IsekaiLitRPGOverpowered MCTransmigrationVillain MC

The Adept Archives

Darren Hultberg Jr.

D30/100
In the realm of Eon, strength is the rule of law. Adepts — powerful cultivators who wield mystic spirit energy — battle for control of ancient relics imbued with the power of gods. At night, darkbeasts born of a mysterious fog called the veil hoard those same relics in their dungeons and destroy any adept who ventures too close. When portals begin pulling warriors from other worlds into Eon's brutal battlegrounds, one police officer from Earth finds himself fighting to survive — and discovers he may have the spirit needed to shake the realm to its core. As Roy rises through the ranks of rogue adepts in the outlaw city of Shadowreach, dark forces move to tear everything apart.
Goodreads4.00· 630
CultivationDungeon CrawlingGrimdarkIsekaiLitRPGSecondary World+2

Deadly Persuasion

FreeID

D30/100
Isekai'd into a mysterious Victorian town, Levi finds himself in a weak child's body amid deep darkness, ravenous monsters, and a murderous cult of devil worshippers seeking to summon mythical beasts from the Graveyard of the Gods. Fortunately, he possesses the rare talent of an Arch-Magus. Armed with deadly magical words and traps, he is ready to incite riots, gain classes, and level up to survive everything that threatens his precious new life. In this world, power comes from absorbing Ingredients — each holding its own paths and classes — and every week the Krag opens, offering an entrance to the Graveyard of the Gods where relics, power, and Ingredients wait to be plundered, protected by terrifying monsters.
Royal Road4.47· 394Goodreads3.74· 209
Class SystemDungeon CrawlingIsekaiLitRPGMysteryOverpowered MC+4

Defying Divinity

Jamey Sultan

D29/100
James has no idea why he was ripped from his life as a paramedic and transported to a strange new world with rules like those of a video game. But he knows he must adapt quickly — ending up in a spider's belly was never on his to-do list. With only a vague quest, a mysterious brand, and promises of help from a cantankerous old lady, James must level up into the warrior this dangerous world so desperately needs.
Goodreads4.04· 621
Class SystemIsekaiLitRPGSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Mark of the Fated

Ricky Fleet

D29/100
A vast comet that should have destroyed Earth instead slowed and landed — and beings from another dimension arrived with it, condemning humanity's selfish ways but sensing a potential to change. They chose Mark as a volunteer in deadly trials: earn humanity's survival by saving fantastical worlds from their own destruction. Join him on his quest for loot, levels, and powerful abilities as he fights in kingdoms large and small, battling demons and dinosaurs, vampires and robots, orcs and fairies. For Mark, the price of saving the planet looks to be a world of hurt.
Goodreads4.22· 286
Competent MCIsekaiLitRPGSkill CollectionSystem Apocalypse

Hunter Or Huntress

Tigra21

D29/100
An engineer sick of life was given an opportunity to do more, to be more, to change a world forever. Stepping into a world of wonder, he found dragons crossing the skies between floating islands, and green glowing sanctuaries from the cold dark depths below where winged people live their lives in peace — at least some of the time. Follow Tom's adventure as he attempts to make a home for himself amongst the clouds and fights to defend it from all manner of terrors from without and within.
Royal Road4.52· 368
CozyIsekaiSci-fiSecondary WorldSoft Magic

Villainess Joan of Arc

OnceWritten

D29/100
Steve tried as hard as he could to beat his favorite game, The Hundred Years War, as his favorite general, Joan of Arc. After hundreds of failed runs he finally did it — with a small exploit, but still number one in the world. The game asked for his name, and the moment he gave his real one, he found himself sucked into the game as Joan of Arc. Trapped in a world where Joan is forced to fight battle after battle through countless lifetimes, Steve's only hope is the exploit that won him the game. But when he finally finds it, he's faced not with the end but a whole new beginning — a completely different game where he has no idea what's going on. What the hell's a Villainess?
Royal Road4.53· 259
ComedyCozyDungeon CrawlingGameLitIsekaiLGBTQ++5

Empire Rewritten

sersor

D29/100
A 55-year-old American wakes up in the body of Constantine Palaiologos in 1429. No system. No magic. No prophecy — just practical knowledge and stubborn pragmatism facing the worst inheritance in European history: a crumbling empire, a closing Ottoman noose, vicious court politics, and a crusade that may or may not come. Michael Jameston must deploy diplomacy, reform, logistics, and gunpowder to drag a dying empire into a new age. Grounded in real 15th-century history, this is a story of military campaigns, court intrigue, technological innovation, and state-building in the final years of Byzantium.
Royal Road4.51· 375
Base BuildingGenius MCIsekaiMilitaryTransmigration

Blazing the Competition - Pokémon SI

Sugarcube

D28/100
Reborn in Lavaridge Town and living with his grandparents and little sister, an aspiring trainer sets out thinking his path forward will be smooth sailing — and gets more than he bargained for. A fire-type specialist who hates ghosts, dislikes sand, and loves his new sister, navigating an AU world that blends elements from the anime, manga, and games.
Royal Road4.50· 369
ComedyGenius MCIsekaiMonster TamingReincarnationSecondary World

Summoned A Hundred Years Too Late

Hippo_

D28/100
After 3,841 days of logins, Alexandra was the only player left in her game. For ten years she ground through daily quests on empty servers, long past the point of reason — until one group quest she couldn't complete alone. She opened a support ticket and begged the devs to save her streak. That's when the gods took her instead, and reset her streak to zero. When Alexandra arrives in a world of real magic, her former guildmates are already there — and have been for a century. They have empires and a hundred-year head start. Her old friends don't want another player in their game. One day. One quest. One reward. Alexandra has her streak, and she will burn the world before she misses a daily.
Royal Road4.27· 399
GameLitIsekaiLitRPGOverpowered MCSecondary WorldSkill Collection+1

Way of the Immortals

Harmon Cooper

D27/100
Thrust through a mysterious portal into an unknown world, Nick Barnette does the sensible thing and runs. Now separated from his friends and hunted by powerful forces he doesn't understand, Nick must navigate the Kingdom of Lhasa while searching for a way home. Through his trials he discovers a strange power that lets him slow time—but he can't control it. The only path to mastering it leads high into the mountains, where monks and hermits practice the ancient Way of the Immortals.
Goodreads3.76· 608
CultivationIsekaiSoft MagicWeak to StrongWuxia

Origin of the Shinigami - Cyberpunk 2077

__Scarlet__

D27/100
In her first life, Sophie's squad died to save her. In her second life, those who would protect her perish again, leaving her alone. She's sick of feeling helpless. Her system — a power granted when she was reborn — offers the broken girl a chance to seize power for herself, to never feel helpless again, and to hunt those who seek to hurt her. She will become a living legend, a figure of death: the Shinigami.
Royal Road4.32· 389
Anti-heroComedyGoreGrimdarkIsekaiLitRPG+2

The God of Death Just Wants to Quit?!

Fallen Pages

D27/100
Nerez no longer remembers the name he had as an ordinary human on Earth. A literal date with the Goddess of Fate condemned him to wander the sea of souls through a thousand different lives. All he wants now is to escape the endless cycle of reincarnation and enjoy one peaceful last life. But just when freedom seemed within reach, he finds himself in the midst of a divine battle royale for a newborn world. Can the nascent god of death find peace and tranquility in immortality, or will his new domain, servants, and ever-troublesome mortals make his life impossible? And the looming shadow of the one who cursed him still lingers — though perhaps the Goddess of Fate had plans of her own all along.
Royal Road4.47· 368
Anti-heroBase BuildingComedyCraftingGameLitGenius MC+6