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Hoqalo: The Broken System

MarekSusicky

C58/100
Dash's great-grandfather was one of the Fifteen who saved humanity during the System Apocalypse, founding the corporations that now rule the solar system. That legacy should have been his — until his father was destroyed by corpo politics, leaving Dash with nothing but a single building on Earth 2.0. When Dash nearly dies, a broken System manifests: barely functional, stripped to the bones, but carrying the tinkerer's trait Hoqalo — letting him forge gear that punches far above its tier. The more he digs into why his System came out wrong, the more it looks like sabotage. Someone with corporate reach wanted the Kallum bloodline to stay down. With his hands, his tools, and friends willing to go to corpo hell and back, Dash sets out to steal his future back — with interest.
Royal Road4.65· 270
Anti-heroCraftingLitRPGMysterySci-fiSystem Apocalypse+1

The Cloudfarers

H.C. Mills

C58/100
These were the words Rylan Cloudgift had been waiting to hear all his life — his salvation and his escape from a mundane existence as an indentured servant on an island in the vast cloudsea. His quick way out of the debt he owed the Thistlethorns, the noble family that found him as a baby. So why did he wake up in a cell? Seeing no other choice, Rylan flees into the cloudsea with only the supplies he can grab on the way out and a mysterious note bearing a cryptic warning. His quest to find the sender and unravel the mystery of his birth will have to wait — friend and foe alike follow him into the fog, and none of them know the way out. The dense mist harbours hidden monstrosities and long-buried secrets.
Royal Road4.63· 614Goodreads3.75· 53
ComedyGameLitLitRPGMysterySecondary WorldSkill Collection+2

Bloodstained Blade

DWinchester

C58/100
When the sword awakens, it has slept so long that it has forgotten everything but hunger. It is a weapon made to feast on death and blood — the more bodies it leaves in its wake, the stronger it gets. Bloodstained Blade is a fantasy GameLit where the main character is the blade itself, not the person wielding it. Expect the wielder to die and be replaced as the Ebon Blade pursues its own goals, no matter the cost.
Royal Road4.61· 807
Anti-heroGameLitGrimdarkLitRPGMilitaryMystery+4

Keeper of Totality

Infinityphoenix

C58/100
The death of the Hero reset the timeline — not what Lucy had intended when she made that last soul attack while dying. Returned to Earth, she attempts the obvious: use her knowledge of the future to dominate the System's five realms. Except things go wrong immediately. A Shard of Totality is now lodged in her eye, her Status is broken, and the Hero remembers everything — and has his own agenda involving her other identity, Adrianna Riftmire. She may be doomed. But as a master of soul magic and former Archmage, she is far from defenseless. This might just be her best chance to permanently defeat the Hero of Light, whose powers distort destiny to ensure his success.
Royal Road4.63· 603
Anti-heroBase BuildingCultivationIsekaiLitRPGMystery+5

Greyblood

Daniel Prince

C58/100
Lugor is a Half-Orc, and in his world, that's a very dangerous thing to be. He dreams of becoming an Adventurer, slaying monsters and delving into dungeons — but one cut to his skin could reveal his secret. He's forced to spend his days in his small village, keeping his head down. When a monster attack turns his world upside down, Lugor seeks training at the Adventurer Academy, where he must contend against an arrogant mage determined to see him fail. With a steadfast Dwarven Elementalist and a sarcastic Dark-Elf Necromancer at his side, Lugor sets out to prove that being Half-Orc doesn't mean he can't be a hero.
Goodreads4.22· 1.3K
Dungeon CrawlingLitRPGNon-human MCSchoolStatsWeak to Strong

Hack, Slash & Burn

Todd Herzman

C58/100
The orc apocalypse has arrived. In the small village of Berring, Calder runs the Broken Mug tavern. He was once a gifted swordsman who could have been a war hero — if only his side had won. His injured leg tells him those days are over. When a Dark Portal opens in the village square and orcs stream through, slaughtering his neighbors and setting everything ablaze, a Soldier of Light appears and grants Calder a Weapon Stone. His leg is healed. His body pulses with superhuman strength. And he'll do anything to protect his people.
Goodreads4.36· 700
Class SystemCompetent MCLitRPGSecondary WorldSystem ApocalypseWeak to Strong

Humanity's #1 Fan

Illiriel

C58/100
When the apocalypse comes, Ashtoreth betrays Hell to fight for humanity. She was always too optimistic, too energetic, too nice — never fit in with the other archfiends. She was supposed to study humanity to help destroy it; instead, she fell in love with it. But as she tears through the tutorial recruiting allies to her cause, she quickly realizes something strange: the humans don't trust her. Sure, her main ability is [Consume Heart] and her class is [Bloodfire Annihilator], but that doesn't make her evil — it just means every enemy drops an extra health potion! It may take some work, but Ashtoreth is optimistic the humans will come around. After all, she has an important secret to tell them: Hell is afraid of humanity.
Royal Road4.63· 594
Anti-heroComedyGameLitLitRPGNon-human MCOverpowered MC+3

Phantom Server

Ros Per

C58/100
As the years start running out, you often find that life has left you completely alone. This is what has happened to one military veteran who has lived through many of history's flash points. In order to inject some color into his final days, the former soldier signs a contract with a company that has developed a fully immersive virtual world. Project Alpha Rome is a multi-level city plagued by endless wars between humans and mutants. Under the nickname Volper, the veteran sets out on his path alone — and thanks to his attentive, reflective approach, he begins spotting things other players have missed, raising deeper questions about the true purpose of the project.
Goodreads4.02· 1.5K
LitRPGMysteryOlder MCPost-apocalypticSci-fiVRMMO

War Aeternus

Charles Dean, Joshua Swayne

C58/100
Lee is a quiet office worker who leads a life of solitude, comfort, and routine — until a drunken god shows up and whisks him off to another world, demanding he serve as a pawn in a game between the gods. Trapped in a world full of danger, magic, and creatures he's never imagined outside of fairy tales, Lee has to figure out how to stay alive long enough to make it back home.
Goodreads4.17· 1.4K
Competent MCHard MagicIsekaiLitRPGSecondary World

100th Run: A Regressor's LitRPG Adventure

Flossindune

C58/100
The world devolved into chaos as a game-like system reduced the population to a series of statistics and screens. Confusion reigned as everyone struggled to survive in this new reality — everyone but one man. Anthony Franklin had a secret: he had lived through this exact series of events ninety-nine times in a row. Drawing on centuries of accumulated knowledge — every play, shortcut, and strategy — he must save as many lives as possible. He will contend with vicious boss monsters, elude the ever-watching eyes of the system administrators, and guard his back from scheming players with their own agendas. With every individual carrying their own goals, dreams, and fears, shepherding them won't be easy. Win or lose, his 100th run will be his last.
Royal Road4.52· 908
GameLitGenius MCLitRPGOverpowered MCPost-apocalypticRegression+4

The Lighter Side of Darkness

villa1ny

C58/100
For Momo, an anti-social art major perpetually at risk of dropping out, college life wasn't a great fit. When she wakes up one morning in a dark cavern full of skeletons and necromancers, she knows a new era of her life is about to start — and dedicates herself to actually being successful in this one. Chosen for her meek and harmless personality, Momo is able to exist under the radar as she completes the Dawn's necromantic missions. Watch her gain confidence and class levels, reluctantly rising from meager apprentice to Queen of the Underworld.
Royal Road4.50· 998Goodreads4.24· 319
ComedyCozyIsekaiLitRPGSecondary WorldSummoning+1

Arena

Holly Jennings

C58/100
Kali Ling competes in the RAGE tournaments—the Virtual Gaming League's elite competition where the world's best gamers fight to the digital death on national TV. The pain is real, even if the weapons are digital, and every bloody kill is broadcast to millions. Chosen as the first female captain in RAGE history, Kali is at the top of her game—until a teammate overdoses. Now she must confront what the tournament actually is, because the VGL hides dark secrets, and the only way to change the rules is to fight from the inside.
Goodreads3.75· 1.6K
Competent MCGrimdarkLitRPGSci-fiVRMMO

Fayroll

Andrey Vasilyev

C58/100
Journalist Harriton is assigned to write articles on the virtual world of Fayroll and its developers. He grudgingly accepts — and soon finds himself enthralled by the fantasy world and its quests. As 'Hagen the Warrior', he enters a world where the thirst for success and legendary items spills into reality, and high-stakes bets are made on virtual characters. As Harriton's decisions in-game begin affecting his real life, he is drawn into the attention of powerful players and Moscow elite with a devouring interest in Fayroll's outcome — and discovers that this fantastic world conceals many dangers.
Goodreads4.18· 1.4K
ComedyCompetent MCGameLitLitRPGMysteryVRMMO

The Illusionist

D.J. Bodden, James A. Hunter

C58/100
Alan Campbell thought he had landed his dream job working on a revolutionary VRMMORPG with Osmark Technologies — until the project was canceled. He has one weekend to dive into an untested world full of intrigue, violence, and corruption to prove that Viridian Gate Online works. But the AIs running the game have their own plans for his soul. Set a year before the events of Viridian Gate Online: Cataclysm, this series takes readers back to when VGO was just a game — or so it seemed.
Goodreads4.36· 645
Competent MCLitRPGSecondary WorldVRMMO

Neophyte World Builder

ThePudding

C58/100
Nobody told him godhood needed an instruction manual. Reincarnated as the Administrator of a newborn universe, an ordinary man from Earth must design everything — physics, magic, plants, animals, and the rules that bind them — while ensuring the world generates the energy he needs to survive. The problem: every tweak he makes can cause unintended consequences. And sometimes, he has to live inside his own creation to experience the results of his choices.
Royal Road4.63· 554
Base BuildingDungeon CoreLitRPGNon-human MCReincarnationSecondary World

World Tree Apocalypse: A Pilot In Another World LitRPG

D.M. Rhodes (Razzmatazz)

C58/100
When a nameless pilot breaks through a dimensional rift, he and his experimental fighter-plane become the only things standing between a dying world and the monstrous army marching to destroy the last World Tree and its keeper. A man trained to hunt in the skies above barren ash-lands must now become the last protector of the perfect garden below. A soldier with as much blood on his hands as engine grease must find a way to live alongside a peaceful forest dryad — the tree's sole caretaker — as the invasion waves grow stronger with each passing cycle. As one nation after another falls, a transmigrated war pilot flying an experimental combat aircraft may be the only hope left for the world's many races, the sacred tree, and the peace-loving dryad who tends it.
Royal Road4.63· 550
Anti-heroBase BuildingCozyDungeon CrawlingGameLitGenius MC+7

Lunatic Sword

RabZ YT

C57/100
Some live by the sword — Alex is imprisoned by it. Not that he's complaining; he likes swords. In a world of swords and sorcery, some are born with divine blessings that lead them to challenge the heavens, while others are punished by fate and forced into suffering. For Alex, it's all irrelevant. As long as he has his sword, every tragedy is a joy and every obstacle is just more time to polish his blade. There's nothing that can't be solved with a good sword cut — unless the enemy is a ghost, in which case he'll need a church. A battle-focused progression story with a sword-obsessed protagonist whose genius is strictly limited to swordsmanship.
Royal Road4.65· 224
ComedyDungeon CrawlingGameLitLitRPGOverpowered MCSchool+4

Goblin Teeth: A Monster Party LitRPG

JimQuill

C57/100
Daggat was born different — a variant monster with a random gift to shape his fate. After faking his death, he sets out on a relentless quest for freedom, power, and a place to call his own. With a mind sharper than steel, a gaze that bends wills, and a tyrant's instinct for control, he gathers a band of outcasts: a savage warrior sibling, a cunning rogue sibling, a cursed and forgotten spider from the attic, a worm with the soul of a dragon, and the last ogre of a shattered family. Each carries their own scars — physical, spiritual, emotional. Together they will claw, scheme, and fight through a world that wants them dead, forging an adventuring party that seeks not just riches and glory, but the power to decide their own fates.
Royal Road4.64· 358
Anti-heroGameLitGrimdarkHorrorLitRPGNon-human MC+2

Accidental Healer

Avyck3721

C57/100
Layton just wanted a weekend alone in the wilderness. Instead he woke up in a nightmare. Earth has been inducted into a multiversal system, and survival is no longer guaranteed. Forced into a brutal wave dungeon with no warning, no tutorial, and no gear, Layton accidentally locks himself into the weakest class — Healer. That's when things start feeling off. He's leveling far too fast, and his so-called support class feels anything but weak. His only ally is a too-intelligent, bloodthirsty predator that might be more than just an animal. Something is wrong with this system. Layton just has to survive long enough to figure out what.
Royal Road4.41· 957
Dungeon CrawlingGameLitGenius MCLitRPGOverpowered MCPost-apocalyptic+2

Common Clay

WanderingLeaf

C57/100
Clay has always lived in a world of heroes and monsters. From childhood he trained — body, speed, and courage — all in hopes of receiving a Class that would grant him the power to protect the people he cares about. Then, on the day of his Choosing, the gods give him nothing. As every one of his friends sets out to become a hero, Clay is told he is a [Commoner], suited for farm labor and nothing more. He decides to fight the monsters anyway. Armed with his wits and little else, Clay sets out to show everyone what a [Commoner] can really do.
Royal Road4.60· 792
Class SystemCompetent MCDungeon CrawlingLitRPGSecondary WorldWeak to Strong