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A Bioweapon's Rhapsody

Alexanders (Katsu)

C55/100
Four white walls, a small room to sleep in, and an adjacent combat testing area — that was the life of Subject P4. Fight or solve logic puzzles, defeat enemies to eat and integrate their designs, or receive nutrient paste if you fail. That was until, after a combat test, P4 managed to trigger the generation of a Mana Core and got away with it. The System gave the tools to fight toward freedom. Now the only goal is to keep that freedom and carry on the prime directives burned into the Core after escaping: Eat. Grow. Evolve.
Royal Road4.31· 905
ComedyCozyCraftingGrimdarkLitRPGNon-human MC+4

The Secrets of Giantskarl Mountain

Andrew Karevik

C55/100
Artemis has inherited his father's adventuring shop at the base of Giantskarl mountain, home to a vast and mysterious dungeon. Where his father was content selling trinkets for a pittance, Artemis wants to build a merchant empire — using his skills as a Runesmith to inscribe enchantments onto items and command higher prices. The problem: his shelves are empty, and he needs a magical bone to fashion his scrive. The only place to find one is the dungeon — the same death trap no one in the village dares enter. The life of a shopkeeper was never going to be peaceful.
Goodreads4.26· 1.1K
Base BuildingCraftingCrafting PowerDungeon CrawlingLitRPGMerchant+1

Ghost of the Truthseeker

Strungbound

C55/100
On an ordinary day, an alien descends to Earth and unleashes devastation, triggering Earth's premature initiation into a universe-spanning empire of cultivators, beasts, and entities of ungodly power — all guided by a mysterious AI System. The System's first quest? Kill someone. Amidst the chaos, Alistair must choose whether to fight for power or stand against evil. Separated from his family, he must navigate a world where power is won through conflict and cultivation leads to the Peak.
Goodreads4.14· 1.3K
Competent MCCultivationLitRPGSystem ApocalypseUrban FantasyWeak to Strong

The Connected System

Troy Osgood

C55/100
The Connected System arrives on Earth without warning, bringing earthquakes, unconsciousness, and Adapted bodies in its wake. Lochlan Brady and his family were heading home from a camping trip when the Connection appears. He wakes to find his wife missing and his two teenage daughters counting on him. Loch just wants to protect his daughters and find his wife. But growing power brings growing responsibility — and the attention of some of the most powerful beings in the Connected System.
Goodreads4.32· 986
Base BuildingCompetent MCLitRPGOlder MCPost-apocalypticSystem Apocalypse

Arcane Apocalypse

Arawn Frostguard

C54/100
What would happen if Mana touched a Realm thus far deprived of it? The people of Earth are about to find out, and it's not going to be pretty. The moment the barrier keeping supernatural powers out collapsed, only the System's intervention held the world together. Mia is one of those tiny people on the floating rocks in the void — and she has much bigger problems, like goblins trying to eat her. It's not all bad: she may have monsters trying to eat her and disturbingly pointy ears, but she seems to have a real talent for magic.
Royal Road4.57· 759
GameLitLGBTQ+LitRPGNon-human MCOverpowered MCPost-apocalyptic+6

Chronicles of a Royal Pet

Ian Rodgers

C54/100
The world of Erafore is full of magic and mystery. Heroes battle dragons, mages confront demons, and the gods watch over it all. Yet among these incredible beings, a single creature is born with the power to rewrite the destiny of the land. Taken in as a pet by the princess of the Kingdom of Varia, a mere Ooze will rise to stand against an encroaching void and defend the ones he loves. But can a monster ever truly become a man?
Goodreads4.19· 1.2K
LitRPGNon-human MCSecondary WorldSoft MagicWeak to StrongWholesome

Courier Quest

Flossindune

C54/100
Trevor Anderson is just another normal, overworked retail worker. All he wants is his promised promotion, some vacation time, and space for his hobbies. A workplace accident changes everything — including the world he lives in. After bungles his way through a summoner's questionnaire and gains the Power of an extradimensional inventory, he lands in the peaceful town of Tosa. In a world where he can finally relax, he finds himself both unable and unwilling to sit still long enough to do it.
Royal Road4.62· 577Goodreads4.22· 567
ComedyCozyGameLitIsekaiLitRPGSecondary World+2

Skill Hunter

Noct

C54/100
Stuck under a mountain of debt, Ike can only dream of the world of hunters. Ranks, power, and the System are out of his reach — until the day he awakens a unique skill that lets him harvest the abilities of the monsters he slays. To fulfil his dream of becoming the ultimate hunter, Ike must break out of the slums and overturn a hierarchy that insists slumrats can never rise past Rank 2. Turning the world's own logic against itself, he begins his climb toward the highest rank.
Goodreads4.32· 955
Class SystemDungeon CrawlingLitRPGSkill CollectionWeak to Strong

Pantheon Online

S.A. Klopfenstein

C54/100
Imprisoned for a crime he barely remembers, Gunnar is forced to labor in an underground prison camp. But if he works hard, he earns time in a beta test for the first fully immersive online RPG. Pantheon Online is beyond anything Gunnar has ever experienced, but the game is inextricably linked to his reality as a prisoner — if he fails to perform, things are not going to go well for him. Gunnar must quickly learn to navigate a cutthroat city of thieves and assassins, garner the favor of a goddess, earn his way into a guild, and try not to be the brunt of all the AI's jokes. But there's more going on than he realizes, and the further he progresses, the more he understands the true stakes.
Goodreads4.37· 274
Class SystemGrimdarkLitRPGVRMMOWeak to Strong

Euphoria Online

Phil Tucker

C54/100
After losing his mother and facing his brother's imminent execution, the protagonist has one last gamble: his own life. He enters Euphoria Online in Death March mode — if he survives six months in-game against wyverns, ogres, necromancers, and worse, his brother earns a pardon. If he loses, he's done with losing.
Goodreads4.09· 1.3K
GrimdarkLitRPGVRMMOWeak to Strong

Cultivation Online

Ema

C54/100
Benjamin Bishop gets a new lease on life when the ground-breaking VR game "Cultivation Online" is released, shattering all expectations of what a VR game can accomplish. Join him as he uncovers the secrets of immortality in a virtual world that is far more than it appears.
Royal Road4.63· 325
CultivationGameLitLitRPGOverpowered MCSchoolVRMMO+2

Monster Menu

Matador (Terrell Garrett)

C54/100
Renee 'Nay' Favreau wanted to be a respected chef with a renowned taco truck. After a deadly encounter with an interdimensional spider, she finds herself in a dangerous new world full of magic and mayhem. She discovers she has the rare power to become an Epicurist — one of the special chefs who can prepare magical meals that give the cultivators known as Marrow Eaters their powers. To survive the heat, she must navigate a world full of gods and monsters.
Royal Road4.62· 456
ComedyCozyCrafting PowerCultivationDungeon CrawlingGameLit+6

Legacy of a Dying World

Waldo Rodriguez

C54/100
When the PAC invaded, Gabriel Rivera's life changed forever. As an out-of-shape nerd, his priorities had been simple: evacuate the city, join the military, protect his family. Then the grim fate of his world is revealed, and Gabriel joins the Reclaimer Project — starting as a lowly F-ranker, weaker than even the worst recruits. Through blood and sweat, Gabriel pushes to grow stronger. Deadly traps, shadowy factions, and wild dormant powers all stand in his way. Battered, bruised, and beaten, he refuses to stay down — for only in the fires of the Crucible are legends forged.
Goodreads4.34· 540
LitRPGMilitaryPost-apocalypticSystem ApocalypseWeak to Strong

Dungeon Inc.

Colossal Soup

C54/100
Dungeon Inc. is the biggest 'fake' reality show on Earth — college kids pretending to be actors, starring as fantasy heroes. But on the other side of the portal, the monsters don't follow scripts, the loot is real, and there's no respawn button. For Alex Mercer, this was supposed to be the ultimate campus job: cosplay, clout, and enough cash to kill his student loans. Cast as the team's "wizard," he wields tech-enhanced equipment designed to fake magic for the viewers back home. But then he discovers that magic is real. Now Alex must survive a world powered by karma, Qi, and consequences. Somewhere between science and sorcery, he begins to wonder: can he become the mage he's only been pretending to be?
Royal Road4.62· 440
CozyCultivationDungeon CoreDungeon CrawlingGameLitGenius MC+7

Arc

Azrie

C54/100
Arc survived an icy hell of brutal training and emerged as a hero — the one who mastered ice so completely she can freeze the passage of time itself. Now she arrives in Arlas, a fantasy world governed by the System that summoned her, populated by other heroes who each escaped their own ordeals and have their own agendas. When the broken System hands her an incomprehensible directive, Arc makes her choice: live normally, fight whoever challenges her, and ignore the rest — heroes included.
Goodreads4.33· 667
Class SystemIsekaiLitRPGOverpowered MCSecondary World

Hidden Class: Pacifist

Cassio Ferreira

C54/100
Roth used to be a successful gamer with a short fuse and a nasty temper — until his rage cost him his friends, job, family, and freedom. After four years in prison, he leaves as a more peaceful man. But sins have a way of catching up. When Roth finds himself locked inside the new MMORPG AstroTerra with no way out, his refusal to hurt anyone or anything inside the game becomes both his greatest constraint and his defining principle. His journey through a sci-fi fantasy cyberpunk world becomes a story of how a man can achieve success on his own terms without compromising what he believes.
Goodreads4.34· 515
CozyCraftingLitRPGVRMMOWeak to StrongWholesome

Continue Online

Stephan Morse

C54/100
A man broken by despair and depression, Grant Legate finds himself in a once-in-a-lifetime situation after receiving an Ultimate Edition copy of Continue Online. All he wishes for is a distraction from the thoughts plaguing his waking hours. He dives in headfirst, unaware of the AIs' intentions. They offer him the chance to play as one of their own — an NPC deserving of a proper send-off. What he discovers during the journey shakes Grant to his very core.
Goodreads4.01· 1.3K
LitRPGMysterySoft MagicVRMMO

BeastMaster Healer

Solomon Abraham

C54/100
Seven million players were inside the VRMMO Realms of the Veiled Paths when an unexplained power surge sealed them in. Then they began to die. Caleb Stone's teenage son was among those trapped. A son he had lost once before — a son he refuses to lose again. When he logs in to find him, months have passed inside: empires have fallen, monsters roam freely, and surviving players have carved out warlord kingdoms and murderous factions. As Caleb gathers allies and searches for answers, he realizes that salvation might lie in his Tamer class — a joke class, incomplete and not ready to level, hiding developer code that nobody knew existed. Now that code is unleashed.
Royal Road4.64· 158
IsekaiLitRPGMonster TamingOlder MCOverpowered MCSecondary World+1

Brewer King

Psychomeltdown

C54/100
Sanjay King is a brewer. On a hike in the Pacific Northwest, he finds himself transported to another world — one filled with old magic, monsters from the Void, and ancient grudges. It is a world of Levels and Power, but the cost to gain both is great and terrible. The great Empire is falling and monsters are summoned to devour the world. And for Sanjay, it is a world where morality is constantly tested and hard decisions can't be avoided.
Royal Road4.56· 750
GameLitIsekaiLitRPGOlder MCSecondary World

Otherworldly - Between the Dusk and Dawn

alloralee

C54/100
Eunora Dawn is born a noble in the kingdom of Maeve. On her 8th birthday, when she unlocks the System, memories of her past life as a strong-willed, fulfilled woman flood her mind and all but overwrite her personality. Filled with existential dread and grief over losing her past loved ones, she must find something she cares about — anything — to get her out of bed. Sent across Maeve as an exile, Nora must rein in her anger at her family and the Gods, or risk losing herself again. Armed with a Rare Class and a depth of life experience, she faces cursed forests, her own body betraying her, and the slow work of growing into who she wants to be. A slow-paced, character-driven isekai following one woman's second chance at life in a world that keeps testing her.
Royal Road4.55· 755
Base BuildingCozyCraftingGameLitIsekaiLitRPG+4