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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 Road4.32· 902
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

World End

DB King, Nick Law

C55/100
The system came. The apocalypse ended. New worlds have merged with Earth. For Bain Lee, it means leveling his Ocularist class beyond its previous limits. With this strange class and the ability to see into the inner workings of the system, he may find the skills needed to earn his redemption — and discover the secret behind the system itself.
Goodreads4.32· 1K
Class SystemLitRPGPost-apocalypticSystem Apocalypse

Biomedical Self-Engineering

Jon Svenson

C55/100
Divorced and working as a security guard in Portland, 73-year-old Carl is attacked by an unknown creature before managing to taser it to death. After being released from the hospital, he discovers by accident that he is unwittingly acquiring DNA samples from the people he touches — and a blue box appears in his right eye. The blue boxes reveal that his health is nowhere near what he assumed. Can he reverse the negative aspects using this strange system? And can he turn around his poor financial situation after his wife took half his pension just before retirement? A LitRPG slice-of-life following Carl as he discovers new ways of living life when he's nearing the end of his own.
Goodreads4.32· 1K
CozyLitRPGOlder MCUrban Fantasy

Skill Eater

Magnus Grey

C55/100
In the aftermath of a magical disaster, Edge wakes up in a monster-infested wilderness with nothing to his name. After finding a unique artifact known as the Skill-Eater core, he gains the power to steal the skills of monsters, men, and beasts. Set in a world where Cores let their bearers wield magic and Skills grant superhuman abilities, Edge must claw his way up the food chain. Power, however, never comes without a price.
Goodreads4.32· 1K
LitRPGPost-apocalypticSkill CollectionStatsWeak to Strong

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

Courier Quest

Flossindune

C55/100
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· 576Goodreads4.22· 568
ComedyCozyGameLitIsekaiLitRPGSecondary World+2

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

The Dark Summoner

Andrei Tkachev

C54/100
When you're the sole surviving noble of a junior lineage, don't expect much of a future — or so some might think. Not Gregor. The way he sees it, being the last of a line means he can dispense with social niceties and do exactly what he wants. And if any unwelcome visitors have a problem with that, this summoner's got one or two surprises for them.
Goodreads4.37· 296
Base BuildingCompetent MCLitRPGSchoolSecondary WorldSummoning

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

The Connected System

Troy Osgood

C54/100
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· 981
Base BuildingCompetent MCLitRPGOlder MCPost-apocalypticSystem Apocalypse

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

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

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

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

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· 754
Base BuildingCozyCraftingGameLitIsekaiLitRPG+4

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· 539
LitRPGMilitaryPost-apocalypticSystem ApocalypseWeak to Strong

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· 662
Class SystemIsekaiLitRPGOverpowered MCSecondary World

ISEKAI EXORCIST

Dosei

C54/100
After flunking his university entrance exam, Temaru Ryūta becomes a shut-in preparing for next year's attempt — until one summer day he is inexplicably transported to another world where people like him are expected to become Adventurers. To make matters worse, he is assigned the role of Exorcist, the most dangerous of all Adventurer roles. Ryūta reluctantly becomes the apprentice of a suspicious older Exorcist who proves to be a ruthless teacher. His new career is fraught with terrifying monsters drawn from real folktales and myths, uneasy pacts with supernatural entities, and corrupted Exorcists who have become part of the darkness they were meant to fight. A character-driven narrative with slow-burn progression, in-depth relationships, and mysteries the MC must learn to solve.
Royal Road4.52· 784
Class SystemHorrorIsekaiLitRPGMysterySecondary World