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Only Villains Do That

Webbonomicon

B74/100
While waiting on a train platform, rude and cranky musician Seiji found himself snatched up alongside a high schooler named Yoshi and transported to Ephemera, a world of magic and adventure. The good goddess Sanora chose Yoshi as her Hero. Her wicked sister Virya chose Seiji as her Dark Lord. Seiji has no interest in playing along — but Virya promises to make him beg for death if he refuses. Forced to make just enough progress toward world domination to keep his sadistic patron off his back, while avoiding going so far that he can't strike a deal with the forces of Good, Seiji walks a razor's edge. His true enemy was never the naive Hero from his own world. It was always the goddesses.
Royal Road4.54· 1.8KGoodreads4.26· 23
Anti-heroClass SystemComedyHaremIsekaiSecondary World+1

Rune Seeker

J.M. Clarke (U Juggernaut)

B74/100
Hiral is the Everfail — the weakest person on the flying island of Fallen Reach. He trains harder than any warrior and studies longer than any scholar, but while all his people channel solar magic through tattoos on their bodies, Hiral cannot. Despite enormous energy within him, his hard work counts for nothing. Until it isn't. In a moment of danger, Hiral unlocks an achievement with a single instruction: access a Dungeon to receive a class-specific reward. It is his first — and maybe last — chance at real power. The only problem is that all dungeons lie in the wilderness below the flying islands, in a place no one has survived.
Royal Road4.56· 1.6K
Class SystemDungeon CrawlingHard MagicLitRPGSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

The Arcane Emperor

Aternus

B74/100
Rainer, an amateur arcanist and college student, attempted to create a spell far surpassing the magic he inherited from his grandfather. The interference of an unknown event during casting hurled him through space and time — into a world where status screens are accepted as normal and class distinctions are matters of life and death. Leveling beyond farmer or peddler requires years of brutal training. Goblins are no fodder, orcs fill children's nightmares, and a dragon? You might as well move countries. Rainer, however, arrives with the rare and powerful class of Arcanist — and an insatiable hunger for greater heights.
Royal Road4.52· 5.5KGoodreads3.89· 264
Anti-heroClass SystemComedyHaremIsekaiLitRPG+2

Nobody Saves the Princess

JacksonWrites

B73/100
Princess Lillia Ashvalin was supposed to inherit a throne, not fight a giant bug for the right to wear its skin as a dress. After five years under her murderous aunt's rule, the worst part was supposed to be politics. Sadly, her aunt had her thrown into the bowels of an SSS-Class Dungeon. Now our princess has fallen into a world — and a genre — she was never meant for. Armed with a dead knight's sword she cannot equip and a class nobody has ever heard of, Lillia must fight her way through spooky monsters, elite bosses, deadly traps, and other deeply unaristocratic problems. Down here, all the knights are dead. Down here, nobody saves the princess.
Royal Road4.73· 331
Class SystemComedyDungeon CrawlingLitRPGSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Wolfman Warlock

Dakota Krout, James Hunter

B73/100
Recent college grad Sam King expected a backpacking trip across Europe as a graduation present. Instead he gets a three-month stint in an ultimate immersive gaming experience. As a lifelong geek and outsider, it sounds like a dream — until he discovers the Mage's College has a very different definition of fun, one involving blisteringly strict regulations, aristocratic hierarchy, and a pay-to-play attitude. After crossing the College, Sam finds himself on the run with a back-talking book that is far more than it seems, wielding a class no one has ever heard of. Navigating deadly college politics and a looming war with the barbaric Wolfmen, he just might find the adventure he was looking for.
Goodreads4.29· 2.4K
Class SystemCompetent MCGameLitLitRPGSchoolVRMMO

Disgardium

Dan Sugralinov

B73/100
In a future where noncitizens can only find work inside the virtual world of Disgardium, fifteen-year-old Alex dreams of becoming a space guide. With his family's circumstances forcing his hand, the game is now his only path to that goal. But after a Sleeping God bestows its power on Alex's in-game character Scyth, he is classified as a Class-A Threat — the system's designation for players with an unfair advantage. Now every major clan in the world has reason to hunt him, his patron gods are tearing him apart from the inside, and the Destroying Plague wants its Emissary to infect all of humanity. That Emissary is him.
Goodreads4.42· 1.6K
Class SystemCompetent MCLitRPGStatsSystem ApocalypseVRMMO+1

Duskbound

D. E. Sherman

B73/100
Monsters don't fear the dark. They fear Velik. Changed by a childhood encounter he still struggles to understand, Velik is now faster and deadlier than any ordinary human — armed with a unique class built for one purpose: hunting monsters. For ten years he has braved the frontier alone, growing stronger with every kill. But the monsters are coming faster and stronger, and he is losing ground. When a guild hunter arrives and seems more interested in Velik than in the monsters he was hired to kill, Velik is forced to venture deeper into the woods — where what he finds is not just a nest but a secret that could explain what happened to him ten years ago. Something in the dark remembers him, and it has been waiting.
Goodreads4.42· 1.5K
Class SystemCompetent MCDungeon CrawlingLitRPGMysterySecondary World+1

I Became a [Biologist] in a Fantasy World!

Innate_Lymphoid_Cell

B73/100
A disillusioned researcher is summoned to a fantasy world of magic, dragons, and mythical beasts — only to learn the summoning was a mistake, and the Hero who was coincidentally pulled through alongside him is the one they actually needed. With no revenge subplot, no hidden trap, and compensation paid for the error, he is finally free to do exactly what he always wanted: experiment for the joy of it. With his new class as a [Biologist], none of this world's mysteries will go unexplored — not even if the Demon Lord himself comes knocking.
Royal Road4.64· 1.3K
Class SystemComedyGenius MCHard MagicIsekaiSecondary World

I'm Not the Hero

SourpatchHero

B72/100
When a terrible accident catapults best friends Daniel and Orrin into an RPG-like world, Daniel is classified as a Hero while Orrin is relegated to the fantasy equivalent of dead weight. In a realm populated with lethal, inescapable foes, sticking together matters more than ever. Soon Orrin discovers he has powers no one has encountered before — and finds himself growing far beyond his role as sidekick into something that surprises even him.
Goodreads4.30· 2.2K
Class SystemDungeon CrawlingIsekaiLitRPGSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Dungeon of Knowledge

timewalk

B72/100
Aliandra Amariel loved magic, dedicating her academic years to the study of runes and spells. Like most Fae, her destiny seemed clear — until the day of her Class Trial, when the Blind Lich unleashed an undead apocalypse on her home, the fabled underground city of Dal'mohra, triggering a cataclysm that forever reshaped the world. Saved by her mother's legendary time-stasis spell, Ali wakes thousands of years into a dark future. Everything she knew is gone, buried under a mountain and transformed into a twisted dungeon by the malevolent will of the Lich. Now Ali must master battling monsters and braving corruption while the Lich hunts her unique magic. As her advancement slowly reveals the horrifying truth of the Class she chose to survive, she must decide: falter into the eternal servitude of undeath, or rise against all odds and cast him down.
Royal Road4.58· 1.4K
Class SystemDungeon CoreDungeon CrawlingGenius MCGrimdarkLitRPG+4

Reborn Healer

ghost flower

B71/100
Legendary healers can save cities from the brink of death with a word, but warriors can destroy them just as quickly. Ren will become both. Reincarnated into a world of magic and monsters, Ren discovers something impossible: two magical cores instead of one. One a mana-bound healer, the other a warrior that wields the shadows. But power comes at a cost — his unique abilities attract powerful enemies and strange mysteries as guilds, demons, and kingdoms scheme around him. Fortunately, Ren thrives with his life on the line. What doesn't kill him makes him stronger, and healers are very hard to kill.
Goodreads4.42· 1.1K
Class SystemLitRPGReincarnationSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Shrubley, the Monster Adventurer

James T. Callum, K.H. Sohmer

B71/100
Born the weakest of all monsters and forbidden from joining the Adventurers Guild, Shrubley is treated as an outcast worth less than dirt. But with Curiosity essence bound to his spirit, he is intelligent, determined, and certain that monsters can be heroes too. Against all odds, he discovers a loophole—but with a deadly catch. To ever be accepted as a true adventurer, he must challenge an otherworldly realm threatening to consume everything, accompanied by a tiny slime, an undead skeleton mage, and a koblin.
Goodreads4.43· 770
Class SystemComedyLitRPGNon-human MCSecondary WorldWeak to Strong+1

Underkeeper

Hankthemoose

B70/100
Bernt might have graduated from the Mage Academy, but not everyone has the money or connections to launch a prestigious career as a mage. A few years later, Bernt finds himself working for City Maintenance as an Underkeeper among the other rejects of Halfbridge's magery. But hey, it's a stable job. With the help of his unlicensed, unregistered soul-devouring demonic familiar, he'll save enough to launch his career as an adventurer — just as soon as he can afford some proper gear. If only there were a faster way. Adventure, it turns out, has a habit of finding him first.
Royal Road4.67· 885Goodreads4.33· 704
Class SystemCompetent MCDungeon CrawlingGenius MCHard MagicSecondary World+2

Apocalypse Tamer

Maxime J. Durand (Void Herald)

B69/100
Dungeons have torn open across Earth, summoning invaders from alternate realities, waking ancient gods, and empowering humans with levels and classes. The System has issued one directive: whoever reaches level 100 first becomes Earth's new Overgod. A battle royale of worldwide proportions begins — but Basil Bohen doesn't give a crap about the apocalypse. He would rather live in the woods with his monster pets. Unfortunately, people just won't leave him alone.
Royal Road4.52· 1.2KGoodreads4.24· 1.8K
Class SystemComedyLitRPGMonster TamingPost-apocalypticSystem Apocalypse+1

AI Apocalypse: Restart

J David Baxter

B68/100
In a world where an AI Apocalypse has transformed life into a brutal game of survival, humanity's last hope lies in turning back the clock. Liam Bell, a seasoned warrior at the end of his rope, is given a second chance. With a unique class that may give him the edge he needs, he is determined to rewrite history and save the remnants of humanity. As Liam battles monstrous foes and navigates treacherous alliances, he must level up rapidly, harnessing the evolving power of his bloodline. Can he reach the mythical Level 100 and create safe havens before the relentless onslaught overwhelms him?
Goodreads4.44· 378
Class SystemLitRPGPost-apocalypticRegressionSystem ApocalypseWeak to Strong

Blood Sovereign

C.Peinhopf

B67/100
Some monsters are born. Others are chosen. Mirela was meant to be a saint, but her birth was cursed. Born a vampire beneath the shadow of prophecy, she never knew her blood carried both miracle and abomination — she only ever wanted to survive. On her eighteenth birthday, the divine Catalyst awakens her class and reveals a truth that could tear the world apart. Hunted, betrayed, and torn between the call of sainthood and the hunger in her veins, Mirela must decide what her power is truly worth. Blood and divinity were never meant to mix. In her hands, both may save the world — or end it.
Royal Road4.68· 452
Anti-heroClass SystemGrimdarkLitRPGNon-human MCOverpowered MC+3

Commerce Emperor

Maxime J. Durand (Void Herald)

B67/100
When Robin Waybright became the Merchant Hero, all of Pangeal turned into his marketplace. The Merchant can buy and sell anything — youth, skills, memories, hair color, joys, and illnesses. In the trade of power, every deal can tip the scale. And Robin needs power. His homeland of Archfrost teeters on the brink of collapse, the sinister Demon Ancestors plot in the shadows, and twenty-one other Heroes — each with their own Class — have been chosen to save the world of Pangeal. Not all of them are friendly. There's work to do, and profit to make.
Royal Road4.68· 1.1KGoodreads4.07· 352
Base BuildingClass SystemCompetent MCGenius MCMerchantOverpowered MC+1

Path to Prosperity

HideousGrain

B67/100
Percy is a poor child with nothing to his name — no power, no family, only an old mentor who soon dies and leaves him truly alone. But everything changes when he gains access to mana and manifests an [Ego]: a rare ability that lets him consume what he owns and reforge the ordinary into the extraordinary. A wooden shovel can transform into a weapon of legend; a tattered coat into something impenetrable. He claws his way from poverty to power, but the higher he climbs, the darker the world becomes. Powerful Adventurers vanish without a trace, and Percy is pulled straight into the heart of the mystery.
Goodreads4.44· 283
Class SystemCraftingCrafting PowerLitRPGMysteryWeak to Strong

Pandora Unchained

Patrick Laplante

B66/100
When Sorin's parents die under mysterious circumstances, he begs Hope — the Eighth Evil — for help, and receives an answer he never expected: he is made a Poison Cultivator, a rare class shunned by high society. Unable to continue his medical practice, he turns to adventuring with a ragtag crew: an armored polar bear, a stern archer, a sleep-deprived pyromancer, a peeping-tom rogue, and a rebellious rat familiar who won't stop eating the party's loot. When Sorin uncovers his ancestor's hidden research notes on forbidden medicine, he must discover what dark deeds his family was involved in — if he and his companions can survive the coming Demon Tide.
Goodreads4.44· 254
AlchemyClass SystemCompetent MCCultivationDungeon CrawlingSecondary World

Level One God

Zachary Scott

B66/100
He used to be a god. Now he's level one. Brynn was the first to ever activate the world's hidden Prestige Mode, gaining powerful perks at the cost of his godhood and all memories of his past life. Now at rock bottom in a brutal world where leveling is so deadly most people never try, he must grind his way back to divinity — armed with nothing but a magical helmet and an empty Alchemist's Kit left by his former self. But secrecy is everything. This world had nine gods, and all but one reset at the same time. With no memories to guide him, Brynn can't trust any of them. And behind it all lurks one haunting question: what terrified gods enough to make them start over?
Goodreads4.42· 429
Class SystemCompetent MCDungeon CrawlingLitRPGSecondary WorldStats+1