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Ar'Kendrithyst

Arcs

A81/100
A social worker and his adult daughter crash-land on a desert full of crystal plants, with the towering walls of the dead mega-city Ar'Kendrithyst visible on the horizon. The living adventuring town of Spur offers a more welcoming start to their new life. Follow Erick Flatt as he tries to build something good in this strange place — new friends, a new home, and a quiet life with his daughter. But this land is rarely as kind as its people, and Erick will need to change if he wants to survive.
pf8.0· 1Royal Road4.53· 3.2KGoodreads4.37· 93
CozyIsekaiLitRPGSecondary WorldSlow BurnSoft Magic+1

Mistakes Were Made [Remorseful Demon King Reincarnation]

DocteurNS

A81/100
Kaydence never wanted to be reborn. Now, two millennia after her defeat and death, she is forced to reckon with a world that moved on from the carnage she once wrought. Tormented by the mistakes of her past, she wishes only to pass her new life quietly — until the gods claim her soul. However, the world at large may not agree to leave her alone.
Royal Road4.78· 400
Anti-heroOverpowered MCReincarnationSecondary WorldSoft Magic

Catgirl Isekai Gone Wrong

HiddenMaster

A80/100
A classic story. A young man dies, but a karmic debt is owed, and he is given an option: pass into the afterlife or restart in a new world. The idiot asks for catgirls. Do not ask the Fae for catgirls — you will get your wish.
Royal Road4.84· 187
ComedyIsekaiLGBTQ+Post-apocalypticReincarnationSecondary World+1

The Demon Queen Wants To Live. [Yuri, Progression Fantasy]

TheLastSurvivor

A80/100
Lysanthia, the strongest Demon Queen, spent centuries trying to die — not because she wanted death, but because it was the only way to break her chains. Her reincarnation spell worked, mostly. She woke in a forest nearly a thousand years in the future, in a body not quite hers, stripped of her overwhelming power. A world without a System. Without Classes. Without the Gods watching her every step. Her reincarnation is complicated by the presence of Ash, the Hero who slew her. Thrust into a world almost completely alien yet somehow recognizable — where power is etched in Ink — she must start from nothing. And for the first time in eons, some people show her kindness for no reason at all. That might be harder than starting over.
Royal Road4.74· 754
LGBTQ+Overpowered MCReincarnationSchoolSecondary WorldSoft Magic+1

Sublife Crisis (Life Is Just A Phase)

argusthecat

A80/100
Luri is dead again. Which means it is once more time to meet old friends, share new stories, and drink things that are likely lethal to anyone who isn't already deceased. In between life and death, in between earning accolades and honing skills, there is nothing to do except wait for the next try, and share moments with the only people who can be important to you. Luri is dead again. But even this won't last forever.
Royal Road4.75· 573
CozyOverpowered MCReincarnationSkill CollectionSoft Magic

Father of Monstrosity

Dosei

A80/100
Jakob was only seven when he was summoned to Helmsgarten's sewers by the Fleshcrafter calling himself Grandfather. For seven painful years, Jakob studied the depraved craft of his monstrous mentor, before being let loose on the populace of the metropolis. With the vague task of creating the ultimate being to rival Grandfather's greatest creation, he is left with nothing but the flesh-stitched robes on his body and the loyal wight Heskel. Together, the pair explore a civilisation utterly alien to them, raised as they were in the dark and damp of the city's underbelly. Along his journey, Jakob constructs monsters and constructs, dodges the noose of the guards, joins the Adventurers' Guild in his voracious hunt for knowledge, and parleys with Demon Lords and Great Ones. Many who believe him a weak child suffer eternally for their arrogance. And in the end, even Grandfather must face the realisation that his creation is greater than he could ever have imagined.
Royal Road4.72· 1.1KGoodreads4.38· 55
Anti-heroGoreGrimdarkHorrorIsekaiOverpowered MC+5

Arcane Awakening

J. Parsons

A80/100
Verdan Blacke is an Imperial Wizard — a researcher by preference but soldier by necessity. Surviving an intense battle, he is cursed by a hex witch in her final moments. Without any good options, Verdan escapes the ever-increasing pain by performing a self-made stasis ritual. When the spell fades, he awakens to find a world completely different from the one he left behind. Dark things work in daylight with impunity, once-common knowledge is a mystery, and even the nature of human magic has changed. One wizard, a million problems, and the wrath of profound magic.
Goodreads4.35· 3.2K
Competent MCHard MagicMilitaryOlder MCSecondary WorldSoft Magic

Fox's Tongue and Kirin's Bone

MuffinLance

A79/100
Humanity is dying, hunted to extinction by creatures of legend. One boy was born to save them all. That boy just got knifed in the back. He looked a bit too much like Aaron, you see. Now it's Aaron's job to step up, lest his Death correct that little mix-up. But Aaron's skills as a street rat run more towards stealing and stabbing than towards saving. And the more he learns of what brought dear dead Markus to that fatal alleyway, the more he has to wonder just what the world's savior was really up to the night the wrong boy died. A dark fantasy set in a world drawing on a fusion of European and Asian mythology, featuring court politics, gray-on-gray morality, and a slow-burn empire-builder plot.
Royal Road4.72· 987Goodreads4.55· 161
Anti-heroBase BuildingGenius MCGrimdarkMysterySecondary World+1

The Greatest Archmage To Have Ever Lived

Prismo101

A79/100
Sael the Great helped defeat the Corrupted One four hundred years ago, ushering in the longest era of peace the world has ever known. Since then, most of his companions have died, the world moved on, and Sael retreated to a cloud in the sky — thought dead by all but a few, fading into legend. Until a young woman named Ilsa, a descendant of one of his earliest companions, comes looking for him. Whispers from the West speak of settlements vanishing overnight, swallowed by a creeping entity that even the mages cannot explain. The stories sound familiar — echoes of an evil Sael thought gone forever. To investigate, he'll need to traverse lands that have forgotten his face, dodge the cults that formed around his legend, and perhaps train a student or two — remembering that life has much more to offer than smoking on a cloud and longing.
Royal Road4.64· 1.7K
ComedyCompetent MCCozyIsekaiLitRPGOlder MC+4

God's Eye

Aleron Kong

A79/100
Telos is a world at the center of the Universe — a bright jewel wrapped in a lattice of realities, home to gods and demons at the beginning of a new age. Remy is a newly risen deity struggling to survive in a Battle Royale where the consequences are worse than death and last longer than damnation. He cannot live without his tribe of worshipers — their strength is his, and his is theirs. Other tribes want nothing more than to feast on their flesh and consume their power. Gods of ancient pantheons and demons of forbidden nightmares compete in a timeless game where the stakes are the souls of every living being.
Goodreads4.38· 3K
Base BuildingLitRPGReincarnationSecondary WorldSoft Magic

Maidens of the Fall

Hungry

A79/100
Octavia blames magical girls for the collateral damage that killed her parents and left her disabled. In the decades since the wall between the waking world and the Dreamlands came crashing down, no firepower can match divine favour — only young women chosen by the Dream-Gods of Earth can turn back the Nightmares that creep through the open wound in reality cutting through England's heart. Octavia's greatest wish is to go unnoticed, to swallow her rage and her desire, ignoring a hopeless love for her best friend as university parts them forever. But then a magical girl attacks another in a terrorist bombing, and Octavia finds herself arrested — both witness and suspect. The only way out is a contract with a Dream-God, but this divine trickster isn't from Earth. Fugitive and public enemy, she discovers there's a whole other type of magical girl — and now she's one of them. Freedom and revenge no longer seem impossible, but things worse than Nightmares are seeping through the ragged edges of reality, and Octavia knows she's a pawn in a cosmic game.
Royal Road4.78· 295
GrimdarkHorrorLGBTQ+MysterySecondary WorldSlow Burn+1

The Toll-Road to Immortality (Xianxia)

ThatGit

A79/100
It takes more than just talent to reach the heavens — more than an accident of birth or a flash of fortune. It is a long, arduous journey that comes with many costs. When you're an orphan street rat with no money, no family, and nothing but hunger and death in your future, you don't question miracles. Calvin certainly didn't question his. A miraculous artifact offering guidance, purpose, and treasures beyond mortal comprehension has arrived, and suddenly his future doesn't seem quite so dark anymore. A gradual xianxia cultivation story with a clearly defined power system, sects, martial arts, and an expansive original setting drawing on more than just typical xianxia influences.
Royal Road4.72· 911
CultivationLitRPGOverpowered MCSecondary WorldSkill CollectionSoft Magic+2

Wife After Death: An Eldritch Horror Romance

Dukerino

A78/100
Heaven has been abandoned. The Kingdom has fallen into disrepair. Prayers are going unanswered. An eldritch being named Irene — her true name too dangerous to speak — and her sisters intend to fix it. To do so, they need a Warlock. Caspar Cartwright is a hapless hedge mage saved from the scaffold and sent back to the living with Irene's power at his fingertips and a mission branded into his heart: face the servants of the dead god, find the key, and open the gate to the Kingdom. A dark and unconventional romance between a mortal mage and something far older and stranger than humanity.
pf6.0· 1Royal Road4.77· 318
GrimdarkHorrorNon-human MCOverpowered MCReincarnationSlow Burn+2

Arthurian Cultivation

BenBurch

A78/100
An Arthurian legend, Fae lore, and cultivation mash-up. Taliesin had one plan: escape the Harkley family, dodge their blood curse, and live a quiet life far from trouble. What he got instead was death (briefly), an arranged marriage gone wrong (knives were involved), and a volatile new power — the dreaded death glamour. Armed with his magical lute, a dry sense of humour, and a loyal but chaotic group of Knights, he's determined to carve out a life as a bard in a dangerous world. But political intrigue, ancient prophecies, and a Divine Cultivator conspiracy all come calling. Set in a Europe-based cultivation world where Ki is Glamour and connected to the Fae realm, the story follows a competent but decidedly non-overpowered MC whose progression stems from effort, reflection, and the occasional death.
Royal Road4.75· 436
ComedyCompetent MCCultivationSecondary WorldSoft MagicWuxia

Peculiar Soul

TMarkos

A78/100
Not everyone gets a soul. The rise of industry and mechanization has sent the world's population booming, striving relentlessly for the fixed handful of souls that level armies and steer the fate of nations. Michael is the scion of a lord — and the soulless cannot hold such a title. For five years he has endured pain and failure attempting to claim one of the souls freed by its vessel's death, earning only his father's contempt. The remnants of a crumbled empire fight in a grinding, bloody war against their ancient enemy. At last, one more opportunity has come. But not everyone gets a soul quite like his.
Royal Road4.61· 1.8K
GrimdarkMilitarySecondary WorldSoft MagicUrban FantasyWeak to Strong

Metaworld Chronicles

Wutosama

A78/100
Gwen Song awoke in a world that was not her own. Instead of airplanes and electricity, this 21st-century Earth is ruled by magic and dragons; humanity survives in a land of magical beasts and otherworldly beings, protected by shielded enclaves and magical constructs. Follow Gwen as she struggles to rebuild her life in this strange new reality — growing from a grade school student into a fully-fledged Mage, through university and beyond, uncovering the secrets of a world made unreal by magic and mysticism.
Royal Road4.51· 4.7KGoodreads4.24· 596
CozyReincarnationSchoolSoft MagicUrban FantasyWeak to Strong

The Shining Wyrm

Nighzmarquls

A78/100
The story of Jewel — a dutiful daughter, a kind lady to the people in her village, and an enthusiastic bather. She loves her home in the rural barony of Rochford. She loves her brother and parents. Jewel would be happy to be everything a baron's child should be. Unfortunately, she is also a dragon.
Royal Road4.74· 572
CozyMilitaryNon-human MCOverpowered MCSci-fiSecondary World+1

The Reincarnation of Alysara

Comiak

A78/100
Reincarnated as a fox-like being in a fantasy world filled with magic and mysteries, Alysara is blinded after reaching for something she should not have. Now she must train her ability to sense the mana around her, and unravel the true nature of mana and magic itself, in order to see again.
Royal Road4.59· 1.9KGoodreads4.43· 30
CozyGenius MCHard MagicIsekaiLitRPGNon-human MC+5

Rebirth in a Magical World

Flying JMW

A78/100
What would you do if you were reborn inside the Harry Potter universe? Follow Alexander Fawley's adventures as he is reborn in the wizarding world and carves out his own unique path. He will discover that the Harry Potter universe is much greater than he had ever imagined.
Royal Road4.62· 1.8KGoodreads3.67· 6
ComedyReincarnationSchoolSoft MagicTransmigration

Eldritch Exorcist

Hastum

A78/100
Humanity has forgotten the ancient ways of magic and the occult as mana disappeared from the world over millennia. Once-powerful creatures are now remembered as silly cryptids, and powerful rituals have become superstition. But the universe never stays constant. Magic begins to return. Mythical creatures crawl out from their hidden lairs, Ouija boards start summoning real demons, and Halloween haunted-house parties turn into genuine horrors. The world slowly descends into chaos. For Samuel — last remaining member of an infamous wizard family known for their strange deals with Eldritch gods — this is a breath of fresh air. Following in his ancestors' footsteps, he embarks on a path to the pinnacle of dark arts. The exorcist business is about to boom, but whether that is good news for the rest of the world remains to be seen.
Royal Road4.72· 814
Anti-heroHorrorLitRPGMysteryOverpowered MCSecondary World+2