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At the End of the World

Justin Marks

C51/100
Jason and his friends just wanted to spend a week at the lake house to relax and catch up on old times. Then the System arrived. It only took a few hours for their world to become a real-life roleplaying game, trading downtime for the need to learn new skills and powers while defending their new home and surviving. They don't know the rules. They don't know what's coming next. What they do know: reinforce and expand their fort, keep leveling up, and explore a dangerous new world.
Goodreads4.30· 953
Base BuildingDungeon CrawlingLitRPGPost-apocalypticStatsSystem Apocalypse

Aetherforged

Harmon Cooper, Luke Chmilenko

C51/100
Eighteen-year-old Callum Stross never asked to become a hero. When a devastating aetherstorm strikes, he seeks shelter in a cursed manor and discovers a dormant Aethercore tied to the bloodline of the legendary Demonslayer. The core fuses with his soul, awakening latent power and binding him to Fen, a mana-bound fox who claims Callum is the Reborn Heir meant to finish what his ancestor started. With demonic aetherbeasts rising and warlocks spreading corruption through forbidden Demoncores, Callum must travel to the capital's elite Great College to uncover the truths hidden in his bloodline. Because the Second Demonswar is coming — and this time, no one's ready.
Goodreads4.35· 264
Class SystemHard MagicLitRPGSchoolSecondary WorldStats+1

Abyssal Road Trip

Redhand (Glenn Wright)

C51/100
Julia is a practical person. All she wanted was a home and family to call her own — a small piece of the world she could say was hers. Instead of arriving home one evening, she finds herself in the Abyss, trapped inside a cursed body. The curse may have caught her, but she certainly won't let it — or anyone else — tell her how she has to live. To escape, she will need to become strong enough to descend to the Abyss's deepest reaches, where the most dangerous secrets lie in wait. There is darkness in the Abyss, and a darkness within her that might draw it in — but she'll need to risk its strength if she ever wants to get home.
Royal Road4.39· 759
Anti-heroGrimdarkHorrorLitRPGNon-human MCReincarnation+2

Source & Soul: A Deckbuilding LitRPG

Furious Scribe

C51/100
Hull is living on the streets of Treledyne, scraping by and searching for cards from the Demon Realm — the only ones he can wield — hoping to build a deck powerful enough to take revenge on those who wronged him. Basil is a noble's third son with no path to glory, pinning his hopes on the Rising Stars Tournament to raise his soul to Rare and step out of his brothers' shadows. When these two young men duel, they set each other on a path to greatness neither could have imagined. In a world where every accomplished soul leaves a card behind, the one with the most cards has the most power — and the Orc tribes are gathering on the horizon.
Royal Road4.61· 462
GameLitGenius MCLitRPGSecondary WorldSkill CollectionWeak to Strong

Choose Your Apocalypse

JLMullins

C51/100
'A Rounding Error has Occurred. Please Choose Your Apocalypse as Compensation.' Alex Johnson — a home-based IT worker — is thrown into a brutal LitRPG apocalypse and handed the chance to design his own end-of-days. Like choosing wallpaper for his personal inferno. Enemies, skill tree, sidekicks — all semi-customizable. Of course, the universe is cruel and capricious. Hidden forces are at play, uninvited and unwelcome, seeking to control his fate. So Alex is going to be fighting uphill, against the odds — and probably some interdimensional middle managers — from the word "go."
Royal Road4.61· 458
ComedyCozyGameLitGenius MCLitRPGOverpowered MC+3

Rise of The Living Enchantment

The First Observer

C51/100
When Aiden and a group of people are summoned to another world to stop the Demon King, the last thing he expects is for his brother to become the Demon King himself. In an attempt to save his brother, Aiden is caught in a clash of spells, suffers termination at the hands of the very system that has been part of his life since the summoning, and wakes up back at the beginning — on the day of their arrival. Armed with past experiences and knowledge, he has a second chance, and he has no intention of letting his brother become the Demon King again. The only problem: he doesn't think he's the only one who came back.
Royal Road4.49· 723
IsekaiLitRPGMysteryOverpowered MCRegressionReincarnation+2

Leveling Up The World

L. Eclaire

C51/100
After his first college party, Dallion wakes up alone in a small medieval village in the middle of nowhere. He needs to figure out where he is and how to survive a world filled with magic and monsters. Then he must uncover the secrets of being "awakened." Objects in this new world are sentient, and the awakened can mend or upgrade them by traveling into each object's unique realm and defeating the guardians within. Countless miniature worlds to explore — and so much time.
Goodreads4.23· 1K
CraftingDungeon CrawlingIsekaiLitRPGSecondary WorldStats+1

Rise of the Grandmaster: Megabooks

Bradford Bates, Michael Anderle

C50/100
Tim was always a planner — college, graduate, well-paying job. That plan was coming together until he saw a presentation at his graduation ceremony offering him a chance to get paid to play a virtual world called The Etheric Coast. He could spend his life in a cubicle and a one-bedroom apartment, or he could take a leap of faith into a world of unlimited possibilities. Now he just has to figure out how to get the job of his dreams, help his parents financially, and catch the attention of the girl of his dreams. Tim sure hoped the wave he was about to catch didn't kill him first.
Goodreads4.30· 899
Class SystemDungeon CrawlingGameLitLitRPGStatsVRMMO+1

Foodstuffs

Arthur Stone

C50/100
You are an absolute nobody — nothing but a useless lump of meat, a delicious morsel for those who got lucky at the start. The only goal anyone expects of you is to die as quickly as possible. But this particular piece of food eats back.
Goodreads4.30· 895
Anti-heroGrimdarkLitRPGSystem Apocalypse

Theos

Arthur Wordsmith

C50/100
Luke died, and he didn't like it. So when a chance to stave off death for good presented itself — along with powers he could only have dreamed of — he took it and didn't look back. Nothing comes free, however. Wielding an artifact desired by forces far beyond his imagination, he must use wits, luck, and pluck to survive a manhunt orchestrated by the rulers of his new world: a pantheon of deities drawn straight from myth — the Olympians. All he needs to do is ensure the witness to his resurrection doesn't talk, figure out how cultivation works, and do some quests. It could be worse.
Royal Road4.57· 696Goodreads4.24· 272
Base BuildingCultivationGameLitIsekaiLitRPGMystery+5

Wandering Warrior

Michael Head

C50/100
James Holden has reached the maximum level possible for a human — which is fortunate, because he is a wandering warrior without control of his destination, tossed between universes by gods who have failed to explain why. On each new world he serves as the lone Judge, righting wrongs the innocent cannot fix themselves, with one year to accomplish his mission. On his twentieth world, James quickly finds that the roots of corruption run deep — guilds protect themselves rather than the people, and monsters roam unchecked. Being the strongest human will not be enough this time. He may have to recruit some new blood, even if he prefers to work alone.
Goodreads4.32· 517
Competent MCIsekaiLitRPGLoner MCOverpowered MCStats

The Legionnaire

DR PEAK

C50/100
Cassius Null joined the legions for food and silver — anything to escape the slums of Aurum. Now on the frontlines of a war no one was ready for, he must find the strength and courage to become more than just a soldier. In the madness of a world suddenly expanded, there is an opportunity to go beyond his soiled roots and become someone others look toward — if he has the will and skill to seize the chance.
Royal Road4.62· 276
Base BuildingGameLitGrimdarkHorrorLitRPGMilitary+3

The Heroic Villain

Charles Dean

C50/100
Once the promising young CEO of a successful corporation, Lucas abandoned everything after a horrific accident and retreated into virtual reality, lazing about in a carefree digital life. When his escapist paradise is threatened with deletion, Lucas is forced to act — and do what he does best: take charge. This time, however, he returns not as a hero but as the villain. He overthrows local lords, assumes command of the evil Imperium's forces, and begins designing a dungeon no player would ever want to miss. As he evolves his monsters and builds an entourage of minions to become the greatest villain the game has ever known, Lucas realizes it won't be nearly as easy as it seemed.
Goodreads4.15· 1.1K
Anti-heroCompetent MCDungeon CoreLitRPGVillain MCVRMMO

Divine Progression

Jake Brannigan

C50/100
Glenn Redwood has longed to become an Adventurer since he was young, and has spent every waking moment since he turned 14 leveling and growing stronger. He earned the right to travel the world — but the Gods had other plans. Chosen to become a Town Guard, Glenn is charged with protecting his small town and everyone within. His dreams of traveling seem all but impossible. Yet as he upgrades his Town Guard Class, Glenn discovers that one doesn't need to travel abroad to find challenge, adventure, friendship, and love.
Goodreads4.24· 997
Base BuildingClass SystemCozyLitRPGSecondary WorldStats+1

Integrated Universe

David J. VanBergen Jr.

C50/100
It started as an average day. Jeremiah was minding his own business when Earth was forcefully assimilated into the Integrated Universe. All diseases were cured, the aging process was halted, and everyone gained access to near-unlimited power — with one problem: the planet is now filled with terrible monsters. When Jeremiah miraculously survives an encounter with a deadly creature, he becomes the first person on Earth to earn Elite status and is awarded his own personal trainer. Now the only things standing between him and ultimate power are a planet full of terrifying monsters and ambitious humans. It's a race to become King of the World.
Goodreads4.30· 825
Base BuildingLitRPGPost-apocalypticStatsSystem ApocalypseWeak to Strong

Siege State

J W Walters

C50/100
Orcs — brutal, cunning, and prolific — once pushed humanity to the brink. Humankind retreated into massive fortified cities and eventually waged a war of extermination. After decades of bloody conflict, they won. Or so they thought. Now the ancient enemy has returned, and humanity, still reeling and still huddled in its cities, has been afraid to exert its dominion over the land again. Monsters and worse swarm the wilds. Idealists — humans who have manifested magic — struggle to turn back the tide. Tom strives desperately to become an Idealist and save his House from ruin, his city from destruction, and humankind from annihilation.
Royal Road4.57· 653
Class SystemGrimdarkLitRPGMilitarySecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Soul Forging

RainWatcher

C50/100
By the time college student Jayce understood that humanity had lost control of its own destiny, he had already been enslaved by another race and put to work as the subordinate of a noble's daughter. He was summoned to another world as someone else's gacha prize — and in this world, humans are nothing more than C-Rank trash. Follow one young man's journey as he struggles from pitiful slavery to reach heights he never could have imagined.
Royal Road4.59· 633
Dungeon CrawlingGameLitIsekaiLitRPGSecondary WorldStats+1

Nexus Games

Shami Stovall

C50/100
Alex Kellan has a strange problem: two men are dogging his every step on Christmas, and they won't take no for an answer. They want him to join the Nexus Games — a deadly competition set in a twisted dimension of high-tech weaponry and magic, where each game is unique and harder than the last. A LitRPG thriller where the ultimate prize is very much worth fighting for.
Goodreads4.33· 351
Competent MCGameLitIsekaiLitRPG

HELL CLIMBER

Paul Todkill

C50/100
The gods are real — and they hate you. This wouldn't be true for most people, but for Samuel Lin, whose first interaction with a god was cursing them out, well, you get the idea. Sam was behind on his Master's thesis when he was selected as one of humanity's representatives in an interstellar battle royale: a fight to the death on the grandest cosmic scale. Dropped through a portal onto the slopes of Mt. Olympos, he discovers the only way to survive is to climb, and the only way to climb is to fight. Surrounded by enemies and marked for death by grudge-bearing gods, Sam faces a very interesting question: does he have what it takes to kill a god? Each Ring of the climb is a new world with new quests, new party members, and new ways to die.
Royal Road4.63· 120
ComedyDungeon CrawlingGameLitIsekaiLitRPGSci-fi+3

Sigma 16

Erios909

C50/100
Talia, daughter of a wealthy conglomerate CEO, joins the droves of new human explorers combing through uncharted space to make her own mark on the universe. Her resilience is tested when her brand-new exploration corvette crashes onto an uncharted planet, Sigma 16. Equipped with a state-of-the-art exo-suit, a semi-operational colony bootstrap system, and a sometimes-annoying AI companion, Talia sees the crash as an opportunity. She sets out to build her base, explore the expansive dunes and jungles, and uncover the planet's resources and secrets. But Sigma 16 may not be as uninhabited as it first seems — and a potentially hostile alien species with equally advanced technology is watching.
Royal Road4.58· 634
Base BuildingCompetent MCCraftingGenius MCLitRPGPost-apocalyptic+1