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Heavy Metal

Kuropon

C51/100
Struck down in battle, a Hero and a Demon King meet their end at the same moment. As their souls linger on the edge of the afterlife, a mysterious force intervenes — merging their fragmented souls into a new being: Rusty, a living suit of armor. Affected by the memories and presence of both predecessors, Rusty embarks on his own quest. Will he seek revenge for the Hero's betrayal, fulfill the fallen Demon King's desires, or forge an entirely new path?
Royal Road4.42· 756
Anti-heroBase BuildingCozyDungeon CoreDungeon CrawlingGameLit+11

Tower of Cards

J. Pal

C51/100
Almost half a century has passed since prison ships discovered the mysterious Tower rising out of the Indian Ocean, known as Gaia. Monarchies and trading giants came together to build a city around it and contain the monsters spilling out of its rune-covered structure. The few who dared enter and climb it learned the magic of Gaia's runic cards. Most people enter the Tower seeking fame, fortune, or power. Not Diya Sen. He climbs hoping to find clues about his missing brother and to solve Gaia's mysteries — but warring noble houses stand in his way. Perhaps the talents of a Spell Thief will help where the direct approach cannot.
Goodreads4.31· 696
Hard MagicMysterySecondary WorldSkill CollectionTower ClimbingWeak to Strong

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

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

Meek

IanFlat

C51/100
After failing as an apprentice cooper and a town guard, Eli finds his place at the Rockbridge archives as the oldest junior scribe — and he's good at it. Then he completes an apparently insignificant project, and the brutal reaction shocks him, setting off consequences that shake the world. Eli gains powers: rare and inhuman abilities. He progresses slowly, steadily, and not without setbacks — and changes in ways that blur the line between hero and monster. Set in the Valley, the only human empire to survive a Final Battle, the story follows a soul that may prove the war was never truly over.
Royal Road4.56· 675
Anti-heroSecondary WorldSoft MagicWeak to Strong

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

A Demon's Tail

Andur

C51/100
He was born in a dark place, in a world where souls were traded like coins and a person's life wouldn't amount to much. A world where a single misspoken promise could rip you to shreds. On top of everything, his only soul was acting up and mocking him.
Royal Road4.58· 659
GrimdarkNon-human MCOverpowered MCReincarnationSecondary WorldVillain MC

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

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

Soulmonger

Macronomicon

C50/100
Tom's baby-momma died, and now her past is coming back to bite him. He's broke, the cops are out to get him, the babysitter is pure evil, and he has a limited time to dig himself out before her world collides with his own.
Royal Road4.61· 413
IsekaiSecondary WorldUrban Fantasy

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

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

The Forerunner

James Clay

C50/100
Zed is a washed-up MMA fighter with little future ahead of him. While out with friends, he meets a woman with an unbelievable story: aliens are going to take over the solar system in two years. He dismisses her — until she shows him things that aren't possible, including healing his chronic injuries and revealing her true, non-human appearance. There's no stopping the takeover. Humanity will be transported to an already-populated planet and must find a way to survive. A few humans are to be sent ahead to prepare the way — the Forerunners.
Goodreads4.30· 821
IsekaiPost-apocalypticSci-fiSecondary 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

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

The Halcyon System

Aest Belequa

C50/100
Claire Pendleton has seen the thin spots between dimensions since she was five, when another reality merged into her family's apartment and killed her mother. Ten years later, those weak spots start opening during her sister's graduation — and the boundaries between realities collapse. Trapped in a global disaster, Claire finds a powerful system granting her skills and power-ups. A shadowy agency resisting the anomalous apocalypse takes interest in her. Now she must fight unknowable horrors, answer inexplicable inquiries, and reckon with globe-spanning organizations to discover the truth about the apocalypse, her family, and what she is becoming.
Royal Road4.55· 667
LitRPGMysteryPost-apocalypticSecondary WorldSystem ApocalypseUrban Fantasy+1

Axe Druid

Christopher Johns

C50/100
Chris and his friends had been hearing voices begging for help, but dreams aren't supposed to come true. When they finally answer the call, they're pulled into a fantastic world with game-like mechanics — the world of Brindolla. There's one major problem: War, the big baddie of the universe, has come to collect another planet. The Brindollan Gods can only hold him back for a short while. Either Chris and his friends eliminate War's vanguard of minions and generals, giving the Gods a chance to keep him out for good — or War comes for Earth.
Goodreads4.27· 957
Class SystemGameLitIsekaiMilitarySecondary World

Surgecaller

Todd Herzman

C49/100
Huon is weak — a surgecaller who escaped into the wilds with only one goal: survive. Now he is Oathbound, forced to fight in an arena and become stronger than he ever thought possible. As he realizes he can grow powerful, a new goal forms: kill the dragon rider, the Immortal of Fire. His goal is impossible. To succeed, he'll have to advance beyond anything the realm has ever seen — in a world with magical beasts where surgecallers can cultivate essence to strengthen their weapons, enhance their bodies, and wield elemental magic.
Goodreads4.23· 995
Anti-heroCultivationHard MagicSecondary WorldWeak to Strong