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The Void Wolf

Monad

B66/100
A ritual with the sole purpose of obtaining immortality goes horribly wrong. What remains in its aftermath is a boy who receives an inheritance from the Void — a mysterious place that embodies darkness. With a newfound power, he is given a chance to carve his own way into the world.
Royal Road4.36· 1.4KGoodreads3.96· 27
Anti-heroHaremNon-human MCOverpowered MCSecondary WorldSoft Magic+1

Dinosaur Dungeon

Alex Raizman

B66/100
Newborn Dungeon Cores must choose what entity they help contain, and that choice determines what monsters they can summon. After being executed for crimes forgotten in death, Tira is given the chance to make that choice. She chose Acekorah, the Primeval Terror — a being so dangerous few cores will risk trying to contain it. The danger wasn't important. Tira remembers dying. Because the Primeval Terror walked the world long before the races of Man, Cores bound to him can summon beings from beyond the veil of time. Forged in the fires of Tira's wrath, the dinosaurs will walk the world anew.
Goodreads4.40· 865
Dungeon CoreGrimdarkMonster TamingNon-human MCSecondary World

Starbreaker

Luke Chmilenko

B66/100
"Starbreaker, thrice named. Starbreaker, awake." Sylvas Vail is the most powerful mage on his planet — a big fish in a small pond. When the doors to the cosmos come crashing open and all the untold wonders and terrors of the universe pour in, he is left with only two choices: ascend or die. A dark prophecy foretells his rise, and the path ahead is written in blood.
Goodreads4.39· 1.1K
CultivationGrimdarkSchoolSci-fiSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Gamma Protocol

Ravnicrasol

B66/100
In the year 2252, Axel Garcia woke up early, ready to enter the next phase of his life. He has since concluded that he should have slept in. In a cyberpunk world where humanity has been pushed into futuristic fortified cities to survive against monsters, Axel navigates a life of slice-of-life moments, monster killing, and trying to do good in a world fraught with greed. Alongside standard military forces and a cadre of superpowered fighters — less Mahou Shoujo and more superheroes — he'll discover that common sense and big guns go a surprisingly long way.
Royal Road4.67· 448
CozyLitRPGMilitaryPost-apocalypticSci-fiSuperpowers

Dungeon Core Chat Room

Bluelightning42

B66/100
In this world, each race was gifted a System by the gods to compensate for their shortcomings — humans received the Skill System, elves the World Tree System. Dungeon Cores, however, were given the Dungeon Connection System: a magical internet allowing cores to barter monsters, traps, and knowledge, and to entertain each other with adventure streams. This is the story of a dungeon core unluckily spawned far from any adventurers, forced to innovate beyond its peers to find its place in the world. A slower-paced tale of experimentation, magical crafting, and steady progression — closer to slice-of-life than frantic combat, with a focus on building something extraordinary from scratch.
Royal Road4.57· 1.1K
Base BuildingCozyCrafting PowerDungeon CoreLitRPGNon-human MC+1

Demon Card Enforcer

Tharsult

B66/100
It's Drop Night, the one night every decade when the gods hand out cards to a lucky few. If you get a deck, you're a deckbearer capable of great feats — such as controlling frightening monsters. Wolfe, top enforcer for the Grimm family mob, has already been overlooked on two previous Drop Nights. People of his ilk seldom receive cards, as the gods tend to favor those who follow divine mandates. Against all odds, though, Wolfe does receive a deck at midnight — including a rare card everyone would kill to have. With the rival street gang the Cobras fielding six deckbearers and cutting into the Grimm family's trade, someone has to do the dirty work. And it isn't going to be the spoiled children of Big Man Grimm.
Royal Road4.66· 630
Anti-heroGoreGrimdarkLitRPGProfanitySkill Collection+1

Omen of a Bluebell

Syly

B66/100
Gaining access to the System — that's the only goal Emilia has had for years. The death of her family left her scarred and broken, but her future still has a chance at being rewritten. She just needs the strength to overcome her past once and for all. After years of failure, her final opportunity is slipping away. One last delve into the Tunnels, sponsored by a questionable backer and fueled by desperation. Emilia never imagined that succeeding would be the easy part. Ancient powers begin to stir. Forgotten evils awaken. The System itself changes in ways nobody fully understands. And somewhere amidst the chaos, powerful forces begin searching for the one responsible — leaving Emilia scrambling through a new life she never had time to prepare for.
Royal Road4.69· 222
Dungeon CrawlingLGBTQ+LitRPGNon-human MCOverpowered MCSecondary World+3

Master, This Poor Disciple Died Again Today

Noct

B66/100
In the midst of faking his death, Xiao Hui finds himself transmigrated into a cultivation world. With great hopes for what is to come, he gets taken in by a sect and chosen by a powerful master — except his master seems to have a hole in his brain. As a weakling who recognizes his place in the world, Xiao Hui faces certain death at every turn. So why fight it? He does what he does best: fake it, duck the fallout, and somehow claw his way to the top through a combination of cleverness and enthusiastic self-preservation. A xianxia comedy in the vein of A Will Eternal and Spirit Blade Mountain — neither grimdark nor fluffy, but woven through with both silly and intense moments.
Royal Road4.38· 1.4K
Anti-heroComedyCultivationDungeon CrawlingGenius MCHarem+7

Outlaw Country

Ghotty

B66/100
Buck Jones was born in 1850 and died in 1880. He was an outlaw, and technically still is. The world may change, the species may differ, and the circumstances may twist — but Buck knows one thing for sure. Always draw first.
Royal Road4.67· 438Goodreads4.06· 48
Anti-heroComedyCompetent MCIsekaiLitRPGSecondary World

Mahael the Divine

Robert Blaise

B66/100
Humanity lost an ancient interdimensional war. Now demons, commanded by devil overlords, are exterminating human existence. In a final act of desperation, angels banish a lone world into a starless, lifeless corner of the universe — just out of demonic reach. All they need is a selfless soul willing to become the Final Guardian: an entity whose entire existence is devoted to postponing humanity's end. They get a volunteer. He is no saint. Sadly for the demons, he is something far worse. Every time he dies, he revives. Every time he aids humanity, he grows stronger. There is no winning against an infinitely vast demon army — but he just might be crazy enough to keep losing indefinitely.
Royal Road4.69· 217
ComedyDungeon CrawlingIsekaiLitRPGOverpowered MCReincarnation+1

Explorer of Edregon

Wizardly Dude

B66/100
The universe is dying, and humanity has a backup plan: colonize a world that defies all logic. Vin went from dirt-poor vagabond to one of humanity's first colonists in the blink of an eye — and when given the chance to choose a class, he just can't resist becoming an Explorer. In a patchwork world of impossible magic, deadly monsters, and powerful artifacts, it's Vin's job to go out and discover the rules of this new world they need to survive on. If only the System wasn't already threatening to kill him.
Royal Road4.56· 1.1K
Class SystemCozyGameLitIsekaiLitRPGOverpowered MC+2

To Play With Magic

Draith

B66/100
Dragons, catgirls, guns, and magic — and the ability to stop time. A modern woman finds herself pulled into a LitRPG world, but her goal is ultimately to return to Earth and stop the System apocalypse threatening everything she left behind. Her past, locked in a dark corner back on Earth, refuses to stay there.
Royal Road4.49· 1.3K
GameLitIsekaiLitRPGSci-fiSecondary WorldStats+2

Cruel Violet

Dreamer's Riot

B66/100
It's been centuries since the world fell to the mist and crystal, changing the flora, fauna, and the very air. Humanity slowly returns from mountain refuges, mastering crystals and the strange clarity they offer. Now, at age five, every child receives a crystal inlay ring that reveals their calling — a specific area of excellence and a unique method of growth. Everyone has a calling. Everyone but Violet. For eleven years she has been the only child with no calling, learning to adapt to the ridicule and pity with a carefully worn persona of warmth and kindness. Then she finds herself with blood on her hands — and finally understands how to feed her calling, and her appetite.
Royal Road4.67· 430
Anti-heroDungeon CoreGoreGrimdarkLitRPGOverpowered MC+6

CyberGene

Sixbees2

B66/100
Every century, the MALswarm invades — adaptive aliens of blood and steel led by Titans that decimate billions and leave behind raw Warp Energy. Humanity seizes this power, transforming into beings of mutated flesh and cybernetic might. Yet the promised utopia remains a lie, and New California's underworld schemes to profit from the impending Fifth Swarm. Two destinies collide amidst the chaos. Ripley — a cybernetics savant battling to save his dying mother — operates in the shadows of a gang-owned nightclub. Diana, engineered for perfection, fights as an officer of the law to forget her past. When a monster is unleashed, they steal its infinite potential to warp their futures. In a city where salvation and damnation are inseparable, Ripley reinvents himself from the wreckage of his enemies' cybernetics as a mercenary, while Diana's mutated blood crackles with lightning as she purges corruption. Against a grand conspiracy of aliens, rogue AIs, shady corporations, and organized crime, their alliance — and conflict — determines if the world will plunge into darkness or embrace the light.
Royal Road4.66· 609
Anti-heroBase BuildingCozyGenius MCGoreGrimdark+9

Commerce Emperor

Maxime J. Durand (Void Herald)

B66/100
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.
pf7.0· 1Royal Road4.67· 1.1KGoodreads4.06· 356
Base BuildingClass SystemCompetent MCGenius MCMerchantOverpowered MC+1

Manifold Mirror Mage

Karnevale

B66/100
Working-class student Giorgio deGloria has a lofty goal: to become one of the most powerful archmages in the Ringed City and explore the depths of the Crystal Ring Academy, a megalithic dungeon-turned-college at the ancient city's heart. His classmates have repertoires full of rare and lavish spells. The most powerful spell Gio can get his hands on before the first day of school is a paltry uncommon spell called [Reflect]. To distinguish himself, he'll need to survive an endless dungeon full of magic and mystery, navigate a hellish bureaucracy authored by ignorant nobles, and prove himself worthy to the spirits that make the world tick — all while maintaining a 4.0 GPA.
Royal Road4.55· 1.2K
Competent MCDungeon CrawlingHard MagicLitRPGSchoolSecondary World+1

Dead End Guild Master

marshalcarper

B66/100
Hans had a realization that changed the direction of his adventuring career: "above average" is different from "great." At 39, with a litany of lingering injuries, he accepted that he would never progress from Gold-ranked to Diamond-ranked. With his prime behind him and disillusioned by guild politics, he accepts a guild master posting in a remote village — an insignificant position no one else wanted. Looking forward to a quiet life of teaching, Hans arrives in the small town of Gomi at the foot of the Dead End Mountains. As he rebuilds the local chapter of the Adventurers' Guild, his unconventional teaching methods earn him allies and enemies alike, while his career failures find ways to resurface. A slice-of-life fantasy exploring life post-adventuring and the challenge of reconciling dreams with reality.
Royal Road4.66· 606Goodreads4.45· 71
ComedyCompetent MCCozyDungeon CrawlingGameLitOlder MC+2

The Good Student

mooderino

B66/100
Nic Tutt is a good student. He excels at all subjects. But his education serves only one purpose — to gain entry into the Ransom School. Ransom is the most prestigious school in the country. Its alumni are destined to become the future leaders of Ranvar: politicians, statesmen, and in some exceptional cases, mages. Only the brightest and the best get in. But Nic doesn't care about any of that. He has another reason entirely for wanting to enter Ranvar's most famous school.
Royal Road4.48· 1.3KGoodreads3.65· 85
CozyGenius MCMysterySchoolSecondary WorldSoft Magic

Evil Overlord: The Makening

NotGodot

B66/100
If evil was easy, everybody would be doing it. But the road to Utter Domination is neither easy, smooth, nor straight — as the boy who will one day become Gar the Pitiless is about to discover.
Royal Road4.60· 1.1K
ComedySatireSecondary WorldVillain MC

Unbound Deathlord

Edward Castle

B66/100
When virtual reality becomes real enough to feel like another world entirely, Valia Online arrives. A man running from his past joins the game to forget it all — calling himself Jack Thorn, he chooses an undead race: Deathlord. A mage by choice and a swordsman by necessity, he soon finds out he'll need much more than magic and steel to survive. Strategy, creativity, and carefully chosen words can often accomplish what simple attacks can't. But as the game becomes too real and touches a part of him he'd rather leave buried, Jack is faced with two questions: who is he, really — and who should he become?
Goodreads4.08· 2.1K
Anti-heroLitRPGLoner MCNon-human MCVRMMOWeak to Strong