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Never Die Twice

Maxime J. Durand (Void Herald)

A79/100
Walter Tye is the best friend any adventurer needs — the smiling shopkeeper next to your local dungeon, selling cheap healing potions and sharing monster intel. You can trust him. He is also the undead necromancer ruling that very dungeon, getting paid to solve problems he caused in the first place. But don't tell anyone that.
Royal Road4.62· 3KGoodreads3.87· 714
Anti-heroComedyDungeon CoreLitRPGOverpowered MCVillain MC

Path of the Deathless

OstensibleMammal

A79/100
Whatever kills Shiv only makes him stronger. An outcast in his town, considered an unholy omen, Shiv has spent years fruitlessly hunting monsters on his own — the System seems to spurn him and the authorities refuse to grant him a Path. When his town is attacked and Shiv is murdered in combat, he finds himself bestowed with a Unique Path possessed by no one else: the Path of the Deathless. Resurrecting upon death, he is cast into the Abyss. In that dark and wondrous place, he is finally free to chart his own destiny — if he can survive its countless dangers. In a world that stands against him, death is not the end. For Shiv, it's just another source of power.
Royal Road4.55· 2.3KGoodreads4.00· 2
Anti-heroComedyGameLitGrimdarkLitRPGPost-apocalyptic+3

The Looping Moron Magus

bor902

A79/100
After being killed, a somewhat intellectually and empathically disadvantaged young mage wakes up just in time for the start of semester exams. He has been marked with the brand of time — cursed to return upon every death until a coming calamity is prevented. If only he could listen to his survival instinct long enough to find out that a calamity was even coming.
Royal Road4.76· 415
Anti-heroBase BuildingComedyMysteryPost-apocalypticSchool+3

Fox's Tongue and Kirin's Bone

MuffinLance

A78/100
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· 972Goodreads4.56· 159
Anti-heroBase BuildingGenius MCGrimdarkMysterySecondary World+1

The Wraith's Haunt

Hugo Huesca

A78/100
Dark forces have extended Edward Wright an offer of incredible power at a terrible cost — and Edward has chosen to make them regret it. When he is swept into the world of Ivalis as a Dungeon Lord, the Dark's most powerful servant, he has no intention of serving anyone. Through only his wits and guts, Edward must rise to power if he is to survive. But in the battle between Dark and Light — where both sides are cruel, uncaring monsters — he may have no choice but to forge his own path.
Goodreads4.20· 4.3K
Anti-heroBase BuildingDungeon CoreGrimdarkIsekaiSummoning

Kairos

Maxime J. Durand (Void Herald)

A78/100
It has been centuries since mortals unlocked the secrets of the Fate System and overthrew Mount Olympus. The old gods are dead, and their thrones are empty. Kairos, a young pirate with the ability to speak with animals, has one ambition: to ascend as the newest deity of a flooded world. But divine power is not given — it is taken. Now Kairos must sail the endless sea, tame fearsome monsters, and conquer new lands. The challenges are many, but he will face them all. For Kairos is a cunning [Rogue] indeed.
Royal Road4.67· 1.6KGoodreads4.33· 545
Anti-heroBase BuildingGenius MCLitRPGMonster TamingOverpowered MC+1

Frostbound

PenguinKills

A78/100
Everyone dreams of gaining magical powers. When mana finally arrives on Earth, it's not all it's cracked up to be. Transported into a tutorial with his family, Christopher has to fight to survive while keeping his loved ones alive. After three grueling months inside a tutorial where tragedy and death seem to follow him, Chris struggles for power and the chance for revenge. When the survivors return to a changed Earth, conflicts arise as various factions vie for dominance — and Chris tries to carve out a place for himself and his family, free from any more conflict.
Royal Road4.64· 1.6K
Anti-heroLitRPGPost-apocalypticStatsSystem ApocalypseUrban Fantasy+2

Beware the Trickster

Mangowo

A78/100
Life was perfect: naps in sunbeams, stolen snacks, and expertly timed accidents to torment her favorite human. So when licking a strangely alluring gemstone suddenly flooded her fuzzy head with memories of her former human existence, Clover — now a fox — simply filed it under "things to not give a damn about" and went back to napping. Fate had other plans. When the curtain of her pampered ignorance was ripped aside, revealing a world steeped in ancient horrors, eldritch hungers, and flesh-warping occult progression, she reacted with remarkable calm. Because the real horror was anything threatening her nap-snack-torment equilibrium. Now this newly enlightened vulpine has a simple goal: get stronger — not for glory, but purely to achieve peace through overwhelming power.
Royal Road4.73· 639
Anti-heroBase BuildingComedyGenius MCGrimdarkHorror+6

Fluff

RavensDagger

A77/100
Every year on Power Day, people across the world awaken new abilities and are labeled Heroes or Villains. Emily Wright wants nothing to do with any of it — she just wants to get her degree and manage her social anxiety. Instead, she awakens with the power to summon little sisters and is officially categorized as a Villain. Accidentally conjuring a pint-sized supervillain sidekick is only the beginning. With an ever-growing family of mischievous sisters to babysit, Emily tries to stay under the radar — even as her reluctant "evil empire" grows larger than she ever intended.
Royal Road4.66· 1.6KGoodreads4.39· 351
Anti-heroComedyCozyLitRPGSchoolSci-fi+3

[Maid] to Kill

zechamp

A77/100
Mud, oil stains, giant rats in the sewers, a society of greedy nobles engaged in heinous schemes — Fayette will cleanse it all. When the knights and mages try to stop her, they find that household skills put to violent use are nothing to scoff at. A broom right to the head. A society in need of a thorough cleaning. Guillotines, eventually.
Royal Road4.61· 1.7K
Anti-heroClass SystemComedyGrimdarkLitRPGSecondary World

The Riyria Chronicles

MichaelJSullivan

A77/100
Royce Melborn, a cynical ex-assassin, and Hadrian Blackwater, an idealistic ex-mercenary, couldn't be more different — but desperate times make for strange partnerships, and sometimes the best friendships are bound by blood. The three volumes posted here follow the rogues-for-hire duo known as Riyria through a series of increasingly dangerous jobs: foiling the assassination of a mysterious noblewoman in an ancient corner of the world; tracking a wealthy baron's missing daughter through the mist-filled streets of a city full of old-world secrets; and racing to stop a disgruntled master craftsman from obliterating the legendary towers of Drumindor. Witty, action-driven, and built on the chemistry between its two leads, these standalone adventures reward both new readers and fans of the broader Riyria world.
Royal Road4.78· 224
Anti-heroComedyCompetent MCSecondary World

Eldritch Exorcist

Hastum

A77/100
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· 767
Anti-heroHorrorLitRPGMysteryOverpowered MCSecondary World+2

The Unconventional Heroes

L. G. Estrella

A77/100
Timothy Walter Bolton — Timmy — has spent most of his life as a necromancer. When his latest creation, a zombie hydra-dragon-bear, tries to eat him, he decides it might be time for a less dangerous career. He is a wanted criminal with powerful enemies and a bone to pick with the Everton Council of Mages. Hope arrives in the form of a new law: war is coming to Everton, and the Council is desperate. In exchange for help, Timmy might earn a pardon. To get it, he must assemble a group of unconventional heroes — most of whom want nothing more than to mangle him. His team includes an obnoxious apprentice, a bumbling bureaucrat, and an elf who is basically the bogeyman. Wonderful.
Goodreads4.19· 3.8K
Anti-heroComedyCompetent MCSecondary WorldSummoning

Infamous

Angry Spider

A77/100
Bain wants to be a hero. Heroes and villains battle daily around Centropolis, but behind the scenes, reputation-boosting, biases, and politics run rampant on both sides. The few heroes who truly want to do good are shoved under the bus in a mad scramble for fame. Bain wants to be a hero. There's just one problem: he's a monster.
Royal Road4.63· 430Goodreads3.50· 6.3K
Anti-heroGrimdarkNon-human MCSuperpowersUrban Fantasy

Dreamer's Throne

WildCard

A76/100
When Garrett comes to after a close brush with death, he's in a new world — missing an arm and paralyzed from the waist down. The brutal gang lord whose floor he's crashing on wants him gone, and only a plucky young woman and his own wits stand between him and a cold death in the streets. Armed with a system that grants experience for exploring this new world, Garrett is determined to survive by any means necessary — even if it means becoming a villain. But the city is far from what it seems. Terrifying creatures lurk around every corner, immune to conventional weapons, and a strange lucid Dream world keeps bleeding into reality. When it does, Garrett realizes the hostile gangs around him are the least of his worries.
Royal Road4.68· 837Goodreads4.45· 923
Anti-heroBase BuildingGameLitGrimdarkHorrorIsekai+5

Dead Tired

RavensDagger

A76/100
In the distant past, there lived Harold — the mightiest lich of all, a master of arcane sciences, and a challenger of gods. After reaching the pinnacle of his power and finding it surprisingly bland, he waged a cataclysmic war against the gods and then took a nap. An incredibly long nap. He wakes to a world he barely recognizes. No more swords and sorcery, but a universe buzzing with cultivation, celestial sects, and far too many pretentious dialogues about the path to godhood. Harold has one ambition: to slide back into his uninterrupted eternal slumber. But the cacophony of quarreling sects and smug martial artists seems determined to keep him awake. No aspiring deity, no grandiose sect, and certainly no self-righteous martial artist is going to rob him of his beauty sleep.
Royal Road4.51· 1.6KGoodreads4.20· 3.1K
Anti-heroBase BuildingComedyCultivationLitRPGNon-human MC+5

A World Of Rotten Eggs (Eggman/The Boys SI)

Mahmoud Schahed

A76/100
The world of The Boys is full of villains masquerading as heroes. Adding a self-insert character with the memories of a villain to that mix shouldn't change much. What's one more bad egg?
Royal Road4.77· 248
Anti-heroSci-fiSuperpowersUrban FantasyVillain MC

The Devil's Foundry

Argentorum

A76/100
A snarky villain and her heroic nemesis blow themselves up and land on a fantasy world. They find themselves faced with two prospects: learn to cooperate and respect someone they've fought against for years, or be swept away by the powers that be. Because Pride always comes before the fall.
Royal Road4.64· 1.5K
Anti-heroComedyIsekaiLitRPGOverpowered MCSecondary World+2

Atzi

Emmideer

A76/100
Atzi is the worst person to be stuck in a time loop. A lowly lizard thief living in a decrepit shack, she's easily distracted, talentless, and lonely — and would do anything for the easy life, except work hard. When she ends up in a time loop, it seems like the perfect chance to cheat her way into everything she's ever dreamed of. Too bad she must contend with selfish gods at war, mad mages casting apocalyptic spells, skeletons, demons, and a hole in the sky. The world is destroyed again and again — and all she really wants to know is why she's the one stuck in the loop.
Royal Road4.77· 243
Anti-heroComedyHaremLGBTQ+MysteryNon-human MC+3

Double-Blind: A Modern LITRPG

Eligos

A76/100
Choosing a college when your family is struggling can be difficult, but it isn't supposed to be world-ending. Then a meteor falls, and Matt's home city is locked down by a mysterious dome. Corporations race to monopolize new untapped resources, and people are suddenly developing powers via a system with borderline sinister intentions. In the chaos, Matt sticks to what he knows: stay out of the spotlight, grind, and survive. But he'll be dragged into the dark whether he likes it or not — where the price of failure is death, and the prize for winning is beyond his wildest dreams.
Royal Road4.53· 2K
Anti-heroDungeon CrawlingGameLitLitRPGMysterySecondary World+3