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Godclads

OstensibleMammal

A75/100
The gods were the enemy — slavers who chained humanity. With dreams of paradise, humanity slaughtered them and stole their powers, opening the path to ascend. Instead, they nearly destroyed the world. Vast hive cities now serve as the final bastions against a crumbling reality, and within the greatest of them, New Vultun, ascenders wage war to determine the very laws of existence. Avo was born a weapon — a slave to his instincts and his masters, made to burn New Vultun to ashes. Everything changes when he gains immortality and becomes heir to an impossible legacy. To free the world from its chains, he must ascend the megacity and challenge the tyrants who usurped the gods.
Royal Road4.65· 1.4K
Anti-heroBase BuildingGenius MCGrimdarkLitRPGMilitary+6

Department of Otherworld Rescue

ScottWarren

A75/100
Each year, teens around the country are spirited away to other worlds to fight on their behalf. One government department has been empowered to bring them back. Cole had his entire career planned — another year in the Airborne, then Ranger School, then Special Forces — until his fireteam was plucked from a war in Syria and thrust into a world of demons with an endless appetite for human hearts. Barely getting his squad to safety with the aid of the Department of Otherworld Rescue, Cole joins as an elite operative: venturing into dying, desperate worlds to retrieve stolen children and teens. These worlds run on strange rules enforced by vindictive gods and omniscient systems, filled with monsters, demons, and worse. But playing in their sandbox lets Cole and his team share in their rewards — rewards that could elevate even an ordinary soldier into a one-man army.
Royal Road4.70· 831
Genius MCIsekaiLitRPGMilitaryOverpowered MCPost-apocalyptic+4

Dawn of the Void: a LitRPG Apocalypse

pwtucker

A75/100
Tragedy had reduced James to a nobody — washed up and homeless in New York City, certain his life was over. Then a message appeared in his vision: the 60,000-year countdown had ended, and Nemesis 1 had been released. As the world falls apart, as billions die, as society collapses and all hope seems lost, James discovers a powerful truth: he was wrong to think himself a nobody. With the dawn of the Void, he'll become the most important person to have ever lived.
Royal Road4.52· 1.9K
GameLitGrimdarkHorrorLitRPGMilitaryOverpowered MC+4

War Queen

Illthylian

A75/100
Strip away wants, desire, dreams, and hopes. When you peel it back, such things are luxuries only possible when survival is guaranteed. Under the control of the new rulers of her world — as a pawn in a conflict she can scarcely comprehend — survival is not just everything; it is all there is left. Life, of her and her people, was nothing to the aliens if it was not useful. So she would be useful, she would be obedient, and she would survive. In this cosmic war of forces beyond her understanding, she would find a way.
Royal Road4.73· 386
Genius MCGrimdarkMilitaryNon-human MCSci-fi

Shattered Gods

Chris Fox

B74/100
My name is Xal and I live in the dims, a walled prison where my people are kept by cruel masters until we are needed to fight. One member of every family must answer The Call, for our blood bears the magic of a demonic god and all the terrible power that brings. We march to war against the Fomori — an unstoppable army of giants and their behemoths. If we do not, our families are put to death. If by some miracle I survive, I will be granted entrance to the Imperial Academy, where every noble house will vie to architect my end. They fear the rise of another dreadlord. And they are right to fear. I will pull down an empire — and that is just the beginning.
pf8.0· 1Goodreads4.46· 544
Anti-heroGrimdarkMilitarySchoolSuperpowersWeak to Strong

Reality Benders

Michael Atamanov

B74/100
An extraterrestrial civilization makes First Contact with Earth, but humanity dismisses their message — all except for one detail: instructions for accessing a mysterious game of unknown origin. As more players join and realize that in-game events shape reality itself, a countdown timer looms in the background. No one knows what happens when Earth's promised safety period expires. One man, known as Gnat, rises through the ranks to become the Kung of Earth — humanity's representative and defender in a vast galaxy of competing alien powers. He must navigate interstellar politics, space warfare, and humanity's own internal divisions before time runs out.
Goodreads4.38· 2.2K
Base BuildingCompetent MCGameLitLitRPGMilitarySci-fi+1

Sexy Steampunk Babes

Bluefishcake

B74/100
Born into a world where men are outnumbered by women five to one, where airships travel the skies and great beasts stalk the seas, William Ashfield has one desire: freedom. In a feudal society where women rule and men are treated as playing pieces in the great games of noble houses, freedom is difficult to attain — especially when one desires it for more than just themselves. But with tensions growing in the Kingdom of Lindholm and civil war brewing, opportunities may arise for a man born with knowledge of another life and technology completely alien to this world.
Royal Road4.69· 895
Base BuildingHaremMilitaryOverpowered MCReincarnationSecondary World

Crime & Defense

NovelNinja

B74/100
For millennia, two galactic empires have been locked in an interstellar cold war. Dissent is considered treason, and neutrality is incomprehensible. As each empire has expanded, newly discovered sentient species have always joined one side or the other — whether they want to or not. In the year 2028, Earth is the latest planet in the path of expansion. It has barely any space capability, no system defenses, and no allies. The nations of Earth must volunteer to be subjugated, or become the latest battleground in a war that began before the construction of the pyramids. No species has ever succeeded in resisting. Except humans have a saying: the best defense is a good offense.
Royal Road4.71· 838Goodreads4.01· 900
Genius MCMilitaryNon-human MCSci-fiSecondary World

VRMMO: Nerf The Archer!

Laszz

B74/100
Max is a regular guy who only enjoys games when they're a genuine challenge — he always plays on the hardest difficulty. When the first-ever full-dive VRRPG launched, he scraped together his savings to play it, and spent four years grinding on the hardest setting with the crappiest capsule available. Now the sequel is out — and it's multiplayer. Gifted a new capsule by his uncle and sister, Max is finally ready to see how his skills fare against other players.
Royal Road4.69· 850
Dungeon CrawlingGenius MCLitRPGMilitaryOverpowered MCSecondary World+1

The Fallen World

Playwars aka Alex S. Weber

B74/100
Alexandra Rousseau, an engineer from the European Federation Star Navy, is launched into hyperspace when an FTL jump goes wrong. She wakes in a world of magic and monsters — and when a mysterious Order makes a catastrophic mistake, she is transformed into a dungeon core. The transformation grants her the power to bring back long-lost technology and take revenge on those who wronged her. But first she must survive those who would steal her core, all while keeping her true identity secret from the adventurers delving her dungeon.
Goodreads4.44· 871
Base BuildingCrafting PowerDungeon CoreIsekaiLitRPGMilitary+1

The Acts of Androkles

Ryan English

B74/100
A retired veteran from the world's greatest army, Androkles spent twenty-five years fighting to earn back his good name. Battle-scarred and weary, he finally has his chance to retire in peace — until his wife flees north with all his hard-won savings. Pursuing her through dangerous lands filled with bandits and ravening beasts, Androkles rescues a pair of orphans from starvation. Caring for them forces him to confront a question that strikes at the very heart of honor — one with consequences far greater than his own life. The trilogy follows Androkles across three complete novels: Obstacles, Doubts, and Burdens.
Royal Road4.71· 488
Competent MCGrimdarkMilitaryOverpowered MCSecondary World

Skadi's Saga

pwtucker

B73/100
The Archean Empire devours all in its path — toppling kings, razing cities, massacring opposition. Sweeping into the brutal north, a land of cold, ragged mountains, and dark myths, they expect their infamous discipline to crush the white-hot rage of its sea reavers and dreaded berserkers. At first, they are right. But their invasion dislodges a pebble destined to become an avalanche. Forced into exile, Skadi Styrbjörnsdóttir begins a journey that brings her to the attention of the gods, arms her with legendary weapons, and sets her against immortal foes. Wielding her ever-growing wyrd, she seeks to avenge her people — and one day destroy the Archean Empire.
Royal Road4.72· 413Goodreads4.47· 203
GrimdarkMilitaryOverpowered MCReincarnationSecondary WorldSoft Magic+1

Ten Thousand Fleets

David Niemitz (M0rph3u5)

B73/100
Arc Sandhurst will become a mech pilot, even if it kills him. After his sister's ship is destroyed by the Pirate Queen of Nepenthe with all hands lost, Arc enters the Imperial Mech Academy on the deathworld Vidako to get revenge — the only path available to the son of a silk-worker who needs the academy's enhancements just to pilot a mech. First he must survive disagreeable roommates, hazing from upperclassmen, the friendship of an imperial princess, and the steaming jungles of Vidako. But the Imperium Stellarum will need every good pilot it can get — because empires are built on a foundation of blood, and the sins of the first emperors are about to come due. Lost fleets lurk on the edge of known space, the ruins of ancient races are spread across long-dead worlds, and enemies thought defeated are gathering their strength once more.
Royal Road4.74· 273
Competent MCGenius MCMilitarySchoolSci-fiWeak to Strong

Terminal Fleet

Martarion

B73/100
Humanity is not alone. It fights to survive. Among Terra's billions, Lanis Osgell was one of the elite few — a Navigator, a psychic bridge allowing Fleet's warships to jump between star systems. Now, suddenly, she is nothing. Newly broken in a world she was never prepared to re-enter, Lanis must imagine a new future among the planet-side mega corporations and their fierce rivalries. A Navigator, even a broken one, is impossible to ignore.
Royal Road4.72· 396
Competent MCGenius MCLGBTQ+MilitaryOverpowered MCSci-fi

Hope

sarvashaktimaan

B73/100
The Aspects are long dead — the venerated creators of reality are no more. Yet the final scheme of their slayer, the deceased Betrayer, seeks to grind all they ever made to dust. And the truth is, it is working. Slowly but surely, the end of all things has been growing closer throughout the eons. The last Hope is a desperate gamble: for one of the first children of the creators to cast their very soul into reincarnation and perhaps return as something strong enough to stop the end. If there ever was any chance to begin with.
pf7.0· 1Royal Road4.68· 1.1K
Anti-heroGenius MCGrimdarkMilitaryNon-human MCOverpowered MC+5

The Eagle's Flight

Quill

B73/100
The king is dead; his heir is too young to assume the throne. Jarl Vale wants to become Lord Protector, spurred by his ambitious brother Konstans. Jarl Isarn likewise seeks this power, aided — or thwarted — by the return of his brother, the knight and war hero Athelstan, whose squire Brand hopes to restore his family's fortunes, cost what it may. Through all of this, an enigmatic traveller makes plans with jarls, scribes, and priests for his own purpose. Abroad, powerful forces sense division in the realms of Adalmearc and make their own plans. War is on the horizon.
Royal Road4.71· 438
Base BuildingGenius MCMilitarySecondary WorldSoft Magic

Prototype

Jez Cajiao

B73/100
Ajax is one of Earth's most elite Paladin pilots, trusted to fly the most advanced starfighters humanity ever produced. Wounded and abandoned behind enemy lines, his carrier has fallen back and he's parachuting down onto an alien world with a broken arm, no ship, no weapons, and only hazy memories after losing them to the purge. He knows they'll return — and they'll treat this world to the same kind of plasma bombardment the elves inflicted on Mother Earth. Getting back into orbit is going to be a hell of a fight. But he'll do it, or he'll die trying. They say humanity is only three meals from going feral. It's time the rest of the galaxy found out just how true that is.
Goodreads4.47· 297
IsekaiMilitarySci-fiWeak to Strong

Codename: Freedom

Apollos Thorne

B73/100
With war on the horizon, the government must accelerate their super soldier program. They have developed a new Virtual Reality system — the perfect tool to find and train recruits outside the military. Against all odds, Lucius, a semipro gamer raised by an AI companion named Destiny, is selected to participate in Codename: Freedom, a VRMMO with one key feature the developers neglect to mention: 100% pain, no dampeners. Thrown into the game with barely any time to orient themselves, Lucius and the other participants find their entire player city under attack. With the world watching live, Lucius faces an opportunity to build a following and impress sponsors — if he can survive long enough. This is far from just another game.
Goodreads4.37· 2.1K
GameLitLitRPGMilitaryStatsVRMMOWeak to Strong

Ivil Antagonist

RavensDagger

B72/100
Ivil Antagonist has everything a woman could want: power enough to blot out suns and turn worlds to molten hells, a fleet of warships, and the fear of an entire space-faring nation. But she is quietly growing tired of being at the top. There is no lonelier place than the summit, especially when you have killed all of the competition. And so Ivil takes a great risk, asking a powerful oracle one simple question: where can I find true love? A Warhammer 40K-inspired romantic comedy featuring an overpowered villain protagonist, space pirates, and quite a lot of cute stuff.
Royal Road4.68· 955
Anti-heroBase BuildingComedyCozyHaremLGBTQ++5

From Londoner To Lord

Kuzunalis

B72/100
Steven awakens to a nightmare. Transported to a brutal medieval kingdom on a faraway world, he wakes up as Kivamus — the exiled third son of a Duke, now the newly made Baron of a crumbling village called Tiranat. In a bandit-ridden frontier surrounded by untamed forests, survival is a daily battle and resources are scarce. Yet he sees potential where the villagers only see struggle. He dreams of using his knowledge to forge a new future for Tiranat, fueled by industry. But managing a starving village through the coming winter and navigating the cutthroat world of medieval nobility is just the beginning of a very long road.
Royal Road4.12· 2.1KGoodreads4.17· 6
Base BuildingCozyCraftingGenius MCIsekaiMilitary+4