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Nocturne

JD Glasscock

D30/100
Gideon Sho — a man forced to become an Assassin — is interrupted mid-mission when Earth is chosen for Integration into the Multi-Versal System. Reality shifts to a post-apocalyptic scenario, but nothing will stop him from keeping his promise to bring justice to the Senator who set him on this path. A grimdark progression series with LitRPG elements, multi-versal factions, gods, dragons, and dark themes.
Goodreads4.18· 594
Anti-heroDungeon CrawlingGrimdarkLitRPGPost-apocalypticSystem Apocalypse

Blood for Power

Scott W. James

D30/100
Lucas wakes up to find the world has ended. The System has transformed his apartment building into a 100-floor dungeon tower of traps, monsters, and loot, and the residents have one year to reach the ground floor before it self-destructs. Worse still, Lucas slept through the class selection process, so the System chose for him. He's now a Blood Reaver — a class built on speed, ferocity, and slaughter, powered by the blood of his enemies. Outraged at the invasion, Lucas vows to grow stronger and take back his world.
Goodreads4.17· 596
Class SystemGrimdarkLitRPGSystem ApocalypseTower ClimbingWeak to Strong

Gods of the Game

Phil Tucker

D30/100
In the sun-scorched future of 2442, survival has taken the form of Krieg Chess — a high-tech fusion of strategy and brutal combat where players wield advanced technology and unlock latent abilities, transforming from pawns to kings. Charoen and his sister Jessie, refugees lifted from obscurity by the enigmatic billionaire Virgil, discover they have extraordinary talents. As they train and fight their way up through the leagues, they realize Krieg Chess is not just a game — it is a crucible for something far larger and more dangerous.
Goodreads4.20· 569
Competent MCGenius MCLitRPGMilitarySci-fiSkill Collection

The Sworn Sword

Miles Hunter

D30/100
Kidnapped and forced into a game-world controlled by System-wielding elves, a nameless prisoner is assigned the bottom-tier Farmer class. But while his strength and stamina climb, something forbidden is growing too — magic, in a world where casting spells means execution. His display reads Assassin. The System knows Mage. Every spell he casts brings him closer to detection, and if they discover what he really is, he's dead. But if he can stay hidden long enough to master what's inside him, he might do more than survive.
Goodreads4.22· 325
Anti-heroClass SystemLitRPGSecondary WorldSkill CollectionWeak to Strong

Mana Architect: A Cozy Isekai Base-Building Adventure

Cynical Donut

D30/100
James Wright expected an early midlife crisis, not to be summoned into a dying world with nothing but a sarcastic floating light spirit and a class no one has ever heard of: Mana Architect. Not warrior. Not mage. Not hero. A builder. Dropped at the edge of a terrified, half-starved tribe, James discovers his class lets him create glowing mana blueprints — full 3D projections that guide construction like a magical architectural interface. The catch? Everything still needs to be built the hard way: real logs, real stone, real sweat. Suddenly their chieftain against his will, James must build shelters, train villagers into craftsmen, and keep everyone alive in a forest filled with mana beasts — all while pretending he knows what he's doing. With each new structure, the village grows, skills evolve, and people awaken rare classes. His class may be far more powerful than anyone knows.
Royal Road4.29· 421
Base BuildingClass SystemComedyCompetent MCCozyCrafting+2

Lord of The System

Alex Toxic, Furious Miki

D30/100
Planet Earth burns in nuclear flame, and the System transfers all its humans to a new world — with a new name, a starting bonus, and a good kick to get going. Some got a sword, some a crown. Leo got a potato. Somehow, he intends to take over the world with it.
Goodreads4.21· 425
Base BuildingComedyIsekaiLitRPGSystem Apocalypse

Multi-Dimensional Merchant System

MisterSquigs

D30/100
Oliver expected college classes, work, bills, and girlfriend problems. What he never expected was a mysterious system granting him the ability to buy and sell things across dimensions. With a multiverse full of possibilities — and the chance for adventures he never imagined — a few complications are a small price to pay.
Royal Road4.30· 420
Anti-heroHaremIsekaiLitRPGMerchantSci-fi+1

The Neuro

Andrei Livadny

D30/100
Alex is an office worker by day who spends sleepless nights in his favorite MMO — a familiar world about to be devoured by a new virtual universe called the Crystal Sphere. Alex gets involved in testing a neuroimplant that promises 100% authenticity of experience. Fitted out with the device, he must survive inside the Crystal Sphere against all odds. What is he turning into? Will he become yet another expendable test subject — or the first player to transcend reality?
Goodreads3.98· 637
LitRPGSci-fiStatsVRMMO

Deadly Persuasion

FreeID

D30/100
Isekai'd into a mysterious Victorian town, Levi finds himself in a weak child's body amid deep darkness, ravenous monsters, and a murderous cult of devil worshippers seeking to summon mythical beasts from the Graveyard of the Gods. Fortunately, he possesses the rare talent of an Arch-Magus. Armed with deadly magical words and traps, he is ready to incite riots, gain classes, and level up to survive everything that threatens his precious new life. In this world, power comes from absorbing Ingredients — each holding its own paths and classes — and every week the Krag opens, offering an entrance to the Graveyard of the Gods where relics, power, and Ingredients wait to be plundered, protected by terrifying monsters.
Royal Road4.47· 393Goodreads3.74· 209
Class SystemDungeon CrawlingIsekaiLitRPGMysteryOverpowered MC+4

Defying Divinity

Jamey Sultan

D30/100
James has no idea why he was ripped from his life as a paramedic and transported to a strange new world with rules like those of a video game. But he knows he must adapt quickly — ending up in a spider's belly was never on his to-do list. With only a vague quest, a mysterious brand, and promises of help from a cantankerous old lady, James must level up into the warrior this dangerous world so desperately needs.
Goodreads4.04· 621
Class SystemIsekaiLitRPGSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

The Adept Archives

Darren Hultberg Jr.

D30/100
In the realm of Eon, strength is the rule of law. Adepts — powerful cultivators who wield mystic spirit energy — battle for control of ancient relics imbued with the power of gods. At night, darkbeasts born of a mysterious fog called the veil hoard those same relics in their dungeons and destroy any adept who ventures too close. When portals begin pulling warriors from other worlds into Eon's brutal battlegrounds, one police officer from Earth finds himself fighting to survive — and discovers he may have the spirit needed to shake the realm to its core. As Roy rises through the ranks of rogue adepts in the outlaw city of Shadowreach, dark forces move to tear everything apart.
Goodreads4.00· 629
CultivationDungeon CrawlingGrimdarkIsekaiLitRPGSecondary World+2

Edge Cases

Silver Linings

D30/100
In the Prime Kingdoms, the system dominates everything — dictating strength, skills, and power, and spawning dungeons filled with monsters. But every system has its limits, and it is about to push four oddball adventurers to theirs. There is Derivan, an enchanted suit of armor in an existential crisis; Misa, a tanklike half-orc who loves exploiting the system but misses her family; Vex, an anxious lizardkin wizard who has run away from his; and Sev, a cleric who would rather have tea with his god than worship him. When a simple quest goes off the rails and a mysterious dungeon linked to each of them appears, they discover that something is deeply wrong with the Prime Kingdoms. The system is malfunctioning. The world itself is falling apart. Their only hope is trust, shared secrets, and perhaps a bit of healthy communication.
Goodreads4.21· 406
CozyDungeon CrawlingLitRPGNon-human MCSecondary WorldSkill Collection+1

Dungeon Tour Guide

Aaron Shih

D29/100
Lucas used to delve dungeons. Now he has to run one. After dying in a freak explosion, divine intervention brings him back as part dungeon core — but his old body is bound to the dungeon, and the strangeness of what he thought was his final act only keeps growing. When he sees rookie adventurers entering his dungeon, Lucas decides to help them survive and complete their quests. After all, adventuring is a process — and someone needs to guide the newcomers.
Goodreads4.03· 618
Dungeon CoreLitRPGNon-human MCSecondary WorldWholesome

The Villainess is the Villainess

tobascoasako

D29/100
After striking a dangerous deal with a mysterious stranger, a wealthy and powerful woman finds herself trapped in the very fantasy game she helped create. Reborn as Seraphina de Sariens — daughter of a duke, engaged to a cold Crown Prince — she quickly learns she is not the destined heroine but the villainess, fated to summon dark forces and be destroyed by the story's true savior. The new Seraphina holds one advantage: vast knowledge of the game's world, paired with ruthless ambition. With danger at every corner and the shadow of treason threatening her life, she must maneuver through cutthroat politics and betrayals. Succeed, and ultimate power is hers. Fail, and the price is death.
Royal Road4.40· 401
IsekaiLitRPGOverpowered MCTransmigrationVillain MC

Rebirth: Monolith

Blu3Jay

D29/100
Trampled in a protest he barely understood, Gol died by bad luck and worse timing. Given a second chance by a dice roll, he begins his new existence underground — as a rock. Dug up and sold for a tidy profit, he awakens to a world of magic and monsters unlike anything he remembers. With an ever-evolving and mysterious species casting a shadow over the land, Gol must grow into something far greater than what he was. A heavy LitRPG featuring a non-human MC who genuinely thinks and acts like the creature he has become.
Royal Road4.53· 276
Base BuildingGameLitLitRPGNon-human MCReincarnationSecondary World

Mark of the Fated

Ricky Fleet

D29/100
A vast comet that should have destroyed Earth instead slowed and landed — and beings from another dimension arrived with it, condemning humanity's selfish ways but sensing a potential to change. They chose Mark as a volunteer in deadly trials: earn humanity's survival by saving fantastical worlds from their own destruction. Join him on his quest for loot, levels, and powerful abilities as he fights in kingdoms large and small, battling demons and dinosaurs, vampires and robots, orcs and fairies. For Mark, the price of saving the planet looks to be a world of hurt.
Goodreads4.22· 286
Competent MCIsekaiLitRPGSkill CollectionSystem Apocalypse

Azure: Gunner

AzureInk

D29/100
Az has one burning desire: to escape her backwater town. In a dystopian post-apocalyptic future shaped by a System engineered by long-dead politicians, power and freedom are paid for with blood, sweat, and cold hard cash. When Az gets pulled into the machinations of the corrupt and wealthy, she must decide whether to stand up for her beliefs or keep her head down to survive. It's not always clear which choice is right — but she's never been one to back down from the dangers ahead.
Royal Road4.49· 383
Competent MCGrimdarkLGBTQ+LitRPGPost-apocalypticSatire+3

The Last Experience Point

Parogar

D29/100
Leveling up has been a forgotten relic for nearly a thousand years. Spawn points are gone, and the few who still have access to them are effectively gods — superheroes towering over an ordinary world. For Zach, life is mundane: school, work, repeat. That changes when he stumbles upon one of the last unknown spawn points in existence, throwing him into a chaos he never could have expected.
Royal Road3.80· 430
Base BuildingDungeon CrawlingLitRPGOverpowered MCSci-fiSuperpowers+4

Crafter's Fate

D. B. King

D29/100
Those granted Fates from the Gods can become so much more than human — they are the Fated. Alastair is one such Fated. Gifted with the Crafter Class after his village is decimated, he can now create priceless enchanted gear. Damon is another Fated: the Hunter. With items crafted by Alastair, Damon's martial prowess is second to none. Together, the pair set out into the world, hunting monsters and gathering rare materials to craft the greatest items the world has ever seen.
Goodreads4.22· 278
Class SystemCraftingLitRPGSecondary WorldSkill Collection

Villainess Joan of Arc

OnceWritten

D29/100
Steve tried as hard as he could to beat his favorite game, The Hundred Years War, as his favorite general, Joan of Arc. After hundreds of failed runs he finally did it — with a small exploit, but still number one in the world. The game asked for his name, and the moment he gave his real one, he found himself sucked into the game as Joan of Arc. Trapped in a world where Joan is forced to fight battle after battle through countless lifetimes, Steve's only hope is the exploit that won him the game. But when he finally finds it, he's faced not with the end but a whole new beginning — a completely different game where he has no idea what's going on. What the hell's a Villainess?
Royal Road4.53· 256
ComedyCozyDungeon CrawlingGameLitIsekaiLGBTQ++5