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Villager Three

Kruos

A75/100
Kira Hawthorne was just another teenage girl until the day a 'god' told the world their 'realm' was getting assimilated — they had lost some war no one on Earth even knew about. A System is installed on the whim of a very old and capricious god. Kira immediately gets trapped in a pocket dimension, and emerges to find a once familiar world turned foreign — and very hostile.
Royal Road4.56· 1.7K
CozyLitRPGOverpowered MCSchoolSystem ApocalypseUrban Fantasy+1

Accidental World Domination: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Death Ray

TheAceOfSkulls

A75/100
Alex Adams is the Iron Menace, a less-than-notable supervillain in Victory City — until a power he'd mostly written off misfires and accidentally kills a member of the League of Domination, the premier villain organization of the world. The League doesn't take kindly to nobodies offing their members, and the superheroes are paying attention too. With his past misdeeds catching up to him, no desire to swap sides for a cushy redemption arc, and unwilling to serve as anyone's flunky, Alex sees only one option: World Domination. A humorous but loving take on superhero-villain fantasy in a cape world inspired by the silver and bronze age of comics, with light progression elements and alternative-history world-building.
Royal Road4.75· 284
Anti-heroComedyLGBTQ+SatireSci-fiSuperpowers+2

The Scourged Earth

Mirrored

A75/100
Derrick is no one's hero. He is barely dealing with his mundane life when all of humanity is forced to confront the extraordinary. Overnight, across the world, mysterious machines appear offering people the chance to purchase almost anything they can think of — weapons, medicine, even superhuman abilities, seemingly for free. But following these machines come the Scourges: the most dangerous creatures, diseases, and machines that infest the universe. Ever growing and battling, these empires of horror and hunger will overwhelm and devour the Earth and its inhabitants unless Derrick and humanity can stand against all the horrors that battle between the stars.
Royal Road4.61· 1.5KGoodreads3.00· 3
GrimdarkHorrorLitRPGPost-apocalypticSci-fiSystem Apocalypse+1

Dean Koontz' Fear Nothing Volume 1

Grant Alter

A75/100
Christopher Snow lives in the city of Moonlight Bay, California, with his hyper-intelligent dog Orson and a handful of close friends. He has XP — xeroderma pigmentosum — a rare genetic affliction forcing him to avoid light at all costs. His parents died under mysterious circumstances, and now shadowy figures are stalking him to stop him from finding out how — even if it means threatening the people he loves.
Goodreads4.18· 3.2K
HorrorMysteryUrban Fantasy

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

The Center for Dungeon Management, Book 1: Gate Crashers

marshalcarper

A75/100
In the United States, the Center for Dungeon Management (CDM) handles everything related to gates: licensing crawlers, enforcing harvester safety standards, and prosecuting gate crashers — people who enter dungeons without licenses. Dorion wants to join a guild or crawl team, but to do that he needs levels. Since he can't afford a crawler license or gate fees, he signs on with the Pittsburgh branch of the CDM. By day he's a cog in the machine of dungeon bureaucracy; by night he volunteers to cull unclaimed gates. When his little sister appears on his doorstep, his goal of becoming a professional crawler turns from ambition into necessity — he needs the money and stability to give her the life he never had. A grounded, working-class take on the dungeon-gate story: slow progression, meaningful stats, and a protagonist with a clipboard and an overflowing inbox.
Royal Road4.71· 662
Dungeon CrawlingLitRPGSecondary WorldStatsSystem ApocalypseUrban Fantasy+1

Discount Dan

Shadow Alley Press

A75/100
All Dan wants is to find a way home. He'd settle for a beer, a bite to eat, and a place to sleep off his hangover. But Dan has accidentally noclipped into the Backrooms — a bizarre, extra-dimensional world cobbled together from twisted carnivals, abandoned shopping malls, janky laundromats, and condemned asylums, overrun with horrific nightmare creatures known as Dwellers. No one ever gets out. If Dan wants to survive the week, he'll need to harness the strange game-like magic of the Backrooms, make some very sketchy allies, and carve out a little safe haven to call his own. He's also being hunted. The Flayed Monarch of the 999th floor has marked him for death, and no one walks away from the Skinless Court with their hide intact.
Royal Road4.70· 787
ComedyGameLitGrimdarkHorrorIsekaiLitRPG+4

Dungeon Wreckers

Maxime J. Durand (Void Herald)

A75/100
For Matthew "Wormhole" Maruki, blowing up Dungeons is more than a job—it is a pleasure. The year is 2024: monsters are everywhere, and mysterious Dungeons eat people. It is Matthew's secret part-time job to stamp them out like weeds before they grow big enough to overwhelm reality, something he and his team have grown explosively good at between school life and the occasional cosmic disaster. But the war against the Dungeons is unending, and unknown to Matthew himself, he might hold the key to mankind's ultimate victory—if only he could remember it.
Royal Road4.75· 262
ComedyCozyDungeon CrawlingOverpowered MCSchoolSci-fi+2

The Type Specialist

Incarnated Whisp

B74/100
Alex wakes up in the world of Pokémon and decides to become a Trainer — but not just any Trainer. Rather than spreading effort across every type, he resolves to become an expert in one. The story follows Alex as he travels the world, builds a focused team, takes on the Gym Challenge, and deals with complications along the way.
Royal Road4.60· 1.5K
Competent MCGenius MCIsekaiMonster TamingUrban Fantasy

The Daily Grind

argusthecat

B74/100
A terminally bored IT guy finds a sub-dimension in the back stairwell of his office building. It escalates from there.
Royal Road4.45· 2K
ComedyCozyDungeon CrawlingLitRPGUrban Fantasy

Play Test: Stuck in Another World as a Reality TV Contestant

Spessgot

B74/100
A group of ordinary tabletop RPG enthusiasts are scattered across a world of supernatural horror, martial arts, monsters, and chaos — all as contestants on a reality show. If they ever want to get home, they'll have to play along. Follow James Li as he dives into the grim underworld to grow stronger and make a name for himself, navigating a story that blends martial arts, comedy, romance, and creeping supernatural horror.
Royal Road4.72· 475
ComedyCultivationHaremHorrorIsekaiLitRPG+3

Will of The Force (Star Wars / Worm)

Capitao Caverna

B74/100
Darth Vader dies in the arms of his son, having killed his master and returned to the light side of the Force. Then he wakes up on a primitive planet that hasn't yet achieved interstellar travel — where the government is corrupt, the heroes are ineffective, and the city is dominated by a gang called the Empire 88 and another that practices slavery. He wants to be better, he wants to overcome his past, but the city isn't making it easy. Sometimes, a former Sith Lord just wants to force choke someone.
Royal Road4.71· 600
Anti-heroOverpowered MCReincarnationSci-fiSuperpowersUrban Fantasy

Apocalypse Parenting

300YearOldMagician

B74/100
A few minutes ago, Meghan Moretti's biggest concern was getting the kids' athletic clothes washed in time for practice. Now, Earth has been forced into participating in high-stakes intergalactic reality television. All electrical wiring has been slagged, combustibles neutralized, and evil space rodents are appearing on the front lawn. Like any parent, Meghan's first instinct is to keep her young kids safely away from the monsters. But an odd stroke of luck brings her advanced information about this dangerous game — including the fact that her kids will have to fight too. What's a mom to do?
Royal Road4.69· 600Goodreads4.38· 1.2K
Competent MCCozyLitRPGPost-apocalypticSci-fiSystem Apocalypse+1

Broker

TheBroker

B74/100
The opening of Pandora's Box changed the world, giving rise to an age of superhumans and monsters. Yet mankind was not safe from its own hubris, and in the end, it destroyed itself. It's the end of the world — but Sonya Chernovna has been given a chance for a redo. Armed with her memories of the world to come and a deep hatred of the society that rose out of Pandora's Light, Sonya sets out to change the future. Even if it means becoming the most heinous villain that ever lived.
Royal Road4.57· 1.5K
Dungeon CrawlingGrimdarkOverpowered MCRegressionSci-fiSuperpowers+4

RealRPG

Marc Whipple

B73/100
Eight internet friends meet in person for the first time at a mountain cabin — and instead of a long weekend get-together, they're caught up in the end of the world. Strange messages float in the air announcing a "System Start." Now magic works and technology doesn't. Cell phones won't work, cars won't start, and it's ten miles to the nearest town. Some of them have families to worry about. Some don't even believe this is real. All of them have secrets they'll have to overcome if they're going to work together and make it back to town alive. Ten miles doesn't seem that far — but by the end of it, they'll have faced some of the worst the System can throw at them. And then things really get interesting.
Goodreads4.43· 1.1K
GameLitLitRPGPost-apocalypticSystem ApocalypseUrban Fantasy

Ideworld Chronicles: The Art Mage

OneDropRain

B73/100
Alexa is a woman in her early twenties shaped by a brutal upbringing into the ultimate thief — precise, fearless, adaptable, and passionate about art as a form of truth. When her reality shatters and an immortal being capable of unraveling matter begins hunting her, that same passion awakens a dominion over Artistic Creation. With newfound magic and a hidden parallel world lurking beyond the veil — a twisted reflection of our own — Alexa must adapt quickly to survive. For her, it's simply another challenge. She has always loved those. The story follows her progression from daredevil thief to reality-bending archmage, including an eventual ability to split her consciousness across multiple bodies.
Royal Road4.74· 258
Anti-heroCozyCraftingCrafting PowerIsekaiSci-fi+4

Gotham Goon Gacha

Daisyberry3

B73/100
Being a goon in Gotham is a death sentence with a delay. Jean has spent nearly his entire life scraping by as a crook, headed for nothing but an early grave. Then a chance to change everything falls into his hands. This is the rise of a goon who's done surviving and is ready to take Gotham by storm.
Royal Road4.75· 190
Anti-heroComedyGameLitUrban FantasyWeak to Strong

Unchosen Champion

JaceVAmor

B73/100
When mana arrives on Earth, Coop finds himself isolated on a tropical island with one real option to survive: claim a civilization shard and level up. By carefully selecting a class and committing to progression, he grinds thousands of monsters to compete on the system's leaderboards while upgrading his settlement to represent the factionless.
Royal Road4.56· 1.5KGoodreads4.00· 8
Base BuildingLitRPGOverpowered MCPost-apocalypticStatsSystem Apocalypse+1

Apocalypse Redux

Jakob H. Greif

B72/100
Isaac Thoma lived to see the last handful of survivors defeat the demonic champion. He is now alone, his past in ashes, the last and most powerful human on a blighted Earth. When an artifact hurls him back in time, Isaac has one chance to change it all — to warn humanity of their impending doom and stop the System before shortsightedness and lust for power can render humanity extinct. Facing malign deities, demonic hordes, and the unstoppable march of human greed, Isaac will give his all to prevent the end that has already happened.
Goodreads4.37· 2.1K
LitRPGRegressionStatsSystem ApocalypseUrban FantasyWeak to Strong

Obelisk - System Integration

Conor Malachi

B72/100
Ominous Obelisks land on Earth with a single message: join the games to give humanity a fighting chance to survive — or be destroyed. Warren isn't the rolling-over type, even with cancer slowly killing him. He has nothing left to lose. But once the games begin, he starts to wonder if a hospital bed wasn't so bad after all. He pushes forward anyway. Humanity needs him, and Warren has never known how to quit.
Goodreads4.43· 978
LitRPGSchoolSystem ApocalypseTower ClimbingUrban FantasyWeak to Strong