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Endless Online

M. H. Johnson

B69/100
Val had returned from his latest tour of duty scarred in body and soul. Barely able to walk and drugged for pain, he thought his killing days were finally behind him. He couldn't have been more wrong. Endless Online is a hyper-futuristic game where players can truly live another life. Val loved the idea of starting over in virtual reality — but when someone he cares about turns up missing after chasing that same dream, Val quickly learns that Endless is no simple game. And if he can't figure out the dark secrets behind this realm of wizards, warriors, and intergalactic conquest, it's game over. For everyone.
Goodreads4.30· 1.8K
Competent MCGrimdarkLitRPGSci-fiSkill CollectionVRMMO

Magus Reborn

Extra26, T.C. Liyanage

B69/100
Kai of the Sorcerer's Tower was one of the last Mages left, barely surviving in a world contaminated with dead mana and ruled by creatures of the dark. To save his world, he attempts a forbidden regression ritual — and overshoots by thousands of years, finding himself in an ancient era within the body of a young lord named Arzan, who was mysteriously murdered just before Kai arrived. Beasts are rampant, larger threats loom, and Kai must regain his former strength in a time of primitive technology. But with knowledge of the future, he might just be able to change the course of history entirely.
Goodreads4.39· 1.6K
Base BuildingCompetent MCHard MagicLitRPGRegressionTransmigration

Knight and Smith

FirstKnight

B69/100
Secrets once thought lost are coming to light. Orin, a young thief turned mercenary, returns home for the first time in four years wanting nothing more than to reconnect with his family and settle down. But fate has another destiny in mind. Now bound to the Princess of the Realm in ways he doesn't fully understand, Orin is thrust into the world of nobility — where no one can be truly trusted and his friends are few. To survive, and to protect the entire Kingdom, he must learn to harness the power of a Knight alongside Princess Elora, all while contending with psychotic Knights and a mad King.
Royal Road4.55· 1.3KGoodreads4.00· 19
Competent MCOverpowered MCSecondary WorldSoft MagicWeak to Strong

The Weirdest Noob

Arthur Stone

B69/100
Strange things are happening in Second World, a massive multinational online RPG. Alliances shatter overnight, former friends draw blades, and a forgotten, worthless mine becomes the site of bitter, all-consuming battles. Every road in the province is controlled; no one enters or leaves a city without being checked. The weak suffer under the violence of eastern invaders. The strong have one goal: find the culprit — the strangest noob the virtual world has ever seen.
Goodreads4.20· 2.1K
Competent MCLitRPGMilitaryMysteryVRMMO

Astra Inferna: Upward Bound

Mr Reese

B69/100
Earth lost a war it never knew it was fighting. The Batract Hyphae arrived with contracts and promises, but their true interest was in humans as a workforce and mercenary force for their vast empire. Five decades later, humanity's progress is stunted and Integration Officers monitor everything. Bound for Sirius, the 1st Expeditionary Fleet carries formal orders to crush a rebellion — but beneath those orders lies a different purpose: to prepare for Earth's own uprising and to seek allies among the very species they were sent to destroy. Humanity must use diplomacy where possible and domination where necessary to end the threat to its freedom once and for all.
Royal Road4.72· 147
Competent MCGenius MCMilitaryNon-human MCSci-fi

The Dragon Mage

Scott Baron

B68/100
Charlie Gault had all the luck — unfortunately, none of it was good. When a freak wormhole swallows his spacecraft and leaves him stranded on an unknown planet far from home, Charlie must stop complaining and step up to save his crew. That was when things really went sideways. Suddenly facing alien space pirates, talking dragons, and something very much like magic, the space engineer from Earth finds himself adrift in a whole new galaxy — and Lady Luck shows no signs of changing her attitude toward him.
Goodreads4.35· 1.7K
Competent MCIsekaiSci-fiSecondary WorldSoft Magic

Perimeter Defense

Michael Atamanov

B68/100
Ruslan signs a contract without reading it. All he remembers is that he has been hired to command a space fleet in a brand-new virtual reality game he knows nothing about. Objective: survive for six months. The game traps him in a strange body that refuses to obey, in a world teeming with powerful enemies where reputation and faction relationships are everything. After the inevitable new-player mistakes, Ruslan is forced to rethink his strategy and abandon traditional gaming conventions. What new trials await him — trials even the game designers failed to anticipate?
Goodreads4.18· 2.1K
Competent MCGameLitMilitarySci-fiVRMMO

Amelia

V.A. Lewis

B68/100
Ten years ago, Amelia woke up alone and lost in a broken world and had to fight for her survival. Now, after reaching the pinnacle of power and escaping the abyss, she has finally found her way back — not to Earth, but to Vacuos, a fantasy world with magic, monsters, Classes, and Levels governed by a System. When the System offers her the Class of a powerful Hero destined to protect this world forever, she has one response: "Absolutely not. I'm going to live a normal life now, thank you very much."
Goodreads4.26· 1.9K
ComedyCompetent MCIsekaiLitRPGOverpowered MCSecondary World

Where The Moon Rises

fuwami

B68/100
Arin Watanuki thought he left Johto for good. Almost a decade after his departure, his estranged dad contacts him and wants to talk. What is supposed to be a short visit ends up turning into a long-lasting stay. This is the story of how a Fairy Specialist turns into a Gym Leader and becomes a legend.
Royal Road4.69· 344
Competent MCCozyWeak to Strong

Animus

Joshua, Michael Anderle

B68/100
It was just one fight, but it changed Kaiden Jericho's life forever. A street kid trying to leave his gang behind, Kaiden is offered a chance at the elite Nexus Academy — an institution that trains the next generation of fighters, leaders, hackers, and spies, then hires them out to companies, governments, and NGOs. Training happens through the Animus: a simulation so advanced that every death makes you closer to perfect. Kaiden would really rather skip the death part.
Goodreads4.33· 1.7K
Competent MCMilitarySchoolSci-fiUrban FantasyVRMMO+1

Technomagica

Vitaly S Alexius

B67/100
The life of Soviet bio-weapons designer Vladislav Kerenski ends with a bang — only to reboot in a realm of gods and monsters. Escaping from an ocean of the dead and soul-bound to his twin sister, Vladislav begins to unravel the life-altering magical System of Novazem using his knowledge of the scientific method, computational mathematics, biochemistry, and virology. A rational progression LitRPG with giant monsters, wholesome moments, and vast multitudes of historical references.
Royal Road4.53· 1.2KGoodreads1.00· 1
Competent MCHard MagicIsekaiLitRPGReincarnationSecondary World+1

Commerce Emperor

Maxime J. Durand (Void Herald)

B67/100
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.
Royal Road4.68· 1.1KGoodreads4.07· 352
Base BuildingClass SystemCompetent MCGenius MCMerchantOverpowered MC+1

Words of Power

Shami Stovall

B67/100
In the Tze Empire, spirits and demons rule the wilds, but Ring Warlocks control civilization. For Rimon, the son of a courtesan and the lowest in society, Ring Warlocks seem like gods — each with their own magic drawn from Titans, doing whatever they please regardless of how it affects the prefectures they rule. When a chance encounter places one of the ancient and powerful rings in Rimon's hands, everything changes. Suddenly he is no longer at the fringes of power — he is a Ring Warlock granted his own territory. Determined to make his prefecture thrive, he must contend with jealous rivals, demons seeking his ring, and forces he cannot yet name.
Goodreads4.43· 345
Base BuildingCompetent MCHard MagicSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

These Reincarnators Are Sus! Sleuthing in Another World

AceGreen

B66/100
Sleuth out the reincarnators. Retrieve their jeweled eyes. Stop this world's destruction. That is Ailn's reluctant mission — except he is not really Ailn. He is an impostor: a detective from another world who cannot even remember his own name. Summoned by a young god with a terrible habit of hiding crucial details, the detective must use his past-life instincts and emerald eyes to unmask other reincarnators — all while wearing a mask of his own. Now posing as a noble son whose family has protected the empire from shadow beasts for generations, he faces a complication: the original Ailn had a trash reputation, was just killed, and the prime suspect is his sister, the duchy's beloved future Saintess. First things first: time to solve his own murder.
Royal Road4.68· 366Goodreads4.73· 11
ComedyCompetent MCIsekaiMysteryOverpowered MCReincarnation+1

Harry Potter and the Surprisingly Competent History of Magic Professor

TheFanficGOD

B66/100
Cassian Rosier is a near-Squib from one of the Sacred Twenty-Eight families — the family's punching bag, mocked and barely tolerated. When a simple light spell becomes his last chance to prove himself, his world shatters: the Cassian they knew is gone, replaced by a man from our world with no magic but a lifetime of teaching behind him, and only the vaguest memories of a "Harry Potter" series he never bothered to read. Trapped in a ruined reputation with no real power, the new Cassian has one goal: survive. When forced to lecture on magic, he bluffs his way through by teaching Lumos — a spell he doesn't know. Something strange happens: as hundreds of students learn from his lecture, mastery floods his mind. Ancient variations awaken, along with memories that don't belong to him — some illuminating forgotten magic, others sharp, dark, and dangerous. Sent to Hogwarts as a professor, Cassian must juggle pureblood family expectations, faculty suspicion, and a power that grows every time he teaches — while wondering whether he is drawing on ancient wisdom or inviting something far worse into himself.
Royal Road4.42· 1.3K
Anti-heroComedyCompetent MCCozyGenius MCMystery+9

Pandora Unchained

Patrick Laplante

B66/100
When Sorin's parents die under mysterious circumstances, he begs Hope — the Eighth Evil — for help, and receives an answer he never expected: he is made a Poison Cultivator, a rare class shunned by high society. Unable to continue his medical practice, he turns to adventuring with a ragtag crew: an armored polar bear, a stern archer, a sleep-deprived pyromancer, a peeping-tom rogue, and a rebellious rat familiar who won't stop eating the party's loot. When Sorin uncovers his ancestor's hidden research notes on forbidden medicine, he must discover what dark deeds his family was involved in — if he and his companions can survive the coming Demon Tide.
Goodreads4.44· 254
AlchemyClass SystemCompetent MCCultivationDungeon CrawlingSecondary World

The Sovereign's Toll

AuthorJS

B66/100
His family was his world. Now he's in a new one. When a fatal accident rips Caleb Foster from his wife and kids, the forty-year-old gets a second chance in a realm of dungeons and monsters. A cosmic system offers him a choice of legendary powers, but Caleb refuses the flashy magic. He chooses the abilities to learn faster, remember perfectly, and master any physical skill. A father's instinct to protect doesn't die with his family. To survive and shield the new lives that depend on him, he must use a lifetime of quiet competence to navigate a dangerous frontier town, hunt deadly beasts, and outwit men who mistake his lack of flash for weakness. In a place where might makes right, Caleb is about to show that the most lethal weapon is a mind that misses nothing.
Royal Road4.49· 1.3K
Competent MCCozyDungeon CrawlingIsekaiLitRPGOlder MC+6

Level One God

Zachary Scott

B66/100
He used to be a god. Now he's level one. Brynn was the first to ever activate the world's hidden Prestige Mode, gaining powerful perks at the cost of his godhood and all memories of his past life. Now at rock bottom in a brutal world where leveling is so deadly most people never try, he must grind his way back to divinity — armed with nothing but a magical helmet and an empty Alchemist's Kit left by his former self. But secrecy is everything. This world had nine gods, and all but one reset at the same time. With no memories to guide him, Brynn can't trust any of them. And behind it all lurks one haunting question: what terrified gods enough to make them start over?
Goodreads4.42· 429
Class SystemCompetent MCDungeon CrawlingLitRPGSecondary WorldStats+1

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

Main Character Hides His Strength

Road Warrior

B65/100
Sungchul Kim reached the pinnacle of power — then failed to stop the first of five prophesied Calamities because he couldn't wield magic. Branded the Enemy of the World, he must now travel in disguise among the weakest people in the Other World: newly arrived humans from Earth, the very group most likely to expose him. His goal is to steal the knowledge of magic from those who hate him most, before the Calamities destroy everything — not out of heroism, but because of a promise he made long ago.
Goodreads4.20· 1.8K
Competent MCGrimdarkIsekaiOverpowered MCSkill CollectionTransmigration