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Deluge: hydras can be adventurers too

tenfingers

B65/100
In the swamp, the rules are simple: you eat them, or they eat you. Nothing's ever that simple when humans get involved. They feed you weird potions, teach you ridiculous commands, and make you fight pointless fights with totally unfair enemies. After years of non-consensual experimentation and a dark ritual involving goat's blood, the System reclassified Deluge as sentient. A nice title, but not something you can eat. Now, armed with heightened intelligence and slowly accumulating knowledge, Deluge expected the world to finally make sense. It doesn't. The more he learns, the more absurd it gets: civilization, laws, status, guilds, oaths — all random nonsense. There's only one system Deluge respects, and that's the System. System gives you levels. System gives you power.
Royal Road4.69· 177
ComedyGameLitLitRPGNon-human MCPost-apocalypticSecondary World+1

How to Survive at the End of the World

RC Joshua

B65/100
When an accident kicks Sean Lawrence forward in time, he finds himself square in the apocalyptic end-times. The world is doomed, and he has only a mysterious guidebook, a leather jacket, and a home-made knife. He could spend his days grinding low-level mobs and waiting for a chance to escape. Or he could rise up, slay dragons, and fight against the odds. Faced with a choice between the dead-end life he's been living and a possibility of greatness, Sean has to decide if he's willing to risk everything for a chance to save Earth itself.
Royal Road4.56· 637Goodreads4.40· 1.2K
ComedyGameLitGenius MCLitRPGPost-apocalypticSci-fi+3

Stray Cat Strut

RavensDagger

B65/100
In the year 2057, the world has become a corporate-run utopia for the super-rich and a hellhole for everyone else. Catherine 'Cat' Leblanc is an orphan about as far from super-rich as one can be. When the Incursion alarms start blaring and the sky starts raining hungry xenos, it's just another blemish on an already bad afternoon. A cyberpunk magical-girl alien-invasion LitRPG — exactly as wild as it sounds.
pf6.0· 1Goodreads4.38· 1.3K
LitRPGPost-apocalypticSci-fiStatsSuperpowersSystem Apocalypse

The Way of Etherforging

RJ Shoke

B65/100
The Intergalactic Imperium invoked their right of Eminent Domain to appropriate Earth for a highway — and the planet burned. Cedrick Jonkheer, left with nothing but a sarcastic AI and some superpowers, watched his world end and hid himself at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. "Etherforging," his AI called it: taking the same power that destroyed the world and making it his own. Advance. Grow stronger. Forge himself into someone who could survive a mad universe.
Goodreads4.39· 838
LitRPGPost-apocalypticSci-fiSystem ApocalypseWeak to Strong

The Fractured Tower

EmergencyComplaints

B65/100
Sorin Atharel was already a legend. After forty years of calculated risks, dead companions, and spent fortunes, he was ready to take the final step to immortality at the top of his tower. Instead, his soul space was stripped bare, all his abilities ripped away, and his anima drained to nothing. He wakes at the bottom of a different tower, surrounded by strangers in a strange city — his entire life reset. With only a mysterious tile mosaic as a clue, Sorin must navigate his new reality. If he wants answers to what was done to him, there is only one path forward: he must climb again.
Royal Road4.55· 1.1K
Anti-heroCompetent MCGameLitLitRPGOverpowered MCPost-apocalyptic+6

Unfathomably Cute

Strahdsillystraw

B64/100
Brooke believed she understood the tug-of-war between entities seeking to end or save humanity. She believed in the Vanguard — heroes granted immense power via contracts with the eldritch. She believed she would have no part in any of it, and above all, she believed in a path back to some semblance of normality. She was wrong. Follow Brooke and Roosevelt's incomprehensible journey as they contend with forces beyond understanding. As she delves deeper into the abyss, she'll find new allies, horrifying phobias, and a healthy respect for anything with more than two mouths.
Royal Road4.68· 234
GrimdarkHorrorPost-apocalypticSci-fiSuperpowersUrban Fantasy

Necrotic Apocalypse

D. Petrie

B64/100
An unstoppable curse. A dead man displaced from his time. How do you survive the zombie apocalypse when you started it? Digby Graves, a deceased medieval peasant with delusions of grandeur, is trying to figure out how the hell he ended up in Seattle eight hundred years after his death — with necrotic magic coursing through his zombified body and only fragmented memories of how he died. Now the curse he unleashed is loose in the world, and Digby has a target on his back. He needs to survive long enough to put the pieces back together, learn what it means to lead the horde, and master his power over the dead. The end of the world is gonna get weird.
Goodreads4.33· 1.5K
Anti-heroComedyNon-human MCPost-apocalypticSummoningSystem Apocalypse+1

The First and Last Emperor

StaleCrow

B64/100
"Of course I'm a tyrant. I've never claimed to be anything else." — The First and Last Emperor. Solis is an escaped survivor of the Church of the Celestial Heir, a cult dedicated to the end of days. When the System Apocalypse arrives — one the world was warned about in advance — Solis finds himself struggling against his own tyrannical impulses in an effort to do good. A character-focused story of dramatic rise to power, featuring in-depth and unique system mechanics, a pure mage build, and themes of legacy in an apocalyptic society.
Royal Road4.67· 321
Anti-heroBase BuildingGenius MCLitRPGMysteryOverpowered MC+3

Fleabag

SomeoneToForget

B64/100
In the deepest reaches of the Bone Pits, a canine woke up in the ruined remains of a wooden box — with knowledge it shouldn't have, fleeting memories it couldn't reach, and the icy grasp of death crawling up its spine. It simply wished to live another day. In the industrial underbelly of Carmera, gangs, religious groups, Dungeon Barons, and cultists battle for supremacy — blind to what prowls below. In the writhing smog and murky sumps that none dare approach, in the deepest reaches of the dungeon, the last wolf rakes its claws through steel and howls to a distant sky.
Royal Road4.62· 1.1KGoodreads4.15· 503
Dungeon CrawlingGameLitGrimdarkHorrorLitRPGNon-human MC+3

Gamble for Azeroth

Jesse Desire

B64/100
Arvis Godwyn was not a lucky man. Having Grand Marshall Garithos as his uncle and regent of his house was bad enough. Being exiled to guard the ruins of Stratholme was worse. But things truly spiral when he receives news of King Terenas' assassination — delivered in a very unusual manner. Now armed with a Chaos Gacha Variant System, Arvis must navigate a world unraveling around him.
Royal Road4.67· 298
Anti-heroBase BuildingGameLitHaremLitRPGPost-apocalyptic+1

System Reset: Forged in Nightmare

Elessar44

B64/100
Alex Smith had many regrets: a dead-end job, an estranged sister, friends who had left him behind. Then the apocalypse happened and fantasy became reality — except Alex's reality did not change. After surviving the Apocalypse for 15 years, his life came to an end with a betrayal. But when fate sends him back to the very beginning, Alex is faced with a choice. He will not hold back this time.
Royal Road4.53· 1.1K
CraftingGameLitIsekaiLitRPGOverpowered MCPost-apocalyptic+5

Blacksmith of the Apocalypse

Arkusar

B63/100
When not one apocalypse but all of them strike simultaneously, humanity faces its hardest hour. A playful god shows mercy — or something like it. Follow Seth on his journey to survive whatever his world has become.
Royal Road4.21· 1.3KGoodreads4.36· 11
CraftingDungeon CrawlingIsekaiLitRPGPost-apocalypticSecondary World+2

An Ideal World for a Sociopath

Colin Parker, Oleg Sapphire

B63/100
A system arrives on Earth, and half of humanity dies and becomes zombies while the other half must try to survive. For Varg — a sociopath with no ties and no regrets — this brutal new world feels almost tailor-made. Following Varg across a system-driven apocalypse, the series sends him through zombie-infested cities, alien worlds, interdimensional challenges, and encounters with gods, vampires, elves, and worse. Each new threat is another test the system is all too happy to provide.
Goodreads4.38· 903
Anti-heroIsekaiLitRPGPost-apocalypticSkill CollectionStats+1

Zero-Day Saint — I Cheat Smarter

Lilly Fox

B63/100
Eve was about to make the greatest mistake known to women — texting her ex Claire — when Hell invaded New York. Heaven answered with the Blessing: a System that grants survivors classes, levels, and skills. Eve got Shapeshifter, which sounded incredible until her starting forms turned out to be House Cat, Golden Retriever, and Galapagos Tortoise. Her ex has already made a deal with Hell. Her guardian angel wants her to survive. Her devil has excellent branding. Eve is a hacker — and if the Apocalypse wants to be a game, she will find every exploit in the System and make it everyone else's problem.
Royal Road4.66· 373
Genius MCHorrorLGBTQ+LitRPGNon-human MCPost-apocalyptic+2

Dungeons & Deliveries

SagaScribe

B63/100
In post-System Toronto, Alex doesn't slay monsters to get by — he delivers pizza. Broke and rejected by both the Adventurer's Guild and the Courier Guild, with nothing but a crumbly resume, he takes the only job left in town: delivery boy for Nino's Pizza, a Lich Pizzeria run by a married couple literally bound to the building. He must deliver enchanted pizza to Dungeon Bosses in sixty minutes or less, or suffer the wrath of both the Bosses and the old couple. With nothing but a seemingly useless ability, Alex must stay alive, deal with psychotic exes, and pray for loot in place of tips.
Royal Road4.65· 542
ComedyCozyDungeon CrawlingGameLitLitRPGPost-apocalyptic+3

Alpha Cultivation

Sunny Sain

B62/100
Titan Maximus Chadman, the seventh head of the Alpha Cultivation sect, practices the Dao of Chadness and cultivates Big D energy. Now that foreign cultivators have taken over Earth, he may be modern civilization's only hope.
Royal Road4.65· 539Goodreads4.50· 2
ComedyCozyCultivationOverpowered MCPost-apocalypticSatire+1

Paths of Power

Sean Barber

B62/100
A truck driver in his mid-thirties is stranded 700 miles from home when the System arrives and ends the world as he knows it. With no truck, no supplies, and only his loyal dog for company, he has to cross a monster-infested country to reach his family. The System mutates plants and animals and spawns dungeons. Getting home means surviving all of it.
Goodreads4.38· 810
LitRPGPost-apocalypticSystem ApocalypseUrban FantasyWeak to Strong

Relict Legacy

Shemer Kuznits

B62/100
On the first day, a mist descended from the heavens blanketing the earth. On the second day, a cryptic message — "Infusion commencing" — appeared in the corner of everyone's eyes. By the fifth day, the warping began. Animals and people started transforming into terrible monsters that prey on the living. Within months, human civilization had crumbled. Unable to fight the seemingly indestructible beasts, survivors cowered in reinforced shelters — until a few brave souls discovered how to use the Tec to level up. Together they represent humanity's last best hope. But their journey will require them to adapt to alien technology, operate strange spaceships, and befriend an extra-terrestrial merchant with an inferiority complex.
Goodreads4.24· 1.5K
LitRPGPost-apocalypticSci-fiSystem ApocalypseWeak to Strong

Beta-Testing the Apocalypse

JG Spaulding

B62/100
Dex is just your average IT professional — until a glowing gem opens a portal in his apartment and starts counting down to his death. An autistic quality assurance engineer might not be anyone's first choice for a hero, but he has a certain set of skills that catches the attention of the Daemon System as it implements a secret beta-test on Earth. The Essence Wavefront is imminent. Humanity will need the structure of the System to have any chance against the countless invaders coming to take that power. By reporting bugs while fighting for his life in pocket dimensions full of deathtraps and monsters, Dex will grow more powerful than he can imagine — all while uncovering the truths of the upcoming apocalypse.
Goodreads4.39· 497
ComedyCompetent MCLitRPGPost-apocalypticStatsSystem Apocalypse+2

Of Men and Spiders

DrBlackJack21

B62/100
Scott and his little sister Alice are stranded alone on a forest planet, struggling to survive in primitive conditions using only the training he gained studying to be an explorer — building a home with nothing but their wits and what they can find in the wild. What's worse, a huge, menacing spider-creature seems to be following them wherever they go. From the spider's perspective, she has crash-landed on a primitive world and found two odd mammalian tool-users. Perhaps they hold the secret to her survival. For now, she will observe — and maybe protect — these two strange creatures as she tries to understand their ways.
Royal Road4.66· 301
CozyNon-human MCPost-apocalypticSci-fi