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Cursed Relic Collector

Maradina

B62/100
For thousands of years, magic has been obtained through trades with the gods: sacrifice magic materials upon their sacred altars, and the gods offer relics in return. But this world of powerful relics has always been far out of reach for Dain, a simple trinket merchant — until masked cultists try to sacrifice him to the gods. Vowing revenge, Dain commits the ultimate taboo: creating his own altar. Only, he accidentally creates one for a god who shouldn't exist — a god that will only trade him cursed relics. Dain will scour the world, hunt magic beasts, and barter their remains for greater and darker relics as he digs deeper into the ancient schemes behind the cultists who tried to destroy him.
Royal Road4.66· 319
GrimdarkHard MagicLitRPGMysteryOverpowered MCSecondary World+2

Madness Re-Incarnate

Travis Bagwell

B62/100
Nyx was born Hollow — an empty vessel in a world of spirits, normally a death sentence. Somehow he survived. In a previous life he did something reckless: he threw his memories into the Flow from which all spirits return, sending himself a message across the boundary of death. Now those memories have found him. A different kind of reincarnation story — one that isn't easy — featuring a slow burn to power, a gradual system introduction, a loot-based skill modification system, and a cast of deeply strange companions.
Goodreads4.38· 729
LitRPGReincarnationSecondary WorldSkill CollectionSoft Magic

Aetherborn

Deadalus

B61/100
In a single night, Thorne loses everything — and discovers the truth about his heritage. He is an Aetherborn, tied to an ancient power that others would kill to control. Forced from his home, he must survive on the streets, navigating ruthless guilds and dangerous factions using only his cunning and his rapidly developing abilities. To reach his near-limitless potential, Thorne must master many masks and countless skills — Assassin, Hunter, Strategist, Mage — as his paths of power converge in a complex web of deceit. Revealing too much, or trusting the wrong person, could cost him everything.
Goodreads4.40· 364
Anti-heroCompetent MCLoner MCSecondary WorldSkill CollectionWeak to Strong

Arcane Kingdom Online

Jakob Tanner

B61/100
Log in or die. Clay Hopewell has less than twenty-four hours before the ZERO virus kills him, and the only option left is digitally uploading his consciousness into Arcane Kingdom Online — the most advanced virtual reality game ever released. Surviving the risky upload is just the start. Clay wakes up to a fantasy world in crisis, a starting race that half the population despises, a locked mage class, and a malevolent in-game glitch hunting players. If he doesn't learn the rules fast, his second chance will be worse than his first.
Goodreads4.04· 1.7K
Class SystemLitRPGSecondary WorldSkill CollectionTransmigrationVRMMO

Awakening Horde: Shieldwall Academy

M. Zaugg

B61/100
Against all odds, a defiant street rat takes on a ruthless empire. Pax, a cunning orphan without a class, navigates life in a city constantly threatened by monstrous beast waves. He's dedicated to keeping his crew safe and fed, especially after his family vanished without a trace. When his best friend is captured, Pax risks it all on the eve of the Awakening. Caught and thrust into the Astan Empire's war machine, he must adapt to survive the perils of an elite mage academy. While struggling to harness the forbidden magic surging within him, he must avoid the attention of corrupt leaders determined to snuff out any hint of rebellion. With ancient secrets and long-lost spells at stake, can Pax triumph against his foes and secure a future for himself and his crew?
Royal Road4.50· 1K
Class SystemCozyGameLitLitRPGMonster TamingOverpowered MC+5

Arcane Pathfinder

Mashton XX, Mashton XY

B61/100
Samantha, a young attorney, is transported to an alternate reality in her sleep — a world governed by an all-powerful System with mechanics similar to the fantasy games she played back on Earth. After a brutal introduction to her new reality, Sam is granted a class explicitly curated by the enigmatic System. Equal parts artist, survivor, explorer, and battle junkie, her only limitation is her lack of knowledge about her new magical powers — a limitation she is rapidly overcoming. Follow Sam's adventures as she explores and battles her way across the fantastic and deadly world of Hallista.
Goodreads4.38· 658
IsekaiLitRPGSci-fiSkill CollectionTransmigrationWeak to Strong

The Cloudfarers

H.C. Mills

B60/100
These were the words Rylan Cloudgift had been waiting to hear all his life — his salvation and his escape from a mundane existence as an indentured servant on an island in the vast cloudsea. His quick way out of the debt he owed the Thistlethorns, the noble family that found him as a baby. So why did he wake up in a cell? Seeing no other choice, Rylan flees into the cloudsea with only the supplies he can grab on the way out and a mysterious note bearing a cryptic warning. His quest to find the sender and unravel the mystery of his birth will have to wait — friend and foe alike follow him into the fog, and none of them know the way out. The dense mist harbours hidden monstrosities and long-buried secrets.
Royal Road4.64· 610Goodreads3.75· 53
ComedyGameLitLitRPGMysterySecondary WorldSkill Collection+2

Terminate the Other World!

Icalos

B60/100
NSLICE-00P — Non-Standard Leashed-Intelligence Cybernetic Enforcer — is an unstoppable killing machine built to destroy all who oppose her sinister masters. Everything runs according to plan until she's hacked and sent back in time to kill her own creator. She obeys. The resulting time paradox ejects her entirely from her reality. Now the cyborg finds herself in a world of skills and levels, in possession of a dungeon core, and with no one left to give her orders. NSLICE-00P has a whole new life ahead of her — if she can keep from blowing things up.
Goodreads4.37· 817
ComedyDungeon CoreLitRPGNon-human MCSci-fiSkill Collection

DIE TRYING

Mark Arrows

B60/100
Jump into a fantasy deathworld. Smuggle magical loot and refugees back to Earth. Try not to die. Michael Wade's only goal in life was to get rich — and that's gotten a lot more literal recently. Stuck in retail hell and living paycheck to paycheck, his circumstances change dramatically when a desperate god offers him the ultimate side hustle: running a nightly smuggling operation between his bedroom and another world entirely. One filled with spells, treasure, and as much magical contraband as he can stuff into his pockets. There's a small problem: the band of heroes destined to save that world failed centuries ago, and the place has become a goddamn deathtrap. With a reality-bending video game System to exploit, years of min-maxing experience, and a chaotic god texting him questionably useful advice, Michael might survive long enough to make the operation actually work.
pf7.0· 1Royal Road4.57· 1KGoodreads3.70· 688
ComedyIsekaiLitRPGPost-apocalypticSci-fiSecondary World+2

Limitless Path

DarkForsaken

B60/100
One day the Limitless Path sweeps up Earth into its established structure. Magic and beasts flood the world, making even a trip down the street a potentially dangerous endeavor. Elizabeth "Beth" Bell seizes the opportunity, choosing a path of battles and exploration. She fights her way through countless dungeons and trials, masters a wide variety of skills and abilities, and pushes herself to the very limit of what is possible — and beyond.
Royal Road4.46· 1KGoodreads3.00· 1
Dungeon CrawlingGoreLitRPGSci-fiSkill CollectionSystem Apocalypse+2

Ascension of Chaos

WolfShine

B60/100
Ashley wakes up at the start of a System tutorial with no memories — only basic common knowledge and the blood of a primordial flowing through her veins. Her Skill Tree has just a single ability: to assimilate the skill trees of those she kills. As a Primordial System integrates every human on the planet, Gates open across the world and monsters pour out of broken domains. Ashley must navigate an apocalypse she knows nothing about, growing stronger only by assimilating the skills of the fallen — all while slowly recovering the emotions and memories she's lost.
Royal Road4.46· 1K
Dungeon CrawlingGameLitLitRPGOverpowered MCPost-apocalypticSecondary World+3

Markets and Multiverses

Acaswell

C59/100
When Isabelle and her new friends are thrust into the world of transmigrators, it seems like a blessing. Their new status grants them access to the myriad worlds of the multiverse, the ability to grow stronger, and near-immortality — as long as they don't make a fatal mistake. Every world offers unique magic systems and discoveries. But between each life, they must return to the Market — once the most powerful civilization in the multiverse, now a desiccated ruin with its inhabitants slaughtered by unknown forces. If Isabelle and her friends wish to avoid the same fate, they must grow powerful enough to survive whatever destroyed it.
pf7.0· 1Royal Road4.57· 882Goodreads4.00· 1
GameLitIsekaiLitRPGReincarnationSecondary WorldSkill Collection+2

The Magpie and The Archmage

AmberAtlas

C58/100
Liora is a little thief who enjoys collecting shiny things like any self-respecting magpie. But one day she stumbles upon the shiny that changes her life forever — Archmage Renir, trapped inside a beautiful gemstone. After that, they are pursued by mages, forcing Liora to fight, learn skills, and evolve in order to grow stronger. All so that one day, she could free Renir from his prison.
Royal Road4.61· 804
ComedyGenius MCIsekaiLitRPGNon-human MCReincarnation+3

Respec On Death

Godric

C58/100
Fifteen years after Earth was forced into the Sarlenac Games, over half of the population is gone, culled by the System without mercy. Each year, thousands of Gates open to hostile worlds — fail to clear them in time, and ten percent of Earth's population dies. Specialist Jimmy Novak is a low-level combat medic with nothing to his name but scars, sarcasm, and a refusal to quit. When a routine Gate spirals into catastrophe, Jimmy makes a choice the System never accounted for, and something older than the System takes notice. [Skill Activated: Respec on Death.] With each death, Jimmy changes — new class, new build, new tools for survival. But the cost is steep, and the enemy is no longer just monsters. The System is watching. The gods are stirring. And Jimmy Novak is becoming something far more dangerous.
Royal Road4.45· 965
Class SystemCozyGenius MCIsekaiLitRPGMilitary+4

Respawn

Arthur Stone

C58/100
You are no one. Level zero. Empty of mind and memory — your past stripped by the inscrutable System. A long, difficult road lies between you and remembering who you are, punctuated by one death after another. In the world of S.T.Y.X., information is your only resource, but those with experience rarely care about your plight — and some make it their mission to kill you. Your life counter ticks lower with every death, and no one knows what happens when it reaches zero. The luckiest players are the cheaters. Perhaps cheating is the only way to win.
Goodreads4.35· 872
GrimdarkLitRPGLoner MCMysterySkill CollectionStats

Monarch

Extra27

C58/100
Rayne was a bastard — the only son of the fallen Duke Frayser, cast aside to die in an army that hated him for being alive. Then a soul from Earth took over his body. With the common class of a Soldier, a Lineage Quest to complete, and a unique trait for stealing skills, he must grow strong enough to survive a gritty world. Fighting goblins, trolls, and necromancers, he works to earn reputation and prestige in a kingdom that branded his bloodline as traitors — with kingdom building waiting in later volumes.
Royal Road4.47· 949
Base BuildingCultivationDungeon CrawlingGameLitLitRPGMilitary+3

Lunatic Sword

RabZ YT

C57/100
Some live by the sword — Alex is imprisoned by it. Not that he's complaining; he likes swords. In a world of swords and sorcery, some are born with divine blessings that lead them to challenge the heavens, while others are punished by fate and forced into suffering. For Alex, it's all irrelevant. As long as he has his sword, every tragedy is a joy and every obstacle is just more time to polish his blade. There's nothing that can't be solved with a good sword cut — unless the enemy is a ghost, in which case he'll need a church. A battle-focused progression story with a sword-obsessed protagonist whose genius is strictly limited to swordsmanship.
Royal Road4.65· 224
ComedyDungeon CrawlingGameLitLitRPGOverpowered MCSchool+4

Unclassed: A Skill Merging LitRPG

Silverdawn

C57/100
Raised as an orphan in Flea's End, Adam dreamed of wealth and luxury, working every day toward saving enough for the offering that would earn him a rare and desirable Class. Then that dream was stolen from him. Offered only pitiful classes, Adam rejects them all and becomes a weak, worthless Unclassed. His one advantage: a unique inventory skill called Hoard, which lets him store and combine items, skills, and even power — assuming he's willing to fight for them. Adam has five years until his next selection, and plans to grow so strong that the class of his dreams becomes a laughable step down. His first step: joining the Rift Delving Association. His next: entering hell.
Royal Road4.51· 876
CraftingDungeon CrawlingGameLitGenius MCLitRPGPost-apocalyptic+4

The Lost Edge

Andrew Rowe

C56/100
A young man named Lien — an ancient word meaning blade — lives in a primeval forest, raised by a wizened sage with no knowledge of his own heritage. As he grows, so does his need for independence and answers. He begins his adventure seeking a shattered sword and the truth behind a mysterious mark on his hand. To earn his freedom, Lien must complete the trials of Anathema, a long-hidden weapon of devastating power. He must master swordplay and magic from fractured remnants of ancient legends — for only with his talents fully forged will he stand a chance against his true destiny.
Goodreads4.21· 1.3K
Secondary WorldSkill CollectionSoft MagicWeak to Strong

Skill Hunter

Noct

C56/100
Stuck under a mountain of debt, Ike can only dream of the world of hunters. Ranks, power, and the System are out of his reach — until the day he awakens a unique skill that lets him harvest the abilities of the monsters he slays. To fulfil his dream of becoming the ultimate hunter, Ike must break out of the slums and overturn a hierarchy that insists slumrats can never rise past Rank 2. Turning the world's own logic against itself, he begins his climb toward the highest rank.
Goodreads4.33· 933
Class SystemDungeon CrawlingLitRPGSkill CollectionWeak to Strong