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Gamma Protocol

Ravnicrasol

B67/100
In the year 2252, Axel Garcia woke up early, ready to enter the next phase of his life. He has since concluded that he should have slept in. In a cyberpunk world where humanity has been pushed into futuristic fortified cities to survive against monsters, Axel navigates a life of slice-of-life moments, monster killing, and trying to do good in a world fraught with greed. Alongside standard military forces and a cadre of superpowered fighters — less Mahou Shoujo and more superheroes — he'll discover that common sense and big guns go a surprisingly long way.
Royal Road4.68· 441
CozyLitRPGMilitaryPost-apocalypticSci-fiSuperpowers

Value Loyalty Above All Else [Star Wars]

LostInTranscription

B67/100
No one rules alone — that goes double when ruling something as vast as star systems. But what if you were dropped into a universe you really don't want to be in, with powers that attract a cult of child kidnappers at best? A Star Wars: The Old Republic self-insert following the Sith Warrior storyline, where knowledge is power — but power through knowledge alone may not be enough to survive.
Royal Road4.66· 805
Base BuildingGenius MCMilitaryOverpowered MCReincarnationSci-fi+1

Bloodsworn

Dominick R

B66/100
The Dragons have been slain, the Giants pacified, the Elves have retreated to the old growth forests, and the Dwarven forges have gone cold. Magic fled from the world as the Empire of Man rose supreme on the strength of technology — until Essence ignites, filling the world with the old powers of myth and legend. Erak doesn't care about any of it. His Oaths are etched into his Blood, and the Weight Essence has given them has only made them stronger. He serves his Queen: her shield, her sword, her guardian. Cut off from her as portals tear open the sky and release a storm of demons upon the Empire, he will fight his way to her side. Rallying survivors, soldiers, civilians, and scholars, Erak is determined to cut through every legion of Hell standing between him and his Queen. For he is the Bloodsworn, and nothing shall stop him from honoring his Oaths.
Royal Road4.73· 222Goodreads3.63· 542
GoreGrimdarkHorrorLitRPGMilitaryNon-human MC+5

Route to Power

CSStephen

B66/100
Truth is stranger than fiction. Laiton had loved Pokemon, but that was a TV show meant for children — simple and easy, filled with obvious problems meant to teach moral lessons. Now he's found himself in a very different world: a place with culture, economics, and politics, inhabited by people with their own passions, goals, and prejudices. What's a reincarnated man to do when he finds himself in a vaguely familiar land filled with adventure and endless possibility — but not all of those possibilities are good?
Royal Road4.68· 362
Base BuildingCultivationGenius MCIsekaiMilitaryOverpowered MC+3

SYRINE - Into the Grim Darkness of the Far Future

Wong40k

B66/100
A disillusioned gamer found himself on an unfamiliar path with no memory of how he arrived. After a disorienting encounter, he emerged inside one of the most brutal science-fiction universes ever conceived — the Imperium of Man, set in the grim darkness of the far future where there is only war. With this new identity came world-shattering secrets he had not asked to inherit.
Royal Road4.66· 683
GrimdarkIsekaiLGBTQ+MilitaryReincarnationSci-fi

Atlantis Rising

Evan Currie

B66/100
A war was fought. Humanity lost. Demons now rule what was once mankind's domain, the great works of civilization lie in ruins, and the surviving humans live under the yoke of their conquerors. Not everyone went quietly, but at the end of it all the demons stood victorious. In one nearly uninhabitable corner of the conquered world, a very young woman comes of age walking in the shadow of destiny she does not yet understand. The demons have one final lesson left to learn from humanity — and it begins with the smallest of sparks.
Goodreads4.28· 1.6K
GrimdarkMilitaryNon-human MCPost-apocalypticSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Second Ascension

Reece Brooks

B65/100
Dean was there when the last Kingdom fell. A common soldier with no real talent or power, he watched as the kingdom's most famous adventurers were broken and killed — all except the Spear Saint, who then betrayed mankind and doomed them all. On the cusp of death, Dean is offered a choice: go back in time and take a different path, one that could grant him the power to change his fate entirely. But behind the scenes, a silent war rages between unseen powers whose agents will soon hunt him — drawing him into a conflict that spans not continents, but entire worlds.
Goodreads4.42· 373
Class SystemMilitaryRegressionSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

The Plainswalker

M.A. Rothman

B64/100
Peabo Smith is a former Special Forces soldier who volunteers to participate in a science experiment run by STAG — the Special Technologies Analysis Group — that rivals the audacity of the moon landing. When the experiment leaves him stuck in a place he cannot escape, Peabo realizes just how unprepared he is for his new mission — and that the experiment may end up changing his life forever.
Goodreads4.40· 649
Competent MCIsekaiMilitarySoft Magic

Rising from the Abyss

Falling Leaves

B64/100
A young orphan works hard every day trying to keep his parents' business alive while suffering under a terrible curse. Then a wizard becomes his mentor — and he learns his entire life was a lie. His parents were murdered, he was never cursed, his uncle was not his uncle, and he can channel magic. Thrown into an entirely new world, Yaric must push himself to catch up with his new peers at the academy, learning the secrets of combat, weapons, and magic. But mysteries run deeper than his training: the secrets of the academy, a missing ambassador, hidden dragons, and empires marching to war have all been buried in an abyss so deep they should never be found. Yaric grew up in the abyss. And as his new world gets dragged down by its secrets, he is forced to plunge back in.
Royal Road4.66· 540
Genius MCMilitaryMysterySchoolSecondary WorldSoft Magic+2

The Cursed Legion: Iron Throne Series

Zer0n1gh7s

B64/100
Rome fights an endless war against the greenskinned. Maximilian, an orphan, is caught stealing a Class Shard to activate his Patron Inheritance — but he stowed away a Skill Shard too. Thrown into a Cursed Legion and hurled to the frontlines of a massive war, Max must learn how to use his Patron Inheritance to improve and merge Skill Shards, forging himself into the greatest legend ever to wear the maroon and silver.
Royal Road4.68· 252
Base BuildingClass SystemGameLitGenius MCLitRPGMilitary+6

They Answered The Call

Repulsive-Ardor

B64/100
When humanity first ventured into space, they discovered the Galactic Commonwealth — an ancient and powerful alliance that barely noticed them. One species, the arboreal Eleani, took an active interest in humanity, offering guidance and friendship as they watched their younger cousin-kin earn their place among the stars. Decades later, the Insectoid Empire launched a devastating new campaign against the Commonwealth — a spacefaring hive-mind of wasp analogues that did not stop after seizing border planets as before. They killed over a hundred billion souls across dozens of worlds, destroyed half the Commonwealth Navy, and swept through the undefended periphery toward the Eleani homeworld. As extinction loomed and the Commonwealth government declined to help, the Eleani broadcast pleas to anyone who would listen. The Republic of Humanity answered the call.
Royal Road4.66· 471
Genius MCMilitaryNon-human MCSci-fi

The Elder Lands

B. Salem

B63/100
Lucan is the son of a landed knight in a kingdom surrounded by diverse threats. As he comes of age, he must make peace with both the tasteful and distasteful aspects of his responsibilities — but most important of all, he must find a way to either tame or accept his own ambitions. In a realm where an underground labyrinth births monsters that hunger to climb into the world of man, it's difficult to be a noble and dangerous to be a warrior. Lucan must navigate a maze of mortal peril and political intrigue if he is to survive and, perhaps someday, thrive. An action-adventure kingdom-building LitRPG focused on individual-level progression — no territory status sheets, and the RPG elements stay grounded rather than overwhelming the story.
Royal Road4.60· 936
Base BuildingDungeon CrawlingGameLitGenius MCLitRPGMilitary+1

Burning Stars, Falling Skies

Cocop (Cale Plamann)

B63/100
Threedak is a simple Dhajtel. Every night she scavenges and hunts for her tribe in the great desert, relying on skill and ancestral memories to avoid the darkness's many dangers. Her life remains largely the same until one night, one of the gleaming lights in the sky falls into her desert. Deciding to investigate, she happens upon a scene far beyond her limited understanding. The Dhajtel aren't alone. The galaxy is far vaster and more hostile than her people can even begin to comprehend. Entrusted with the knowledge and memories of a dead race, it will be up to Threedak to forge Dhajtel society into something that can survive the storm to come.
Royal Road4.65· 664
Base BuildingGenius MCMilitaryNon-human MCOverpowered MCSci-fi

That Time an American was Reincarnated into Another World

Sp4de

B63/100
It's not always the Asians who get isekaied. Very rarely does an American get chosen — though the lords of isekai have reasons for that. It's time for John to remind them of those reasons.
Royal Road4.59· 939Goodreads4.50· 2
ComedyIsekaiMilitaryReincarnationSatireSecondary World

The Agartha Loop

RavensDagger

B62/100
They asked Amber to become a magical girl three times. She refused. That only made her more interesting. The fourth time, she asked them.
Royal Road4.66· 354
CozyIsekaiMilitaryMysterySchoolTime Loop

A Draconic Rebirth

Undercover_Dragon1

B61/100
A tale of reincarnation with an unexpected twist. The protagonist is reborn not as a human, but as a dragon. Stripped of everything familiar from his former life, he finds himself in a world unlike anything he has ever known. To survive, he must adapt, evolve, and carve out a place for himself in this strange new realm.
Royal Road4.66· 312
Anti-heroBase BuildingGenius MCGrimdarkLitRPGMilitary+6

Enora Online

Arlo Adams

B61/100
After learning he has just months to live, Gemini Fowler is granted one shot to cheat death when a billionaire game-developer offers to transfer his consciousness into a virtual realm. The catch: the only VR capable of receiving him is the unreleased game Enora Online, and Gemini must survive until level ten or be permanently wiped from the servers — and from existence. Welcome to Enora Online, where virtual is reality.
Goodreads4.35· 1.3K
Base BuildingLitRPGMilitaryStatsVRMMOWeak to Strong

Ten Thousand Tragedies

NMR-3

B60/100
Death is the greatest teacher, and 721 has a lot of learning to do. The Martial Arts Alliance stands at the precipice of defeat as war threatens to consume the world — its sects and great families rotten at the core. As a slave soldier of the Red Dawn Sect, 721 is not allowed a name, feelings, or thoughts. His death is not a tragedy, only a statistic. But death isn't the end for him: every time he dies, he wakes up again 24 hours before it happened. With only a vague memory of who he once was, he will rise to the highest peaks — his road paved with his own bones.
Royal Road4.65· 437
CultivationGrimdarkMilitaryMysteryPost-apocalypticTime Loop+3

Paragon of Mana

K. Ashoke

B60/100
Ethan died and was reborn into a world of Classes, Skills, and Mana. Reincarnated as Ember Blackstone, a descendant of a prestigious family of knights, he believed he had won the lottery. But the high society of ascendants can be cutthroat, and with his lacklustre talent he should have been left to fade into quiet obscurity. Against all expectations, his skills and rank advance faster than anyone. Ember dreams of magic and a fulfilling life with his loving family — but when tragedy strikes, he has to fight to make ends meet. To keep his dream alive and protect those he loves, Ember must rise beyond the limit and become more mana than a man.
Royal Road4.56· 919
Class SystemCozyCultivationIsekaiLitRPGMilitary+4

His Soul Is Marching On to Another World; or, the John Brown Isekai

The Cabbage Preacher

B60/100
The land of Gemeinplatz is filled with fantastical creatures, adventurers, and heroes — most of them transported from Earth and blessed with cheat skills. On the surface, it's a perfect power-fantasy world where even the most ordinary person can pull themselves up by their bootstraps. Yet beneath this "Gemeinplatzer Dream" is a disgusting truth. To satisfy the needs of heroes who can't function like normal humans, a lucrative slave trade crushes the dreams and ruins the lives of hundreds every day. Demi-humans labor in harems and mansions, treated as less than people by a ruling class with every incentive to keep the system going. In a world where the oppressors are overpowered and the odds are impossible, the hope for the enslaved has a name: John Brown. This time, he'll finish what he started.
Royal Road4.65· 421
Anti-heroBase BuildingComedyGenius MCIsekaiMilitary+4