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The Homesteader's Almanac

Nerd Knight

C49/100
David has spent his entire life preparing to take over the family farm. Just when he thinks it's finally time, he finds out he's not in the family's plans. As he sets off to plow his last field, he and his 600-horsepower New Holland T9 tractor are whisked through a magical portal to another world. What awaits him is an idyllic frontier homestead — with squatters. He'll have to adjust to a world with magic and a System, figure out fuel for a modern tractor in what amounts to an 1800s setting, deal with unexpected politics, and come to terms with his new guard rabbits. No matter the obstacles, he is going to make his new homestead thrive.
Royal Road4.61· 317
Base BuildingCozyGameLitIsekaiLitRPGSecondary World

The Halcyon System

Aest Belequa

C49/100
Claire Pendleton has seen the thin spots between dimensions since she was five, when another reality merged into her family's apartment and killed her mother. Ten years later, those weak spots start opening during her sister's graduation — and the boundaries between realities collapse. Trapped in a global disaster, Claire finds a powerful system granting her skills and power-ups. A shadowy agency resisting the anomalous apocalypse takes interest in her. Now she must fight unknowable horrors, answer inexplicable inquiries, and reckon with globe-spanning organizations to discover the truth about the apocalypse, her family, and what she is becoming.
pf7.0· 1Royal Road4.55· 667
LitRPGMysteryPost-apocalypticSecondary WorldSystem ApocalypseUrban Fantasy+1

Tower of Cards

J. Pal

C49/100
Almost half a century has passed since prison ships discovered the mysterious Tower rising out of the Indian Ocean, known as Gaia. Monarchies and trading giants came together to build a city around it and contain the monsters spilling out of its rune-covered structure. The few who dared enter and climb it learned the magic of Gaia's runic cards. Most people enter the Tower seeking fame, fortune, or power. Not Diya Sen. He climbs hoping to find clues about his missing brother and to solve Gaia's mysteries — but warring noble houses stand in his way. Perhaps the talents of a Spell Thief will help where the direct approach cannot.
Goodreads4.30· 697
Hard MagicMysterySecondary WorldSkill CollectionTower ClimbingWeak to Strong

Surgecaller

Todd Herzman

C49/100
Huon is weak — a surgecaller who escaped into the wilds with only one goal: survive. Now he is Oathbound, forced to fight in an arena and become stronger than he ever thought possible. As he realizes he can grow powerful, a new goal forms: kill the dragon rider, the Immortal of Fire. His goal is impossible. To succeed, he'll have to advance beyond anything the realm has ever seen — in a world with magical beasts where surgecallers can cultivate essence to strengthen their weapons, enhance their bodies, and wield elemental magic.
Goodreads4.23· 1K
Anti-heroCultivationHard MagicSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Soul Forging

RainWatcher

C49/100
By the time college student Jayce understood that humanity had lost control of its own destiny, he had already been enslaved by another race and put to work as the subordinate of a noble's daughter. He was summoned to another world as someone else's gacha prize — and in this world, humans are nothing more than C-Rank trash. Follow one young man's journey as he struggles from pitiful slavery to reach heights he never could have imagined.
Royal Road4.59· 633
Dungeon CrawlingGameLitIsekaiLitRPGSecondary WorldStats+1

Source & Soul: A Deckbuilding LitRPG

Furious Scribe

C49/100
Hull is living on the streets of Treledyne, scraping by and searching for cards from the Demon Realm — the only ones he can wield — hoping to build a deck powerful enough to take revenge on those who wronged him. Basil is a noble's third son with no path to glory, pinning his hopes on the Rising Stars Tournament to raise his soul to Rare and step out of his brothers' shadows. When these two young men duel, they set each other on a path to greatness neither could have imagined. In a world where every accomplished soul leaves a card behind, the one with the most cards has the most power — and the Orc tribes are gathering on the horizon.
Royal Road4.60· 470
GameLitGenius MCLitRPGSecondary WorldSkill CollectionWeak to Strong

Theos

Arthur Wordsmith

C49/100
Luke died, and he didn't like it. So when a chance to stave off death for good presented itself — along with powers he could only have dreamed of — he took it and didn't look back. Nothing comes free, however. Wielding an artifact desired by forces far beyond his imagination, he must use wits, luck, and pluck to survive a manhunt orchestrated by the rulers of his new world: a pantheon of deities drawn straight from myth — the Olympians. All he needs to do is ensure the witness to his resurrection doesn't talk, figure out how cultivation works, and do some quests. It could be worse.
Royal Road4.57· 697Goodreads4.21· 285
Base BuildingCultivationGameLitIsekaiLitRPGMystery+5

Disregard Fantasy, Acquire Currency

Nemobrosus

C49/100
Business magnate Willem dies at age 87, entirely alone — and is reincarnated into a world of sword and sorcery, grand adventure, and life-threatening monsters. He stands poised to enjoy a life of splendor. Only, he doesn't care one whit about any of that. To him, there's only one magic: correcting an inefficient market. He mastered that sorcery long ago, and he's certainly not about to learn another when the old tricks work just as well in a new world. No matter how fantastical the setting, one thing never changes — money makes the world go round.
Royal Road4.54· 670
Base BuildingComedyGenius MCIsekaiMerchantOlder MC+1

Defier of Fate

J P Koenig

C49/100
When Fate itself fails to kill him, even the gods should tremble. Taliesin was supposed to die in an apocalyptic war, sacrificing himself so his people could escape. Instead, he found himself lost within the Void beyond time and space — a realm untouched by creation yet bound by Fate itself. There he glimpsed the Akashic Records, the foundations of reality, and understood the secrets that grant gods their life and mortals their power. But even the Void couldn't contain him forever. Pulled into a new world spiraling toward its own Ragnarok, Taliesin refuses to let another civilization burn. With nothing but his wits and fragments of his former might, he must reclaim his strength, forge powerful alliances, and rewrite destiny before the Twilight of the Gods consumes all.
Royal Road4.61· 303
Competent MCGameLitIsekaiOverpowered MCSecondary WorldSoft Magic+1

Reset

Brian Andrews

C49/100
Deep in the Afghan mountains, Sergeant Michael Pitcher discovers an object with powers that defy explanation. After interacting with it, he suffers a traumatic seizure and is flown home for evaluation. Cleared by doctors, Michael returns to his wife Josie — but he is a changed man. The once-loving husband is now coldly withdrawn, and soon disappears after emptying their bank account. When a team of scientists connected to Pitcher also vanishes, CIA agent Dean Ninemeyer joins forces with Josie in a desperate race against time to unravel a chilling conspiracy that already has the fate of the world in its grip.
Goodreads3.76· 1.2K
MysterySci-fi

Prehistoric Barbarian

Mangroowe

C49/100
The future became a peaceful utopia in the Core Regions — no crime, no wars, no conflicts, even rude behavior is rare. People grew complacent and lazy. The main character isn't a hero or a typical protagonist. Calling him an opportunist would be the least offensive description. In an age of enforced peace, he sticks out like a sore thumb — particularly when nobody is around to notice a few shady happenings.
Royal Road4.61· 297
Anti-heroSci-fi

Spellfletcher

System Lad

C49/100
Thomas Grimshaw was on a climbing trip in Yosemite when the gods reshaped the Earth and imposed the rules of the Great Game. In an instant the world changed — terraformed, filled with danger, and governed by a new system of power and class. Thomas was granted a rare class option: Spellfletcher, an arcane arrowsmith built for survival in a harsh world. Why Earth? Why do the gods compete? Do humans have free will, or are they merely pawns? Thomas will uncover these mysteries in time. For now, simply surviving is the priority — but surviving can become thriving, and Thomas might discover the Great Game is one he can actually win.
Goodreads4.32· 372
Class SystemHard MagicLitRPGSystem ApocalypseUrban Fantasy

No Place for Hope

M. E. Cuartas

C49/100
In a cosmos fractured into human subspecies — shaped by extreme worlds and locked into brutal caste and race-purity hierarchies — an RPG-based System reigns supreme. Its second law forbids all automation: every machine, every spell, every tool must be guided by a living hand. Hope is a street-raised orphan from a dead-rock wasteland. Hurled onto an Earth-like planet full of grass, clouds, and color he has never seen, he must heed the ping of system messages, hunt and be hunted, and level up in a place built to test him. The planet-side survival arc gives way, in time, to the spacefaring world of feudal space pirates that defines his fate.
Royal Road4.62· 167
Base BuildingCraftingLitRPGOverpowered MCPost-apocalypticSci-fi+3

Star Runner

B. V. Larson

C49/100
Two centuries after humanity colonized the stars, the peaceful Conclave faces a new threat: alien invaders attacking fringe settlements while the core worlds dream on. Captain Bill Gorman has vanished — but a clone set aside for exactly this emergency awakens and begins piecing together what went wrong on the frontier, what happened to the original Gorman, and why the colonies are being picked off one by one.
Goodreads4.18· 1K
Competent MCMilitaryReincarnationSci-fi

The Legionnaire

DR PEAK

C49/100
Cassius Null joined the legions for food and silver — anything to escape the slums of Aurum. Now on the frontlines of a war no one was ready for, he must find the strength and courage to become more than just a soldier. In the madness of a world suddenly expanded, there is an opportunity to go beyond his soiled roots and become someone others look toward — if he has the will and skill to seize the chance.
Royal Road4.61· 290
Base BuildingGameLitGrimdarkHorrorLitRPGMilitary+3

Mage Among Superheroes

Halosty

C49/100
Turlough is a mage — and an orc, generally considered less intelligent than humans, born with the Curse of the Barbarian that limits him to leveling only through combat. In his home world of necromancers, dragons, and invading armies, that would be manageable. But an unprecedented peace reigns across the land, leaving little opportunity to advance. When he spots a portal in his master's study, he steps through hoping to find a horde of demons. Instead he ends up in a modern city full of skyscrapers and people in colorful outfits: superheroes — and, of course, supervillains. What dangers and opportunities await him in such a strange world?
Royal Road4.47· 710Goodreads4.17· 6
Class SystemComedyIsekaiLitRPGNon-human MCSci-fi+2

Chronicles of the last Leïn

Not_Important

C49/100
This is the story of a child who should be dead — for nothing survives what she fled. She escaped true horror and was rescued through a single extended arm, an act that broke prophecies and shattered Truth. Now she faces the grim reality of survival: not just staying alive, but learning to live in a world she was never meant to inhabit. It is a world of fantasy, where magic exists and marvelous creatures roam the lands — but the reality is neither fantastical nor forgiving. It is an Empire built on the ashes of war, ruled by the Imperatrix, where power belongs to the wealthy and the ruthless.
pf7.0· 1Royal Road4.60· 440
CozyGenius MCGrimdarkLoner MCOverpowered MCSecondary World+3

Axe Druid

Christopher Johns

C49/100
Chris and his friends had been hearing voices begging for help, but dreams aren't supposed to come true. When they finally answer the call, they're pulled into a fantastic world with game-like mechanics — the world of Brindolla. There's one major problem: War, the big baddie of the universe, has come to collect another planet. The Brindollan Gods can only hold him back for a short while. Either Chris and his friends eliminate War's vanguard of minions and generals, giving the Gods a chance to keep him out for good — or War comes for Earth.
Goodreads4.27· 958
Class SystemGameLitIsekaiMilitarySecondary World

Sigma 16

Erios909

C49/100
Talia, daughter of a wealthy conglomerate CEO, joins the droves of new human explorers combing through uncharted space to make her own mark on the universe. Her resilience is tested when her brand-new exploration corvette crashes onto an uncharted planet, Sigma 16. Equipped with a state-of-the-art exo-suit, a semi-operational colony bootstrap system, and a sometimes-annoying AI companion, Talia sees the crash as an opportunity. She sets out to build her base, explore the expansive dunes and jungles, and uncover the planet's resources and secrets. But Sigma 16 may not be as uninhabited as it first seems — and a potentially hostile alien species with equally advanced technology is watching.
Royal Road4.58· 634
Base BuildingCompetent MCCraftingGenius MCLitRPGPost-apocalyptic+1

Digital Rebirth Chronicles

Robert Hinshaw

C49/100
Noah didn't expect much from entering the VR world of Asgard's Fall. Even the experimental full-immersion technology didn't deter him — it beat living in a nursing home and offered a chance to feel young again. But something is wrong with the game. The gods running it don't behave like AIs, and some players act as though they know secrets Noah doesn't. Forced to use skills abandoned a lifetime ago alongside new digital abilities that resemble ancient magic, Noah must unravel the mysteries of Asgard's Fall — and confront an ancient threat that has forced a hidden world into the light.
Goodreads4.31· 515
LitRPGMysteryOlder MCUrban FantasyVRMMO