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RavensDagger

B65/100
Charlie Norwood, a goblin-exterminating bounty hunter working in the frontier desert, finds herself embroiled in conspiracy when she stumbles across some gnomish warmechs chasing down an elven prince. A fantasy western.
Royal Road4.67· 400Goodreads4.39· 84
Competent MCMysteryPost-apocalypticSecondary 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

Manifold Mirror Mage

Karnevale

B65/100
Working-class student Giorgio deGloria has a lofty goal: to become one of the most powerful archmages in the Ringed City and explore the depths of the Crystal Ring Academy, a megalithic dungeon-turned-college at the ancient city's heart. His classmates have repertoires full of rare and lavish spells. The most powerful spell Gio can get his hands on before the first day of school is a paltry uncommon spell called [Reflect]. To distinguish himself, he'll need to survive an endless dungeon full of magic and mystery, navigate a hellish bureaucracy authored by ignorant nobles, and prove himself worthy to the spirits that make the world tick — all while maintaining a 4.0 GPA.
Royal Road4.54· 1.1K
Competent MCDungeon CrawlingHard MagicLitRPGSchoolSecondary World+1

Level One God

Zachary Scott

B65/100
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?
Goodreads4.41· 459
Class SystemCompetent MCDungeon CrawlingLitRPGSecondary WorldStats+1

Hero of Thera

Eric Nylund

B65/100
Thera is a real kingdom at the crossroads of many other worlds, but with all the augmented-reality interfaces, character progression, and game mechanics that players know and love. Players are sponsored by actual demon lords, gods and goddesses, or Lovecraftian nightmares — and the stakes of the Game are nothing less than Creation itself. Hector Savage, gamer extraordinaire, comes to Thera confident in his skills. Nothing can prepare him, though, for the schemes of Abyssal Lords, rampaging barbarian ghosts, and a host of nefarious forces who want him dead before he can even make fifth level.
Goodreads4.32· 1.5K
Competent MCGameLitIsekaiLitRPGSecondary World

Gunboat

Dean Henegar

B65/100
Coast Guard Captain Jesse Watkins is killed in action. Instead of moving on to the afterlife, Watkins wakes up as something different — he has been reborn as the core of a war-ravaged starship and must work to repair his vessel if he wants to find his way home. Threats to his new existence abound, both in the darkness of space and lurking aboard the ruined hulk of the ship he now commands. With a lifetime of naval service experience to draw upon, Captain Watkins must become something more than he was before — a vessel powerful enough to survive the journey home.
Goodreads4.41· 451
Competent MCDungeon CoreLitRPGNon-human MCReincarnationSci-fi

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

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· 653
Competent MCIsekaiMilitarySoft Magic

Words of Power

Shami Stovall

B64/100
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.
Goodreads4.41· 381
Base BuildingCompetent MCHard MagicSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Drone Rising

Kyle Johnson

B64/100
In the far future, humanity has expanded into the stars. In the Collective, energy is limitless, communication is nearly instantaneous, and even death has been vanquished — Citizens are reborn after each death. Benning Kidd is a Drone, the lowest class of humanity, existing without memory, purpose, or self-awareness. An accident changes everything, and Benning becomes the first Drone in history to become a Citizen. Uniquely talented and unscrupulously driven, she chooses a path of battle and glory. But her existence is a threat to those in power, and forces move against her from the moment she steps out of the respawn chamber. Her only chance of survival is to be stronger, smarter, and more cunning than those who stand in her way.
Goodreads4.40· 595
Competent MCLitRPGNon-human MCSci-fiStatsWeak to Strong

Fate's Anvil

Scott Browder

B63/100
Morgan Mackenzie had a very bad day. First at work, then at home — and then her bathtub fell through a portal to another world, with her in it. Now she is stranded thousands of miles from any civilization, armed with nothing but the bathtub and a lace puffball scrubby. She did learn magic, so that is sorta nice. Now if only she could find some clothes.
Goodreads4.30· 1.5K
ComedyCompetent MCHard MagicIsekaiSecondary WorldSkill Collection

The First Rule of a Nobleman

Alexander Gerda

B63/100
Silvian Crass had his own space fleet, the best reputation in the world, and then a death sentence. When the chance to take a new life came, he seized it — choosing a new body and a new world: a young nobleman in the Russian Empire. He will have to start biting throats again. Prove he belongs at the top. But fate gave him another go, and he does not plan to waste it.
Goodreads4.40· 530
Anti-heroCompetent MCIsekaiOlder MCReincarnation

The Saga of the Nothing Mage

J. P. Valentine

B63/100
"There's nothing there." Those words were nearly a death sentence for young Declan. Without detectable mana, there could be no studying at the sky-piercing Pinnacle Towers, no great monster hunts, and no following in his legendary father's footsteps. He would be a cripple. But when a terrible accident forces him to flee, Declan learns the true nature of his mana. Just because it doesn't resonate at any known frequency doesn't mean it isn't magic. Just because it can't be seen doesn't mean it isn't there — and Declan is beginning to discover just how dangerous the Nothing can be.
pf8.0· 1Goodreads4.13· 1.7K
Competent MCSecondary WorldSoft MagicWeak to Strong

Beta-Testing the Apocalypse

JG Spaulding

B63/100
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.
Goodreads4.40· 495
ComedyCompetent MCLitRPGPost-apocalypticStatsSystem Apocalypse+2

Hard Luck Hermit

MrMander

B62/100
Two years ago, Corey Vash got abducted by aliens. A few months later, mostly by accident, he saved the universe. The parades and free drinks are long over, leaving his crew of bounty hunters with nothing but the expectations of a frightened galaxy and the overbearing attention of governments who want picture-perfect heroes. Now a murderous new threat is stalking their every move, forcing Corey and the crew of the Wild Card Wanderer to move past the bullets, booze, and blind luck that kept them alive — and become actual heroes, even if they aren't very good at it.
Royal Road4.67· 255
ComedyCompetent MCMysterySci-fi

No Hit Hero

Drewbet

B62/100
John Hale spent years mastering Elder Veilfall, a brutally difficult open-world fantasy game. When his ceiling kills him, he wakes up inside the game — at the exact moment everything starts going wrong. With muscle memory from thousands of no-hit speedruns and an encyclopedic understanding of a world that shouldn't exist, John must fight an apocalypse that's happening ahead of schedule. Except this time there are no continues, no save points, and no respawns.
Royal Road4.65· 584
Competent MCGameLitIsekaiLitRPGRegression

String

Sivam

B62/100
After a short-sighted endeavor to quietly make some money, Maxis Troy finds himself a target of the Brotherhood of Cain — a violent gang led by a man renowned worldwide as the Grim Reaper. Luck appears to be on his side when a girl with her own agenda comes to his aid. Armed with the superpower to alter and improve any technology with just a touch, the two enter a three-way stalemate between the embodiment of death itself, a worldwide organization of religious zealots, and a woman who fancies herself a Goddess. In a world rampant with superpowers, criminal organizations, and questionable authorities, Maxis will quickly learn that a cruel world only breeds crueler people.
Royal Road4.63· 885
Competent MCGrimdarkLitRPGMysterySci-fiSecondary World+2

High Table Hijinks

Christopher Johns

B62/100
Sergeant Marcus Bola and his platoon flew to a newly uncovered desert temple on an unusual mission — something in the ruined holy place had killed many, and survivors met an ambush before reaching safety. The attack left Marcus wounded and medically discharged from the only life he'd known. Laying low and tending bar while waiting for answers, Marcus finds that slinging cocktails and talking to the patrons is not as easy as it sounds: gods, monsters, and devils keep showing up to try the mixers. Something inside him is calling the shots — and it is not tequila.
Goodreads4.40· 429
ComedyCompetent MCOlder MCSoft MagicUrban Fantasy

Wish Upon the Stars

Malcolm Tent

B62/100
In Unity territory, power and public perception go hand-in-hand, empowering an elite class of cultivators. For most, becoming a cultivator is impossible. On his 18th birthday, Shane receives a cryptic message from his absentee father that puts everything he's known into question — he has the bloodline of the Wishmaster, the most powerful criminal in the universe, and the ability to grant people's wishes. The more Shane experiments with his wish-granting ability, the more incredible it seems. By granting wishes, he can gain skills, items, and stat points, bypassing the slow road of conventional cultivation. The Wishmaster has many descendants, so the competition to succeed him is steep. Until Shane is strong enough, staying hidden is imperative. His plan: progress through the ranks of heroes while concealing the true source of his powers.
Goodreads4.23· 1.5K
Class SystemCompetent MCLitRPGSchoolSci-fiSkill Collection+2

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