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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

Dao of the Deal

jacobk

B64/100
When Muchen wakes up as an orphan living a hardscrabble life in a world of magical kung fu, he immediately sets his sights on the obvious goal: get rich. Money can make ghosts work hard, let alone cultivators. He can worry about immortality once he has secured a comfortable standard of living. Unfortunately, on the Qianzhan Continent, it takes a clever mind to earn a fortune — but it takes strength to keep it.
Royal Road4.64· 920
ComedyCultivationGenius MCIsekaiMerchantReincarnation+1

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

Zero-Day Saint — I Cheat Smarter

Lilly Fox

B64/100
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 Road4.68· 244
Genius MCHorrorLGBTQ+LitRPGNon-human MCPost-apocalyptic+2

Equilibrium

Excalionar

B64/100
Peter V. Kastell is taken from the cycle of reincarnation and given a purpose — one he can fulfill in nearly any way he chooses. But his soul is damaged, leaving him at an unforeseen disadvantage. Thanks to a benevolent Goddess, he gains different advantages to compensate. Along the way, his story will be uncovered, and he will gain powers beyond what he ever thought possible.
Royal Road4.60· 967Goodreads4.25· 67
Anti-heroGenius MCIsekaiLitRPGOverpowered MCReincarnation+2

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

An Antihero's Journey: Book One, The Crow

Malaklein

B64/100
Burton was a good man — if gullible — until his superhero girlfriend cheated on him with his best friend, also a superhero, and his entire family took her side. In a fit of suicidal rage, something changed: he became a Wisher, smarter and sharper than before, yet fundamentally still himself. Now he lives as a vigilante — not an official hero but a rogue man of the night who beats up bad guys and has a talking dog and cat for company. He is a cynic, a loner, and a sadistic hermit with no love to give. That is about to change, and so is his pain.
Royal Road4.67· 322
Anti-heroComedyGenius MCLoner MCOverpowered MCSci-fi+2

House of the Dragon: Aegon's Infinite Class Tree

Deep__aureate

B64/100
When a game developer from modern-day Earth wakes in the body of Prince Aegon Targaryen — the long-forgotten third son of Baelon the Brave — he expects a swift, bloody end in the shadows of his more famous brothers. But fate has other plans. Aegon remembers everything: dragons, fire, politics, and the unfinished class tree system he'd been coding at the time of his death. Somehow, it lives within him now. Each decision grants him access to traits and abilities no Targaryen has ever wielded: [Pyromancer], [Demon Knight], and secrets yet to be unlocked. As the Seven Kingdoms groan under the weight of scheming lords and rising dragons, Aegon walks a knife's edge — with a mind sharpened by two lifetimes and power drawn from beyond the known world.
Royal Road4.59· 990
Class SystemGenius MCIsekaiLitRPGOverpowered MCReincarnation+2

Beware of Kittens - Scientific Sorcery!

Vitaly S Alexius

B63/100
Ioan Starfall, a Nordstaii teen on the cusp of adulthood, drowned as his village was set ablaze by a dragon. A biochemist from our world woke up in his body — and refused to become a hero seeking revenge when offered incredible power by a witch. There are far more important things on the to-do list. Reborn in a land of Nordic cultivators and giant monsters, there is a whole new world of science to explore, witchy powers to experiment with, and magical creatures just waiting to be dissected.
Royal Road4.68· 218
ComedyCultivationGameLitGenius MCIsekaiLitRPG+3

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

Applied Cultivation

CatVI

B63/100
They called him trash — until he put the Dao under the microscope. When demons slaughter his new family, computer scientist Johan — now reborn as Yu Han — survives by pure wit. He gains access to the mysterious system that all cultivators use to defy the heavens. But it won't be enough. Betrayed and stripped of everything, his only path forward is joining a prestigious immortal sect. Before he can even step inside, he slaps the faces of two powerful young masters. Yu Han should have no path forward — but in his past life he was a corporate warfare consultant who treated business rivals like failed hypotheses to be mercilessly eliminated. Trash talent? He'll prototype his own. Watch this blood-thirsty fatty sprint toward immortality, bringing algorithms to sword fights and treating cultivation like a hostile takeover.
Royal Road4.28· 1.2K
Anti-heroBase BuildingCultivationGameLitGenius MCIsekai+6

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

Hocus, Pocus, Hypothesis: A Scientific Isekai

Persimmon

B63/100
The Scientist cared only for the Truth. His brilliant career was thrown into doubt because fools could not see what was before their eyes. When he reaches too far in his search for undeniable proof, he dies. Against all reason, he wakes up — reborn in a coven of witches, in a world where magic is king and science is unknown. But the System is the key to finding the Truth. Now going by the name Orion Voidwalker, he will use his scientific knowledge to reach heights previously thought impossible, even as chaos spreads through the Cyril Magocracy and not everyone is content to watch him discard dogma in his quest.
Royal Road4.50· 1.1K
GameLitGenius MCHard MagicIsekaiLitRPGOverpowered MC+2

The Power of Formations

em_rez

B62/100
Emmet Laghaz loved puzzles — all day, all night, puzzles. Ever since he was a child, Emmet could turn anything into a puzzle.
Royal Road4.61· 911
ComedyGenius MCHard MagicSchoolSecondary World

Ungilded (Dark-type specialist Pokemon SI)

Cammy Deer

B62/100
A dark-type specialist Pokemon self-insert fic. As a Poochyena in Vinewood Town, survival means building bonds and forging friendships — though no one would recommend doing that with a Dark type. After all, they're nearly as bad as Ghosts.
Royal Road4.66· 370
Genius MCIsekaiNon-human MCSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Theseus

Sigil of the Void

B61/100
Meryll Watkins is a corporate IT consultant on her way home to Titan after an exhausting business trip on Mars. After a run-in with security, she's ready to spend the first wing of the flight getting some well-earned sleep. When she wakes up, she finds herself floating in an empty void with several new cybernetic implants jutting from her skin — and when she closes her eyes, she can see a dizzying display of data and machinery. She has somehow ended up inside an unfamiliar starship, acting as its living central processor. Coaxing the ragtag crew to release her back into the physical world, she discovers she's been unintentionally recruited by a band of pirates who mistook her for a human-like ship core. What follows is an exploration of her bizarre new existence, the day-to-day life of a space outlaw, a grand conspiracy, and the importance of an imperfect found family.
Royal Road4.69· 280Goodreads3.59· 500
Genius MCLoner MCMysteryNon-human MCSci-fiVRMMO

Secrets

David Musk

B61/100
Mana artists rule the world, and the path to power is a well-kept secret — restricted to state-approved programs and schools. Akari Zeller will never be a mana artist. Not if society has its way. She's a Bronze with no money, no family, and no connections. But technology is advancing too. And to a skilled hacker like Akari, no secret is safe forever. The dark web holds the keys to true power, advancement, and her only chance of survival.
Royal Road4.52· 1KGoodreads3.67· 65
Anti-heroCultivationGenius MCHard MagicMysterySchool+2

The Ghost Specialist

Incarnated Whisp

B61/100
Samuel Greyson wants to be a Ghost Type specialist, but living on the small Dewford Island makes that difficult — his mother doesn't want him to leave on his Pokémon Journey, and there are no Ghost Types nearby to catch. His ticket out comes from a discovery made while preparing for an impromptu challenge. Armed with impossible knowledge, Sam sets out to head into the world and take his dreams into his own hands. Set in the Pokémon anime and game world with a more grounded approach, the story follows a classic journey across Johto and Kanto just before Ash Ketchum's own start. No growth is immediately handed to Sam — any development he must work for.
Royal Road4.64· 742
Genius MCMonster TamingSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

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

Arcane Academy

A.P. Gore, Patricia Jones

B61/100
For two centuries, Daren Morin ruled as the Evil Lord through terror and cunning. Betrayal ended his reign — and now he wakes up eighteen years old again, stripped of power and trapped in a magic academy crawling with his old enemies, who mock him with the nickname 'Moron.' This time he's weaker. This time they think he's no threat. They're wrong. Daren remembers every secret, every spell, every betrayal — and he's going to use it all to survive, rise, and make them regret not finishing the job.
Goodreads4.22· 1.5K
Anti-heroDungeon CrawlingGenius MCReincarnationSchoolVillain MC