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Accidental Traveler

C.J. Davis, Jamie Davis

B61/100
Hal Dix is stuck in an unlucky life — his wife is a successful executive while his IT help desk job leads nowhere. Then a strange woman at a flea market sells him a bootleg early release of the highly anticipated Fantasma game. Hal should be careful what he wishes for. Whisked away into the game he only wanted to play for a weekend, he enters a world desperate for a hero — and is forced to become an Accidental Thief, and perhaps the mythical hero of prophecy.
Goodreads3.98· 1.7K
ComedyCompetent MCGameLitIsekaiLitRPGSecondary World

Kind Young Master

Wen Lambo

B61/100
Gao Fushuai had given up on cultivation before being chosen as a disciple by Xiao Sheng, the legendary "Living Blade." His master must soon ascend to the heavens, and Fushuai is determined to be worthy of that legacy before he does. When the Living Blade ascends, Fushuai will be left to find his own Path. The more power he gains, the more clearly he sees that the will of heaven is twisted by death, suffering, and dishonor — corrupted to its roots. To heal the world, he will shatter the heavens.
Royal Road4.67· 183
Competent MCCultivationOverpowered MCSecondary WorldWeak to StrongWuxia

This Venerable Demon is Grossly Unqualified

Turniper

B61/100
Elder Hu Xin, the Crimson Saint of the Pathless Night Sect, is missing — not physically, his body is still walking the sect like he owns the place. But behind his eyes, a stranger is panicking, because his transmigration experience came with no instructions and none of Elder Hu's centuries of memories. Fellow elders, disciples, and dogs of the orthodoxy all have expectations about who Hu Xin is — and Hu Xin has no idea what those expectations are, let alone how to meet them. He doesn't even know how to work his own cultivation, let alone nurture someone else's. Shielded by audacity and armed with bullshit, this newly venerable and grossly unqualified demon is making it up as he goes.
Royal Road4.64· 668
ComedyCompetent MCCultivationIsekaiMysteryOverpowered MC+3

Deeper Darker

mooderino

C59/100
Set in the far future, humanity has reached the stars — only to find it is not the first to do so. A long-dead alien race has left behind ancient cities, abandoned starships, temples, and fortified bunkers filled with artefacts so advanced they feel more like magic than technology. Powerful enough for a single person to dominate a star system, these relics are also fiercely defended by bewildering security measures. Those who are compatible with the alien technology can augment themselves to face the increasingly extreme protocols in the depths of the ruins — and by doing so, attain greater and greater power. The rewards are immense, but only those willing to go further and risk more will uncover the greatest secrets of a civilisation that vanished long before the first human walked upright.
Royal Road4.55· 910
ComedyCompetent MCDungeon CrawlingHard MagicSci-fiStats

The Last Legend Reborn

Borgy60

C59/100
Rodric Vale spent sixty years as the world's greatest hero. He answered every summons, fought every war, saved every kingdom that asked. He reached Level 100 — the only person ever to do so — and became a legend. On his deathbed, surrounded by kings and nobles, he realized he'd wasted his entire life serving other people's causes. He never explored the places he wanted to see. He was everyone's sword, and he died tired. Then he wakes up at the summoning circle. Young again. Level 1 again. This time, he's not being anyone's hero.
Goodreads4.22· 1.4K
Competent MCLitRPGOlder MCOverpowered MCRegressionSecondary World+1

Inheritance of the Wandering Weaponmaster

No_Creative_Name

C59/100
Legends may die, but their power never fades. Ezra was born an unwanted son to an ill prostitute in the slums of a small town. As he grew, stories of Knights filled his mind and consumed his dreams — even as he knew he'd never become one. Then came a dream of a man who was not a Knight but something more: a Master. That man, Jormun, died, and his shade decided to take Ezra on as a protege. Now Ezra's ambitions stretch beyond knighthood toward mastery — and perhaps something beyond even that — in a wide world whose threats are slowly revealed.
Royal Road4.66· 139
Competent MCMilitaryOverpowered MCPost-apocalypticSecondary WorldSoft Magic+2

Galactogon

Vasily Mahanenko

C58/100
Twelve players set off through the online world of Galaktogon, lured by the game owners' promise of an enormous payoff. The question is who will survive to tell the tale — which of the twelve is a potential hero, and which a traitor in the making? A knight or a coward? Each of the twelve will have to choose their path. Each will keep a poker face. But if a billion-pound prize calls your name, you can't conceal your choice.
Goodreads4.17· 1.4K
Competent MCLitRPGSci-fiVRMMO

RE: Knight

S Williams

C58/100
Earth has been pulled into a vast multiverse trial where survival isn't guaranteed and failure means extinction. Humanity is scattered across dangerous levels, each more brutal than the last, racing to clear them before everything collapses. Ethan has seen how it ends. He fought through every level, watched heroes rise and fall, and stood on the final battlefield as the last survivor — only to realize that even victory had come too late. Until he is given a single question: would he like to restart? With nothing left to lose, Ethan accepts. It's time to pick up the mantle and become the Knight humanity needs.
Royal Road4.50· 935
Competent MCCultivationIsekaiLitRPGOverpowered MCRegression+2

Tower of Jack

Sean Loomer

C58/100
Jack Atlas, self-proclaimed 'World's Best Assassin', had a simple plan: retire in style and marry the girl of his dreams. Then he gets placed in The Tower — a divine deathtrap where gods pit their creations against each other for the ultimate prize. The catch? If you lose, your chances of finding a decent bar in oblivion are slim. Jack soon finds himself on the wrong side of the Black Centipede, a notorious assassin cult with a charming recruitment policy: join or they'll murder everyone he loves. If anyone's crazy enough to not just survive but win against The Tower, it's Jack.
pf7.0· 1Goodreads4.38· 421
Anti-heroComedyCompetent MCDungeon CrawlingLitRPGTower Climbing

Hack, Slash & Burn

Todd Herzman

C58/100
The orc apocalypse has arrived. In the small village of Berring, Calder runs the Broken Mug tavern. He was once a gifted swordsman who could have been a war hero — if only his side had won. His injured leg tells him those days are over. When a Dark Portal opens in the village square and orcs stream through, slaughtering his neighbors and setting everything ablaze, a Soldier of Light appears and grants Calder a Weapon Stone. His leg is healed. His body pulses with superhuman strength. And he'll do anything to protect his people.
Goodreads4.36· 700
Class SystemCompetent MCLitRPGSecondary WorldSystem ApocalypseWeak to Strong

War Aeternus

Charles Dean, Joshua Swayne

C58/100
Lee is a quiet office worker who leads a life of solitude, comfort, and routine — until a drunken god shows up and whisks him off to another world, demanding he serve as a pawn in a game between the gods. Trapped in a world full of danger, magic, and creatures he's never imagined outside of fairy tales, Lee has to figure out how to stay alive long enough to make it back home.
Goodreads4.17· 1.4K
Competent MCHard MagicIsekaiLitRPGSecondary World

Fayroll

Andrey Vasilyev

C58/100
Journalist Harriton is assigned to write articles on the virtual world of Fayroll and its developers. He grudgingly accepts — and soon finds himself enthralled by the fantasy world and its quests. As 'Hagen the Warrior', he enters a world where the thirst for success and legendary items spills into reality, and high-stakes bets are made on virtual characters. As Harriton's decisions in-game begin affecting his real life, he is drawn into the attention of powerful players and Moscow elite with a devouring interest in Fayroll's outcome — and discovers that this fantastic world conceals many dangers.
Goodreads4.18· 1.4K
ComedyCompetent MCGameLitLitRPGMysteryVRMMO

Arena

Holly Jennings

C58/100
Kali Ling competes in the RAGE tournaments—the Virtual Gaming League's elite competition where the world's best gamers fight to the digital death on national TV. The pain is real, even if the weapons are digital, and every bloody kill is broadcast to millions. Chosen as the first female captain in RAGE history, Kali is at the top of her game—until a teammate overdoses. Now she must confront what the tournament actually is, because the VGL hides dark secrets, and the only way to change the rules is to fight from the inside.
Goodreads3.74· 1.6K
Competent MCGrimdarkLitRPGSci-fiVRMMO

The Illusionist

D.J. Bodden, James A. Hunter

C58/100
Alan Campbell thought he had landed his dream job working on a revolutionary VRMMORPG with Osmark Technologies — until the project was canceled. He has one weekend to dive into an untested world full of intrigue, violence, and corruption to prove that Viridian Gate Online works. But the AIs running the game have their own plans for his soul. Set a year before the events of Viridian Gate Online: Cataclysm, this series takes readers back to when VGO was just a game — or so it seemed.
Goodreads4.36· 645
Competent MCLitRPGSecondary WorldVRMMO

Common Clay

WanderingLeaf

C58/100
Clay has always lived in a world of heroes and monsters. From childhood he trained — body, speed, and courage — all in hopes of receiving a Class that would grant him the power to protect the people he cares about. Then, on the day of his Choosing, the gods give him nothing. As every one of his friends sets out to become a hero, Clay is told he is a [Commoner], suited for farm labor and nothing more. He decides to fight the monsters anyway. Armed with his wits and little else, Clay sets out to show everyone what a [Commoner] can really do.
Royal Road4.61· 788
Class SystemCompetent MCDungeon CrawlingLitRPGSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Ace of Capes

kayday

C56/100
All Lexie wanted was to go to an elite college. But life deals her a bad hand and she's transported to a new world as the ten-year-old daughter of a once-beloved hero turned supervillain. The system wants her to be a hero, but she's only focused on finding a way home. Lexie isn't particularly brave or strong, and her deck-building powers are too weak for hero work. But as an overachiever with a passion for studying, she's confident that empirical research and a number two pencil can solve any problem. As unstable dungeons spawn and new villains arise, she digs deeper into her power mechanics and reverse-engineers a winning hand — one that may not be entirely legal. Maybe Lexie will be a hero after all. But it won't be like any of them expect.
Royal Road4.62· 651
Competent MCCozyDungeon CrawlingGenius MCIsekaiLitRPG+6

Nonstandard Progression

Liam Lawson

C56/100
Jerrell Hawkins had a plan: marry Nadine Hartwell, study magic at University, and serve his kingdom in the prestigious Orichalcum Company. To do this, he needs a Class — but when his plan to create a new spellcasting class fails, everything goes sideways when an enemy sleeper agent burns down his world and Nadine is infected with lycanthropy. Jerrell's pursuit of a new Class leaves him with strange, controversial abilities: he can create and bond lycanthropes, and he is learning elemental magic. With Nadine now his bonded companion, he enlists in the military — and may find that the fate of the world rests on his shoulders.
Goodreads4.38· 275
Class SystemCompetent MCMilitarySecondary WorldSoft Magic

The Tech Specialist

Incarnated Whisp

C56/100
Nick first arrived in the Pokémon world just over a year ago. Now he's trying to win a worldwide tournament while maneuvering beneath the pressure of his far-too-influential sponsor — and that doesn't even include dealing with the baggage Unova carries as a region. At least Nick has his team, some helpful foreknowledge, and access to neat technology he considers himself skilled with. A Pokémon fanfiction about a trainer who starts with a decently powerful team, competing at the level of Champions rather than earning Gym Badges. Inspired by the events of Pokémon Black and White 2.
Royal Road4.65· 160
Competent MCGameLitIsekaiOverpowered MC

Damsels of Distress

Dakota Krout

C55/100
Lily Red has trained her entire life to become a system-acknowledged scout, mastering hunting, tracking, and trap-making under her Grandmother's guidance. When she uncovers an impending invasion by the brutal Wolf Warband from the frozen north, she races to warn the city-states — only to be mocked and dismissed. Undeterred, Lily vows to protect the people of Canu Moch herself, even as the Big Bad Wolf names her his prophesied partner and the only obstacle in his path. A series of fairy-tale-inspired progression fantasy adventures featuring competent heroines in a secondary world.
Goodreads4.37· 342
Class SystemCompetent MCHard MagicSecondary WorldSkill Collection

Ghost of the Truthseeker

Strungbound

C55/100
On an ordinary day, an alien descends to Earth and unleashes devastation, triggering Earth's premature initiation into a universe-spanning empire of cultivators, beasts, and entities of ungodly power — all guided by a mysterious AI System. The System's first quest? Kill someone. Amidst the chaos, Alistair must choose whether to fight for power or stand against evil. Separated from his family, he must navigate a world where power is won through conflict and cultivation leads to the Peak.
Goodreads4.14· 1.3K
Competent MCCultivationLitRPGSystem ApocalypseUrban FantasyWeak to Strong