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A Tyrant, Sort Of

farawaymuse

B64/100
Sable didn't know what she'd expected from the afterlife, but turning into a giant flying lizard wasn't it. Thrust into a magic-filled fantasy world with an obscenely powerful body, things aren't entirely great: there are hordes of orcs to the north, an immortal undead legion to the south, and fourteen human kingdoms that want the first dragon in centuries dead. What's more, her [Hoard] and [Notoriety] stats make her stronger the more gold she has and the more people fear her — which explains why dragons in the past were such unsavory sorts. Maybe she can find less evil ways to progress. What are the odds taxes and propaganda can get her where she needs to be?
Royal Road4.60· 993
Base BuildingComedyCozyDungeon CrawlingGameLitIsekai+5

The First and Last Emperor

StaleCrow

B64/100
"Of course I'm a tyrant. I've never claimed to be anything else." — The First and Last Emperor. Solis is an escaped survivor of the Church of the Celestial Heir, a cult dedicated to the end of days. When the System Apocalypse arrives — one the world was warned about in advance — Solis finds himself struggling against his own tyrannical impulses in an effort to do good. A character-focused story of dramatic rise to power, featuring in-depth and unique system mechanics, a pure mage build, and themes of legacy in an apocalyptic society.
Royal Road4.67· 321
Anti-heroBase BuildingGenius MCLitRPGMysteryOverpowered MC+3

All Trades

Shane Walker

B64/100
Alex is broke — pretty much always has been. A misspent youth led to convictions and plea deals, leaving him with no career, no education, and no hope. Then the newest immersive MMO arrives with the ability to convert in-game earnings into real currency. Seizing the opportunity, Alex joins The Realms as Jack Alltrades, determined to make money any way he can. A master of none, he'll learn every trade possible to turn his life around — from merchant deals and goblin labor to corporate intrigue and dragon-saving quests.
Goodreads4.35· 1.4K
Base BuildingComedyLitRPGMerchantVRMMO

Gamble for Azeroth

Jesse Desire

B64/100
Arvis Godwyn was not a lucky man. Having Grand Marshall Garithos as his uncle and regent of his house was bad enough. Being exiled to guard the ruins of Stratholme was worse. But things truly spiral when he receives news of King Terenas' assassination — delivered in a very unusual manner. Now armed with a Chaos Gacha Variant System, Arvis must navigate a world unraveling around him.
Royal Road4.67· 298
Anti-heroBase BuildingGameLitHaremLitRPGPost-apocalyptic+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 Road4.27· 1.2K
Anti-heroBase BuildingCultivationGameLitGenius MCIsekai+6

The Slime Dungeon Chronicles

Jeffrey "Falcon" Logue

B63/100
Death came on swift wings. A soul, blessed by a goddess, falls to the land and enters his new life — clinging to a single memory from his previous existence. Now he learns how to succeed as a new dungeon heart, partnering with his bonded Dungeon Pixie to become the best dungeon he can be.
Goodreads3.97· 1.9K
Base BuildingDungeon CoreLitRPGNon-human MCStats

Sowing Season

Mike Caliban, Wolfe Locke

B63/100
A quiet, slice-of-life LitRPG about farming. The chance of a lifetime started with a gift: the inheritance of an old farmstead outside the town of Summer Shandy — overgrown, overrun with field monsters, and badly in need of a tilling. But for Jason Hunter, it's a start. Farm life doesn't come easy, though. With a mountain of chores ranging from monster extermination to watering crops, Jason will need to manage his stamina, build up his endurance, and maintain a social life if he's going to live the quiet life in the country.
Goodreads4.37· 1.2K
Base BuildingCozyLitRPGStatsWholesome

Becoming the Dark Lord

Mark Evenhart (aturato)

B63/100
The System integrated Earth into a multiverse of gods, monsters, and dungeons. Half of humanity answered the call. Some return stronger. Others never return. Thirteen years ago, Luke's mother entered the Tutorial and vanished. Now Luke faces the same trial — not for glory, but for answers. What should be a beginner's test becomes a death sentence when he falls into a forgotten dungeon floor where monsters are scarce, supplies are limited, and the only way out is a temple hanging over an abyss, guarded by a sleeping demon. Every puzzle kills. Every step risks his life. No buffs, no tricks — just a knife and the raw will to survive. When the light fades and the body breaks, Luke has only one choice: embrace the darkness and be reborn.
Royal Road4.04· 1.3K
Anti-heroBase BuildingDungeon CrawlingGameLitGrimdarkLitRPG+5

Shopocalypse Saga

Damien Hanson, Joseph Phelps

B63/100
After the arrival of the Multiversal Monopoly BuyMort, life got brutal. All systems were through BuyMort. All currency was through BuyMort. You could resist or compete, but in the end you used BuyMort — or you perished. Enter Tyson Dawes, a no-cares slacker with a traumatic past, two wrinkled bucks in his wallet, and a crap job caretaking a campground in Arizona. He had a deal with the world: he didn't change it, and it didn't change him. BuyMort broke that deal the moment it unleashed alien entrepreneurs upon his planet, intent on selling everything not already tagged as private property. When a man has little, he cherishes it. When that little is lost, he'll do whatever it takes to get it back.
Goodreads4.30· 1.5K
Base BuildingComedyLitRPGProfanitySatireSci-fi+1

Outworlder's Blood

WillPowah

B62/100
Kay's life takes an unexpected turn when he is transported to a mysterious world brimming with unfamiliar Skills, Classes, and a System. There he discovers a unique Class never seen before — a powerful new form of blood magic that allows him to shape and manipulate the life force coursing through his veins. But the powers that be view Kay as a threat and are more than happy to eliminate him to maintain the status quo. Outnumbered and underpowered, he'll need to level up his Skills, harness his unique Class, and decipher the ever-shifting schemes of his enemies — all while keeping his true potential under wraps.
Goodreads4.37· 1.1K
Base BuildingClass SystemIsekaiLitRPGSecondary WorldStats+1

The Elder Lands

B. Salem

B62/100
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· 937
Base BuildingDungeon CrawlingGameLitGenius MCLitRPGMilitary+1

The Dark Healer

Alex Toxic, Nadya Lee

B62/100
A necromancer prince lies down in his crypt to rest for a few decades and wakes to find that centuries have passed. His castle is in ruins, his clan is gone, and necromancers are dismissed as children's fairy tales. The world mistakes him for a healer. That suits him fine — the world is sick, and he intends to administer strong medicine.
Goodreads4.29· 1.4K
Base BuildingGrimdarkLitRPGReincarnationSecondary WorldSummoning

Building Harem Town

Eric Vall

B62/100
A man with fragmented memories of being a computer programmer wakes up in a strange fantasy world as something that might be a god. Three beautiful priestesses have traveled from afar to worship him. He is not sure whether this is an ultra-realistic VR game or reality — but either way, his flock is counting on him.
Goodreads4.38· 745
Base BuildingHaremIsekaiSecondary WorldSexual Content

Hoard

Webbonomicon

B62/100
Kaln wasn't even trying to slay the dragon — it was just in the way of his revenge. But he did, and it led to an obstacle greater than the dread dragon himself: his three widows. Declaring Kaln their new husband by right of conquest, the dragons tempted him with surprisingly beautiful humanoid forms, a palatial lair, and vast riches. Kaln couldn't refuse. Unfortunately, his beautiful new brides are vain, greedy, lazy, selfish, manipulative, violent, arrogant, and generally dragons. They are ancient, incredibly powerful, smarter than him, and only proposed the arrangement to use him in their own schemes. But sometimes the people who are the most difficult to love prove most worth the effort — and when you've upset the world's balance of power by killing an ancient dragon, it's handy to be married to three horrible monsters.
pf8.0· 1Royal Road4.63· 874
Base BuildingComedyCozyHaremOverpowered MCSecondary World+1

Words of Power

Shami Stovall

B62/100
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.
Goodreads4.40· 390
Base BuildingCompetent MCHard MagicSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Burning Stars, Falling Skies

Cocop (Cale Plamann)

B61/100
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 Road4.64· 671
Base BuildingGenius MCMilitaryNon-human MCOverpowered MCSci-fi

Dungeon Core: "The Eternal Training Ground"

apinsig

B61/100
A newly awakened dungeon core must discover what it is and what it wants from life. It quickly learns that it is not normal, and begins to discover what it truly likes about this world. Battling its own instincts, it chooses to live the way it wants rather than the way it was made to. Set in a world with game elements woven in, this is a story about dungeon-making, self-determination, and finding identity in an unexpected existence.
Royal Road4.64· 656
Base BuildingDungeon CoreGameLitNon-human MCOverpowered MCSecondary World

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

The Cabbage Preacher

B61/100
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· 433
Anti-heroBase BuildingComedyGenius MCIsekaiMilitary+4

Newt and Demon

Edwin M. Griffiths

B61/100
When the dying Earth finally ends, a mysterious entity grants Theo Spencer the gift of reincarnation — a quiet life as an alchemist. He awakens in a non-human body in the small, swamp-side town of Broken Tusk in the southern reaches of a small kingdom. Broken Tusk doesn't seem like much, but Theo's legendary alchemy skills will soon turn their fortune. A cozy, low-stakes story of town building, charming characters, and alchemy — with no combat and no bad vibes from start to finish.
Goodreads4.36· 1.2K
AlchemyBase BuildingCozyMerchantNon-human MCReincarnation

Ashlani's Reincarnation

No_Creative_Name

B61/100
As a soon-to-be chieftain, Ashlani's responsibilities were numerous, complex, and often boring. But as a recently reincarnated keelish — a reptilian pest — his responsibilities narrow to three: survive another day, keep his belly full, and kill anything that interferes with the first two. And, if the opportunity arises, take revenge on his best friend turned murderer. Ashlani was shot in the back by the man he was closest to during his inaugural hunt as chieftain-to-be. Post-mortem, he was greeted by a [System] and named the elect, singular keelish representative. Now his focus must be on continuous growth and evolution — to awaken to his grand potential and lead his new people into a new age.
Royal Road4.65· 410
Base BuildingGameLitGrimdarkLitRPGNon-human MCOverpowered MC+3