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Friendly Neighbourhood Goblin

James Tadhg

C51/100
The gods are dead, killed by a summoned hero. Exiled from his goblin tribe, Stump finds himself in a world reeling from an isekai — deity corpses litter the landscape, their guts imbuing the world with magical power, and their killer has become the new god. Stump carves out a small home in the slums of a city locked in twilight, in the fungal graveyard of a murdered divine. There he harnesses light magic to illuminate a small corner of his darkened world and starts a mercenary company to piece together his fractured neighbourhood through quests big and small. But there are those who long for another hero and the destruction they bring, willing to stop at nothing to recreate the apocalypse of the past.
Royal Road4.63· 143
ComedyCozyGameLitGenius MCIsekaiLitRPG+3

The Machine God

Xiphias

C51/100
Alexander died and woke up in a world not so different from his own — except for the aliens, the superhumans, and somehow becoming a villain with a supervillain team. Now every hero and bounty hunter in the country is after him. In a world where the rich get away with murder and heroes cause as much destruction as the bad guys, Alexander intends to change that. At the center of all the madness is a System still being born — shaped by humanity's hopes, greed, and desperation — and it doesn't just want this world. It wants all of them.
Royal Road4.60· 604
Anti-heroIsekaiLitRPGMysteryOverpowered MCSci-fi+3

The Homunculus Knight

jayfiction99

C50/100
Bringing rest to the unquiet dead is not an easy task. It requires compassion, wisdom, patience, strength of arms, and suicidal courage — qualities Paladin Cole, a warrior sworn to the god of death, possesses in full. Surviving beneath the shadow of undeath takes a different set of virtues: intelligence, caution, determination, and the occasional moment of extreme daring. Natalie Striga, a barmaid raised under the vampires' boot in the mountain town of Glockmire, knows these truths well. When Cole arrives tasked with putting the undead to rest, events push him and Natalie together as hidden schemes among the vampire nobility threaten to boil over into disaster. As they unravel a series of mysteries, Natalie slowly realizes there is much more to the world than Glockmire — and much more to Cole than meets the eye.
Royal Road4.62· 231
GrimdarkHorrorMysteryNon-human MCSecondary WorldSoft Magic+1

Memories of the Fall

Rith

C50/100
Sisters Jun Arai and Jun Sana, along with their friends Juni, Ling, and Shu, make their living as members of the Hunter Bureau — an organisation dedicated to dealing with the terrifying flora and fauna of their home Great World. When they are dragged into a grand scheme to uncover the ancient secrets entombed within the Yin Eclipse Mountains, one of their world's foremost forbidden zones, they must survive dark machinations, eldritch undercurrents, and the echoes of a terrible conflict trying to re-emerge into an unsuspecting cosmos that rather hoped it was done with that sort of thing.
Royal Road4.60· 538Goodreads5.00· 3
CozyCultivationGenius MCGrimdarkMysteryPost-apocalyptic+3

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· 698
Hard MagicMysterySecondary WorldSkill CollectionTower ClimbingWeak to Strong

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

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· 284
Base BuildingCultivationGameLitIsekaiLitRPGMystery+5

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

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

Secret of the Old Ones

Blaise Corvin

C48/100
Secret of the Old Ones is a deep-dive VR game unlike anything the world has seen. Trent Noguero, a hardcore gamer who has been playing for a year, is on the verge of his big break — a chance to join the ranks of the most powerful players in the world. But power draws attention, and celebrity creates enemies. Trent has the keys to massive success, and he has also accidentally painted a target on his back — both inside and outside the game.
Goodreads4.19· 999
LitRPGMysteryVRMMOWeak to Strong

Hive Mind Beyond the Veil

1650th

C47/100
Awakening somewhere completely foreign, with no memory of how or why, a new consciousness finds itself flooded with biological knowledge — how life forms adapt, how cells divide and heal, the microscopic patterns underlying all living things. This strange existence as a hive mind is both a gift and a burden: seeing through countless eyes, feeling through countless senses, understanding each creature within its domain as an extension of itself. In the sequel, reborn into a world where war is the only memory, the hive mind fights, bleeds, dies, and rises again — carrying every lesson from the drones it controls. Having crushed the dregs of the Triumvirate, it now prepares for the greater storm to come.
Royal Road4.61· 226
Genius MCMilitaryMysteryNon-human MCReincarnationSci-fi+1

Immersion Online

Evan Klein

C47/100
Charlie Mason — Mace — is a retired major crimes detective who gets offered an unusual second act: in-game constable for Immersion Online, the hottest virtual reality game around. He knows nothing about character creation, leveling up, or magical artifacts. He's a real noob. Spawned in the remote Wilderbrook villages to learn the ropes, Mace and his companions find themselves facing an ancient evil he's totally underleveled to handle. Fortunately, virtual world or not, he still has his wits and detective training.
Goodreads4.32· 276
Competent MCLitRPGMysteryVRMMO

Player 0.4

Alek Aundra

C47/100
The battle against the Kobar Empire was utterly lost, and as Luca lay dying a strange blue screen appeared: he had the aptitude to be a Player, and if he accepted, the game would reset. He accepted — and the reset went wrong, leaving him as only a partial player: Active Players: 0.4. Luca is neither clever nor strong. He will die. A lot. But with enough resets, he'll learn and grow. A slow-burning, character-driven story about an underdog using time-loop deaths to inch toward something better.
pf7.0· 1Royal Road4.55· 628
Anti-heroBase BuildingComedyGameLitGenius MCLitRPG+4

Dungeon Scholar

hotachan

C47/100
Rowena Loress is a good-hearted Scholar driven by compassion and curiosity — and more than a little combat-averse. When she encounters a dungeon, the relationship that unfolds is unlike anything a typical dungeon story would suggest. The world is full of dungeons and monsters, and the story won't be purely light or fluffy. But the sweet moments are meant to overshadow the bitter, with the dungeon gradually becoming one of the most significant presences in Rowena's life.
Royal Road4.60· 310
CozyDungeon CrawlingGameLitMysterySecondary WorldSoft Magic

System of Nil

Tim Paulson

C46/100
Nathan Cheng, known as Nil, is a game developer with four consecutive game jam wins — but a gaping hole in his heart from his sister's untimely murder. When he wakes up in an arcane world with a familiar System, he's given one mission: defeat the dark king, or die. Success means returning home on the day before his sister was killed. Only Nil's knowledge of the System — and his perfect memory — can let him advance fast enough to avoid being overwhelmed. The mechanics are far more complex than they appear, with thousands of hidden secrets waiting to be exploited. It'll take more than just brains. He'll need a mountain of grit and guts.
Goodreads4.30· 381
Competent MCDungeon CrawlingGenius MCIsekaiLitRPGMystery+1

A Dirge for the Sun

Svaldyr

C46/100
After eight years of leading her guild in endless PvP conflict in her favorite dark fantasy MMO, shut-in Ai Kanbara finally felt ready to face reality — only to transmigrate into the game world as her max-level character. But the world has moved on. The artificial God-Engine she built to banish the darkness has developed a critical flaw, her guildmates are either missing or deified as the patron gods of a crumbling empire, and a message from her oldest friend reveals a terrible truth: they were betrayed by one of their own. To uncover the fates of her guildmates and push back against the tyrannies of the Republic ruling in her character's name, Ai must become her legend in truth. Accompanied by her loyal lizard-dog and new companions, she begins a journey across a vibrant world of brutal stakes and deep human connection.
Royal Road4.59· 414
GrimdarkIsekaiLitRPGMysteryOverpowered MCSecondary World+1

The Abduction Cycles

John Elijah Cressman

C45/100
One minute Ethan Gower was an average computer technician playing online games with friends. The next, he's been abducted and dropped into a strange world where magic and monsters are real. Now a wizard, Ethan must convince his new companions to band together to survive, level up, and unravel the mystery of why they were abducted — and how to find a way home. But something is murdering wizards and sucking out their brains.
Goodreads4.28· 686
Class SystemDungeon CrawlingIsekaiLitRPGMystery

Five Element Overlord: I Can Upgrade Everything!

KaeNovels

C45/100
Li Hao is transmigrated into a Xianxia cultivation world and thrust into the life of a servant in the Azure Cloud Sect. He has the worst quality trash five-element spiritual roots — in any other's position, he'd be chopping wood and eating inferior pills for the rest of his life. However, he binds with a system that can upgrade everything. A burnt, poisonous pill? One upgrade away from a priceless Marrow Cleansing Elixir. An old cracked butter knife? A few upgrades from a blade that slices through Demonic Serpent Scales. With his upgrade ability, Li Hao climbs through a world of sects, clans, and royal dynasties in constant war — accumulating magic items, spirit stones, and wealth along the way.
Royal Road4.15· 692
Anti-heroBase BuildingCraftingCultivationLitRPGMystery+4

We Lease The Kraken!

Osamaru Ta

C45/100
Jeremiah Bridge had it all: a clear path to becoming an inter-planar veterinarian, a life of privilege in Prima City, and the unwavering support of his brilliant sister Sarah. Everything crumbles when Sarah is framed as a villain and killed in disgrace. Branded by association and cast into the chaotic streets of Nexus — a world where magic, technology, and myth collide — Jeremiah is left with nothing but questions, grief, and a strange pendant pulsing with mysterious power. When the System, Sarah's final unfinished masterpiece, chooses him, it pulls him into a world of impossible creatures, cryptic bargains, and shadowed truths Sarah never shared. There's just one thing he can't figure out: why does it want him to open a pet shop? A story about revenge, grief, redemption, and finding good homes for good boys.
Royal Road4.60· 234
CozyGenius MCLitRPGMilitaryMonster TamingMystery+6

A Hundred Halls: Gamemakers Online

Thomas K. Carpenter

D44/100
Could you defeat the world's hardest immersive game? Alexandria Duke must learn how — or risk losing everything. When Alex joins Gamemakers Online, she finds there are no newbie areas, no tutorials, and nothing but vicious critters hunting her down. Alex is a veteran platinum achievement hunter who has solved previously unwinnable scenarios, and she won't give up now. But as she delves deeper into the game, she discovers it hides sinister secrets. If she can't survive the first year, she'll lose more than her own life.
Goodreads4.30· 260
Competent MCDungeon CrawlingGenius MCLitRPGMysteryVRMMO