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Greg Veder knows life's not a game — especially not in Brockton Bay. A city crawling with villains, capes, and certain death for idiots who play hero. But when he wakes up with a gamer system, complete with stats, quests, and skill trees, he figures: screw it. Maybe life IS a game. Leveling up is easy. Surviving Brockton Bay? That's the real endgame. (A Worm / The Gamer AU)

These were the words Rylan Cloudgift had been waiting to hear all his life — his salvation and his escape from a mundane existence as an indentured servant on an island in the vast cloudsea. His quick way out of the debt he owed the Thistlethorns, the noble family that found him as a baby. So why did he wake up in a cell? Seeing no other choice, Rylan flees into the cloudsea with only the supplies he can grab on the way out and a mysterious note bearing a cryptic warning. His quest to find the sender and unravel the mystery of his birth will have to wait — friend and foe alike follow him into the fog, and none of them know the way out. The dense mist harbours hidden monstrosities and long-buried secrets.

After learning he has just months to live, Gemini Fowler is granted one shot to cheat death when a billionaire game-developer offers to transfer his consciousness into a virtual realm. The catch: the only VR capable of receiving him is the unreleased game Enora Online, and Gemini must survive until level ten or be permanently wiped from the servers — and from existence. Welcome to Enora Online, where virtual is reality.

Jump into a fantasy deathworld. Smuggle magical loot and refugees back to Earth. Try not to die. Michael Wade's only goal in life was to get rich — and that's gotten a lot more literal recently. Stuck in retail hell and living paycheck to paycheck, his circumstances change dramatically when a desperate god offers him the ultimate side hustle: running a nightly smuggling operation between his bedroom and another world entirely. One filled with spells, treasure, and as much magical contraband as he can stuff into his pockets. There's a small problem: the band of heroes destined to save that world failed centuries ago, and the place has become a goddamn deathtrap. With a reality-bending video game System to exploit, years of min-maxing experience, and a chaotic god texting him questionably useful advice, Michael might survive long enough to make the operation actually work.

A history teacher with familial trauma and a peculiar woman seemingly stuck out of time are thrust together into the weird and whimsical world of Altros — a planet with divides born of real superhuman strength, an odd ranking system, and natural species differences. Not ideal news for a Scottish history teacher whose ears have transformed into fox ones alongside nine new fluffy tails. Darren — or Lone, or whatever the strange system claims he's called — must figure out how to live with his new companion Sofia on a monster-infested island, alongside a self-proclaimed former immortal prone to bouts of extreme depression. At least there's an expansive LitRPG system to keep them entertained.

Milton Frederick was abducted by aliens and had his consciousness transplanted into a massive metal Station Core — but the ship exploded before reaching its destination, sending him hurtling through space to crash-land on an unknown primitive planet. With only a foul-mouthed nanite AI named ALANNA to guide him, Milton must come to terms with his new existence as a giant metal egg, defend his damaged outer shell from dangerous wildlife, and manage the hazardous radiation from his broken reactor. Building a dungeon underground and filling it with Combat Units works against beasts — but when people show up at his door, everything changes.

When Isabelle and her new friends are thrust into the world of transmigrators, it seems like a blessing. Their new status grants them access to the myriad worlds of the multiverse, the ability to grow stronger, and near-immortality — as long as they don't make a fatal mistake. Every world offers unique magic systems and discoveries. But between each life, they must return to the Market — once the most powerful civilization in the multiverse, now a desiccated ruin with its inhabitants slaughtered by unknown forces. If Isabelle and her friends wish to avoid the same fate, they must grow powerful enough to survive whatever destroyed it.

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.

Jay Luckrun has many interests: street dancing, anime, action movies, comedy, and dashing across rooftops. But after a failed attempt to talk to his crush at her birthday party, he adds dungeon crawling to the list — because the Apocalypse has arrived. A divine creature chooses Jay to become a Champion, granting him a leveling System, stats, Skills, access to dungeon dimensions, and gravity powers that can alter reality. The downside: global assassins want Jay and other Champions dead, and monsters are hungry to break free from their dungeons and raze his world.

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.

James thought he would be just another adventurer in the world's most anticipated dungeon-delving VRMMORPG. But when he logs in, he finds out he will not be diving the dungeon — he will be creating it. Things go sideways immediately when he chooses Random as his dungeon type and summons his first mob: a fearsome, bloodthirsty demonic chicken. Still, demonic farm animals are the least of his worries. His AI guide drinks too much and gambles too freely, a mysterious figure is watching his every move, and the Random dungeon keeps producing mobs that defy all expectations.

Some time ago, a planes-traveling archmage invented a video game to train people on Earth for a coming catastrophe. The gods seized the opportunity to take the templates — and even the souls — of some of those characters for use in other worlds. Sama Rantha is one of those characters. Being a Hagchild and surviving after your Hag Curse fails to murder you at birth is much, much less fun than setting it as your race at level one on a gamescreen. Book One follows Sama's Road to Ten in a traditional LitRPG fantasy setting, heavy with gaming terms and rules-lawyering as she min-maxes her heart out to survive a world intent on killing her. Book Two shifts to a sci-fi/fantasy/psionics mashup as Sama is sent into a grim dark galaxy she'd rather not be in — but the heart of a powergamer never says no.

When the virtual reality game Pyresouls could not be beaten, it turned very real, unleashing an apocalypse of undead, monsters, and a system of levels and stats onto the world. Years later, Jacob Windsor has fought with sword and shield to survive Post-Collapse Earth, where only ancient Guilt-soaked weaponry can harm the monsters from the game. When an enigmatic artifact capable of sending one person through time falls into his hands, Jacob takes the plunge into the past of Pyresouls itself — armed with knowledge of game mechanics, secret loot, and well-honed swordsmanship. But every choice he makes has long-reaching ripple effects on the timeline.

Nick was just your average overworked accountant — until he got isekai'd and then immediately rejected for lacking hero potential. Instead of a prophecy or a sword, he's given a rundown farm in a cursed wasteland where seventeen previous owners died horribly. Nick isn't as helpless as he looks. With mysterious strength, an eye for optimization, and a knack for flipping curses into perks, he starts rebuilding Blackthorn Farm from the ground up — monster livestock, magical crops, and an eclectic crew including a former elven slave turned manager, killer birds, and a shape-shifting dragon named Petunia. As his power grows, the farm draws attention from forces that might not be entirely mortal.

You are no one. Level zero. Empty of mind and memory — your past stripped by the inscrutable System. A long, difficult road lies between you and remembering who you are, punctuated by one death after another. In the world of S.T.Y.X., information is your only resource, but those with experience rarely care about your plight — and some make it their mission to kill you. Your life counter ticks lower with every death, and no one knows what happens when it reaches zero. The luckiest players are the cheaters. Perhaps cheating is the only way to win.

Lugor is a Half-Orc, and in his world, that's a very dangerous thing to be. He dreams of becoming an Adventurer, slaying monsters and delving into dungeons — but one cut to his skin could reveal his secret. He's forced to spend his days in his small village, keeping his head down. When a monster attack turns his world upside down, Lugor seeks training at the Adventurer Academy, where he must contend against an arrogant mage determined to see him fail. With a steadfast Dwarven Elementalist and a sarcastic Dark-Elf Necromancer at his side, Lugor sets out to prove that being Half-Orc doesn't mean he can't be a hero.

The world devolved into chaos as a game-like system reduced the population to a series of statistics and screens. Confusion reigned as everyone struggled to survive in this new reality — everyone but one man. Anthony Franklin had a secret: he had lived through this exact series of events ninety-nine times in a row. Drawing on centuries of accumulated knowledge — every play, shortcut, and strategy — he must save as many lives as possible. He will contend with vicious boss monsters, elude the ever-watching eyes of the system administrators, and guard his back from scheming players with their own agendas. With every individual carrying their own goals, dreams, and fears, shepherding them won't be easy. Win or lose, his 100th run will be his last.

In the kingdom of Paldron, a person's class and skills determine their place in life. Darren's are wholly unremarkable — with one exception. When that unique skill catches the eye of royalty, Darren is thrust into a world of kings and queens, intrigue, and powerful classes he is completely unprepared for. He now holds the class of Royal Bodyguard.

Seth Kinnaman's dream was to become the best fighter the world has ever seen. In the semifinals of the biggest tournament on Earth, his opponent lands an illegal blow and puts him in a coma. He wakes up blind. All his dreams are shattered. That's when he's introduced to Bushido Online, a VRMMORPG set in feudal Japan — the land of ninjas and samurai, where mythical creatures roam free. Seth enters the game to keep his skills sharp, but quickly discovers that making friends is easy and making powerful enemies is even easier.

Raised as an orphan in Flea's End, Adam dreamed of wealth and luxury, working every day toward saving enough for the offering that would earn him a rare and desirable Class. Then that dream was stolen from him. Offered only pitiful classes, Adam rejects them all and becomes a weak, worthless Unclassed. His one advantage: a unique inventory skill called Hoard, which lets him store and combine items, skills, and even power — assuming he's willing to fight for them. Adam has five years until his next selection, and plans to grow so strong that the class of his dreams becomes a laughable step down. His first step: joining the Rift Delving Association. His next: entering hell.