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The Last Angel is a military science fiction web serial by Evan Currie that details the galaxy-spanning revenge of humanity's last surviving AI-controlled dreadnought.
Dungeon Crawler Carl is a web novel where an ordinary office worker finds himself trapped within a dungeon with a mysterious system. The story’s dark humor and intense survival gameplay have garnered significant attention among LitRPG fans and readers of web fiction. It's particularly appealing to t...
Peculiar Soul is a web novel exploring a fantasy world blending early industrial technology with intricate magic. The story centers around a protagonist who gains abilities tied to personal eccentricities, creating a distinctive progression system. It’s notable for its detailed setting and focus on...
Forge of Destiny is an English-language cultivation fantasy web serial written by Yrsillar. It follows Ling Qi, a young woman who enters a sect and learns cultivation through training, relationships, political choices, and advancement within a structured social hierarchy. The story draws on xianxia...
Shadows of the Limelight is a completed superhero fantasy web serial by Alexander Wales, notable for its unique premise where an individual's magical power is derived from fame.
Songs of Chaos is a progression fantasy web serial by Joe Hemingway, recognized for its detailed magic system centered around a young scribe who bonds with a mythical dragon.
"Virtuous Sons: A Greco Roman Xianxia" is an English web serial written by Mac_Collin that began publication on Royal Road in 2020. The story fuses the progression fantasy tropes of Chinese xianxia, such as Qi cultivation and ascending power levels, with the mythology, philosophy, and historical set...
"Super Supportive" is an ongoing superhero web serial authored by Alexander Wales that began serialization in 2020. The story focuses on a teenage protagonist named Toby who enters a specialized magnet school, exploring the systemic, logistical, and societal impacts of a world populated by superpowe...
"The Wandering Inn" is an ongoing fantasy LitRPG web serial written by the author known as pirateaba, which began publication in 2016. Set in a magical world that periodically absorbs humans from Earth, the story heavily features elements of slice-of-life storytelling mixed with role-playing game me...
The Primal Hunter is a popular LitRPG web novel by Zogarth that began serialization in 2020, following a human transformed into an apex hunter in a system-driven multiverse.
This Used to Be About Dungeons is a serialized fantasy web novel by Alexander Wales, known for the web serial 'Worth the Candle.' The story is set in a world where exploring dungeons is a regulated profession, following a party of divers who navigate the risks of dungeon delving alongside interperso...
The Completionist Chronicles is a prominent LitRPG web novel series by Dakota Krout, praised for its unique take on a neurodivergent protagonist navigating a virtual reality world.
Beware of Chicken is a slice-of-life web serial by author CasualFarmer that began in 2021. The story is a comedic and cozy deconstruction of traditional cultivation (Xianxia) genre tropes, focusing on a protagonist who chooses to pursue farming rather than martial arts ascension. It often highlights...
*A Journey of Black and Red* is an ongoing English fantasy web serial by the author Mecanimus, published on the Royal Road platform beginning in 2021. The narrative follows a protagonist who is transformed into a vampire and must navigate a complex society of supernatural factions. It is distinguish...
Mark of the Fool is an English-language progression fantasy web serial by J. M. Clarke that was published on Royal Road and later released in edited book and audiobook editions. It follows Alex Roth, who receives a divine Mark that obstructs direct combat and spellcasting while accelerating his abil...
Threadbare is a LitRPG and progression-fantasy series by Andrew Seiple whose central character is a teddy-bear golem brought to life in a world governed by classes, skills, and numerical attributes. The story contrasts its small, initially innocent protagonist with dangerous adventures involving mag...
Beneath the Dragoneye Moons is a progression-fantasy and LitRPG web serial by Selkie Myth. It follows Elaine, a girl reincarnated into a fantasy world with a class-and-skill system, who develops abilities associated with healing and magic while confronting the restrictions and dangers of her society...
Shade Touched is a progression fantasy web serial by Alephnaught, notable for its unique premise following a non-human shadow creature as it levels up and discovers the world.
The Primal Hunter is a LitRPG web serial by Zogarth started in 2020, recognized as a major work in the system apocalypse subgenre, featuring intense action and a hunter-centric progression.
He Who Fights With Monsters is an Australian LitRPG web serial by Shirtaloon that began in 2020, recognized for its popularization of portal fantasy and system progression mechanics.
Savage Divinity is a popular web serial by Ruffwriter blending wuxia and fantasy tropes, notable for its expansive world-building and intricate martial arts progression.
Path of Ascension is a progression fantasy web serial started in 2020, notable for its deep, multi-tiered cultivation universe and its high-frequency, rapid-fire chapter release schedule.
Dungeon Born is a 2016 LitRPG novel by Dakota Krout, notable for popularizing the dungeon core subgenre by focusing on the growth of a sentient, evolving magical dungeon.
Tree of Aeons is a progression fantasy web serial by spaizzzer where the protagonist is reincarnated as a magical tree, notable for its unique non-human perspective.
Azarinth Healer is a LitRPG web serial by Rhaegar that began publishing in 2017 on Royal Road, notable for its action-focused narrative and influence on the platform's progression fantasy.
The Iron Teeth is a dark fantasy web serial by ClearMadness, notable for its monster protagonist, a cunning goblin surviving in a dangerous world of adventurers and magic.
Stray Cat Strut is a cyberpunk LitRPG web serial by RavensDagger, notable for its cyborg catgirl protagonist who defends Earth against aliens to earn combat upgrades.
Defiance of the Fall is a post-apocalyptic LitRPG web serial by TheFirstDefier that started in 2020, widely recognized for popularizing the system integration subgenre of progression fantasy.
