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As soon as Nora decided to rejoin the world, maggots exploded from the ground and the apocalypse began. Typical. Sitting at a cafe, Nora Price is catching up with a close friend she'd ghosted for far too long, when a demonic invasion tears the city of Chicago apart. Nora wakes up in The Grindhouse, a survival game designed to harvest human fear hosted by an imp in a powder-blue tuxedo. In Zone 1, a suburban slasher nightmare where a masked killer roams the streets, Nora plays recklessly. But to protect her allies, a self-aware NPC and her best friend (now a killer doll), Nora has to do the one thing she's avoided for years: actually try . Survive all thirteen horror-genre themed Zones, and she frees the Earth of this demon's clutches. Fail, and humanity stays his fear farm until there's nothing left to feed on. Welcome to the Grindhouse, where your fear is food, and the gamemaster is very hungry . Anti-piracy line: If you are reading this on any platform other than Royal Road or Amazon, this has been pirated/STOLEN. If the author who wrote it has any name other than ShawnD or Shawn DePasquale, it is STOLEN. Please report this book if you are reading it ANYWHERE other than Royal Road. Thank you for your help fighting piracy. Cover by Lara Zanatti Reis Releases: Monday & Wednesday ! (Note: Shifting to 2x a week to give me more time to polish Book Two. While 2x a week is how often I'll be posting, I retain the option to do a burst of releases when they're cooked and ready to go.) What to expect: - - Horror/survival RPG mechanics. Scavenge, craft, and manage a limited inventory! MC must control Fear and keep Lucidity in check! - Imps, demons, monsters, and a plethora of horror-genre inspired creatures!! - A dude gets turned into a killer doll!!! - Progression that builds across the series. - Horror-comedy. It gets violent and graphic, so if that's not your thing, be warned. - Book Two is currently being written. The series arc is mapped out. What not to expect: - An OP main character. Nora survives through stubbornness and bad decisions. - Easy wins. That's a snooze - Harems. - Much romance. - A power fantasy.

George wakes in a white room with no memory, a ticking countdown, and a single red button. He's a flabby, exhausted fifty-year-old father trapped inside a deadly idle game. Even worse, George's entire progression path appears to involve clicking a button over and over while stronger players carve their way through the game around him. Then he discovers a broken ability. Suddenly,, the more danger George faces, the sharper his mind becomes. The closer he gets to death, the more time slows around him. Armed with strange telekinetic crafting powers, George begins weaponizing the environment itself—building traps, automated systems, and increasingly absurd MacGyver-style contraptions to survive impossible situations. What begins as a desperate fight for survival slowly transforms George into something terrifying: a voidmetal knight with spiraling stats, cybernetic upgrades, a killer AI brain spider in his head, and the power to bend the rules of the game itself. What to expect: Middle-aged underdog MC • LitRPG + clicker/incremental progression • Creative system exploitation • Scrap-built machines, traps, and automation • MacGyver/Rube Goldberg problem solving • Deadly survival trials • Slow-burn progression into an endgame monster • AI companion with lots of banter • Sci-fi/fantasy apocalypse • Found family

The story takes place in a sprawling Eastern metropolis swallowed by energy pollution... When the apocalypse arrives without warning, everyone screams and flees in despair, only to be torn to shreds by twisted flesh monsters. But Vince Lin just stands quietly behind his security door, looking at the red bar with numbers that suddenly appeared through the peephole: [300/300] . As a veterinarian, Vince has a remarkably simple survival philosophy: As long as you don't die, you live. Soon, he discovers that the world in his eyes has turned into a cruel survival game. Killing zombies not only drops survival supplies, enhancement serums, and mysterious crafting materials, but it also directly increases his Max HP. Magical fireballs? Illusory blessings from the gods? None of that matters. As long as you dare to show a health bar, even if you are a god, Vince will use the supersonic thrust of a Laval nozzle stacked with gravitational acceleration to give evil creatures a little shock of classical physics. After all, kinetic energy equals one-half mass times velocity squared. Steel pipes and spears are cold weapons, but a meteor is also a cold weapon. "Wait... you call that a weapon?" What to expect (Beware of spoilers): Hardcore Physics-Based Combat: No flashy magic beam struggles. The protagonist's combat style is the pure collision of mass, velocity, momentum, and flesh. (Note: We start with the raw application of F=ma using steel pipes. The large-scale, earth-shattering applied physics will kick in during the mid-stage. Trust the process.) Unique System & Loot Mechanics: Kill monsters to gain Max HP. Drops crystals, serums, and various modules (e.g., the "Interface Module" that reshapes scrap metal into divine weapons). Zero-to-Hero, Step by Step: A steady, grounded progression route accompanied by high-intensity, bloody combat. Pragmatic & Cold Protagonist: A veterinarian's philosophy—[Survival, Equivalent Exchange, and a Reverence for Life]. Elite Squad & Base Building: The protagonist is no babysitter. He will build a highly contrasting elite squad, while delegating camp management to ordinary people. Author's Note / Warnings: Warning: This book contains high-intensity violence and gory dissection scenes (the protagonist doesn't just kill monsters; he dissects them like a vet to harvest crystals). Release Schedule: 5-6 Chapters per week. (Subject to change)

Delver [Dungeon Diving and Magic LitRPG] Original ONGOING LitRPG Post Apocalyptic Male Lead Strong Lead Action Adventure Fantasy High Fantasy Dungeon Crawler Mythos Local Protagonist 2,584 Followers 369 Pages 211,858 Views 46 Chapters Jul 20, 2026 “What wisdom do you seek?” Five hundred years ago, the system broke magic. Mana went wild, turning the dead into abominations, and wrenching all unbound magic from the hands of humans. Monsters that had been kept at bay, were left to roam free, and the

The Spellforged Magus Original ONGOING LitRPG Progression Male Lead Strong Lead Drama Action Adventure Fantasy Magic System Invasion Survival Crafting Apocalypse 3,199 Followers 517 Pages 306,917 Views 58 Chapters Jul 20, 2026 The world didn’t end with fire or ice. It ended with a rain of blood, and a bureaucratic apology memo from the rest of the galaxy. Luckily, Lorenzo Locke had an umbrella. Enzo had always been a daredevil. Snowboarder, rock climber, martial artist, skydiver. Anything to get

Zero-Day Saint — I Cheat Smarter — [Shapeshifter litRPG][Vol 1 Complete] Original ONGOING LitRPG Progression Strategy Female Lead Action Adventure Fantasy Horror Lesbian Romance System Invasion Apocalypse 2,223 Followers 464 Pages 232,442 Views 59 Chapters Jul 20, 2026 Eve doesn't need a fair fight. She needs an exploit. I was about to make the greatest mistake known to women: texting my ex Claire. Then Hell invaded New York. So. Mixed bag. Heaven answered with the Blessing, a System that gives

Time Cursed Knight [Time Loop • Post Apoc] Original ONGOING GameLit Time Loop Progression Post Apocalyptic Ruling Class Action Adventure Fantasy Mystery Magic Low Fantasy Chivalry Magitech 2,490 Followers 965 Pages 367,356 Views 90 Chapters Jul 20, 2026 Magic was a trap. It destroyed us. In 2097, humanity discovered Mana, and the world lost its mind. Arcane academies, spelltech cities, enchanted weaponry… magic became ordinary, a part of daily life. But that blessing tore open portals across the

Tales of the Endless Empire [LitRPG Apocalypse] Original ONGOING LitRPG Portal Fantasy / Isekai Progression Post Apocalyptic Anti-Hero Lead Action Adventure Fantasy Mystery Attractive Lead Cultivation GameLit High Fantasy Kingdom Building Magic Male Lead Strong Lead Supernatural 8,614 Followers 3,877 Pages 7,328,238 Views 526 Chapters Jul 17, 2026 A bloodmage born in shadows, a shapeshifter no one can predict, a survivor in a world set against him. Thalion’s life as a marine biologist was modest

Imma be a speedster Original ONGOING LitRPG Progression Post Apocalyptic Super Heroes Comedy Action Adventure Fantasy Male Lead Strong Lead Magic GameLit System Invasion Apocalypse 4,238 Followers 803 Pages 882,331 Views 91 Chapters Jul 20, 2026 Every self-respecting basement dweller knows what to do when fictional monsters become real and people get the ability to level up. You figure out an overpowered build, you grind, you snowball, you become ridiculously powerful by abusing niche and seemin

The Years of Apocalypse - A Time Loop Progression Fantasy (Book 1 stubbed!) Original STUB Time Loop Progression Female Lead Adventure Fantasy Apocalypse High Fantasy Magic 16,216 Followers 2,549 Pages 8,974,488 Views 235 Chapters Jul 19, 2026 Mirian Castrella, a student in her final year of a magical academy, unexpectedly finds herself caught in a time loop and haunted by strange dreams of the Elder Gods. Her plan had been to become an artificer to support her struggling family, but when the Aka

Are You Even Human Original Urban Fantasy Progression Post Apocalyptic Super Heroes Strategy Adventure Drama Psychological Sci-fi Dystopia Female Lead Lesbian Romance Non-Human Lead Secret Identity Soft Sci-fi Strong Lead Supernatural 7,268 Followers 1,914 Pages 1,876,795 Views 79 Chapters Jun 16, 2026 In 2025, the moon hatched and its child died. Things have since gotten worse. Some people have super powers now, but so do the extradimensional invaders slowly wiping humanity out. By Julietta's e

Loopshard Original ONGOING LitRPG Portal Fantasy / Isekai Time Loop Progression Post Apocalyptic Action Adventure Fantasy Psychological Supernatural Male Lead GameLit Dungeon Crawler Time Travel System Invasion Tower Apocalypse 7,997 Followers 2,532 Pages 2,761,615 Views 213 Chapters Jul 20, 2026 Book 1: Completed and rewritten Book 2: Completed Book 3: Ongoing ( Completed on Patreon ) Book 4: Ongoing on Patreon Adam is no one special. He’s just an accountant standing in line at a bakery one ear

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What doesn’t kill him, just makes him stronger. The System changed everything, granting humanity a path to power while fracturing the world into distinct, brutal difficulty tiers. Jake and his neighbours drew the ultimate short straw. Trapped in a surprise Hell Difficulty Tutorial, their ordinary apartment complex has warped into an endless vertical labyrinth—a tower of shifting realms, lethal rules, and monsters that actively want them dead. Armed with [Absolute Perception] and a low-tier healing ability, he embraces a grim philosophy: whatever can be broken can be mended stronger. To survive a hell tier, Jake is going to break his own limits—and his own body—over and over again, until he becomes the strongest apex predator the System has ever seen. Release while on Rising Stars: Monday-Friday Release after Rising Stars: Monday-Wednesday-Friday

After spending a decade of my lonely, monotonous life inside the sandbox VRMMO “Your Story Online”, obsessively building and roleplaying as the most absurdly overpowered character imaginable—Elizabeth Drakeheart Yggdrasil, the hybrid daughter between the Celestial Heavenly Ash Dragon King and the Abyssal Demon Queen of Chaos, wielder of celestial light, abyssal chaos, and every broken combination I could dream up—my world came crashing down when the server shutdown was announced. With a heavy heart, I waited for the final night the servers would close forever, staying logged in until 00:00 to say goodbye to my lovingly hand-crafted NPCs, my fantasy parents, and the world I had built with all my heart. But when the world faded from my eyes, instead of logging out, I met a being who called himself “Oblivion.” “I love what you made here, let’s do a collab.” Now I open my eyes as a newborn dragon-demon girl named Elizabeth Loumirayael Drakeheart—exactly the same character I min-maxed for a decade. This time, though, my fantasy parents are real, the golden palace is real, the magical and divine powers surging through my tiny body are real, and the apocalyptic threats closing in on me and my family—the Eight Calamities—are real too. There is no respawn, no logout button, and no second chances if I fail. My parents have already saved the world once, and they remain as powerful as I remember them. I could finally have the laid-back life I always dreamed of in my perfect fantasy world. But I know nothing can ever be completely perfect. And if I want my new family to survive, this dragon girl is going to have to grow up terrifyingly fast.

The Fifth Integration begins. Descending upon Earth and the Fifth Universe as a whole, an infantile System attempts to do as it has every time before and bring the inhabitants into line. Yet, for the first time since the beginning of its history, the System faces not only resistance, but an equal as the Fifth Universe begins to fight back. Waking up something that should never have been, the System damns many inhabitants of the new universe as they are pulled into the hellish parasitic reality that resided silently beneath their feet all along. Now trapped in what a strange disembodied voice calls “Floor 0, The Nothing,” Aaron must fight his way free of cannibals, aliens, and what arguably might be called angels, all while battling for control over his body against the corrupting power grafted onto him. The System sings to him from the skies above. But the Underworld beckons him into the depths below. What to expect: -This is a GRIMDARK! People die horribly and sometimes suffer fates worse than death; the world at large is incredibly brutal, with depictions of sensitive or traumatic topics. Despite that, I won’t just cause pain in the story to cause pain- everything has a time and a place. -Takes light inspiration from Dark Souls, if only as the atmosphere I aim for. -Lots of action with a heavy focus on exploration. -Starts off slow magic-wise to gradually introduce the reader to the power system, so as not to be overwhelming. -I try to stick close to reality or a believable outcome, but ultimately will sacrifice believability for a better story if required! A story should be interesting to read. -MC isn't perfect, but he tries his best in a cruel world. -Dungeon crawler. -System Apocalypse, but less focus on Earth itself and more on the effects this had on the wider universe. How quickly I release chapters fully depends on how much interest this gets near the start. By the way, all 0.5 star ratings I have so far are on either the art chapter or Prologue so... not people who have read the story. I really wish the art chapter rating at the very least wasn't allowed lol.

Two hundred years ago, the System arrived and the monsters came with it. Nine-tenths of humanity died in the first year. Now civilization clings to a hundred walled cities, and every sixteen-year-old must awaken their class — or be left to the wilderness. Xiao Chen wakes up as an E-rank Archer . No family, no money, no guild connections — just a battered wooden bow and a talent so bad it sounds like a joke: One in Ten Thousand: Every 10,000 kills, gain one random stat point. Everyone laughs. Xiao Chen does the math. No one else bothers grinding low-level monsters for weeks. No one else treats the free training grounds as a gold mine. No one else notices that achievements, world events, and guild buffs are silently stacking on top of his kills — and that his "worthless" talent quietly upgrades every time he hits a threshold. While talented prodigies burn bright and die young, Xiao Chen grinds. Patiently. Relentlessly. One kill at a time. The world's weakest talent. The world's most dangerous work ethic.

Everyone says Z-69 is a monster. The problem is, they are probably right. Three hundred years after humanity buried its greatest weapon, a half-mad cyborg scientist finally drags his dead master back to life. The resurrection works. Mostly. Z-69 awakens with no memories, a violet crystal where his heart should be, and a hunger powerful enough to reduce armored soldiers to meat. The lightning inside him can purify Corruption, rebuild his corpse, and turn him into something nearly impossible to kill. But every victory makes the thing inside him stronger. To discover what he has become, Z-69 must climb out of Crimeria—a thirteen-level underground city built beneath a dead world. Its laboratories manufacture monsters. Its churches harvest desperation. Its Tower tears apart memory, identity, and anyone desperate enough to enter. His only anchors are a phantom fox who refuses to abandon him and the ancient scientist whose devotion may be more dangerous than betrayal. The surface may hold the truth behind Z-69’s resurrection. First, he has to reach it without becoming the monster everyone already believes he is. What to expect: ⚡ An undead antihero with lightning, regeneration, and monster evolution ⚡ Brutal survival trials and high-impact action ⚡ Cyberpunk dystopia, body horror, and psychological mystery ⚡ Lost memories, corrupted identities, and morally broken characters ⚡ Found family and a slow-burning fight to remain human Arc 3 is now releasing daily through its finale. If you are enjoying Z-69’s ascent through Crimeria, hit Follow so you do not miss the next chapter—and help Immortal Thunderlight climb even higher on Rising Stars. For returning readers: I’ve added a new canon Prologue before Chapter 1. You can continue from where you left off, but I strongly recommend checking it out, it adds important context to Z-69’s past and the story ahead.

A hundred years ago thirteen towers arrived on Earth. At noon on the summer solstice, the tower gates open every year admitting any who wish to climb. Those who survive and come back do so with incredible powers and riches, tales of different worlds and mythical beings. Over the decades the worlds contained inside of the towers have leaked free, changing the Earth and her inhabitants, the land around the towers saturated with mana and life, growing great and wild. Except for the Thirteenth Tower. The Unconquered Tower. Nobody has left the tower once they enter it. Every year the tower leeches more and more life out of the world, turning the American Southwest into a graveyard of life at a growing rate. If the tower isn't cleared and the drain isn't stopped, people worry that the tower will consume the planet. Roan doesn't care about that. The tower has long been the gravestone for his family as generations have tried to best it to save their ancestral homes. Now all he cares about is finally putting the burning question to rest. Are they dead? He only needs to clear the tower to find out. Expectations: Light Litrpg Market place Slow growth World Building Complex Characters Party Dynamics Mana Cultivation

LitRPG meets The Da Vinci Code. In 1974, someone handed Gary Gygax the rules for Dungeons & Dragons. They weren't creating a game. They were preparing humanity for the day it became real. The System is here. Millions are dead. Ancient monuments hum with power, and human biology has become a character sheet. Behind it all lies a conspiracy older than civilisation . A D&D party of three friends is about to stumble into it. Every ancient ruin on Earth was built for a reason. Delphi. Petra. Göbekli Tepe. Humanity mistook them for relics of the past when they were only waiting to wake up. Arthur Ashworth is a structural engineer who reads monsters like damaged buildings. Donna Callas is a security consultant who fights like she trained for this. Steve Parr is an archaeologist who just realised his entire career was fieldwork for the apocalypse. Now they're racing across real-world ruins, solving impossible puzzles, levelling against monsters pulled from mythology, and uncovering the truth behind the civilization that built humanity's hidden operating system. Their only guide is an alien construct with strong opinions about human architecture and no intention of telling them anything useful. What to expect: [+] Real archaeology, real history, real geography. Every ruin the party raids is a place you can find on a map. [+] Competent adults who solve problems with tools, not chosen-one luck. [+] A hard system. Every level paid for in blood, bone, and rebar. [+] Fights that are short, brutal, and leave marks. Oh, and riddles. Lots of riddles. ------------------------------------------------- Copyright Notice Ether Atlas is published exclusively on Royal Road by Lucas Arden . Please support the author by reading Ether Atlas on Royal Road and reporting unauthorized copies whenever possible.

Derrick Miller is a prepper/survivalist that's also a prior-service military and law enforcement member. When the "system" engages, he is working miles from home and must return to his family using his survival skills, and the new abilities he's granted by the system. Once he confirms his family is safe, he must create a place that is sustainable where his family can survive and thrive. Has elements of prepper/survivalist mentalities, base building, dungeon dives and level progression. Oh and Zombies... what apocalypse is complete without a few zombies.

Soon, an Eldritch Horror will eat his world... Warhol is the strongest arch-mage known to mankind. Yet when a Cosmic Horror appears and is hellbent on devouring the solar system, even he cannot face such a threat alone. There is only one person he can trust with the secret to his immense strength: his under leveled son. If they are to survive, he must power-level his son to demi-god heights. In one year, the horror arrives. One year to train his son, one year to unite the world, and one year to stop the apocalypse. WHAT TO EXPECT : —An Overpowered Archmage story with a mutation twist! —An Underpowered Son who grinds levels and points to compete with the big baddies! —Family Trauma WHAT NOT TO EXPECT : —Harem —Peace Updates: Daily