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Fantasy where game-like systems such as levels, classes, skills, or explicit statistics are part of the story world.
709 direct matchesOpen guide →02Progression FantasyStories built around a character's deliberate, legible growth in power, skill, knowledge, or influence.
394 direct matchesOpen guide →03CultivationProgression shaped by disciplined practice, internal power, martial traditions, and increasingly demanding realms of advancement.
35 direct matchesOpen guide →04XianxiaChinese-influenced immortal-hero fantasy centered on cultivation, sects, spiritual power, and transcendence.
0 direct matchesOpen guide →05WuxiaMartial-hero stories grounded more closely in extraordinary skill, honor, rivalry, and the jianghu than immortal cultivation.
0 direct matchesOpen guide →06IsekaiStories in which a protagonist is transported, summoned, or reincarnated into another world.
3 direct matchesOpen guide →07Dungeon CoreProgression from the perspective of a dungeon intelligence building rooms, creatures, traps, and power.
59 direct matchesOpen guide →08GameLitFiction shaped by games or game logic, without requiring every LitRPG convention.
553 direct matchesOpen guide →09Kingdom BuildingProgression focused on settlements, factions, institutions, territory, and the people who make them work.
12 direct matchesOpen guide →10Academy ProgressionTraining, rivals, examinations, and structured instruction drive the protagonist's advancement.
1 direct matchOpen guide →11Apocalypse LitRPGA system transforms or destroys the familiar world, forcing survivors to level, adapt, and rebuild.
17 direct matchesOpen guide →12Monster EvolutionA non-human protagonist grows through transformations, evolutions, or species advancement.
28 direct matchesOpen guide →13CraftingProgression led by making, enchanting, alchemy, engineering, or another productive discipline.
26 direct matchesOpen guide →14Tower ClimbingCharacters advance through layered trials, floors, or ranked challenges inside a tower structure.
0 direct matchesOpen guide →15Time LoopRepeated time gives characters a way to learn, plan, investigate, and accumulate effective power.
40 direct matchesOpen guide →16RegressionA protagonist returns to an earlier point with knowledge, skill, or memories from a later life.
10 direct matchesOpen guide →17System ApocalypseModern life collides with levels, classes, monsters, and a newly imposed system.
17 direct matchesOpen guide →18Superhero ProgressionSuperpowered fiction where ability growth and mastery are core to the plot.
0 direct matchesOpen guide →19Sci-Fi Progression FantasyProgression structures placed in futuristic, technological, or spacefaring settings.
15 direct matchesOpen guide →20Dark Progression FantasyProgression fantasy with harsher moral choices, violence, atmosphere, or consequences.
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