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New LitRPG Releases This Month

The LitRPG genre publishes at a pace that is genuinely difficult to track. Between Amazon KDP, Royal Road serialization, and Audible originals, there are new entries every week across every sub-genre. This page surfaces the most recent additions to our database — LitRPG, progression fantasy, dungeon core, GameLit, and related genres.

Not every book here will be a classic. Some will be excellent. Some will be the first entry in a series that goes on to define a sub-genre. The point of a new releases tracker is to help you find those signal books before word of mouth does it for you.

Rankings on this page are by recency, not rating — these books are too new for meaningful community score data. Check back in a few months to see which ones hold up.

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The Harvest of Moondew Valley 2 (The Lighthearted LitRPG Farm Adventure) cover

The Harvest of Moondew Valley 2 (The Lighthearted LitRPG Farm Adventure)

D. R. R. Hatch

The Lighthearted LitRPG Farm Adventure

LitRPG

A Lonely Farmer Found A Home, A Family, Belonging. But An Angry Mayor And A Fearful Town Are Coming To Take It All Away. He Now Has 28 Days To Stop Them—Or Lose Everything. Alden Bramblethorn is certain he's a fraud. After restoring a forgotten farm and claiming its magic, he became the Caretaker people look up to—and he’s convinced, deep down, that he only got lucky. Then a door sealed for a hundred years swings open, revealing a harvest he must complete in 28 days, or the farm, his friends, and his family will fall back into ruin. Desperate to be someone his new family can count on, Alden pours everything he has into the impossible harvest. But a furious mayor and a frightened town rise up to drive him off his land—and away from the only family he's ever loved. Can Alden become the leader Moondew Valley needs, or will his fear and self-doubt cost him everything he's ever wanted—and leave him alone for good? The Harvest of Moondew Valley 2 is the heartwarming second book in this cozy fantasy LitRPG series. If you love cozy farming and crafting, found family, wholesome town-building, a slow-burn small-town romance, and a lonely hero learning to lead, then you'll love Hatch's heartwarming slice-of-life LitRPG adventure. Buy The Harvest of Moondew Valley 2 To Get Cozy Today!

After the Tower: A LitRPG Adventure cover

After the Tower: A LitRPG Adventure

McCollum & M.S.

LitRPG

A fast-paced LitRPG featuring crafting-based progression, deadly exploration, and humanity’s fight to reclaim Earth. Humanity defeated the Tower, yet they still lost the world. Josh was raised as a reclaimer, taught to carve back the endless jungle around humanity’s last remaining city. His days are long, his fights are bloody, and to survive, he must scavenge for riches and lost technology amongst buried secrets in the Old World ruins. Then he discovers two impossible things: a powerful monster seeking to destroy the last city known to man, and an ancient bloodstone that grants its bearer a new Class. [Crafter] Now Josh can create things humanity hasn’t seen since the heroes conquered the Tower nearly a century ago. And he may be their last chance at survival. Perfect for fans of Defiance of the Fall, Mark of the Fool, and Portal to Nova Roma.

Darklands Online: Book 2 cover

Darklands Online: Book 2

Bushman & David J

Darklands Online #2

LitRPG

When Kurt followed his brother into the world of Darklands Online, he expected a game like any other. What he found was a world more realistic than he could have ever imagined. The deeper he delved into the fantastic world of eternal night, the more Kurt suspected that something was amiss. It was only when he found that he was being manipulated by a rogue artificial intelligence that Kurt realized how far afield his journey had taken him. Now, Kurt finds himself drawn back into the world with his brother and his new friends, Bhae and Carmen. The war between the powers of light and dark rage on even as a mysterious new faction joins the fray. New zones and monsters await as well as all too familiar dangers that stalk the night. All the while, Kurt yearns to learn what the A.I. Noctura has planned with her new found freedom. The adventure continues in Darklands Online, Book 2.

Darklands Online cover

Darklands Online

Bushman & David J

Darklands Online

LitRPG

It had been a number of years since Kurt had last played a video game. That all changed when his state wrestling bid was cut abruptly short. With nothing but time on his hands, Kurt relented to explore a VRMMO with his younger brother. Having been transported to a world ruled by magic and the strength of a blade, Kurt now must call upon skills he has not used in years. As the lines between reality and the game begin to blur, Kurt must figure out just what is going on with Darklands Online.

Battle Bard: Bards of the Broken Empire cover

Battle Bard: Bards of the Broken Empire

Wideman & Robyn

LitRPG

They laughed when he brought a drum to a cultivation fight. They weren't laughing long. Max Stone's laid-back life ends abruptly when a foolhardy rescue attempt earns him a ticket to the afterlife. Instead of heaven or hell, his soul becomes a poker chip in a game between gods. Winning a second chance, Max chooses to keep his memories through an agonizing process, awakening reincarnated not as a baby, but in the frail, teenage body of a recently deceased boy on Eedan—a world of chi cultivation, magic, and monsters straight out of fantasy epics. Starting weaker than the lowest level cultivator and immediately attracting the ire of arrogant nobles, Max must leverage his Earth-born wits and a unique blessing to survive. He needs to learn the ways of chi, overcome his pathetic beginnings, and navigate a world where power reigns supreme. This LitRPG Cultivation Fantasy features a reincarnated MC starting from scratch, a unique magic system involving chi and elemental affinities, status screens, meddling gods, and a world full of peril and opportunity.

Zoe & Glico Band 1: Aus der Welt von Steve Wilds "Klassenlos" cover

Zoe & Glico Band 1: Aus der Welt von Steve Wilds "Klassenlos"

Alexander Koschny & Steve Wild

Zoe & Glico Band #1

LitRPG

Zoe & GlicoEine kurze, gnadenlose LitRPG • Geschichte aus der Welt von Steve Wilds „Klassenlos“. Als die Welt stirbt, bleibt nur der Kampf. Zwei junge Frauen, wie sie unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten, stellen sich dem Ende – und entdecken, dass der wahre Feind nicht immer tot ist. Zoe war Söldnerin – abgebrüht, pragmatisch und bewaffnet. Glico war das Gegenteil – chaotisch, bunt und Gewalt kennt sie höchstens aus Videospielen. Als die Toten aufstehen, bleibt ihnen nur eine Hoffnung: das Lager eines alten Freundes zu erreichen, der sich jahrelang auf genau diesen Tag vorbereitet hat. Doch der Weg führt über die Straße der Toten – und Überleben ist keine Garantie. Schnell müssen sie lernen, dass in dieser neuen Welt niemand ist, was er zu sein vorgibt – und Vertrauen tödlicher sein kann als jeder Biss. Ein düsteres Spin-Off zur Klassenlos-Saga. • Geschichte aus der Welt von Steve Wilds „Klassenlos“. Ein düsteres Spin-Off zur Klassenlos-Saga. Please note: This audiobook is in German. In ihrer Audible-Bibliothek auf unserer Website finden Sie für dieses Hörbuch eine PDF-Datei mit zusätzlichem Material.

Klassenlos: Ein apokalyptischer LitRPG-Roman Band 3 (German Edition) cover

Klassenlos: Ein apokalyptischer LitRPG-Roman Band 3 (German Edition)

Steve Wild

Ein apokalyptischer LitRPG-Roman Band #3

LitRPG

„Die Kombination aus Überlebenskampf, düsterem Humor und LitRPG macht ›Klassenlos‹ zu einem echten Highlight.“ Sam dringt in das Reich der Spinnen ein – und stößt auf die unerbittliche Wahrheit: Ihre Welt ist ebenso von den »Göttern« versklavt wie seine eigene. Hier sieht er zum ersten Mal, was langfristige Unterwerfung wirklich bedeutet. In dieser perfekten Tyrannei wird seine Klassenlosigkeit vom Defekt zur tödlichen Waffe. Sie ist der Beweis, dass die Regeln dieser »Götter« gebrochen werden können. Und das macht ihn zur Zielscheibe für alle, die ihre Ordnung bewachen. Die Regeln wurden von Göttern geschrieben. Es ist Zeit, sie zu brechen.

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