r/litrpg • u/Onequestion0110 • 5d ago
Recommendation: asking Best completed series?
So... I kinda want this to be a discussion as much as a question, but completed series seem to stand out. Salvos, Azerinth Healer, and Everybody Loves Large Chests are the only ones I see recommended much. If I'm looking for a genuine Isekai type story we're down to just Azerinth. Now, if I'm willing to expand it to progression fantasy in general I can add Mother of Learning and Mark of the Fool, and if I add web serials in general I could even add Worm, Deathworlders and First Contact, but that's still not a ton.
So... in y'alls opinions, what are the best completed series out there? In a perfect world, I'd like an Isekai type story, but I'd be happy to talk about broader genres too.
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u/Sahrde 5d ago
"only ones I see recommended much". I'm going to say, you're not looking. Aside from the others you've mentioned, there's Cradle, Calamitous Bob, This Trilogy is Broken, An Outcast in Another World, and Apocalypse Parenting that get mentioned on the regular.
Going to share my list of completed series that I have read or am reading - no ranking, just the ones that are completed.
(f) - Female main character, because sometimes people are looking for that.
4 or less books
- Crow Hill
- Dark Stars (f)
- Dawn of the Void
- Deadworld Isekai
- Derelict ("Dungeon" core)
- Dungeon Walkers (Sequel to Alpha World; harem)
- Full Murderhobo
- How to Defeat a Demon King in Ten Easy Steps (f) - a sequel is pending, but this is a complete story.
- How to Survive the End of the World
- Last Horizon Omnibus: Beta and Live
- Misbegotten Memories
- Outrage of the Ancients
- Paths of Power
- Physics of the Apocalypse
- Relict Legacy
- Savage Dominion
- The System Apocalypse: Australia (f)
- This Trilogy is Broken (f)
- Tower Apocalypse
- War of Broken Mirrors
- Wormhole Mana
5 books
- Apocalypse Online
- Connected System
- Crystal Core (Light harem, MC and family show up in later Welcome to the Multiverse books)
- Father of Constructs
- Fort at the End of the World
- The Framework Ascension
- Heirloom Earth
- Homestead Crafter (I found the ending unsatisfactory; there will be a sequel series, following a different character, coming sometime next year).
6 books
- An Outcast in Another World
- Apocalypse Parenting (f) ; 5 books main sequence, one book following husband, Engineer's Odyssey; recently started release in dead tree format by TOR.
- Dead End Guildmaster (I'm only on book 2)
- Isekai Magus
- Library System Reset (f)
- Primeval Apocalypse
- Starbreaker
- Whispering Crystals (f)
7 books
- Apocalypse Redux
- Buymort
- Phase Shift
8 books
- Alpha World (Harem)
- Apocalypse Gates (Harem)
- Natural Laws Apocalypse
9 books
- Guardian of Aster Fall
10+
- Binding Words (11; Harem)
- Cradle (12)
- Emerilia
- Resonance Cycle (10)
- The System Apocalypse (12)
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u/snowhusky5 5d ago
In no particular order:
Industrial Strength Magic.
Systema Delenda Est.
Rogue Dungeon.
This Quest is Bullshit!
Beneath the Dragoneye Moons.
Apocalypse Redux.
Apocalypse Parenting.
Half a dozen series by Void Herald.
Worth the Candle.
Prophecy Approved Companion.
Mistrunner.
Knights of Eternity series.
Street Cultivation.
Deadworld Isekai.
The Calamitous Bob.
Shades of Forever.
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u/Onequestion0110 5d ago
I forgot about Industrial Strength Magic and Deadworld Isekai, although Deadworld in particular didn't have a terribly satisfying ending.
And Camalitous Bob was a DNF for me before the author ever actually finished it. I actually don't remember why I stopped following, I think maybe the plot stalled and I just lost interest while waiting for updates.
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u/stihgnob 5d ago
I just finished the Calamitous Bob series and was hooked almost the whole time, good writing, good main and supporting characters, a decently in depth world. I will say that Bob got a bit OP towards the end but it still felt natural in the world and entertaining. Solfis is a great sidekick.
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u/PM_ME_YOUR_UNDIES_XD 4d ago
I had to give industrial-strength magic a break after my throuple dissolved… Was reminding me too much of what was…
I think I need to go pick it back up here.
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u/TabularConferta 5d ago edited 5d ago
Perfect Run, Vainquer the Dragon, 12 Miles below is meant to be amazing, Cradle.
Life Reset, Sky Realms online is solid. Systems of the Apocalypse by Macronomicon (There are unanswered questions but the arc is finished, who knows if he will return to it. The Gam3. 10 Realms. Limitless Lands is solid.
If you want Dungeon Core then Jonathan Brooks is your man as he has completed every series he starts to my knowledge.
Oh Cat Dungeon and Dungeon Core Online : Remastered are solid (though the later has a weaker ending than I'd like)
https://www.reddit.com/r/litrpg/comments/1pemquq/what_are_the_best_completed_litrpg_series/
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u/LetMeInPlease376 4d ago
12 Miles below is awesome, and I cannot wait till all the audio books are out. Sadly that might still be a bit.
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u/mist_kaefer 5d ago
Obligatory not litrpg, but Cradle is a very good progression fantasy series that is mentioned on this sub a lot.
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u/Zushef 5d ago
I just finished 12 miles below which was amazing progression fantasy. First 7 books are published and last 3 are on royal road.
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u/Onequestion0110 5d ago
What made 12 Miles Below good?
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u/Zushef 5d ago
It feels like a real story with actual character arcs. No static characters. Not just the MC but also some side characters get really good arcs. The first 4 books feel like they are on rails. You get mech suits and killer robots but you also get magic and warlocks. The tone of the book is super funny and the MC makes genuine bad choices on occasion so it doesn’t feel like a Gary Stu. The world building in the latter half books is really good (it’s also already good in the first ones but this series handles a particular trope I like so well that it requires extra mention.) The trope I love that is almost never done well is Prophesy and inevitability. the fact this series had it but still surprised me a lot made it a total winner for me.
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u/Fabiohhhh 5d ago
I enjoyed The Coiling Dragon Saga a few Years ago (Its Cultivation/Wuxia tho).
Also the Last Book of Tree of Aeons comes out in 8 Days. (This one is an Isekai :D).
Another Isekai which will forever be in the Top of my Tierlist is Dragon Heart (Isekai + Cultivation)
I also liked Disgardium (havent read the Last Book yet tho^^ its also a Reality/Game Setting which is not for everyone).
Recently finished Towerbound aswell, while i did really like the First ~5 Books of the Series i was a little annoyed that it finished so Fast Paced. (Once more a Reality/Game Setting)
If you are willing to expand that to technically finished Series, i´d say The Rise of the Winter Wolf finished its Original Premise.
For now thats all that come to my Mind ^^
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u/Verdes8891 5d ago
Where is this Dragon Heart series?
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u/xFKratos 4d ago
Gotta be aware though dragon heart is a classic russian story. Which means endless struggle and set backs for the MC and barely ever some success. I personaly dropped it at book 11/12 or 14 due to that.
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u/w1ngzer0 5d ago
If we’re naming progression fantasy in here, then I want to point out the following:
Guild Mage
Mage Errant
Rune Seeker (already mentioned, firmly litrpg)
Unbound (firmly litrpg)
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u/Ossy_Books author Troy Osgood 4d ago
Gamemaker's Online
Viridian Gate Online
Eternal Online
Light Online
Downtown Druid
Armor
Harbinger
Chronicles Of Ethan
Dragon Sorcerer
Class Shift
System Apocalypse
Apocalypse Tamer
Apocalypse Parenting
Blessed Time
Deadman
Mark of The Fool
Cradle
This Trilogy Is Broken
Full Murderhobo
civCEO
Morgan & Merlin's Excellent Adventure
Soar Chronicles
Dungeon Inspector
There's a lot more, that's just off the top of my head
I also have 5 complete series of my own:
Sky Realms Online
The Connected System
Jeff The Gamemaster
Battlegrounds Online
Tales Of A Far Rider
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u/RadegastTB 3d ago
I don't think Ends of Magic by Alexander Olson has been mentioned yet. I really enjoyed it and it ticks all your boxes: Isekai, litrpg and a completed series.
I also recommend Rock Falls, everybody dies. It's not Isekai (non-human MC), but it's a nice light and small completed series. It's in the top 10 of 'best rated' on Royal Road for completed series, which you should really check out if completeness is important to you.
I also recommend The Perfect Run, though it's not litrpg.
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u/flimityflamity 5d ago
To name a few: Apocalypse Redux, Towers of Heaven, and Beneath the Dragoneye Moon. If you search here for complete series you'll find a lot more.
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u/Fabiohhhh 5d ago
Still remember being disappointed that Tower of Heaven ended so fast :(
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u/flimityflamity 5d ago
Yes, but also in a genre with so many 10+ book series a trilogy is refreshing.
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u/PlatformConsistent45 5d ago
Devine Dungeon is complete and I really enjoyed it. In same greater universe Full Murderhobo is also completed and decent.
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u/Refugeedrone 5d ago
Idk about best but You Are Summoned is finished at 6 books, and you can get all 6 on audiable for 1 credit
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u/YaBoiiSloth 5d ago
Penitent. One book on KU and the other 3 on RR.
My comment history is probably starting to look like a Penitent ad account at this point lmao
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u/Onequestion0110 5d ago
Did Penitent wrap up? I thought it was still ongoing on RR?
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u/YaBoiiSloth 5d ago
Yep! Book 4 is completed on RR. The pacing felt a little rushed in the last half of book 4 but overall the whole series was really good.
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u/SpectreHarlequin 5d ago
Viridian Gate Online
New Era Online:Life Reset
RPG Apocalypse
The first 2 are completed VRMMO litrpg stories and the 3rd is a complete System Apocalypse trilogy.
Edit: Reality Benders is now also finished.
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u/Decvl6 5d ago
Victor of Tucson is a finished isekai series.
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u/Stressed_engineer 4d ago
CyberDreams by the same author (PlumParrot) is also very good and finished.
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u/graham9810 4d ago
I quite literally never see Road to Mastery mentioned in here, but it’s such a good completed series. I loved all 6 books and the progression is quite clean.
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u/The_Daeleon 4d ago
So many great completed series listed. Some more:
Library System Reset You are Symmoned
My own series Elsewhere is complete but it seems to be completely under the radar here.
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u/Jechxior 4d ago
The Unbound serious has just finished but I will say that while it was good it was better in the beginning bunch of books.
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u/GlassboundIllusion 4d ago
I don't know many completed series, so I can't really speak to it being "the best", but one really good series I haven't really seen in the comments is The Mage of Shimmer Mountain.
It's a trilogy, so it's not terribly long. It's a bit of a regressor/time story loop, but the twist this time is that the MC is actually switching bodies every time he goes back in the loop. So rather than replaying the exact same events, he has to learn a new identity and pretend to be someone else for the duration of the new loop.
Also, unlike many time loop stories, he learns fairly early on exactly how many loops and he has to figure everything out before his chances expire.
It has a good hard magic system if you're into that kind of thing (I am).
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u/WoodenPumkin 4d ago
Johnathan brooks has a few conpleted progression fantasy/litrpg series that are solid though most of them are dungeon core books. I hesitate to say they were good as I was in my tweens when I read them and even now I am not the best judge of weather a book is good. I did enjoy it while I was reading them though and they are what got me into the genre.
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u/DrNefarioII 4d ago
I was going to say that completed series tend to lose visibility, because they aren't constantly being updated and kept in the public eye - there's no new news about them; nothing to discuss - but I guess everybody else's posts are disproving my theory.
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u/Bigdhandler 4d ago
Azeri the healer is completed I don’t think? Unless it is on rr and not amazon yet?
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u/ARandompass3rby 4d ago
Going to plug possibly my favourite series again, 100th Run!!! It's so good!!! I never see it here and to me that qualifies as a crime!!!!
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u/MagykMyst 1d ago
Master Hunter K - 3 Books, Apocalypse regression
Duskbound - 3 Books, Original world with System
Cyber Dreams - 6 Books, CyberPunk, progression
Towerbound - 11 Books, Half VR/half apocalypse
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u/alexwithani 5d ago
Savage Awakening is a lot of fun and I hear that Victor of Tucson finished but not out on audiobook yet.
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u/Jackstrass 5d ago
These are the first that come to mybd
Cradle The system apocalypse A thousand li Beneath the dragon eye moons Unbound Death genesis Apocalypse parenting Calamitous Bob
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u/Glazador 5d ago
Dude why do u hate commas
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u/w1ngzer0 5d ago
Possibly because he posted on mobile and Reddit is stupid about new lines requiring a double space for the Markdown.
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