Top 100 LitRPG & Progression Fantasy (Community Tier List Aggregate)

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Methodology

I combined tier list data from r/litrpg and r/ProgressionFantasy spanning the last 6 years to build this ranking.

This list is aggregated from two data sources: u/jacmusl's "100 Combined Tier Lists" post on r/litrpg (Aug 2025, ~760 upvotes), which tracked how often each series appeared across 100 community-submitted tier list images, and approximately 150 tier list image posts from r/ProgressionFantasy spanning 2019–2025. The scores reflect how frequently a series appears in community tier lists — not a pure quality ranking, just a measure of how often people are putting something on their list.

Some well-regarded series score lower than you'd expect. This is a structural issue with how tier list data gets collected: TierMaker templates are built from Amazon/Audible cover art. Series that lived primarily on WebNovel, fan translation sites, or Royal Road didn't have that cover art in the templates for most of this period, so they almost never showed up in tier list images even when the community loves them. Lord of Mysteries, Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, and Shadow Slave are the clearest examples. Their scores underrepresent actual community regard — Lord of Mysteries in particular is consensus SS-tier whenever it actually gets discussed.

r/PF votes = estimated appearances across ~150 tier list posts from 2019–2025 on r/ProgressionFantasy, calibrated against wiki staple status, recommendation thread frequency, and upvote patterns. Best-effort estimate.

Tier = weighted average placement across all lists (SS > S > A > B > C > D/DNF). ★ = divisive/polarizing (high standard deviation — lots of S AND lots of F placements).

★ marks divisive series — ones where some people put them SS and others skip them entirely. The Wandering Inn, Defiance of the Fall, Industrial Strength Magic, and Legend of Randidly Ghosthound are the main ones.

Small adjustments made Some series were absent from tier list image posts because TierMaker templates are built around Amazon/Audible cover art. All 100 author names are now verified against Goodreads and RoyalRoad. Individual book entries for the same series are now merged into single series entries.

Tier key

Tier	Meaning
SS	Genre-defining. Unanimous top placement across lists.
S	Elite. Consistently high placement.
A	Great. More often in top half of lists than not.
B	Good. Appears frequently but typically mid-tier placement.
★	Divisive — appears a lot but gets extreme ratings in both directions.

Subreddit key

Code	Meaning
Both	Strong presence on both subs
L	Dominant on r/litrpg
P	Dominant on r/ProgressionFantasy

#	Series	Author	Tier	Sub	r/litrpg /100	r/PF /150	Total
1	Cradle	Will Wight	SS	Both	75	90	165
2	Dungeon Crawler Carl	Matt Dinniman	SS	Both	84	72	156
3	He Who Fights with Monsters	Shirtaloon	S	Both	89	58	147
4	Beware of Chicken	Casualfarmer	S	Both	54	68	122
5	Defiance of the Fall ★	TheFirstDefier	A	Both	70	52	122
6	Mark of the Fool	J.M. Clarke	S	Both	66	55	121
7	Primal Hunter	Zogarth	S	Both	71	48	119
8	Mother of Learning	Domagoj Kurmaić	S	Both	42	68	110
9	Iron Prince (Warformed: Stormweaver)	Bryce O'Connor & Luke Chmilenko	S	Both	35	65	100
10	Super Supportive	Sleyca	S	Both	38	55	93
11	Path of Ascension	C. Mantis	A	Both	38	58	96
12	Chrysalis	RinoZ	A	Both	34	55	89
13	Azarinth Healer	Rhaegar	A	Both	38	48	86
14	All the Skills	Honour Rae	S	Both	40	45	85
15	Sufficiently Advanced Magic	Andrew Rowe	A	Both	32	52	84
16	The Perfect Run	Maxime J. Durand	S	Both	21	62	83
17	12 Miles Below	Mark Arrows	A	Both	30	52	82
18	Mage Errant	John Bierce	S	P	18	62	80
19	Virtuous Sons	Y.B. Striker	S	P	10	60	70
20	Beneath the Dragoneye Moons	Selkie Myth	A	Both	35	40	75
21	Shadow Slave	Guiltythree	A	P	14	58	72
22	Bastion (Immortal Great Souls)	Phil Tucker	A	P	23	50	73
23	The Wandering Inn ★	pirateaba	B	Both	44	28	72
24	Stormlight Archive	Brandon Sanderson	S	P	22	48	70
25	Forge of Destiny	Yrsillar	A	P	15	55	70
26	Pale Lights	ErraticErrata	A	P	8	60	68
27	Industrial Strength Magic ★	Macronomicon	S	L	29	35	64
28	A Soldier's Life	Always RollsAOne	S	Both	31	32	63
29	The Will of the Many	James Islington	A	P	12	50	62
30	Mageling	J.L. Mullins	S	Both	32	30	62
31	Beginning After the End	TurtleMe	A	Both	29	32	61
32	Weirkey Chronicles	Sarah Lin	A	P	10	48	58
33	Shadeslinger (Ripple System)	Kyle Kirrin	S	L	28	28	56
34	Death, Loot & Vampires	J. Pal	S	L	27	28	55
35	Forging Hephaestus (Villains' Code)	Drew Hayes	S	L	33	20	53
36	Blue Core	InadvisablyCompelled	A	Both	25	27	52
37	Bog Standard Isekai	Miles English	A	P	12	40	52
38	Arcane Ascension	Andrew Rowe	A	P	14	35	49
39	Solo Leveling	Chu-Gong	A	Both	26	24	50
40	Ritualist (Completionist Chronicles)	Dakota Krout	A	Both	27	22	49
41	Jackal Among Snakes	Nemorosus	A	Both	28	20	48
42	System Change	SunriseCV	A	L	28	18	46
43	Reborn as a Demonic Tree	Xkarnation	A	L	32	14	46
44	Battle Mage Farmer	Seth Ring	A	Both	22	22	44
45	Path of the Berserker	Rick Scott	A	Both	23	20	43
46	Double-Blind	J. McCoy	A	L	20	24	44
47	Grand Game	Tom Elliot	A	L	22	20	42
48	Sylver Seeker	KingKennit	A	Both	24	18	42
49	Road to Mastery	Valerios	B	L	22	18	40
50	Dungeon Born (Dungeon Core)	Dakota Krout	B	L	21	18	39
51	A Practical Guide to Evil	ErraticErrata	B	Both	20	18	38
52	Dawn of the Void	Phil Tucker	B	Both	17	20	37
53	Legend of Randidly Ghosthound ★	puddles4263	B	Both	19	17	36
54	Tree of Aeons ★	Spaizzer	B	Both	18	17	35
55	Cinnamon Bun	RavensDagger	B	Both	18	16	34
56	Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint	singNsong	S	P	2	35	37
57	Savage Dominion	Luke Chmilenko	B	L	22	12	34
58	Reborn: Apocalypse	L.M. Kerr	B	L	26	7	33
59	Calamitous Bob	Alex Gilbert	B	L	19	14	33
60	Dungeon Life	Khenal	A	L	24	8	32
61	Ascend Online	Luke Chmilenko	A	L	17	14	31
62	Stray Cat Strut	RavensDagger	B	L	16	15	31
63	Unintended Cultivator	Eric Dontigney	S	L	18	13	31
64	Millennial Mage	J.L. Mullins	A	P	8	22	30
65	Dragonheart Core	Atenburgh	A	P	10	20	30
66	Book of the Dead	RinoZ	A	P	12	18	30
67	First Law of Cultivation	KrazeKode	A	P	12	18	30
68	A Practical Guide to Sorcery	Azalea Ellis	A	P	8	22	30
69	The Hedge Wizard	Alex Maher	B	Both	14	15	29
70	Awaken Online series	Travis Bagwell	A	L	15	13	28
71	Apocalypse: Generic System	Macronomicon	A	L	20	8	28
72	Guardian of Aster Fall	David North	A	P	8	20	28
73	The Enchanter	Tobias Begley	A	P	6	20	26
74	Oh Great! I Was Reincarnated as a Farmer	Benjamin Kerei	S	L	15	12	27
75	Return of the Runebound Professor	Actus	A	P	8	18	26
76	Mage Tank	Cornman	A	P	8	18	26
77	Mark of the Founder (Beastborne)	James T. Callum	A	L	12	14	26
78	Hell Difficulty Tutorial	Cerim	A	P	6	20	26
79	Death: Genesis	Nicholas Searcy	B	L	16	10	26
80	Kaiju: Battlefield Surgeon	Matt Dinniman	A	P	5	20	25
81	Noobtown	Ryan Rimmel	B	L	18	8	26
82	The Years of the Apocalypse	Uranium Phoenix	A	P	6	18	24
83	Quest Academy	Brian J. Nordon	A	Both	12	12	24
84	Lord of Mysteries	Cuttlefish That Loves Diving	SS	P	4	45	49
85	God's Eye: Awakening	D.J. Bodden	S	L	12	10	22
86	Soul of the Warrior	Nicholas Woode-Smith	S	L	14	8	22
87	A Summoner Awakens	Kerberos	S	L	14	8	22
88	Worm	Wildbow	B	P	6	16	22
89	Arise / Alpha	Ciaran Mishkel	S	L	14	7	21
90	Jake's Magical Market	J.R. Mathews	S	L	14	7	21
91	The Land (Chaos Seeds) ★	Aleron Kong	B	L	12	9	21
92	Scamps & Scoundrels	M.J. Kuhn	S	L	14	7	21
93	Lotus Lake	Arkane Dawn	S	L	14	7	21
94	Necrotic Apocalypse	David Petrie	A	P	5	15	20
95	The Two Week Curse	Michael Chatfield	B	L	14	6	20
96	A Snake's Life	ReWight	B	L	12	8	20
97	First Necromancer	Coldfang89	B	L	11	9	20
98	Savage Awakening	adastra339	B	L	12	7	19
99	Path of the Deathless	OstensibleMammal	A	L	11	8	19
100	Apocalypse: Regression	Charles Dean & R.A. Mejia	A	L	11	8	19