I'm writting a Fantasy, LitRPG where the Mc gets reincarnated, but has to share with mind and body with a system girl who is an absolute pain.(She will end up being reincarnated herself after a twist of events, and gains her own body)
I was wondering if this cover fits gives you what the story is actually about?
Hi everyone! I recently started publishing a novel on Royal Road after being recommended the platform.
I'd never really read anything there before, since my story leaned more toward a conventional novel/light novel structure than what I initially assumed was the norm.
After browsing around, I noticed the fantasy stories that charted and got real visibility — Rising Stars, trending, etc. — skewed heavily toward LitRPG, isekai/portal fantasy, and progression. Totally got the appeal, and no shade at all toward those subgenres.
But it left me curious: was that mostly reader demand, or more a byproduct of how the algorithm/discovery system favored that kind of structure (stat progression, frequent leveling beats, etc.)?
Asked partly out of curiosity, and partly because my own story didn't really fit that mold — it's a low fantasy/mythos/urban fantasy/supernatural adventure, no system, no leveling.
So I was genuinely wondering how something outside that cluster tended to find its footing here, and whether anyone had had luck growing a non-LitRPG story without an existing following coming in.
If anyone was curious to take a look, it's called Sons of Men, a low fantasy, adventure, real-world mythology novel with psychological elements. Any feedback, brutally honest included, was very welcome.