Top 25 Cyberpunk Novels on Royal Road (2026)
Updated November 2026 · ranked by average reader rating
Cyberpunk Novels are among the most popular stories on Royal Road.
This guide ranks the best by average reader rating. The current top picks are Seeking Strays, There's Always Another Level (LitRPG + Sidekick Romp) and Aura Overload. Some of them are already finished, so you can binge without waiting for updates.
The 25 best Cyberpunk novels on Royal Road
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Seeking Strays
by Lost RainProtect my sister. That’s all that ever mattered to me. Come hell or high water, I’d do anything if it meant my sweet little sister could have just one more day of a peaceful life. Anything. There was just one issue—I was burning the…
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There's Always Another Level (LitRPG + Sidekick Romp)
Friends, it's time for a proper negative five-hundred to hero story. Zero to hero ain't gonna cut it. Far too often the main character is a capable but naïve bumpkin bouncing off the turnip truck at whatever magical academy made a…
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Aura Overload
by PlumParrotIn a crumbling empire ruled by cybernetic immortals, royal bodyguard Hector Finalis was betrayed, branded a traitor, and left for dead. Two centuries later, his lost neurodeck resurfaces in a scavenger haul, and he awakens in a fragile…
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Myth//OS
by Lost Rain⏸ On hiatus · No new chapter since Jun 18, 2026 (5 months ago).What’s left when it all falls apart? Where do I go when the path forward is blocked? How do people just move on like nothing ever happened? A change in location certainly helped me. Bastion, the last hope of civilization. It's bright…
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Ghost in the City: Cyberpunk Gamer SI
by Seras⏸ On hiatus · No new chapter since Aug 13, 2026 (3 months ago).[This story has not been published on Amazon by me. Any copies found there are stolen] Night City, it's a place of endless wonders and horrors. Opportunities and dangers, but before Motoko Kusanagi can access any of them. She first has to…
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Havoc and the Cafeteria Queen [SCS (Stray Cat Strut) FF]
⏸ On hiatus · No new chapter since Sep 25, 2026 (6 weeks ago).This is in fact two stories set on opposite sides of a river in the SCS 'verse. On one side, a nameless old man sitting vigil for his dying wife gets caught in an Antithesis Incursion and takes the opportunity to put decades of studying…
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The Call of the Hollow Men
An experimental AI that he doesn’t remember stealing, thrown an unknown number of years into the future and promptly enslaved, Mat decides that everything sucks, and people still do mean things to one another. But alien life has been…
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Shoggoth (An SCS fanfic) | Or a science experiment journey to becoming an Eldritch Abomination.
by Ren_The_TURK⏸ On hiatus · No new chapter since Jul 16, 2026 (4 months ago).Stuck in a Janitor Droid body, a lost mind fractured by fate becomes awakened during and Incursion. Join our titular MC on its journey from being a cross between a Dalek and a astromech unit with only cleaning tools to an immortal…
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Sigiljack: Sci-Fantasy Cyberpunk LitRPG (Just hit Rising Stars!)
by Nate C.SIGILJACK Progression Sci-Fantasy Cyberpunk LitRPG Street-Samurai Combat x Dungeon Crawling Mana + Metal + Trauma Magic broke the world. Corporate greed broke him. John Ranson is a washed-up combat engineer with a glitching arm, dwindling…
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Teddy Bears on Brigade [A SCS Fanfiction]
Chapters released Mon/Wed/Fri. Evelyn "Teddy" Claire is a street kid just trying to make ends meet. That's hard to do when you live in the undercity, a near slum found underneath the foundations of the megacity of Calgary. Usually, her…
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New Gam3 Plus
by EphemeralityLevel up. Get stronger. Kill hostile aliens with the help of a friendly AI. Alan’s done it all before. Yet Earth is facing an impending invasion, and it might be his fault the government has already surrendered. Given another chance to…
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The Rings of Jupiter [A Dark Cyberpunk LitRPG] (STUBBED)
by O.C. SaarBOOK 1 IS OUT ON AMAZON! --- Raziel is meant to be dead. He shouldn't have levels, skills, or a metal arm that throws lightning. But he does, and he's only just getting started. Once a legendary Gunslinger of the Outer Ring, Raziel has…
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Trigger Happy - Magical Girl Arachnid Edition (Book 1 & 2 Complete)
by JarexEmotions are fuel. Happiness is ammo. Sam just wants to be a good person. It’s why she chooses to use her ability to see the unseen world of werewolves and vampires for good. Mainly, she hugs ghosts to death. But when shapeshifting aliens…
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Gamma Protocol [LitRPG, Cyberpunk]
by RavnicrasolIn the year 2252 I, Axel Garcia, woke up early, ready to enter the next phase of my life. I've since concluded that I should've slept in. Story details: A mix of slice-of-life, monster killing, and someone who wants to do good in a world…
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CyberGene [Volume 1 Complete! 500k+ Words] [LitRPG w/ cybernetics + mutations]
by Sixbees2⏸ On hiatus · No new chapter since Aug 13, 2026 (3 months ago).Chapters M-W-F 9AM. Volume 1 Blood and Steel: All Three Acts Complete! Volume 2 Thunder and Webs: Act Two Ongoing! Discord - Patreon - Spotify Playlist Upgrade. Consume. Evolve. Whether it’s cybernetics or mutations, this world demands…
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Outrun - Cyberpunk LitRPG
by Lost RainAh, Aythryn City—it’s truly a mess of neon and trash all supporting the psychopaths that live here. Desire is the name of the game in such a bright place, as anyone on the streets can verify. Whether it be the gangs roaming the streets…
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Cherno Caster [Noir Isekai Biopunk LitRPG]
by AkasoBetrayed and murdered for daring to expose the deeds of the corrupt. Snatched from the void of death by the capricious hand of cosmic coincidence. Brunhilde Krahe finds herself reborn into a bizarre world of magic and conspiracy, eldritch…
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Godclads
Professionally edited and published versions of volumes 1 and 2 can be found on Kindle and as audiobooks on Audible! Avo was born to destroy New Vultun. In a twist of fate, he’ll become its only hope for salvation. The gods were the…
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Kittypunk [Cyberpunk KitRPG]
by RavensDaggerShe was the world’s greatest assassin. A silent threat, an unknown knife, the cause of a hundred mysterious deaths, all to feed her cats and pay her rent. And then she died. The last thing she expected was to be reborn... as a harmless…
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Stray Cat Strut [Will Stub Yesterday... as soon as the time machine is done!]
by RavensDaggerIn the year 2057, the world has become a corporate-run utopia for the super-rich, and a hellhole for all the rest. Catherine 'Cat' Leblanc is an orphan that is about as far from super-rich as one can be. When the Incursion alarms start…
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Wildcards: The Dread Captain
At the District One Invitational, a rookie eSports team defied all odds and reached the finals. Their underdog story and humble beginnings elevated them to worldwide acclaim. Media corporations dubbed them, The Paragons. With their main…
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Rivera's Repairs: Dungeon Repairwoman
Tess Rivera doesn't need a combat class to survive. She needs one that can fix a dying city. Nineteen-year-old repair technician Tess lives on Tertius-Prime, a crumbling megacity built atop a dungeon that's been "cleared" for twenty…
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Keeper of Totality [Time-Travel LitRPG]
The death of the Hero reset the timeline. That wasn't what Lucy had intended when she made that last soul attack while dying. But she returned to Earth and tried to do the obvious thing: use her knowledge of the future to dominate the…
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Mechanized Union
by morvarchAfter failing out of law school and ending up working at an Amazon Warehouse in the mid 2050s, Life is pretty bleak for Quinn Takimura. Its been especially soul crushing since her permission to drive Cassie, her floors loader mech, got…
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The Dungeon Boss's Favorite Game - A Virmo Story
by Michael DaleKragathor is the final guardian of the world’s deepest dungeon. He is an immortal pinnacle of existence that is otherwise known as an ancient dragon. And he is terribly bored. His sole source of amusement comes from scrying on the…
More Cyberpunk novels to explore
- A Spark of Sylvan Flame⏸ No new chapter since Jul 2, 2026 (4 months ago).
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Frequently asked questions
What is the best Cyberpunk novel on Royal Road?
Right now Seeking Strays by Lost Rain is the highest rated, with an average rating of 4.89 out of 5 and 82 chapters. There's Always Another Level (LitRPG + Sidekick Romp) by PerilousPlatypus comes next.
How are these stories ranked?
Stories are ordered by their average reader rating on Royal Road, and the guide is refreshed as ratings change.
Are there completed Cyberpunk novels I can binge?
Yes, including The Call of the Hollow Men, Kittypunk [Cyberpunk KitRPG] and Tarnished Honor.
Where can I read these Cyberpunk novels?
Every story is free to read on Royal Road. Open a story's page and use the Read button to go straight to it. FicGems doesn't host any chapters.