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Top 25 Post Apocalyptic Novels on Royal Road (2026)

Updated November 2026 · ranked by average reader rating

Post Apocalyptic 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, Kaia the Argent Wing and Myth//OS. Some of them are already finished, so you can binge without waiting for updates.

The 25 best Post Apocalyptic novels on Royal Road

  1. Seeking Strays

    by Lost Rain
    4.89 · 82 chapters · Ongoing

    Protect 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…

    ActionAdventure Anti-Hero LeadAnti-Villain LeadArtificial Intelligence

  2. Kaia the Argent Wing

    by QuietValerie
    4.84 · 41 chapters · Ongoing

    A girl with two forms. One is a tinkerer, the other an angel. Nobody can know they're the same person. Both will be needed if Edgewood wants to survive the Storm and the old gods who rise in its wake. The Storm arrives barely weeks after…

    ActionAdventure Attractive LeadCraftingFemale Lead

  3. Myth//OS

    by Lost Rain
    4.81 · 71 chapters · Hiatus
    ⏸ 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…

    FantasyMystery Anti-Hero LeadCyberpunkDungeon Crawler

  4. Armageddon Convenience Store

    by Tokage Noshipo
    4.80 · 30 chapters

    The Japanese convenience store, or Conbini, is the pinnacle of innovation in the modern world. With over 50,000 locations in Japan alone, customers can purchase not only snacks and drinks, but they provide freshly made lunchboxes as well…

    AdventureContemporary Dungeon CrawlerLitRPGLow Fantasy

  5. Sunny Days Endless Hell [Base-Building, Apocalyptic Slice of Life]

    by Zarinthel
    4.76 · 85 chapters · Ongoing

    The world is corrupted by miasma, and a strange fog covers the sky. Blood still splattered everywhere from killing her first mutant zombie, Zan Xinyi becomes the unwilling host to her very own system: The 1 Gacha Game System. It doesn’t…

    FantasyHorror Female LeadLitRPGPost Apocalyptic

  6. Sigiljack: Sci-Fantasy Cyberpunk LitRPG (Just hit Rising Stars!)

    by Nate C.
    4.73 · 36 chapters

    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…

    ActionAdventure Artificial IntelligenceCyberpunkDystopia

  7. The Firstlings

    by C.H. Mouser
    4.73 · 53 chapters

    Humanity is on the cusp of the Dawn. Known as the Integration. The Dawn of the Spell. Aaron and his siblings are a new race called the Firstlings. Born in the dark tunnels of the Labyrinth, they are run from their nest into a world of…

    ActionFantasy First ContactGrimdarkLitRPG

  8. Bloodsworn

    by Dominick R
    4.72 · 114 chapters

    The Dragons have been slain, the Giants pacified and the Elves have retreated to the depths of the old growth forests. The Dwarven forges quenched and stilled. Magic has fled from the world as the Empire of Man stands firm and tall above…

    ActionFantasy Artificial IntelligenceGrimdarkHigh Fantasy

  9. Dragon Spar: The Game Maker LitRPG Series [Fantasy, Post-Apocalyptic LitRPG - Book 1 Complete, Book 2 Updating]

    by keeganashleylive
    4.72 · 57 chapters

    What happened when my Dad was plucked from this universe and kidnapped into a post-apocalyptic, gritty fantasy, video-game-like world? I went after him, of course. Things turned dark. Lies swarmed thicker than the zombies and dragons…

    DramaFantasy Anti-Hero LeadDystopiaFemale Lead

  10. Level One Zombie [A Dungeon Crawler LitRPG]

    by Matthew-McKay
    4.72 · 109 chapters · Ongoing

    Frank isn’t exactly a model citizen. He's also not here to save Earth; he just wants his favorite curse word back. Too bad the World Dungeon drops him in as a zombie with a level cap of 1 and a profanity filter that turns every F-bomb…

    ActionAdventure Anti-Hero LeadApocalypseDungeon Crawler

  11. Battle Trucker

    by TomWrites
    4.71 · 20 chapters

    The first book of Battle Trucker, What the Truck, is now available on Kindle Unlimited, Amazon, and as an Audiobook narrated by the fantastic Zura Johnson! A preview of book 1 (10%) is posted here, as is the in-progress book 2. Thanks for…

    ActionAdventure DystopiaFemale LeadGenetically Engineered

  12. Divine Awakening

    by AFKay
    4.71 · 44 chapters

    When an explosion beneath the pyramids of Giza devours half of Cairo, it reveals a chasm spewing mysterious energy, unleashing mythical creatures worldwide and altering humans. As nations clash over the Pit's secrets, Ash remains focused…

    ActionAdventure Artificial IntelligenceAttractive LeadCultivation

  13. The Power of Ten: Sama Rantha, The Tip of the Spear

    by RE Druin
    4.71 · 24 chapters

    Participant in the Royal Road Writathon Challenge. RR should hook up with Nanowrimo! (Finished with 24 chapters/excerpts posted) The cover is here! The Mick is on the job, in an old school Erol Otus style original! This is the original…

    ActionAdventure Female LeadGameLitGender Bender

  14. Discount Dan

    by Shadow Alley Press
    4.70 · 58 chapters

    Noclip In, No Way Out… All Dan wants is to find a way home. He’d settle for a beer, a bite to eat, and a place to sleep off his hangover. But, in an endless, ever-changing dungeon cobbled together from twisted carnivals, abandoned…

    AdventureComedy GameLitLitRPGMale Lead

  15. The Shatterguard Saga

    by D.M. Rook
    4.70 · 57 chapters · Hiatus
    ⏸ On hiatus · No new chapter since Sep 8, 2026 (8 weeks ago).

    If you're reading this, then somehow I saved the world. That, or you probably want me dead. Either way, you're not getting your shit back. I really should have appreciated the little things in life while I had them. I used to like long…

    ActionAdventure Anti-Hero LeadDungeon CrawlerGameLit

  16. Apocalypse Parenting

    by 300YearOldMagician
    4.69 · 4 chapters

    A few minutes ago, Meghan Moretti’s biggest concern was getting the kids’ athletic clothes washed in time for practice this evening. Now, it seems that Earth has been forced into participating in some high-stakes intergalactic reality…

    AdventureFantasy Artificial IntelligenceFemale LeadLitRPG

  17. Department of Otherworld Rescue [LitRPG, Isekai]

    by ScottWarren
    4.69 · 198 chapters · Ongoing

    Each year, teens around the country are spirited away to other worlds to fight on their behalf. This department has been empowered to take all necessary action toward their recovery. Cole had his entire career planned out. Another year in…

    ActionContemporary High FantasyLitRPGLow Fantasy

  18. Undead Paladin

    by Dominick R
    4.69 · 36 chapters

    Theodore Massey dies holding his chest, heart having failed him at the ripe old age of twenty-seven. When he wakes up he's in a stitched together body while a necromancer tells him its time to save the world. Now thrust into a world with…

    ActionAdventure GameLitHigh FantasyKingdom Building

  19. Deadman (STUBBED)

    by Seersucker
    4.68 · 18 chapters

    Book 1 Headed to KU and Audible 9/12/23 Has been stubbed as of 9/1/23 Link: AMAZON Even after the bombs fell, even after countries unleashed weapons beyond imagining on one another, even after lawlessness became the norm, people still…

    ActionAdventure Anti-Hero LeadDystopiaGameLit

  20. The Bee Dungeon [A Dungeon Core LitRPG] (Book 6 Stubs Nov. 13, 2026!)

    by Icalos
    4.68 · 336 chapters

    A dungeon core novel. But with bees. A bee dungeon, if you will. Oh, and something about a young man finding his place in the world and maybe learning about the deadly calamity that threatens all of humanity. But mostly the bee thing…

    AdventureFantasy CozyDungeon CoreHigh Fantasy

  21. DEADCORE [LITRPG, DUNGEON, PROGRESSION]

    by NedOylum
    4.67 · 32 chapters

    Power comes from the dead. A blast of radiant destruction rolled on Earth… and at its twilight, the [System] took its denizens away. Instead of certain death, the denizens became drifters; enhanced beings robbed of their homes, forced to…

    ActionAdventure Anti-Hero LeadDungeon CoreGameLit

  22. Engineer's Odyssey

    by 300YearOldMagician
    4.67 · 92 chapters · Completed

    Vince is on a business trip when aliens announce that Earth is the location for the latest round of some crazy contest. The monsters that start appearing would be enough to deal with, but he's more than a thousand miles from his wife and…

    AdventureContemporary First ContactLitRPGMale Lead

  23. Gamma Protocol [LitRPG, Cyberpunk]

    by Ravnicrasol
    4.67 · 113 chapters

    In 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…

    ActionAdventure CyberpunkDystopiaLitRPG

  24. The Dog at the End of the World

    by Skwrepb
    4.67 · 65 chapters

    Lucky Lachlan is just your average mutt. He's been living with his Girl for as long as he can remember and he'd do anything for her. He might have to do more than he bargained for. One day when he awakened from his mid-day nap, he saw a…

    ActionAdventure GameLitLitRPGMagic

  25. Andy in the Apocalypse

    by PlumParrot
    4.66 · 90 chapters

    Attention New Readers: This book is STUBBED for launch on Kindle, KU, and Audible. Please don't take your wrath out upon the story; I wouldn't stub it if Amazon didn't force me to. You can find chapters on my Patreon up until the book…

    ActionAdventure Kingdom BuildingLitRPGMagic

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best Post Apocalyptic 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. Kaia the Argent Wing by QuietValerie 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 Post Apocalyptic novels I can binge?

Yes, including Engineer's Odyssey, A Lonely Dungeon and Our Little Dark Age.

Where can I read these Post Apocalyptic novels?

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