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Worth the Candle by Alexander Wales is a portal fantasy that plays with tabletop-RPG tropes and asks questions about the stories it tells. Fans enjoy inventive magic, long arcs and characters with real depth.
If you've finished it (or are waiting on the next book), these free web novels are the closest matches we've found. Each one is picked for the same Portal Fantasy / Isekai, LitRPG and Strategy appeal, and listed best-rated first.
12 stories like Worth the Candle
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Faith in Numbers: Ring Around the Rose [Cult-Building LitRPG]
Why it fits: LitRPG, Magic, Portal Fantasy / Isekai and StrategyIf he can’t have magic, he’ll give them madness. Sid is perfect on paper… brilliant, disciplined, a natural leader. Too bad he can’t cast a single spell. Magic needs connection. Sid feels connected to nothing. To the powers that be at his…
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Empty Sea: SSS Villain Stuck in an NPC World
Why it fits: LitRPG, Magic, Portal Fantasy / Isekai and StrategyDying was supposed to be the best thing that ever happened to Minokawa. In Empty Sea, an MMORPG brought to life, an isolated reincarnated player with overwhelming power discovers that the sentient game is turning him into its Demon King…
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Leave Luck to Heaven [LitRPG]
by BavitzWhy it fits: LitRPG, Magic, Portal Fantasy / Isekai and StrategySometimes you're too good for your own good. Trash-talking speedrunner Hague learns that the hard way after he makes a particularly outrageous boast on stream: "I'm better than anyone, even God." Turns out, a god was listening. Now, as…
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Beware the Trickster (An Occult Progression LitRPG)
by MangowoWhy it fits: LitRPG, Magic, Portal Fantasy / Isekai and StrategyLife was perfect: naps in sunbeams, stolen snacks and expertly timed "accidents" to torment her favorite human. So, when licking a strangely alluring gemstone on an old mask suddenly flooded her fuzzy head with memories of her former…
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RE: Deity - The Breath of Creation - [Stubbed]
Why it fits: LitRPG, Magic, Portal Fantasy / Isekai and StrategyBook 1 Available on Amazon! Book 1 Stubbed November 19th Synopsis: Sometimes the multiverse needs expanding. That's where I come in. Unfortunately being a deity isn't all fun and games, as there are always things working against you. Not…
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Syl [A Slime Monster Evolution LitRPG]
by LunadeaWhy it fits: LitRPG, Magic, Portal Fantasy / Isekai and StrategyBook 1: Available on Amazon and Audible! Book 2: Available on Amazon and Audible! Book 3: Available on Amazon and Audible! Book 4: Available on Amazon and Audible! Book 5: Available on Amazon and Audible! Our protagonist was set for what…
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All I Wanted Was To Get A Skill At Level 10 Like Everyone Else
by CloWhy it fits: LitRPG, Magic, Portal Fantasy / Isekai and Strategy"… But Someone Had Other Plans For Me" Not originally from this world. Experimented on without consent. Exiled by her own people. In a world ruled by levels, skills, and well-defined progression, Nivi, a young coeurl beastkin, is falling…
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Dog Days in a Leashed World
by HighGroveWhy it fits: LitRPG, Magic, Portal Fantasy / Isekai and StrategyLife is not easy at the bottom of the food chain. And in the groundbreaking VRMMO Kingdoms of Magica, the absolute bottom belongs without question to the puppy-like lowbie zone trash known as mongrels. Born to an unfinished zone with only…
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Chronicles of an Isekai'd Legion: For the Glory of Rome
Why it fits: LitRPG, Magic, Portal Fantasy / Isekai and StrategyBook 1 now available on Amazon! A wise man once said all roads lead to Rome. He didn’t know how right he was. Ripped away from the battlefield, Tiberius and his six thousand Roman Legionnaires unexpectedly find themselves stranded in a…
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Scientific Orcery: The Last Human's Field Guide to Witches, Monsters, and Planetary Conquest
Why it fits: LitRPG, Magic, Portal Fantasy / Isekai and StrategyIoan Starfall, a Nordstaii teen on the cusp of adulthood, drowned as his village was set ablaze by a dragon. I woke up in his body and refused to become a hero to seek revenge when offered incredible power by a witch. You, see I've got…
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Mirabelle's Boots - The Cruel Fairy’s Wish [A Shoe-Making litRPG!]
Why it fits: LitRPG, Magic, Portal Fantasy / Isekai and Strategy[I was reborn after being murdered because of the true wish that I made for revenge against all human-peoples, but now I’m alive again and I actually just kind of don’t want to do that anymore; so I opened a shoe-store instead!] Mirabelle…
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[Outdated!] Primevus: Adventurer Academia
by Nat_TenWhy it fits: LitRPG, Magic, Portal Fantasy / Isekai and StrategyPlease instead check out the Primevus rewrite, live here! When Dani woke up in a fantasy world, she expected magic, danger, and adventure. She did not expect to end up back in school. Primevus Academy is dedicated to training delvers, the…
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![Cover of [Outdated!] Primevus: Adventurer Academia](/covers/thumb/49dfbac6-ef1c-452b-b122-fe9f39bafe41.webp)
Frequently asked questions
What are the best books like Worth the Candle?
Top picks for fans of Worth the Candle are Faith in Numbers: Ring Around the Rose [Cult-Building LitRPG], Empty Sea: SSS Villain Stuck in an NPC World, Leave Luck to Heaven [LitRPG] and Beware the Trickster (An Occult Progression LitRPG). They share tags such as Portal Fantasy / Isekai, LitRPG and Strategy.
What kind of story is Worth the Candle?
Worth the Candle by Alexander Wales is a portal fantasy that plays with tabletop-RPG tropes and asks questions about the stories it tells. Fans enjoy inventive magic, long arcs and characters with real depth.
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