Towerbound
4.60 · 5 chapters · updated Aug 12, 2026
ActionAdventureComedyContemporary Anti-Hero LeadAttractive LeadDungeon CrawlerDystopiaGameLitLitRPGLow FantasyMagicMale LeadPortal Fantasy / IsekaiPost ApocalypticProgressionReincarnationSlice of LifeStrategyStrong LeadTime TravelUrban FantasyVirtual Reality
Why read this story?
- One of the highest rated stories in the catalogue.
- A shorter read at 5 chapters, easier to finish than a long series.
- A good fit if you enjoy Anti-Hero Lead, Attractive Lead and Dungeon Crawler.
About this story
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Over 100,000 reads on Royal Road.
4.7★ on Amazon from 99+ reviews.
#1 New Release in Time Travel Fiction.
Top 10 in Time Travel Sci-Fi.
Towerbound is the Progression Fantasy LitRPG readers can’t stop binging.
For fans of dystopian survival, brutal progression, and system-driven rebellion.
They left him for dead.
Now he’s back—and he’s bringing the Tower down.
Ren Varrow was never the hero type. A quiet alchemist with a talent for potions, he kept his head low while others chased glory. But when a top guild lured him into a lethal dungeon and stabbed him in the back, his story should’ve ended.
Instead, it rewound.
Thrown back to Day One—before the Tower rose, before the betrayals—Ren knows what’s coming: secret quests, hidden mechanics, and a ticking clock that ends with Earth’s destruction.
Armed with future knowledge and forgotten skills, he’s ready to rewrite everything.
From building a guild out of nobodies…
To crafting mythic-grade potions…
To surviving a hundred deadly floors and the guilds hunting him…
Ren is done playing nice.
The Tower’s coming—and this time, he climbs first.
Expect:
• Time-travel knowledge
• Cowardly but overpowered MC
• Alchemy, dungeoncraft, and guild wars
• Swearing and strategy
• Dystopian Earth meets leveling system
Don’t expect:
• Harem
Reader Reactions:
“All the good vibes from my days playing World of Warcraft. Fun. Funny. Satisfying.”
“Finally a redo story that keeps it simple, believable. Repeatable.”
“This story delivers what it promises.”
– Royal Road reviewers
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