Novels like The Game Becomes Reality, and the Lord Makes a Killing
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Game Becomes Reality, and the Lord Makes a Killing, best match first.
- 1 Cyberpunk Survival: Who Did the Fake Saintess Forgive? 赛博求生：假圣母宽恕谁了？ [Cyber Survival + No Romance + Leveling + Sequence Professions] After more than twenty years of being foolishly kind, Yu Shan was in a car accident and transmigrated into a cyber survival game, where she awakened the talent “Forgiveness”: she could claim rewards simply by forgiving others. So she gave herself the ID “Saintly Mother” and joined the players’ group chat: Player: “What’s wrong with you?” Yu Shan: “If thinking that makes your sensitive, fragile heart feel a little better, then I’ve e 63.5kReads8.8Score19.8kShelves
- 2 Infinite Survival: AAA Dungeon Local Goods Purchasing Service 无限求生：AAA副本土特产代购 [Infinite Flow + Rule-Based Horror + Lone Wolf + Sneaky Player + Selfish Villainess + Strong Female Lead + No Romance] The rating just went up, so it should rise. Some instances feature characters with one-sided feelings for the heroine, but she never reciprocates. Lu Xuanyue died and came back to life. After transmigrating into another world as an orphan, she discovered a bug in the world: every place was called either City A or City B. From that moment on, she knew this broken world was doomed 62.1kReads8.4Score9kShelves
- 3 I Beat the Game by Reading the On-Screen Comments: Becoming Everyone's Favorite 我看弹幕通关游戏：成为万人迷 3.6kReads9.1Score576Shelves
- 4 The Most Useless Life Profession? But I Have God-Tier Talent! 生活职业最废？但我有神级天赋！ [Class Changes for All + Game Invasion + Apocalypse + Power Fantasy + Strong Female Lead + No Romance] After transmigrating to a world where everyone could change classes, Jiang Shiyuan awakened what was widely considered the most useless profession: a lifestyle class. But that was fine. She also had a god-tier talent! Rare items, powerful weapons, and gold and silver treasures that others desperately sought piled up like mountains around her. Leveling up was like riding a rocket, and killing mo 12.3kReads8.6Score1.7kShelves
- 5 I Can See Through Supplies, and an S-Rank Catch Is Looking for a Teammate 我能看穿物资，S级优质男求组队 [Infinite Flow] [Train Survival] [Multiple Male Leads] [Drama Queen] [Feel-Good] When overworked office worker Song Yiqing woke up, she found herself in a carriage on an infinite train. Holding a ticket, she could only move forward, never backward. Every carriage was a scenario. The scenario creatures hunted for lives, and every step was a struggle. [Congratulations on obtaining a Black Market X-Rank starting skill: Third Eye.] (Shh, keep a low profile. This skill has a really lame name, and it' 29.1kReads9.3Score5.9kShelves
- 6 Love Me, Hate Me: I'm Behind Everyone in the Top Ten Player Rankings 爱我恨我，玩家榜前十全是我 [Strong Female Lead] [No Romance] [Multiverse Game Invasion] [Real War, Not Just Dungeons] [Lots of Fight Scenes] [All Secret Identities Are Female] [Worldbuilding Mystery] “My name is Zhong Lin. Lin, as in ascending to the summit. Welcome to my story.” When games from another world tore into reality, ordinary college student Zhong Lin drew the SSS-rank talent [Ceremonial Praise] from the start. After killing an enemy, she had a chance to obtain a ceremonial outfit carrying that enemy’s talent s 398.5kReads9.3Score116.9kShelves
- 7 Dorm Survival: From the Start, I Join the Eerie Management Group 宿舍求生：开局加入诡异管理群 [No CP] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Tower Defense] [Infinite Flow] [Haunted Dormitory] [Survival Game] [Number One on Every Leaderboard] [Cute Pets] [Powerhouse] The very next second after Jiang Jinyue was about to sign her family member's informed consent form for surgery, everything went black and she was pulled into a dormitory survival game. At seven o'clock every night, terrifying creatures began appearing outside the door. They prowled the corridors, ready to break in at any moment. The 108.5kReads9.0Score15.8kShelves
- 8 Survival Game: I Own a Lake Island 求生游戏：我有一座湖心岛 [Strong Female Lead] [No Romance] [Infrastructure Building] [Farming] [Cute Pets] [The heroine never falls behind other survivors and eventually reaches the top] While conducting field research in the mountains with her advisor, she is caught up in the global event that drags everyone into a survival world. There's no time to mourn the modern life she's lost. Jiang Lanyue zips up her sturdy shell jacket and decides to start by finding the perfect spot to place a shelter for herself. No one k 77.2kReads9.3Score8.9kShelves
- 9 After the Villain's Early-Dead Younger Sister in a Male-Oriented Novel Awakens 当男频文大反派早死的亲妹觉醒后 [Full-dive game + game invades reality + golden finger goes into overdrive + pure wish fulfillment + reborn and awakened + no romance] [The cover is a template cover, no shipping male characters] Only after Jiang Liyue dies does she learn that the world she lives in is actually a male-oriented gaming novel. She’s a minor character who appears only a few times before dying by suicide after being bullied. Her biological older brother, Jiang Muyun, is the novel’s antagonist. In the original story, 103.3kReads9.2Score13.2kShelves
- 10 Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Merchant 求生游戏：请叫我诚信商人 [Leveling Up + No Romance + Feel-Good Power Fantasy] All of humanity is dragged into a survival game, and Li Zhi changes class early to become a “merchant.” Starting out with a stall at the most primitive Beastfolk market, she gradually grows into a cosmic merchant known to everyone. Other races: “What a schemer! A once-in-a-century swindler! Not only is she crafty, her underlings can fight like crazy! Who’d dare refuse to do business with her?!” “Slander! Pure slander! I’ve always done business 202.6kReads9.2Score36.1kShelves
- 11 A Real Princess? No, a Real Monarch! 真公主？不，真君主！ (No romance + Strong female lead + Military academy competition in the early stages + Unifying humanity in the later stages + Passionate) Question: How many steps does it take to evolve from a monarch’s juvenile form to its complete form? Juvenile Ling Zhao: Orphanage from the start, with a game chip suspected to be a golden finger that keeps holding her back. Complete Ling Zhao: The first person of the post-interstellar era, first commander, divine star-caster, hope of humanity, sole heir to th 124.4kReads9.4Score19kShelves
- 12 EN Global Raft Survival: I Start with a Ghost Ship Robbery 全球木筏求生：我开局幽灵船打劫 [Decisive heroine + exploration and treasure hunting + stockpiling food + island raids + small team + multiple professions + face-slapping thrills. The heroine dominates both the underworld and the legitimate world, and stays at the top of the rankings year-round. Romance included, with a chef as the male lead.] The moment Ling Chu opened her eyes, she found herself inside a survival game where everyone lived on rafts. She got a legendary fishing rod from the blind box from the start, and all h 164.7kReads9.0Score15.5kShelves
- 13 Hello, Creepy Boss. I'm Here to Work 你好诡异Boss，我是来打工的 [Print edition under contract] [Female-oriented, no romance, infinite-flow + plot-driven + mildly horror] On the first day after losing her job, a mysterious app appeared on Li Wu's phone. The jobs listed were simple and paid well. They were obviously a scam. Li Wu: “I'm in! A scam is exactly what I'm looking for.” Her job duties were simple: [Little Girl's Nanny: 5,000 yuan/day] [Plastic Surgery Clinic Nurse: 10,000 yuan/day] [Village Watcher: 30,000 yuan/day] The work was clearly described and 116.9kReads9.2Score17.5kShelves
- 14 Post-Apocalyptic Scavenging: I Turn Trash into Treasure and Coast to Victory 末日拾荒：我靠变废为宝一路躺赢 [Infinite-Tower Style + Apocalypse + Natural Disasters + Pocket Dimension + Stockpiling + Strong Female Lead + Upgradable Safe House + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Male Lead Appears Later] Forensic examiner Lin Chu is suddenly dropped into an infinite apocalypse. Other people see zombies: “Oh my god, those bloody, mangled monsters! Stay away!” Lin Chu sees zombies: “206 moving bones! Walking points! The more, the better!” Drawing on her professional experience, she quickly adapts to the bloody apoc 43.7kReads9.5Score6kShelves
- 15 EN Something's Wrong with This Game: I Became a God by Mining! 这个游戏不对劲，我挖矿成神！ [The Divine Realm descends upon the entire world] Yang Ling, a professional gold farmer, only wanted to relax in the game Divine Realm, but discovered that the environment was harsh and logging off was impossible. With no other choice, for the sake of his own safety, he could only start mining constantly, grinding levels, assigning stat points, and fighting to stay alive! 2.4MReads9.2Score310.6kShelves
- 16 Could I Really Get Canceled in a Rules-Based Horror Game? 我还能在规则怪谈里塌房不成？ [Infinite-Flow + Rules-Based Horror + Horror Game + Strong Female Team + A Group of People With Questionable Sanity] Just before their debut, the group Shili belonged to was betrayed by a bandmate, who framed them for bullying. Their debut fell through, while the bandmate won netizens’ sympathy and relaunched her career to great success. To this day, Shili’s social media accounts are still flooded with abuse from the other girl’s rabid fans. As luck would have it, in the third year after the com 64.4kReads9.6Score7.6kShelves
- 17 EN The Infinite Reset: A Side Character's Journey to Immortality 女配修仙，但是无限读档 [No romance, an absolutely massive golden finger, carefree cultivation, fighting monsters and leveling up] What happens when a cannon-fodder supporting heroine gains the ability to reload infinitely... Bad spiritual roots from the start? Reload and try again. Can’t win the sect tournament? Reload and try again. A secret realm full of danger? Reload to avoid every danger and collect every rare treasure. Offended a high-ranking cultivator? Even with just a 1% chance of success, keep reloading thro 74.8kReads9.4Score9.8kShelves
- 18 The Top-Ranked Road Survivalist Says She'll Walk to the End of the Road 公路求生榜一说她要走到公路尽头 Strong female lead, no romance, no romantic subplots, clear-headed protagonist, ensemble cast, team-focused. Qi Xu wandered alone along this highway filled with danger and death for nearly four years. With disasters striking endlessly and monsters growing ever stronger, she gradually transformed from a frail woman who could not even kill a chicken into a seasoned player who killed without hesitation. Yet she still died regrettably inside a dungeon... Just before her death, she triggered the prec 432.1kReads9.4Score41.5kShelves
- 19 EN Game Invasion: Addicted to Snatching the Male and Female Leads' Destinies 游戏入侵：抢男女主机缘会上瘾诶 [Game Invasion + No Romance + Leveling + Lone Wolf + Gaming] (Also known as: Game Invasion) After being reborn, the first thing Yu Xunge did was go home and make her younger brother down a bottle of liquor, causing him to miss the first game beta test. In her previous life, she didn't learn until she was dying that he had been scheming against her from the shadows all along. She was merely the villainess in a wish-fulfillment novel about a live-in son-in-law... Every bit of malice she suffered w 969.1kReads9.5Score83.2kShelves
- 20 EN Too Many Reborn Heroes? Time to Bring in the Government 重生者太密集？我带国家队下场 (A feel-good power fantasy, with a beautiful, badass heroine who confiscates golden fingers) “Sheng is the boss around here. She's ruthless and doesn't waste words. Cross her, and she'll take you down!” In the year 2323 of the Star Era, the apocalypse is about to begin. Some people awaken their powers early, while reborn people are already making their moves… As the head of a new department, Sheng An is responsible for recruiting and leading all the powered and reborn individuals, preparing for 124.2kReads9.7Score17.6kShelves
- 21 EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score183.1kShelves
- 22 EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 1MReads9.9Score162.2kShelves
- 23 EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score209.2kShelves
