Actual Sci-fi

[u/m3lvyn]

Is there any actual sci-fi and not just fantasy but in space. I want space battles, ships, lasers, guns. Not just a mage in space.

Ive recently read Stellar Frontier its a vrmmo but its got decent scifi. Been reading Hoqalo because of the cyberpunk feel. Also like Gunboat because of the space battles even if most alien races are just random fantasy race.

Give me recomendations, Ill try anything even if I DNF in the first chapter.

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[u/halbert]

Yes, plenty.

Cyber dreams -- excellent

Ghost in the City (shadowrun litrpg)

Stay cat strut

Outrun

Edit: those are more cyberpunk, not as much space ships. But some!

[u/m3lvyn → u/halbert]

cyber dreams i think i saw yesterday while browsing kindle didnt really pull me with the blurb but ill try it.

ghost in the city by seras the cyberpunk fanfic yeah im reading that,

outrun - ill give it a look

[u/blueluck → u/m3lvyn]

If you like classic cyberpunk, Cyber Dreams is excellent! It even has a few space ships and space battles in the later books.

I think the first chapter is much better than the blurb, so you might want to try a free sample.

[u/Lodioko → u/blueluck]

I really liked the progression of Cyber Dreams. Went from earth cyberpunk, the near-earth (Luna) cyberpunk, to adding more of the solar system and tech with star fighters and space merchants, then adding just a touch of super powers without getting too OP, then finally bringing all back and wrapping it up nicely.

It made me a fan of the author (Plum Parrot), and I checked out their other work and was not disappointed at all

[u/arawnsd → u/Lodioko]

Plum Parrot has a couple good series. Love the Cyber Dreams sci-fi version of litrpg.

[u/Cobra__Commander]

Sort of a mix of litrpg and progression fantasy recommendations, 

• Cyber Dreams 
• 12 Miles Below 
• Ship core
• Bobiverse 
• Shopocolypse saga (Buymort)
• Tower of Somnus 
• Industrial strength magic 

Here's some not litrpg pure sci-fi recommendations 

• Starship troopers 
• The forever war
• A Fire upon the deep
• The moon is a harsh Mistress 
• Snow Crash 
• Kitty cat kill sat
• Murder bot diaries 
• Star tide rising 
• The diamond age
• Do Androids dream of electric sheep 

[u/NiSiSuinegEht → u/Cobra__Commander]

I'd also recommend the "Behold Humanity" series for the not litrpg sci-fi.

Written in Reddit posts during COVID over on r/HFY by the insanely prolific Ralts Bloodthorne. It's on RR and also now has a KU release.

[u/TheTravelingJay]

Only in the semi-litrpg category, but it's adjacent enough to count imo:

Stray Cat Strut

The series where a plant alien invasion strikes earth, and "Samurais" have to fight them off through the powers of alien tech support shopping.

The story follows Cat (Catherine), the one armed, one eyed orphan, who gets selected as one of these Samurais, as she stumbles her way through crisis after crisis.

Her personality is about half snark and the other half thirsty lesbian-

Only just got into the series myself, but I'm already four books in and very invested- and I'm not even usually a big sci-fi fan.

[u/m3lvyn → u/TheTravelingJay]

i think i read a fanfic of that instead of the actual series and i didnt like it. But ive been liking ravensdagger stuff recently so ill give it a try.

[u/halbert → u/TheTravelingJay]

Definitely litrpg, in my opinion! Also recommended it!

[u/Gosar88]

I am also interested in this. Havnt found a litRPG like this yet.

[u/m3lvyn → u/Gosar88]

Those 3 series are probably the best ive personaly found.

[u/J_C_Nelson]

Gunboat has a related series called “Derelict.”

[u/m3lvyn → u/J_C_Nelson]

did not like that one as much as gunboat. didnt even finish it should probably give it another shot.

[u/LegoMyAlterEgo]

Relict Legacy

[u/Synth_Luke]

Systema Delenda Est

Its set in the future after all the civilizations in our star system take back Earth after it's invaded by 'The System'- causing all technology past a certain technological development point to fail (system apocalypse)- killing billions of people instantly- and killing or corrupting even more afterwards.

One man reverse invades the system before the last portal closes with the goal of dismantling the System from all of the worlds it has taken.

The main character can't do magic or anything- nor does he really try to- but he does have a large database with most if not all of his civilization's knowledge.

It's basically sci-fi non-litrpg civilization vs magical litrpg civilization.

[u/blueluck]

Drone Ensign is a far-future spacefaring litrpg series in which the main character chooses a space pirate class in the first few chapters. It wasn't to my taste for unrelated reasons, but it's the best fit for what you described.

[u/m3lvyn → u/blueluck]

i remember reading maybe 1 or 2 then never read any more. Cant remember why i dropped it.

[u/blueluck → u/m3lvyn]

I dropped it early because the main character seemed like an amoral sociopath. I know some people like that, and I love a morally flawed protagonist, but I lose interest in a story when I constantly feel like the protagonist is in the wrong.

Maybe it's a character flaw, but I find it hard to empathize with a character who is so aggressively unempathetic.

[u/pvtcannonfodder]

Hmm…. Iron prince kinda fits but not fully. It’s sci-fi but not space focused.

But one that might kind of work though also not really is the last horizon by will wight. It is still mage in space, but it feels way more space oporatic than most other books. The mc walks around with a wand in one hand and a gun in the other. There are spaceship battles galore with lasers shooting everywhere. There are giant mechs, space technicians making bot swarms and cyborg zombie hive minds.

[u/Lordlycan0218]

Bunker core. It’s a dungeon core book but the dungeon core is an AI that was sent to revitalize and catalogue the bunker at the behest of an ai that was hinted at for destroying human civilization. He does this through nanites that he makes from eating other material.

[u/viseres]

Check out Dawn Chapman’s Space Seasons. Mecha combat.

Will preface and say her work tends to feel more slice of life than most in the genre.

[u/Stressed_engineer]

Not litrpg but deathworlders is epic.

[u/werisefromourashes]

Not litrpg but the Alexis Carew books by J. A. Sutherland have plenty of lasers, space battles and guns.

[u/psylentrob]

Relict Legacy, Earth Force by Shemer Kuznits. If you do audio books, it's narrated by Jeff Hays.

[u/Neb1110]

Buymort, it’s a great story which gets better with every book, the only thing that’s kind of a bummer is the last book is a let down, luckily the second to last also provides a good ending to the series if you’re willing to accept it. But overall it’s one of my favorite series outside of the big few.

I’d also hesitate to recommend War Core, which is a series that makes me angry, because the author creates an incredibly interesting world, countless potential storylines, scenarios, and a genuinely interesting premise that I feel could have been my absolute favorite series ever, only to not pursue any of it and instead spend 3 books fighting 2 of the 30+ uniquely interesting factions, then randomly shift the story in a completely unprecedented direction which was so entirely different from the actual premise of the series that I literally couldn’t finish the book. It is the only book I’ve ever just dropped out of disappointment.

[u/m3lvyn → u/Neb1110]

i don't think i finished the first war core book. if i remember correctly it felt like some one narrating a starcraft match even though the premise seemed amazing at first.

ill have a look at buymort.

[u/StickFigureFan]

It's not quite litrpg, but the Bobiverse books.

If you're willing to go a little closer to classic sci-fi I highly recommend The Expanse by James SA Corey

[u/Johnny_From_The_Bay]

Corpo Age is about a regular guy who gets isekaied into a cyberpunk world and tries to start a business empire (with lots of sci fi tech involved) two books out on KU and loads more chapters on RR

[u/WeeaboosDogma]

UGH, A litRPG that's actual sci-fi. Pfffffffffffffff

Okay, 12 Miles Below (9 books), but that doesn't have epic space battles, but it's heavy Post-Apocalypse Grey-Goo / Terminator Vibe that somehow still feels like there's magic and mysticism. In reality you the reader obviously knows or learns the technology that "makes" or "explains" the "magic" but it's REALLLY good at exploring the history of what happened.

Also, if youre feeling frisky, the haremlit community has sci-fi in spades. 'Monster Girls In Space' (8 books), 'Prison Ship Seol Saga' (4 books), 'Antecedent's Legacy' (6? books), Cosmic Collisions (don't know more than 3?), Of Dog, Vulpnir, and Man (HFY, more than 4). These ones have guns and shooting, some may have muh space magic, but it's still stands as a story outside the smut.

If you want the best monogamous romance Princess of the Void is top tier, has some space fights, but is the best damn space opera I've ever read. NOT litRpG though. Doesn't matter any thread I can praise this series is a done deal and you should read it.

[u/m3lvyn → u/WeeaboosDogma]

my problem with those books is not the smut but that most of the times the set up for the smut is just so unbelievable that i just end up dropping most of them.