Books Like The Archmage Coefficient (OP Archmage/ Mage Academy/ LITRPG/ Hidden Genius)

Loved The Archmage Coefficient (OP Archmage/ Mage Academy/ LITRPG/ Hidden Genius)? Here are the closest LitRPG and progression-fantasy reads, ranked by trope and theme overlap. Each pick lists the elements it shares with The Archmage Coefficient (OP Archmage/ Mage Academy/ LITRPG/ Hidden Genius) so you can pick by what you actually want next.

  1. Clara Casewell, Attorney to the Villainess cover
    by cocopi

    A corporate lawyer trapped in a magical courtroom must defend a villainess using modern legal tactics against a justice system that runs on truth magic.

  2. Underkeeper cover
    #2

    Underkeeper

    match 60%
    by Hankthemoose

    A disgraced mage with an illegal soul-eating familiar claws his way up from sewer maintenance into a world of deadly political intrigue.

  3. Saving the school would have been easier as a cafeteria worker cover
    by CluelessRR

    A reincarnated spy posing as a noble student must uncover a demonic plot before the magical academy he's infiltrating collapses from within.

  4. Mark of the Fool cover
    #4

    Mark of the Fool

    match 57%
    by J.M. Clarke (U Juggernaut)

    Alex Roth fights the gods’ curse that cripples his magic—by weaponizing the very limitations meant to break him.

  5. A Practical Guide to Sorcery cover
    by AzaleaEllis

    A brilliant fugitive sorceress must master scientific magic while juggling dual identities—one as a male university student, the other as the notorious Raven Queen.

  6. Magical Girl Gunslinger cover
    by Mikasane

    Mai just wants to survive school, not the eldritch invasion—until an Anathema attack forces her into a magical contract she never wanted.

  7. Blood Sovereign cover
    #7

    Blood Sovereign

    match 56%
    by C.Peinhopf

    A cursed saint-vampire awakens a divine power that could either save the world or drown it in blood.

  8. I Built This City [LitRPG, Lateral Progression, City Builder, Clones] cover
    by ThePudding

    Ellen's dungeon mishap spawns a clone every time she dies, forcing her to build a city of unruly selves while evading a vindictive dungeon core.

  9. Cursed Relic Collector cover
    #9

    Cursed Relic Collector

    match 55%
    by Maradina

    A trinket merchant bargains with a forgotten god for cursed relics, gaining power to hunt his enemies—if the artifacts don’t destroy him first.

  10. All The Skills - A Deckbuilding LitRPG cover
    by HonourRae

    Arthur wields the legendary **Master of Skills** card in a cutthroat world where magic is power—but every unlocked ability paints a target on his back.

  11. Rivera's Repairs: Dungeon Repairwoman cover
    by M.S. Davidson

    Tess’s null-class lets her hack dungeon code and befriend a lonely AI, but fixing the city’s heart risks waking something best left buried.

  12. Whim Manor and the Boy Who Wasn't cover
    by blugail

    A boy mistaken for a girl infiltrates an all-girls cosplay camp, teaming up with a dramatic teen detective to unravel supernatural conspiracies—and his own identity.

How we pick "similar"

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