Books Like The Stars Have Eyes

Loved The Stars Have Eyes? Here are the closest LitRPG and progression-fantasy reads, ranked by trope and theme overlap. Each pick lists the elements it shares with The Stars Have Eyes so you can pick by what you actually want next.

  1. The False Note (A Magical Girl Story) cover
    by Soussouni

    Siena Marquez wields the power of a Magical Girl, but the Essentia inside her is warping into something monstrous—and she'll kill to keep it hidden.

  2. Wife After Death: An Eldritch Horror Romance cover
    by Dukerino

    A fallen celestial and her resurrected warlock lover hunt a forbidden gate in a ruined world where divine love is as dangerous as divine wrath.

  3. VISCERAE cover
    #3

    VISCERAE

    match 56%
    by Silv3rtongue

    Ilia's VR obsession becomes a nightmare when the fleshy world of *MEAT* starts rewriting her body and mind from the inside out.

  4. A Friendly Voidling cover
    #4

    A Friendly Voidling

    match 56%
    by cathfach

    A cheerful, reality-warping voidling tries to make human friends, unaware her mere presence flattens buildings and shatters minds.

  5. Shedling cover
    #5

    Shedling

    match 54%
    by Angry Spider

    A juvenile of the galaxy's ruling species, abandoned and crippled by her own kind, searches for belonging while unraveling the mystery of her origin.

  6. Are You Even Human cover
    #6

    Are You Even Human

    match 53%
    by Thundamoo

    Julietta can shapeshift into any living thing she's touched—but when her borrowed skins refuse to peel away, she questions whether she was ever human at all.

  7. The Night Rift Manager cover
    #7

    The Night Rift Manager

    match 53%
    by Wandering Brain Spasm

    Gnal's job patching interdimensional rifts gets upended when her goblin worker smuggles home a human baby—a disaster even her novelty pens can't handle.

  8. Soul Guardian: A Hellishly Cozy Fantasy cover
    by Alex Karne (TheDeliciousMeats)

    A demon and his angelic rival must find a home for a young witch or risk being stuck forever in a small town full of hellhounds and suspiciously good coffee.

  9. Growing Pains cover
    #9

    Growing Pains

    match 51%
    by Azureblade

    A Saiyan warrior crashes into a world of masked heroes and uncategorized power levels, where her restraint is the only thing deadlier than her fists.

  10. Shade Touched cover
    #10

    Shade Touched

    match 50%
    by Zat

    A curious little monster ventures beyond her wild instincts, discovering whispering ruins and forgotten magics—but the wilderness guards its secrets with tooth and claw.

  11. Necroepilogos cover
    #11

    Necroepilogos

    match 50%
    by Hungry

    Elpida and her ragged band of undead girls scavenge a corpse-world, their flesh grafted with alien tech that blurs the line between necromancy and science.

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