Books Like Vigor Mortis

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

#1
Nowhere Stars
match 68%

Liadain wields the magic of sickness and death to carve her path to immortality from the nightmares that devour souls.
#2
Re:Cursed
match 68%

Nix claws her way back from a sacrificial black hole, wielding her own cursed mutations as weapons against the cults that forged her.
#3
Memoirs of Your Local Small-time Villainess
match 64%

A sharp-witted editor must wield the magic and misdeeds of a notorious villainess to survive a world that already despises her.
#4
Guild Mage: Apprentice [Volumes 1-5 Stubbed]
match 63%

A frail kitchen girl discovers her brittle bones channel wild magic, transforming her greatest weakness into the key to unlocking forgotten god ruins and Guild Mage trials.
#5
Pale Lights
match 62%

Tristan, a thief cursed by a goddess, and Angharad, a noble hunted for vengeance, must survive the deadly Dominion of Lost Things to earn a place at Scholomance.
#6
The Calamitous Bob (stubbed)
match 62%

A woman with divine luck scrambles to survive in a world where gods play deadly games and every choice could make her their pawn—or their doom.
#7
Eldritch Exorcist
match 62%

Samuel exploits humanity's growing supernatural panic, trading favors with eldritch gods to reclaim his family’s dark legacy—one exorcism at a time.
#8
Koyuki, the Necromancing Foxkin
match 59%

A former slave wields forbidden necromancy at the Royal Military Academy, where skeletons march, spirits whisper, and rebellion simmers beneath empire-enforced loyalty.
#9
Storm's Apprentice
match 59%

Dorian must master his forbidden magic at the deadly Windshriek Academy, where every lesson could make him the Empire’s weapon—or its next corpse.
#10
Maidens of the Fall
match 59%

Octavia trades her hatred of magical girls for forbidden power, joining a shattered sisterhood hunted by rogue Dream-Gods and their own monstrous pasts.
#11
Duskbound: a Monster Hunter LitRPG (Stubbed)
match 58%

Velik wields the [Black Fang] class to hunt monsters in the dark, but this year’s horde hides a truth even he fears.
#12
An Arsonist and a Necromancer Walk into a Bar
match 58%

A fire mage wields a necromancer's cursed staff, torn between the guild's distrust and the whispers of the dead in its wood.

How we pick "similar"

Each pair gets a similarity score based on shared tropes, tags, tone and pacing. Top tropes carry the most weight; raw rating only nudges ties. No black-box ML — the pipeline is explained on our About page.