Books Like Wander West, in Shadow (Rough Draft)

Loved Wander West, in Shadow (Rough Draft)? Here are the closest LitRPG and progression-fantasy reads, ranked by trope and theme overlap. Each pick lists the elements it shares with Wander West, in Shadow (Rough Draft) so you can pick by what you actually want next.

#1
Wretch [Book 1 Complete]
match 72%

A desperate man bargains with a monstrous Flame that grants power but demands his humanity in a dying city besieged by horrors.
#2
Wander West, In Shadow [Slow Burn Dark Fantasy]
match 70%

A young wizard follows his brother’s trail into cursed lands where demons trade secrets and a village’s stolen futures fester beneath the thorns.
#3
Underkeeper
match 67%

A disgraced mage with an illegal soul-eating familiar claws his way up from sewer maintenance into a world of deadly political intrigue.
#4
Book Of The Dead
match 67%

Tyron must master the forbidden Book of the Dead before its whispers consume him or the world destroys him for wielding it.
#5
Storm's Apprentice
match 65%

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.
#6
The Last Orellen
match 65%

Kalen must master his volatile magic and untangle his stolen memories to discover if he’s the prophesied Orellen heir—or just another decoy marked for death.
#7
Blood Eagle
match 64%

A mute skáld regains his stolen magic through forbidden blood rites, turning the arena that broke him into his forge of vengeance.
#8
Eterna's Source
match 64%

Sery’s rare magic amplifies Eterna’s power, but rival factions will stop at nothing to reclaim the Source they see as property.
#9
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.
#10
My life as a youngster with a top percentage Rattata was much more successful than I expected? - Pokemon SI
match 62%

Joey refuses to believe Rattata can’t be champion, bending the rules of battle with unorthodox strategies and relentless grit.
#11
The Four Treasures Saga [Isekai / LitRPG]
match 62%

Bren wields ancient Celtic magic to recover mythic relics in the crumbling Otherworld, but his destiny as savior or pawn is anything but certain.
#12
Jackal Among Snakes
match 61%

A sickly royal bastard becomes a modern gamer trapped in his favorite RPG, armed with wiki knowledge but racing against a looming apocalypse.

How we pick "similar"

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