VIDEO GAMES

This game’s got me obsessed! It’s like it’s taken over my life... wait—HARD MODE ACTIVATED. No-no-no-no-no! It has literally taken me and thrown me into the part of Penelope Eckhart. Love is easy as the heroine, but as the hated villainess, I’m trying very hard not to die… at the hands of my brothers… the prince… a fork… every possible ending is death! This world is stacked against me, but can my wits and insider game knowledge score the affection of these male characters? Or the reset button???

One year ago, I was a world-class player in the game [Arcadia]. However, everything I built up was destroyed by Shin Heejae as easily as a sandcastle. I sold my account at a high price and decided to never set foot in the game again... Even if I quit now, it doesn't mean I quit for good though, right? One year later, I made a new account just like following a homing instinct.

I became a maid in a horror game. Trapped in the mansion, I either penalize the protagonist trying to escape or act as a guide. "I'll lock you up too if I manage to get out." The protagonist is too loud. So, I decided to help him escape quickly. "Let's have some food, Dietrich." "It's a potion. It'll help you recover quickly when applied." "The escape's hint is right here..." I fed him well for the next playthrough, gave him potions to use if he got injured quickly for the next playthrough, and blatantly gave him hints for the problem. We can go out now, right? By the way. "Well, I'm not sure of the answer." What's with this guy who's supposed to be smart? ...The protagonist just doesn't seem to want to leave the mansion. "If you don't leave, I'll leave." Feeling annoyed at the thought of having to keep seeing that despicable guy, I shouted in frustration. "Were you even able to leave from here?" His eyes narrowed sharply. "I'll tell you, I have no intention of leaving here." "What?" "And you can't leave either." What on earth is going on here?

Kosuke found himself in a whole different world. WHAT? Standing there with the wilderness to the east and a forest to his left, he decided to make good use of the occurrence, and tests his knowledge, to where he finds this amazing crafting ability, just like the games from his original world! When I thought, I was suddenly attacked by a beautiful dark elf…?! Start different world capture with different races and sub-races !

A professional gamer, in the past, has one thing he's best at carrying people. Will his skills help him obtain something more?

Mujik is a lowly programmer at a video game company. He regularly gets chewed out by his boss and constantly works overtime. But one day a bug in the virtual reality game he plays makes all the female NPCs fall in love with him. What’s more, the game even rewards him with the ability to charm women…in real life?! Mujik’s office is full of hotties and now he’s gonna make the most of his leveled-up charisma. It’s his game he’s playing now, so let a player play…

Trapped in the gaming world of Elix, Sehyun’s once mode of solace is now his prison. Here, one must conquer empires or be conquered. What’s more, dying in-game means dying in real life. Stuck in a perilous reality, Sehyun must save his empire while facing the effects of his corrupt past. To do so, he must regain the trust of his Grand Duke, Ruhak. But since he has so much resentment toward Sehyun, the only way to appease Ruhak is to succumb to his needs, no matter how immoral or carnal they are.

I woke up in a strange bed, with not just one, but two lovers beside me! In this game of love, affection, and deception, I’m Elvia, the Imperial Princess, with a gaggle of men vying for my favor. Sounds great, right? Except this means I'm also stuck as the villainess while the main character is my manipulative maid, Arielle! She’s out to bring me down, and she’s got plans for my harem of men. But I know all her secrets, because I can see her player notifications. Can I beat her at her own game?

I'm going to live a normal life! ...said Shari Azriel, the apothecary of the Dover village. Then one day, I realised that I possessed an NPC in a video game! I've been locked up here for two years, and I only just noticed. If I can't get out of the game... "A, in their 20's, was found starved to death while playing VR games." This could be what I'm remembered as! "I have to get out!" However, it was too late when I came to the realisation that... I can't log out because of an error! That means, the only way out would be approaching the male lead, "The Lord of Nightmares", and helping his comrades defeat the final villain. So I have no choice but to wait until the game ends... The difficulty level, the story, the likelihood of failure in such a heinous game, a game that nobody won before... "The Lord of Nightmares has a strong urge to kill you." Somehow, I believe dying by the male lead's hands would be faster.

Her boyfriend was stolen through an online game! During this heartbreak, she logged in to the game and met...!?

As the end of the dating sim came ever closer, I had decided...to run away. Woo-hyun, who died in an accident at the age of 25, opens his eyes and finds himself in the world of a dating sim. Suddenly, he is 18 years old again, and the stepmother who had always disapproved of him is revealed to be his biological mother. He now possesses the ability to gauge people’s affection for him with numbers above their heads. Unlike his past life in the previous world, Woo-hyun has the perfect life: loving parents, friends at university, and a sweet, devoted boyfriend named Sunwoo. However, as Sunwoo's “relationship points” continue to increase with each passing day, Woo-hyun can't help but wonder what will happen when the score reaches 100, indicating the end of this “game.” Fearing the loss of Sunwoo, whom he has grown to love with all his heart, Woo-hyun decides to run away in an attempt to prevent the score from rising any further. Nevertheless, Woo-hyun soon discovers that Sunwoo's feelings run even deeper than he could have ever imagined, and Sunwoo is determined to keep him by his side, no matter what it takes.

Nothing out of the ordinary has ever happened to Namjoo, that is, until the day he picks up a mislaid USB on the street. Curiosity gets the better of him and when he takes a look inside, he finds a steamy VR game that’s still in the works. To Namjoo, the game looks ready for release, but little does he know about the bug that’s affecting all of the NPCs and making all of them super horny. Meanwhile, Hye-na’s panicking about her lost USB and is determined to get it back before more people find out about the game's fatal flaw. Join Namjoo and Hye-na on their journey to Lust-a-land, a world that isn’t for the faint of heart...or the low of libido.

I'm going to live a normal life! ...said Shari Azriel, the apothecary of the Dover village. Then one day, I realised that I possessed an NPC in a video game! I've been locked up here for two years, and I only just noticed. If I can't get out of the game... "A, in their 20's, was found starved to death while playing VR games." This could be what I'm remembered as! "I have to get out!" However, it was too late when I came to the realisation that... I can't log out because of an error! That means, the only way out would be approaching the male lead, "The Lord of Nightmares", and helping his comrades defeat the final villain. So I have no choice but to wait until the game ends... The difficulty level, the story, the likelihood of failure in such a heinous game, a game that nobody won before... "The Lord of Nightmares has a strong urge to kill you." Somehow, I believe that dying by the male lead's hands would be faster.

When Yewon opens her eyes inside Midnight, the top-ranked dating simulation game, she realizes things aren’t quite as fun when her own life is at stake without a “Load Save” option. The only way to clear Midnight is to reach a happy ending with one of the five love interests, but each route poses a different set of problems. Meeting the master of the mage’s tower will lead to almost certain death, the crown prince doesn’t even try to hide his animosity towards her, the merchant seems to be missing a few screws, and another barely speaks. The swordmaster seems relatively normal, but it turns out he’s a devout follower of the temple she’s desperately trying to escape. Will Yewon be able to capture the heart of one of these men and use her insider game knowledge to clear the game?

Second year high school student Rakuro Hizutome is interested in one thing only: finding "shitty games" and beating the crap out of them. His gaming skills are second to none, and no game is too bad for him to enjoy. So when he's introduced to the new VR game Shangri-La Frontier, he does what he does best—min-maxes and skips the prologue to jump straight into the action. But can even an expert gamer like Rakuro discover all the secrets that Shangri-La Frontier hides...?

Taepung Shin knows every nook and cranny of his favorite MMO video game Paradiso like it was the back of his hand! However, his gaming adventures suffer an abrupt end after his untimely death. But this is not his last hurrah since he’s reincarnated as Jared, a delinquent lord of a frozen province… in Paradiso! Now, he must brave the world he loved and take advantage of all glitches he knows about and turn himself into the main character of his new solo adventure!

I'm going to live a normal life! ...said Shari Azriel, the apothecary of the Dover village. Then one day, I realised that I possessed an NPC in a video game! I've been locked up here for two years, and I only just noticed. If I can't get out of the game... "A, in their 20's, was found starved to death while playing VR games." This could be what I'm remembered as! "I have to get out!" However, it was too late when I came to the realisation that... I can't log out because of an error! That means, the only way out would be approaching the male lead, "The Lord of Nightmares", and helping his comrades defeat the final villain. So I have no choice but to wait until the game ends... The difficulty level, the story, the likelihood of failure in such a heinous game, a game that nobody won before... "The Lord of Nightmares has a strong urge to kill you." Somehow, I believe that dying by the male lead's hands would be faster.

Reincarnating from a fujoshi to the younger brother of a BL game MC!! All I wanted was to watch over my older brothers, but I became the main character?! A working-class adult fujoshi reincarnates as the younger brother of the BL game protagonist that I played in my previous life. It's after my elder brother gets together with one of the game capture targets... From watching the "happy ever after" of the "oshi couple", to seeing how the other brokenhearted capture targets bounce back, this position is just too delicious!!! But when I was playing the game, there was no "younger brother"?!!

Yihan is obsessed with one thing and one thing only: Mikaros, the really hot mint-haired hunk who exists only in the world of Yihan’s favorite BL game, Love Meter 100%. Wherever Yihan goes, his hefty stash of Mikaros merch goes—the limited edition tote bag, the special key ring, and the myriad of adorable plushies that he somehow manages to keep on his person. Being the ultimate stan isn’t something Yihan is ashamed of, that is, until he runs into Mikaros in real life. Mikaros-in-the-flesh is called Park Há, and he is everything that Yihan didn’t know he needed. There’s only one catch. Park Há hates otakus…but Yihan is literally the biggest otaku ever.

Life is about survival of the fittest... But what do you do when you're reborn as a crow? Find someone big and strong to take you in, of course! After saving Prince Camute's life, Rainelle is brought to the imperial palace to live as his pet. However, just as she believes she's set to live a life of comfort, she finds herself caught at the center of a dangerous power struggle between Prince Camute and his brother. Now that her survival depends on his, will Rainelle find a way to help her prince?

Stuck in a loveless engagement with the crown prince and tired of living in the violent capital city, Violet Hale wanted a way out of her miserable life. Enter the enigmatic archduke Cedric Etchell, who breaks off her engagement and agrees to a contractual marriage with her as thanks for saving his estate. Determined to make it on her own once the contract ends, Violet starts her own business. Love isn't in the plan, but could the archduke make this self-made lady have a change of heart?

To Blanche, everything seemed hopeless. Until she realized it was all a game. One she made, to be exact. Now she has a goal: Become the villain's right-hand man! But wait. Why is she the one saving him...?

Hyun’s what some may call resourceful, thrifty, or, um, stingy. Whatever you call him, he’s also dedicated—he grinded night-and-day to get a top-tier character. But once he sold it, every last cent was taken away by loan sharks. In the new VR MMO Royal Road, he’s committed to making it big for himself and his family. He knows that he should absolutely NEVER be one of those weak and poor sculptors, so what’s he going to do when he accidentally becomes the Legendary Moonlight Sculptor?

A Level 1 adventurer, leveling up at an explosive rate with nonstandard skills and magic power? Kaede Suzumiya, a gamer, fell asleep while playing all night and when he woke up he found himself in another world, a fantasy world where using magic is possible! Using his knowledge of games, skills, and cheats acquired in this new world he decides to enjoy as much of his new life through magic and sword! This is an adventure tale from the Shinkou Shotou (Progressive Islands), the same company that brought you "Shikkaku Mon no Saikyou Kenja," "Tensei Kenja no Isekai Life," and "Isekai Kenja no Tensei Musou!"

Sanghwa is a shy introvert with a longtime crush on his handsome friend Ryeohan, but then again, EVERYONE likes him. Feeling like he can’t compete for Ryeohan’s affections, Sanghwa dives into The Legend of Saga, an online game where he plays as “idealize.” He befriends “thegreatmirae,” a cute healer who clearly has a soft spot for Sangwha… and who just so happens to be a real-life gangster. Could this tough guy be the ideal lover Sanghwa’s been looking for after striking out in the real world?

"You have acquired experience points. Kudo Kazuto has risen to Level 1," echoes through Kazuto's mind after he runs over a mysterious dog on his way home from work. The next morning, he awakens to a changed world, full of vicious monsters. The world now features a game-like system of levels and skills, alongside danger at every turn. Will Kazuto be able to survive by leveling up and taking advantage of the special skill he acquired the previous night? His survival adventure begins now!

A detested villainess and a proper prince are instinctually drawn to each other's bodies before they have a chance to develop feelings. What will their destiny be!?

After "outboxer009" wakes up in the body of Yuder Bayel from Legend of Heroes 2, he soon discovers that his rival "sandstorm" has also entered the game world as Cordelia Chace. These top-two-ranked old pros come to realize that navigating this game world is much harder than just pointing and clicking. With the apocalyptic conclusion of the game looming before them, they'll have to combine his quick wit, her foul mouth, and both their gamer mindsets to make a new, less cataclysmic ending.

'Can you buff me?' Monaka, who looks like a top-tier experienced player at a glance, offers to form a party with White Jack, who's a returning player of “Lunatic Online”, but… 'Don't step on that.' 'Ack!' 'Take a potion.' 'Hack! Haack!' 'I'm sorry… I couldn't click on the potion.' Get to know the noob, White Jack, Monaka's character, and the other guild members. 'We're getting married, so change genders, Hyung. You lost earlier at rock-paper-scissors.' The chaotic life of Lunatic's Netkama*! (This game is set in the virtual game “Lunatic”, which is based on the online game “La Tale”.) (Please be aware: Due to the nature of this series, this work purposely uses incorrect spellings for a sense of realism.) *TL/N: Netkama is a term for when a male uses a female character online and hides their true identity. It can also mean 'puppet/figurehead'. The original author, Kimma, also wrote the novel, “Netkama Punch!!!”.

From INKR: Zhuang Wu, an indie game designer, suddenly witnessed the game that he was developing come to life. With the world being overrun by the monsters, only people who are called "Players" can save it. However, Zhuang Wu is an NPC, but because he's the game designer, he knows how to become the hero

The protagonist, who was thoroughly enjoying training female characters in a game, unexpectedly finds himself falling into the world of murim. At first, he was bewildered and desperately striving to survive. However, as time passed, he become stronger in the murim realm and made a vow to build his own harem while traveling through the murim world, training various talented female warriors...

I became a maid inside of a horror game. Penalties were given to the male lead, who was trying to escape being locked up in a large mansion, and I acted as a guide. I was going to fulfill my duties until the male lead’s play ends. “When I get out, I’ll lock you up exactly the same way.” The male lead is so noisy. If it’s going to be like this, I’ll just help him escape faster. “Let’s eat, Dietrich.” “This is a potion, it’ll help you recover faster if you take it.” “The hint to escape is over there…” I fed him well to prepare for the next play, and when the male lead got hurt, I gave him a potion so he could quickly play the next game, I even gave him a hint for the problem. You’ll be able to get out now, right? However. “I don’t really know the answer.” What’s the meaning of this? Aren’t you supposed to be smart? …The male lead doesn’t think about leaving the mansion at all. “If you won’t get out, I will.” I shouted in anger because I was so sick of the thought of having to see the face of someone I don’t want to keep seeing. “Is it possible for you to get out of here?” His eyes sank bitterly. “Let me tell you this, I have no intention of leaving this place.” “What?” “And you have no way of getting out, either.” What the hell is going on?

Bookworm - Soo-Hyuk. Reading fun number one, always looking for a new way to read books. Even joined a new game so no one could disturb him from reading books. The moment Soo-Hyuk finished reading his first book and closed it, he received a notification: Wisdom +1 level...

The male lead was simply on a business trip, and suddenly he had to share a themed love suite with a popular big boss of the esports world? What’s up with this transparent bathroom door and vibrating bed?!?! The next day, they each went their separate ways. But at night, when the male lead was drinking his work frustrations away at a late-night roadside food stall, the big boss suddenly appeared before him and said that the male lead was his idol? Wait a minute, what’s going on? “Hey! I’ve already retired from gaming three years ago, don’t try to tempt me to return to esports!”

Other people game overnight, I game overnight and bleed. Ever since the dimensional storms descended upon earth, numerous dimensional zones have appeared, bringing with them all kinds of dimensional creatures- immortals, buddhas, devils, angels, elves, etc. All these strange dimensional zones can turn into dungeon instances on my phone. Other people risk their lives adventuring, I spend all my time gaming.

In the game, he plays as a strong character nearing the level cap. However, in real life, Lu Siqi is a highschooler with nothing left to live for. Only thinking about what is the meaning of being alive and death. Operating as a meek female character in the game, in reality, Shi Liu is a self proclaimed sentient beast who is finding his next interesting prey behind the monitor screen...... The new update in《Fantasy ONLINE》added many new high level equips in the medium difficulty instance "Deville Labyrinth", which attracted many players to form groups. Just like that, 647 who is planning to challege the instance, and Sixteen_16 who is looking for a new prey, met each other at the entrance of the instance—

Ryouta Sakamoto is one of the top-ranked players of BTOOOM!, an online battle game. But no amount of simulated warfare could have prepared him for what is to come... Ryouta wakes one evening to find himself dangling from a tree by a parachute with no recollection of how he got there. Before he can orient himself to his unfamiliar surroundings, Ryouta is attacked. As a barrage of explosives rain down on him, Ryouta realizes that he too has a pack of bombs... bombs that look very similar to the ones used in BTOOOM! Ryouta may have mastered the online game, but can he come out on top in this real-life game of survival?

Sanghwa is a shy introvert with a longtime crush on his handsome friend Ryeohan, but then again, EVERYONE likes him. Feeling like he can’t compete for Ryeohan’s affections, Sanghwa dives into The Legend of Saga, an online game where he plays as “idealize.” He befriends “thegreatmirae,” a cute healer who clearly has a soft spot for Sangwha… and who just so happens to be a real-life gangster. Could this tough guy be the ideal lover Sanghwa’s been looking for after striking out in the real world?

The game's heroine had a limited time to live. Meanwhile, I played the role of the villainous friend that vies for the male leads' attention before being eliminated by the player. However, after that kid died, I made the decison on my own to exit from this story. But, what do I do? The reactions of those around me are a bit strange. "I came to the marquis’s estate because Ophelia needed a friend around her age. And now, Ophelia's dead." Their gaze seemed to be asking me why I was stating the obvious. I said it plainly. "So, I should leave now." For some reason, the two men made an expression as if they were at a loss for words. They used to consider me a fly that stuck to Ophelia's side, so why? *Otome Game: A game targeted towards women where the protagonist (player) is female

Hill accidentally travels into the game she's playing and becomes Lady Hill Augustine, the daughter of the Duke. Her ultimate mission in the game is to help her brother Xiulin, who she always bullies, to restore the status of the Prince and come to the throne. Hill has many negative quests to complete and has no choice but to accomplish them. Does she have it in her to complete all the missions? What is her final fate?

The story of a young woman’s struggles after being reborn into one of her beloved romance otome games–as the antagonist! Iris, an otome game addict with no time for romance, gets hit by a truck after getting out of work–but instead of dying, she finds herself in the world of a game she’d played just hours earlier. However, she’s not reborn as the game’s protagonist, the main heartthrob of the harem. Instead, she starts her new life as the antagonist, right at the moment she’s being sent to live in a nunnery–for the rest of her life!

「Asta Chronicles」, where the seeds of MMORPG appeared like a comet in the dry game market. On the day when the notice of the ‘mythology’ difficulty raid update, which is the most recent update in a long time, was announced, the heart of Ji-Jeong (Seong Cha-hyun), the master of the famous guild ‘Haste’, who ranked first in all server guild rankings and recorded the most records for first clear, is excited. However, this time, of course, he logged on to the game with the intention of completing the first one, and on that very day, he heard the news that his partner healer would be enlisting!

Noah’s classmates can’t even be bothered by him in real life, but inside the Interverse, he’s the celebrated number one player. He may be applauded as a genius in-game, but the real world remains a cruel place for Noah…that is until he beats the school bully in an Interverse tournament. His talents are recognized by a mysterious professor who recruits him into an elite academy. As reality and the game world blur together, will Noah be able to make a stand for himself and challenge all expectations?

Ladies and gentleman, place your bets! In the first corner we have the Pea Princess. In life, she was Jasmine, a workaholic, but now she must find a way to defeat her ruthless opponent in the second corner, Princess Vivian~! Will Jasmine be able to fend off her nemesis and protect her only friend, Princess Hélène? Or will their friendship get tangled in a web of lies as well? So much for “rest in peace,” HA! The afterlife is nothing but a cutthroat battle of wits rife with sabotage.

Taepung Shin knows every nook and cranny of his favorite MMO video game Paradiso like it was the back of his hand! However, his gaming adventures suffer an abrupt end after his untimely death. But this is not his last hurrah since he’s reincarnated as Jared, a delinquent lord of a frozen province… in Paradiso! Now, he must brave the world he loved and take advantage of all glitches he knows about and turn himself into the main character of his new solo adventure!

There was a globally popular game called “The Legend of the Seven Heroes”. Ren cleared the sequel of that game at the fastest record in the world, and thus he obtained a bonus special data. However, no matter where he looked inside the game, he could not find the data. The moment where Ren was about to give up the search, he decided to start playing the second round of the game. Suddenly,a notification message “Do you want to start a special story? appears on the screen. When Ren chooses “Yes” without hesitation, he loses consciousness, and when he wakes up, he was a baby. —- Could it be that he was reincarnated as one of the hero in “The Legend of the Seven Heroes”?　 Ren, who thought such a thing was impossible, could not believe his ears when he heard his name from his mother’s mouth. It was the name of a classmate who betrays the heroes in the middle of the story. Of course, he wishes to live in peace. But in the game, he meets a saint whose life he’s supposed to take, and doesn’t. Furthermore, he ends up saving a character (the boss of a great noble family) who was supposed to die. All of these things creates a development that he doesn’t know about coming to play…

[The Eternal Scattering Flowers: Fiore Caduto Eterna] is a game ill-suited of being known as a galge, as the main heroine would regardless of the chosen route meet her demise.Fudou Niito, a resident of Japan, went to bed dissatisfied with the ending of the game. When he next awoke, he found himself in the body of the game's hated fake saint, Elrise.Confused, but with an understanding that Elrise's actions would spell disaster for many lives in the future, he took advantage of the situation and acted to change the course of history.As a result, despite her rotten personality, Elrise was adored by those around her as a perfect saint. Furthermore, the game itself was intrinsically linked to his original world and changed accordingly to suit Elrise's actions. Without any knowledge of what the hell was going on, the fake saint Elrise continued to alter her fate.A saint on the outside, but a man on the inside.The transmigrator was a piece of shit and the person he transmigrated into was also a piece of shit. A combination of shit and shit would cause an accident to create the greatest fake saint shitshow of the year!

“Will you save us? YES or NO?” In standard dating sim style, “Anise” was summoned as a Saint into the world of “Garden of Salvation”. However, Hime, another girl who was also summoned alongside her stole the title of “Saint” for herself! Without being allowed to use the “healing magic” that she had learned, Anise was exiled to a remote village. If things stick to the script, a general from the neighboring kingdom of Farglow will die before long and Hime will reign supreme as the Saint in the bad ending. For Anise, that means death. In order to find her own path for survival, she decides to save the general and rewrite the story, but…