litRPG

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litRPG

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Blend of literary + RPG (“role playing game”).

noun litRPGs · LitRPG

uncountable A genre of fantasy fiction, which is set in a world resembling that of a role-playing game (RPG), complete with levelling up, points statistics and game systems; frequently featuring the fantasy races found in RPGs. The protagonists in this genre are commonly awakened/reincarnated/transported/summoned into the game world, or are unable to log-off of a virtual reality (VR) RPG game.
countable A work of fiction of this genre.

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@misc{litrpg_2026,
  title = {litRPG},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/litrpg},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}