by BudgetBard
Ethan, a cynical gamer armed with nothing but his wits and a love for fantasy, finds himself thrown into a chaotic world where reality itself has become a deadly game. As the lines between science and magic blur, he must unravel the secrets of a fractured universe, and forge his own path to power in a desperate struggle for survival.
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 3 Oct 2026, 22:38 UTC
Entry forecast updated 3 Oct 2026, 22:38 UTC
Ranking model: rs-public-oracle-state-v1
Forecast model: rs-model-entry-v1
Chart history contains only this ranking model's runs; legacy points are not spliced in.
Coupled 14-day outlook
rs-joint-entry-copula-v1
Any eligible RS entry
4%
Two or more lists
2%
Likely threshold order: Sci-fi → Drama → Action → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Sci-fi (3%).
Estimated from one fitted shared story path; category probabilities are not multiplied as if lists were independent.
Separate entry forecast; this probability does not enter the ranking score.
Overall Rising Stars Shadow RS rank
#12262 of 12,466 · 12212 below RS #50
By genre
beats 20% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 2% of similar stories
Both levers trail the field
Traffic and conversion are both below comparable stories. Cadence is the first lever — stories posting near-daily reached 25 followers 17% of the time; stories posting every few days almost never did. Get the flow going, then re-check conversion.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 20–49 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views lifetime.
