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by KreosKreator
Arlo is a recluse—though he'd argue otherwise. He spends his days glued to his streaming setup, convinced that this is the year he'll make it big. So far? No returns on his up-and-coming streaming account. The games he plays are drawn out and majorly easy to beat. There's just been no good releases to challenge him. Then a mysterious donor named ATLUS drops $1,000 into his stream with one request: "Play my game." A game Arlo has never heard of. But who is he to reject a challenge? He opens the file, puts on his dusty VR headset, and wakes up in a frozen wasteland. The world is stunning. The mechanics are real. But hey... why is the logout disabled? In a game with no way out, no ending, and pesky viewers upending his every move—can Arlo create his own ending? -What to expect: Character driven, 2k-5k words per chapter, Plot heavy, Long series
No streak history
Rank updated 13 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC
Entry forecast updated 13 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC
Overall Rising Stars shadow rank
deep field · ~#6787 of 7,531 · 6737 below #50
By genre
beats 70% of similar stories
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beats 76% of similar stories
Firing on all cylinders
Traffic and conversion are both strong for a story this size. Readers are finding it and sticking — if Rising Stars is the goal, this is the moment to push.
At this conversion, the Comedy Rising Stars bar (≈2 new followers/day) costs about 439 views/day — the story currently gets ~17.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 5–9 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.