by DWinchester
When Simon dies, it turns out there's more to combat than lightning reflexes with his controller, and the path to becoming a hero is more brutal than he can imagine as he descends into The Pit. Death after Death is a dark, time loop/Isekai story with roguelike elements, that explores some of the common tropes in a different light. This story is all about character development. It starts slow, and it never stops, as our protagonist improves slowly but surely, death after death after death. Updates Monday, Wednesday, Friday.
No streak history
Rank updated 14 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC
Entry forecast updated 14 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC
Overall Rising Stars shadow rank
#110 of 6,880 · 60 below #50
By genre
beats 59% of similar stories
beats 59% of similar stories
beats 99% of similar stories
Mid-pack, room on both levers
Traffic and conversion both sit mid-field for a story this size. Growth here compounds from consistency: steady cadence feeds traffic, and a sharper hook lifts what each view is worth.
At this conversion, the Mystery Rising Stars bar (≈1 new followers/day) costs about 1.0k views/day — the story currently gets ~12k.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 150+ chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.
