Top 20 Virtual Reality manga you should read right now. [2026 List]

20. Overgeared

[Shin Youngwoo (Username: Grid)]
The world's greatest VR game

Whether in reality or in the game, misfortune has always befallen upon him...
An unexpected reward he discovered during a quest, 'Pagma's Rare Book'.
Changing into a one of a kind, strongest, Legendary class amongst +2 billion users.

"How are you still alive...?!"
"Well, it's nothing complicated..."

"I'm Overgeared."

Overgeared is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Overgeared (2020), Overgeared (Team Argo), 템빨 (Team Argo), Temppal

19. Murim Login

An era where hunters thrive on hunting monsters that come from Gates. Jin Tae-Kyung is a low-rank hunter who picks up a VR machine, and accidentally logs into the game, which is set in the world of Martial Arts. After many ups and downs, Tae-Kyung is able to escape this world. The strength and skills, which he received in the Murim were able to be carried over back to the real world. This allows him to continue making a living a hunter... but he decides to return back to the world of Murim, out of care for his NPC friends.

Murim Login is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Murim Login

18. Level 999 Goblin

Cheol-Su is a loser in life and a loser in-game... until he’s suddenly promoted to Goblin Summoner. He’s shocked when he discovers that his goblin summon is a hideous, max-level monster capable of obliterating any foe with a single attack! There’s just one catch, though--his new buddy can’t be unsummoned, and it draws way too much attention. Now stuck with an overpowered pet following him everywhere, he has to get crafty and channel his inner goblin to manipulate and claw his way to the top in pursuit of greatness and riches.

Level 999 Goblin is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Lv.999 哥布林, ก็อบลินเลเวล 999

17. Ranker's Return (2021)

In the early days of the virtual reality game, Arena, MeleeGod was the strongest ranked player! He deleted his character and suddenly left. In order to restore his bankrupt family, he returned to Arena! "Do you want to create a character?"

Ranker's Return (2021) is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Ranker's Return, Ranker’s Return (Remake)

16. Destiny Unchain Online: Kyuuketsuki Shoujo to Natte, Yagate "Aka no Maou" to Yobareru You ni Narimashita

Kou Mitsuki is a gamer with god-like skills who also goes by the nickname "Headhunting Crim". He participates in a test of a new game device for his father's new game, "Destiny Unchained Online". But the game was filled with bugs at the start and he ends up as a vampire girl. Meeting amazing allies, and taking the game by storm, the story of a top-tier gamer where anything and everything can change....begins!

Destiny Unchain Online: Kyuuketsuki Shoujo to Natte, Yagate "Aka no Maou" to Yobareru You ni Narimashita is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Destiny Unchain Online ～吸血鬼少女となって、やがて『赤の魔王』と呼ばれるようになりました～　, Destiny Unchain Online

15. Usogui

There are gamblers out there who even bet their lives as ante. But to secure the integrity of these life-threatening gambles, a violent and powerful organization by the name of "Kagerou" referees these games as a neutral party. Follow Bak Madarame a.k.a. Usogui (The Lie Eater) as he gambles against maniacal opponents at games—such as Escape the Abandoned Building, Old Maid, and Hangman—to ultimately "out-gamble" and control the neutral organization of Kagerou itself.

The Lie Eater has finished publishing and it has 541 Chapters. It is also Known as: 嘘喰い, Igyou Tobakusha Usokui, Yakou-san, The Lie Eater

14. Moto Sekai Ichi'i Subchara Ikusei Nikki: Hai Player, Isekai wo Kouryakuchuu!

The protagonist who was rarely ever at school during his middle school and high school days, is unemployed even as an adult. From morning till night, it was video games. For him who was ranked first worldwide, it was his life.

One day, his character is suddenly hacked. The data was unrecoverable and there was nothing that could be done. Feeling great despair at having lost his rank that he had bet everything to achieve in a world that controlled his life, the protagonist attempts suicide.

When he awakens, he finds himself inside the video game, no, it was a real world that resembled it. There, he notices that he has reincarnated into the the body of a sub character that he had created and bought premium benefits for long ago but had left neglected.

The Former Top 1’s Sub-Character Training Diary ~A Dedicated Player is Currently Conquering Another World!~ is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 元・世界１位のサブキャラ育成日記 ２　～廃プレイヤー、異世界を攻略中！～, Moto Sekai Ichi'i Subchara Ikusei Nikki ~Hai Player, Isekai wo Kouryakuchuu!~, The Former World Number 1's Alt Character Training Diary

13. Ore no Genjitsu wa Renai Game?? ka to Omottara Inochigake no Game datta

One day, 25-year-old Hasegawa Ryou wakes up to see a holographic screen floating in front of him. The screen prompts him to save/load files and an item shop, as well as his stats. It seems like he’s been sucked into some erotic love game, since his stats depend on seducing women and “capturing” them.

After finding a target and going through game-like options, Ryou thinks he knows what he has to do to “capture” his target. Surely he needs to have sex with her, right? And yet when the woman turns out to be a murderer, Ryou finds out the shocking truth: he has to capture these women and unveil their secrets! And if he fails, he dies...

A Dating Sim of Life or Death is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 俺の現実は恋愛ゲーム??かと思ったら命がけのゲームだった, Ore no Genjitsu wa Ren'ai Game?? ka to Omottara Inochigake no Game datta, Is My Reality a Love Game?? ~I Thought it Was a Life Like Game~

12. Jamman Jado Ranker

We’re only taking a break for about 30 seconds? I’m not imagining things, right?” “…Yes.” After 15 hours of hunting, Hyunsung asked to rest for a while, and after 30 seconds, he had to get up again and started hunting. Actually, Hyunsung has a special skill. [Thananos’ narcolepsy skill is activated.] [You’re being forced into a sleep state.] After sleeping for a while and waking up, I got an item? Pay close attention to the story of the God-Rank Class, the descendant of Thananos, the unstoppable Hyunsung.

Source: MU

Sleeping Ranker has finished publishing and it has 154 Chapters. It is also Known as: Ranker, Even if I Sleep, Even if I Sleep, I Rank, The Slumbering Ranker, 眠りのチートランカー, แรงเกอร์จอมนิทรา, 躺平也能登顶

11. Toaru Ossan no VRMMO Katsudouki

Typical company employee Tanaka Daichi (38-years-old, single) loves games and plays a new type of VRMMO called "One More Free Life Online" under the username "Earth". Inside this free world he chose several skills that are generally regarded as useless. Be it wasting time crafting potions, cooking up pointlessly tasty food, or hunting monsters with some absurd weapon he crafted, he simply enjoys playing the game.

A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: とあるおっさんのVRMMO活動記, A Certain Middle-Aged Man's VRMMO Activity Log

10. Reader

Bookworm - Soo-Hyuk. Reading fun number one, always looking for a new way to read books. Even joined 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 notification: Wisdom +1 level ....

Reader has finished publishing and it has 282 Chapters. It is also Known as: Читатель, Reader (Chang Han-Yoon), Leitor, Reader: Ingneunja, 리더, Reader〜活字中毒者が大魔導士の後継ぎになった〜, Lector, Leader Reader, Reader: Ingneunja

9. Taming Master

The best-known VR game in the world, 'Kaillan'. A certified game addict well known in the virtual world, Ian. Despite having a Level 93 Archer character in the top leaderboards of Kaillan, Ian decides to delete it despite everyone around him telling him not to. All to convert to a hidden class he obtained by chance. The class he chose is the most worthless class in Kaillan, the Summoner class. If he wants to avoid getting an F in college, he needs to level up to his previous level within two months... Kaillan is notorious for its very cruel leveling system, where it is said to take over a year to reach level 100. His struggles to reach level 93 in only two months unfold... Level quickly, thoroughly and persistently. The legend of the 'Taming Master' begins!

Taming Master is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Taming Master

8. Player Reborn

Wan Jia was betrayed by one of his own teammates in the virtual reality game, "King of Gamers" (KOG) and lost his qualification. However, In his final moments before being removed from the game, he was transported back one year earlier to the day that "King of Gamers" launched. Already a master of the game and possessing in-depth knowledge of the content of the game, Wan Jia orchestrates his return to the "King of Gamers" to not only to punish the traitorous teammate, but also achieve victory!

Player Reborn has finished publishing and it has 194 Chapters. It is also Known as: chóng shēng dà wán jiā, The Reborn Super Player

7. Bad Ending Maker

"Please write your resignation, Mr. Mincheol." He was fired overnight from the job he devoted his youth to for opposing the management's billing policy. That's how his life as the online director of Wings came to an end. It's a game I made and a world I made, so... I'm the only one who finishes this world. I will become the final boss myself and end this game with my own hands! "Now I'll show you what a bad ending is."

Bad Ending Maker has finished publishing and it has 101 Chapters. It is also Known as: Bad Ending Maker

6. Leveling Up, by Only Eating!

Kang Min-Hyuk suffers from a rare disorder that makes it impossible for him to stop eating. Despite strict diet and exercise, Min-Hyuk's weight is now life-threatening. As a last resort, his doctor recommends a unique treatment—Athenae, a VR game where one can eat as much as they want without consequence. Crispy fried chicken! Scrumptious samgyetang! Inside Athenae, all food tastes real, but earning it is no cakewalk. In order to live, Min-Hyuk must go on the ultimate fantasy gourmet adventure!



Note: Includes eight extra chapters.

Leveling Up, by Only Eating! has finished publishing and it has 208 Chapters. It is also Known as: Gourmet Gaming, Babman Meoggo Level Up

5. Wangyou: Yinwei Tai Lang, Wo Cheng Le Quan Fu Gongdi!

He thought he'd be beating up on newbies, but he didn't realize he'd selected Ultra-Hard Mode. This is a ridiculously difficult game. If you don’t have the skills, you won’t even be able to get out of the starting village!

Wangyou: Yinwei Tai Lang, Wo Cheng Le Quan Fu Gongdi! has finished publishing and it has 117 Chapters. It is also Known as: I Became the Game's Biggest Villain, I Was Too Crazy, I Became the Villain of the Entire Server!, I Am The Server's Adversar

4. Sword Art Online: Mother's Rosario

Sword Art Online: Mother's Rosario has finished publishing and it has 14 Chapters. It is also Known as: ソードアート・オンライン マザーズ・ロザリオ, Sword Art Online: Mother's Rosario

3. Isekai Tensei ni Kansha wo

In the future after several decades from now. Virtual reality (VR) gaming has been finally realized. An old man who continued to wait for VR game, start gleefully the desire of a VR game.After finishing a fun tutorial, the old man who indulge in deep emotion looking back on life. He rest his body a little while lying in front of the main start. He ended up dozing out without noticed, he in an imperceptibly different place . That how this volume has begun. This? Somehow, this is such as from different from the tutorial? Virtual reality is so realistic still amazing Na~. Hmm? Reality? Different world? No way! Are you sure? Why asked the old man to be a different world incarnated by God, to not forget the feeling of gratitude, and to enjoy a different world life in a rejuvenated both body and soul.

Thanks to the Parallel World has finished publishing and it has 14 Chapters. It is also Known as: 異世界転生に感謝を, Isekai Tensei ni Kansha o, Thanks to a Different World Reincarnation

2. Daejangjangi Jigeu

Having lost his ranked account to a hacker, Kang Yoohan wants to get even. Assuming his lost equipment was sold, he’s hoping that as blacksmith Zig, it will come back to him through repairs and lead him to the hacker. After breaking many swords, however, he finds this is no walk in the park. Thankfully, he’s able to see cracks in the equipment and enemies that show their vital points to make or break them! Armed with these skills, Zig is looking to get things shaking, or rather, smithing!

Zig the Blacksmith is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Blacksmith Jig, Blacksmith Zig, Blacksmith Zigg, Legendary Blacksmith's Vengeance, The Blacksmith Zig, ซีค ช่างตีเหล็ก, 鍛冶師ジグ〜元最強ソロプレイヤー、鍛冶屋をはじめる〜, 鐵匠齊格的復仇

1. Choinui Geim

Seo Moon-Yeob was the world’s greatest superhuman, who sacrificed himself after saving humanity. Thought to have been dead, he returns 17 years later to a now-peaceful world, and the superhuman sport faces seismic change.

Superhuman Battlefield has finished publishing and it has 151 Chapters. It is also Known as: Superman's Game