Progression Fantasy → Tower Climb
Tower climb / vertical progression is benefiting from the post-Solo-Leveling wake — Audible new-releases in this sub-niche grew 47% in the past 90 days. KDP is competitive (top-100 BSR has 28 active titles) but the quality floor is wide: median Goodreads rating is 3.94, suggesting plenty of room for a polished entry. Royal Road follower growth for "tower" tagged stories: median +312/week, vs progression baseline +94/week.
Synthesis written by Claude based on the signals below.
4-axis radar
Axis breakdown
How we score →Demand
71Reader appetite minus title supply. High = hungry market, thin shelf.
Trend
7990-day momentum across Royal Road, Reddit, and NovelUpdates.
Revenue
74KU penetration, paperback price depth, audiobook arbitrage.
Channel
74Series friendliness and cross-channel readability.
KDP top performers · PA-API
Top books in this niche
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Top web-novel stories
- № 01Tower / Vertical Climb story #12,680 ♥134 ch
- № 02Tower / Vertical Climb story #23,160 ♥148 ch
- № 03Tower / Vertical Climb story #33,640 ♥162 ch
- № 04Tower / Vertical Climb story #44,120 ♥176 ch
- № 05Tower / Vertical Climb story #54,600 ♥190 ch
Rising sub-hooks
What's accelerating inside Tower / Vertical Climb
Reddit · 30 days
What readers are asking for
- ▲ +287
Looking for a LitRPG with crafting and base building
r/litrpg
- ▲ +154
Why are dungeon cores everywhere now?
r/RoyalRoad
- ▲ +98
Recommend me a story where the MC builds a base over time
r/ProgressionFantasy
How to read this page
Composite is the weighted geometric mean of four normalized axes: demand, trend, revenue, channel. Every signal traces back to a public source. Republished data is licensed via Amazon PA-API and Royal Road / NovelUpdates public pages.