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Stella was reborn with a plan: play the tragic Cinderella and win the billionaire heir.
#283 on NetShort · Hottest English Short Drama Series
Trapped in a Survival Game: Every Wife Makes Me Stronger
Stuck in a survival game, a gamer grows stronger with each wife he marries.
NetShort · 30 episodes · about 0.9 h
FreeEp 1–9on NetShort
Locked21of 30 episodes
CheckedOct 18app's site
Story
Silas, a gamer, finds himself trapped in a survival game. For the price of one water bottle, he gets a frail bride, and his climb from nobody to the richest man in the village begins. Thanks to new wives and system perks, he stands up to bullies and bandits. Then a way home opens, and he has to choose between going back and the life he built.
Sci-fi & game systemBusiness / rags-to-richessystem power-upslighthearted grind
Who will like it: viewers who liked power-up stories where a broke underdog builds a village empire one new wife at a time.
Main characters
- Silas: gamer who grows stronger with each wife
Premise rewritten by ShortDramaDesk from NetShort's description, read Oct 18, 2026.
Episodes
Mint ticks: 9 free. Grey: 21 locked. About 0.9 hours in all (episode 1's length × episodes, an estimate).
Where to watch
NetShort
- Episodes
- 30
- Free
- 9
- Locked
- 21
- Checked
- Oct 18, 2026
| App | Episodes | Free | Locked | Cost to finish | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetShort | 30 | 9 | 21 | — | Oct 18, 2026read from the app's site |
Cost to finish
Passes for NetShort on the App Store: $5.99 to $29.99 (checked Oct 18, 2026). The App Store does not list how long each pass lasts.
How it compares on NetShort
- Length
- 30 episodes is longer than 9% of the 489 NetShort dramas on our list (typical: 36).
- Free episodes
- 9 free episodes is more than the typical NetShort drama (8). That is 30% of the story before the paywall.
“Typical” is the median drama from this app on our list, adult titles left out.
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Details the apps publish
- Languages
- Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, ar_AE
- App tags
- Life OL, Time Travel, Underdog Rise
- NetShort
- 10.2K likes, 71.4K followers
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Source: NetShort (public chart and episode page), checked Oct 18, 2026. Poster: NetShort, from its official page, read Oct 18, 2026; it belongs to the app.