London-grown gaming blog · est. 2018

GRIND THE META. RAID THE HYPE.

No sponsored fluff, no review-embargo cowardice. We play games to the credits and write what actually holds up — RPGs, roguelikes, and the indie oddities everyone else skips.

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Raiders crew mid-session at the London studio

What we publish

Services & coverage

Deep-Dive Reviews

Every score is earned across a full playthrough — minimum 30 hours logged before we publish. Turnaround within 72 hours of a review copy landing. Free for readers, forever.

From £0 · reader-funded

Boss & Build Guides

Frame-tested boss walkthroughs and endgame build sheets for Souls-likes and CRPGs. Updated with every patch. Patreon supporters get printable PDF versions.

£4/mo Patreon · guides free

Live Raid Streams

Wednesday and Sunday nights, 8pm GMT, we blind-run new releases from our Borough studio. Chat picks the difficulty, we suffer the consequences. VODs archived weekly.

Free · Wed & Sun, 8pm GMT

Recent raids

The work wall

Screenshot from a roguelike review — Run-Ender: 40 hours in the Ashen Depths — roguelike review

Boss guide breakdown screenshot — Every phase, no cheese: the Warden boss guide

Indie feature cover art — Sponsored feature: Neon Alley Studios launch push

Live stream setup at the studio — Blind Sunday: chat set it to Nightmare and we cried

CRPG build sheet feature — The only CRPG build sheet you'll bookmark

Retro handheld retrospective — Retro raid: revisiting the handheld classics

The crew

Who's holding the controller

Marcus D.

Editor-in-Chief · Souls-likes

Priya N.

Guides Lead · CRPGs

Theo K.

Stream Producer · Roguelikes

Sofia L.

Features Writer · Indies

Reader words

What the community says

"Their Warden guide got me through a wall I'd been stuck on for a week. Frame-perfect notes, no filler. This is the only site I trust before buying."
— James R., Manchester · March 2026

"I found three indie games last year purely from their features, all bangers. The Sunday blind streams are chaos in the best way."
— Amara O., Bristol · January 2026

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