From the founder
I played Pokémon GO for three years and at some point I just stopped. What I missed never arrived: real land instead of fleeting gyms. When the Saudi takeover happened in 2025, it was clear to me that the Niantic model is not heading where I want to go. So I am building MapRaiders myself, in a way that runs properly on the phone most Indians actually own, not only on Tier-1 flagships. Ad-free, no investor pressure, no compulsory subscription. My mohalla is my playing field. Yours is yours to take.
Founder, Scafa Investments LLC
From the closed beta
From the closed beta
★★★★★
My dog needs his two walks a day anyway, so I just take the block along now. Sounds silly, but I check every evening to see whether everything is still blue.
Dog Owner · Stuttgart area, Germany
From the closed beta
★★★★★
I jog every morning anyway, but now I am also defending something. My Alster loop belongs to me, and that is how it is going to stay. Funny how much discipline that suddenly mobilises.
Runner · Hamburg area, Germany
From the closed beta
★★★★★
You drop a short audio clip at a doorway, three days later somebody you do not know has found it. That feels oddly intimate for a game.
Urban Explorer · Berlin area, Germany
Note: testers are internal beta participants (closed beta). First name and initial is used because the testers asked for it. The reviews are translated from the German originals; Schema.org marks them with translationOfWork so anyone can check the source.