Your Block. Your Community. Your Territory.
MapRaiders is the local community app built around physical presence. Walk your neighborhood, claim your streets, and connect with the people who share them.
Enter the gameYour Neighborhood Is Social: The Apps Aren't
You've lived in your neighborhood for years, maybe decades. You know the streets, the shortcuts, the corner store that keeps the best hours. But that local knowledge has nowhere to live. Community apps are either impersonal bulletin boards or social media feeds that bury the local in the global.
Nextdoor is good for lost-cat posts. It doesn't help you meet the people who walk the same park every morning. It doesn't let a group of neighbors hold their block together. It doesn't give you a reason to explore the two streets you've always driven past.
MapRaiders is the local community app that only works if you actually show up.
MapRaiders: Local Community App Powered by GPS Presence
MapRaiders is a GPS territory MMO with a deep social layer. Your neighborhood becomes a game world where physical presence is the only form of participation. The map belongs to whoever walks it.
Hyper-Local Territory
Every block you walk can become territory you own on the MapRaiders map. Your presence in your neighborhood translates directly into map control.
Quest Stations Nearby
Quest chains lead to stations out in the world, and spawn points mark the places where a season's legends are set. Your neighborhood becomes part of the story.
Organic Clan Formation
MapRaiders' clan system lets neighbors group up to hold territory together. A block association, a dog-walking group, a building's tenants, any real community can organize.
Presence, Not Surveillance
MapRaiders shows your territory, not your live location. You can claim your neighborhood without sharing your home address or real-time movements with strangers.
How It Works in Your Neighborhood
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1Walk your neighborhood Head out on foot. Every block you walk in your neighborhood can become territory you claim on the shared MapRaiders map. The more you know the area, the more you can hold.
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2Drop echoes and find your neighbors Leave audio notes at local spots, the bakery that opens at 6am, the park bench with the best view. Discover echoes others left nearby and find out who shares your streets.
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3Form a crew and hold your block Invite neighbors into a clan. Hold territory as a team, coordinate who covers which streets, and build real-world community through the game.
Who This App Is For
- New residents who want to get to know their neighborhood faster and find the people who already love it.
- Long-time locals who want their intimate neighborhood knowledge to mean something on a shared map.
- Dog owners and daily walkers whose neighborhood presence is already deep, MapRaiders rewards that consistency.
- Community organizers who want a tool that motivates physical presence rather than just forum posts.
- Families with kids looking for a reason to explore the neighborhood together with a game layer kids actually enjoy.
Frequently Asked Questions
What you can do in MapRaiders
MapRaiders joins two worlds. Outside, you claim real streets and squares on the GPS map, on foot, running or by bike. Inside, you collect cards, build a deck around your commander and play in the arena, at home or away. Land you walk is meant to bring you cards.
Claim territoryYour route draws the border. Streets and squares on the real map become your territory. 
Card game and arenaFifty cards around one commander. In the arena you play your deck against others, home or away.
Be First on Your Block
MapRaiders is live. Players who start now have the map to themselves before the neighborhood fills up. Start now.
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