Mara Delacroix
Editor-in-Chief · Roguelikes
Founded the blog after a 300-hour Hades run. Specializes in run economy, seed analysis, and why your build fell apart on floor 3.
Toronto dungeon-crawler blog
Every Torch. Every Trap. Every Boss.
ShadowDungeonQuest is a Yorkville-based game blog for players who read the patch notes twice. Deep reviews, frame-by-frame boss guides, and the lore nobody else finishes.
- 480+
- dungeons cleared
- 9
- years crawling
- 3
- new guides weekly
Our mission
We map the dark so your run survives it.
Since 2017 we have logged every death, every hidden room, and every cheap boss telegraph so you do not have to. No affiliate hype, no review scores bought with early keys — just careful writing from people who genuinely love getting lost underground. We publish from a small studio above a bookshop on Cumberland Street, and we play every game to credits before we say a word about it.
- Hands-on to the final boss — no early-access verdicts.
- Build guides tested across every difficulty tier.
- Community runs featured every Friday.
The crew
Writers who actually finish the game
Theo Nakamura
Boss Guide Lead
Frame-data obsessive. Records every telegraph at 60fps and turns it into the guides our readers screenshot mid-fight.
Priya Anand
Lore & Narrative
Reads every item description so you get the whole story. Writes our long-form lore threads and hidden-ending breakdowns.
Cole Rivard
Community & Livestreams
Runs the Friday viewer runs and the weekly mailbag. If a reader found a skip, Cole has already tried to break it further.
What we publish
Coverage built for people who go back down
Full-Clear Reviews
We beat every dungeon crawler to credits before scoring it — real playtime, real verdicts, from CAD $0 (always free to read).
Boss Guides
Telegraph-by-telegraph breakdowns with timing windows, punish gaps, and the gear thresholds that make each fight fair.
Build Labs
Theorycrafted builds stress-tested across every difficulty, with damage math you can actually replicate.
Patch Autopsies
Every balance patch dissected within 48 hours — buffs, stealth nerfs, and what it means for your main build.
Lore Vaults
Long-form deep dives into item text, hidden endings, and the stories devs bury three floors down.
Reader Runs
Community submissions featured every Friday — send us a seed, a screenshot, or a run that should not have worked.
From the comments
Readers who came back up alive
The Molten Warden guide saved my no-hit run. Every telegraph window they listed was exact — I finally cleared it on my fourth attempt.
Devon R. · Hamilton, ON
Reader since 2021
Their build lab is the only place that actually shows the damage math. I copied the frostbrand setup and shredded floor 8.
Aisha K. · Vancouver, BC
Newsletter subscriber
I read the patch autopsy before I even launch the game now. No hype, no fluff, just what changed and whether it matters.
Marcus T. · Toronto, ON
Friday run regular
The lore vault on the Sunless Depths made me replay the whole thing to find the hidden ending. Genuinely great writing.
Elena V. · Montréal, QC
Reader since 2019
They featured my seed on a Friday run and actually beat my time. Best gaming community I have found in years.
Jordan P. · Calgary, AB
Community contributor
Get in touch
Send us a run, a tip, or a correction
Found a skip we missed? Want to pitch a guide? Drop us a line — we read everything, usually within a day.
Studio details
- Phone+1 (416) 964-7832
- Email[email protected]
- Address142 Cumberland Street, Yorkville, Toronto, ON M5R 1A8
- HoursMon–Fri 10:00–18:00 · Sat 12:00–16:00 EST