Insights from recent episode analysis
Audience Interest
Podcast Focus
Publishing Consistency
Platform Reach
Insights are generated by CastFox AI using publicly available data, episode content, and proprietary models.
Most discussed topics
Brands & references
Total monthly reach
Estimated from 4 chart positions in 4 markets.
By chart position
- 🇬🇧GB · Video Games#1545K to 30K
- 🇷🇴RO · Video Games#2710K to 30K
- 🇵🇹PT · Video Games#154500 to 3K
- 🇨🇿CZ · Video Games#187500 to 3K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
8K to 33K🎙 ~2x weekly·631 episodes·Last published 1w ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
16K to 66K🇬🇧45%🇷🇴45%🇵🇹5%+1 more - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
6.4K to 26K
Market Insights
Platform Distribution
Reach across major podcast platforms, updated hourly
Total Followers
—
Total Plays
—
Total Reviews
—
* Data sourced directly from platform APIs and aggregated hourly across all major podcast directories.
On the show
From 10 epsHosts
Recent guests
Recent episodes
Scalped - #614
Jun 17, 2026
1h 01m 31s
Pints in High Places - #613
Jun 10, 2026
1h 01m 26s
Regrettable Burgers - #612
Jun 3, 2026
1h 00m 46s
Nice Warm Chat - #611
May 20, 2026
1h 01m 43s
Just Keep Moving! - #610
Apr 29, 2026
1h 01m 24s
Social Links & Contact
Official channels & resources
Official Website
Login
RSS Feed
Login
| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/17/26 |  Scalped - #614 | In this podcast episode of your favourite, longest running English language, video game radio show we see Ste getting invited into a Moomin's dressing room while Simon gets Charlesbot into hot water at the Houses of Parliament! We also cover the latest Nintendo Direct/Thumb Wrestling, Steam axing physical gift cards and EA making up World Cup winner predictions again (Ste predicts the loser). Meanwhile Simon continues his War On Players, we give out SECRET GAME DESIGN TIPS and consider who/what is Indie?! And it won't cost you a penny. Promise. We got three letters this week!!! Thank you!! Can we get four for the next episode?? Fire them to us at team@onelifeleft.com or skip across to our Discord and pop a letter in there! Link below! TTFN,Team OLL x Links: The OLL Everything Link (that might currently be broken!)http://hello.onelifeleft.com/ The OLL Discord Link!https://discord.gg/pdtGYvFx8r The Maraoke Everything Link!https://hello.maraoke.com Mindset GO! Link!https://mindset.game/ Block Words Link!https://blockwords.app/ The Shure link!https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure Reviews: 007 First LightTR-49 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 01m 31s | ||||||
| 6/10/26 |  Pints in High Places - #613✨ | gaminginterviews+3 | James Parker | 2 Fights in 2 Tight SpacesROG Ally+2 | — | 2 Fights in 2 Tight SpacesJames Parker+3 | — | 1h 01m 26s | |
| 6/3/26 |  Regrettable Burgers - #612✨ | gaming newsgame industry+3 | — | GTA6Steamdeck+8 | — | GTA6Steamdeck+5 | — | 1h 00m 46s | |
| 5/20/26 |  Nice Warm Chat - #611✨ | Japan tripgaming purchases+3 | — | 52!Nex Playground+2 | JapanUK+2 | Japangaming+5 | — | 1h 01m 43s | |
| 4/29/26 |  Just Keep Moving! - #610✨ | video gamesJapan trip+4 | — | XboxSteam+3 | Japan | video gamesJapan+6 | — | 1h 01m 24s | |
| 4/22/26 |  20 Not Out - #609✨ | footballvideo games+4 | — | RockstarBAFTA+4 | WembleySkegness | GTA6Rockstar+6 | — | 1h 02m 19s | |
| 4/1/26 |  Quick Sniff - #608✨ | gaming newshacking+4 | — | StarfoxF-Zero+4 | — | gaminghacking+8 | — | 1h 01m 58s | |
| 3/25/26 |  It's a Dialogue - #607✨ | Nintendo SwitchCyberpunk+3 | — | NintendoChessington+4 | Loading Bar, Stoke Newington | NintendoSwitch 2+5 | — | 1h 01m 40s | |
| 3/18/26 |  Nervous Energy - #606✨ | gaming newsinterviews+5 | — | PokemonXbox+3 | — | gamingnews+6 | — | 1h 02m 15s | |
| 3/11/26 |  Gandalf's Hair - #605✨ | game developmentsolo development+3 | Alice | SluggloveHighguard+2 | Stoke Newington | RhellHighguard+5 | — | 1h 02m 17s | |
Want analysis for the episodes below?Free for Pro Submit a request, we'll have your selected episodes analyzed within an hour. Free, at no cost to you, for Pro users. | |||||||||
| 3/4/26 |  Fake Spring - #604✨ | video game historybook discussion+3 | Mike Diver | EurogamerNintendo+7 | Loading Bar, Stoke Newington | video gamesAliens franchise+5 | — | 1h 02m 22s | |
| 2/25/26 |  The Method - #603 | This week we learn all about The Method! No, not Konstantin Stanislavski's acting style, championed by the likes of Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro and probably Danny Dyer, but Daan Last's entirely new way of making video games - The Method! As well as that, our Super Special Guest tells us about his new game Bibidi Bibidi and you can check out his websites HERE and HERE! I've also had a special request to place a link to Museum of Mechanics: Lockpicking in the notes as well, possibly to prove that I do actually listen to the shows and don't just make up the notes at random, so the link for that is HERE! As well as that we discover that all is well with Ste's teeth, Xbox have a staff shake up which may or may not be the end times, Slay the Spire 2 is incoming, Guy Mowbray does a lot of pretend commentary and game player numbers are falling!!! There's also another Maraoke event incoming - Friday 13th March, Loading Bar, Stoke Newington. Bag your tickets HERE! Suzanna - are you OK? What did we do? Can we help?? Write back to us at team@onelifeleft.com or join our Discord and connect with us on there! Link below! TTFN,Team OLL x Links: The OLL Everything Link!http://hello.onelifeleft.com/ The Maraoke Everything Link!https://hello.maraoke.com Mindset GO! Link!https://mindset.game/ Block Words Link!https://blockwords.app/ The Shure link!https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure Reviews: Super Mario RPGFinal Fantasy VII RemakeLil Gator GameCarimara: Beneath the Forlorn LimbsCrow CountrySol Cesto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 01m 12s | ||||||
| 2/18/26 |  Noodling - #602 | It's the 10 year anniversary of Tony Gowland's first appearance on One Life Left so, to celebrate, our Super Special Guest this week is none other than 'Seasoned Game Dev' Leo Tan!!! He's here to talk about working with Flaming Fowl Studios on new game Konfronto, his game dev process, using community feedback and also his abs! Charlesbot covers Sony's recent State of Play, Jaffe using an 'F' bomb, the Virtual Boy does some more stuff and some bloke called Ste Curran has yet another game out! Meanwhile we also discover what Ste got for his birthday (Battery Daddy!) and why Simon has never done anything new ever again. Ben the Caretaker put everyone to shame by being the only listener to write in to us this episode. Shocking! Make sure this doesn't happen again by writing a letter to us at team@onelifeleft.com or join our Discord, check out our Vanity Projects and then leave a letter for us on there! Link below! TTFN,Team OLL x Links: The OLL Everything Link!http://hello.onelifeleft.com/ The Maraoke Everything Link!https://hello.maraoke.com Mindset GO! Link!https://mindset.game/ Block Words Link!https://blockwords.app/ The Shure link!https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure Reviews: Slots & DaggersMewgenics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 02m 06s | ||||||
| 2/11/26 |  7/10 Week - #601 | It's the week leading up to Ste's birthday, dear listeners, and everything is amazing, not bang average for a February at all! On this episode we have Epic is Xbox (maybe), Valve have a hardware hiccup, Nintendo Labo gets a new lease of life and game devs get knighted! Meanwhile Simon plays with Thor and writes an open letter to the games industry and Ste gives the world a hot lap - HOT LAP 1982 that is! (link below) Don't forget it's Ste's Birthday Maraoke on lucky Friday 13th February at Loading Bar in Stoke Newington, London. Get your tickets HERE! WRITE. LETTERS. TO. US. PLEASE!!! Will Hot Lap be Ste's name when he joins the GLADIATORS!? Let us know what you think at team@onelifeleft.com or join our Discord and drop a letter for us on there. Link below! TTFN,Team OLL x Links: The OLL Everything Link!http://hello.onelifeleft.com/ The Maraoke Everything Link!https://hello.maraoke.com Mindset GO! Link!https://mindset.game/ Block Words Link!https://blockwords.app/ The Shure link!https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure Reviews: HOT LAP 1982AYN ThorSleeping Dogs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 01m 40s | ||||||
| 2/4/26 |  It Doesn't Matter! - #600 | It's the big '600' but it doesn't matter because the show turns 20 YEARS OLD in April!!! If those huge numbers put you off then this is only episode 14 of our 26th 'season'. There. That's nice. This week we cover the recent Pocket Gamer Connects in London plus a Google project kills rival's shares, a fan-made PS handheld makes folk wonder what might happen if Sony did another, Switch Dispatch censorship shenanigans, the Virtual Boy returns to give you headaches again and Sony patent a customisable touchscreen controller - but would it survive being thrown around in anger?!? Ste also tells us about his latest games: Stackword and Every Word Search! And while you're here, why not check out the Resonance FM 2026 fundraiser HERE! Please do. They're great! Of course there's another Maraoke coming up as well!! When? Friday 13th February at Loading Bar in Stoke Newington, London. Grab your tickets HERE! Do you throw your game controllers around in anger? Have you sold a 3DS recently and, if so, did it make you rich?? Tell us all about that and anything else game related at team@onelifeleft.com or join our Discord and leave us a letter on there. Link below! TTFN,Team OLL x Links: The OLL Everything Link!http://hello.onelifeleft.com/ The Maraoke Everything Link!https://hello.maraoke.com Mindset GO! Link!https://mindset.game/ Block Words Link!https://blockwords.app/ The Shure link!https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure Reviews: DispatchSega Presents Touch DartsKOLYDRPICO 8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 01m 19s | ||||||
| 1/14/26 |  Bathroom DIY - #599 | Happy New Year, dear listeners, and welcome to the first show of our 20th year of One Life Left! We start the year by having to deal with Ste's neighbour having some noisy work done at their bathroom, attempting to sabotage the recording of the show! Who could that neighbour be and what exactly were they having done?! Write in and let us know... Meanwhile we do actually talk about some video game shenanigans including Sony patenting a ghost, Baldur's Gate 3 still avoiding the Switch 2, Kojima doing hardware and some Splitgate stuff. We also discuss our 2026 gaming hopes and dreams to try and avoid the horrors of the real world! How would you celebrate a 20th anniversary?? Write and let us know to team@onelifeleft.com or slide into our Discord and pop a letter on there. Link below! TTFN,Team OLL x Links: The OLL Everything Link!http://hello.onelifeleft.com/ The Maraoke Everything Link!https://hello.maraoke.com Mindset GO! Link! https://mindset.game/ Block Words Link!https://blockwords.app/ The Shure link!https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure Reviews: Assassin's Creed Shadows LEGO Party! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 02m 29s | ||||||
| 12/17/25 |  John Christmas - #598 | You better watch out, you better not cry, You better not pout, I'm telling you why... John Christmas is coming to tooooooooown! See?! It fits! This week we're wearing our gaudiest Xmas jumpers and talking Game Awards, Stranger MS Flight Sim Things, Xbox almost being 25 and Skyrim being out. Again. For the bulk of our last show of the year, though, we discuss our, and YOUR, games of 2025! Do you agree with our choices? Write in or join our Discord and let us know... If you're listening/reading this before Friday 19th December then THERE'S STILL TIME TO GET A TICKET FOR XMAS MARAOKE!!! Funnily enough it's on Friday 19th December at Loading Bar, Stoke Newington, London and tickets are available here: https://luma.com/jw1avrwi We'll be back in the New Year at some point. Write and let us know what John Christmas or Mr Presents brings you on the big day at team@onelifeleft.com or ride a sleigh into our Discord and drop a letter on there. Link below! Happy Holidays and All The Best for '26! TTFN,Team OLL x Links: The OLL Everything Link!http://hello.onelifeleft.com/ The Maraoke Everything Link!https://hello.maraoke.com Mindset GO! Link! https://mindset.game/ Block Words Link!https://blockwords.app/ The Shure link!https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure OLL Games of 2025: Blue PrincePromise Mascot AgencyMany Nights a WhisperDespeloteThe Roottrees are DeadExpelled!Clair Obscur: Expedition 33Baby StepsDid I forget any? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 04m 43s | ||||||
| 12/10/25 |  Grumpy Innkeepers - #597 | This week we discuss the Black Friday sales results, the Monster Hunter Wilds director asking players to have another go, "learning" from Kojima, post Postal post AI post (I dunno...) and Something Something The Old Republic. There's also a Minecraft guide for parents and there's that game that Simon can't talk about. As promised in the show, here is a link to someone else not talking about the same game: https://auratriolo.com/blog/2025/11/05/igf-games-i-want-to-talk-about-2026/ It's Xmas Maraoke, that also doubles as our One Life Left Xmas Party, on Friday 19th December at Loading Bar, Stoke Newington, London. There are no Maraoke's planned for a while after this one so please come along or, if you can't, then encourage someone else to come in your place! Tickets are available here: https://luma.com/jw1avrwi It's your last chance to get a letter broadcast in 2025!! Maybe tell us what your top 5 games for 2025 are! Hurry up and tell us at team@onelifeleft.com or hop onto our Discord and leave a letter there. Link below! TTFN,Team OLL x Links: The OLL Everything Link!http://hello.onelifeleft.com/ The Maraoke Everything Link!https://hello.maraoke.com Block Words Link!https://blockwords.app/ The Shure link!https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure Reviews: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind WakerTomb Raider: Definitive EditionAssassins Creed Shadows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 02m 19s | ||||||
| 12/3/25 |  Record Breakers! - #596 | Dedication. Dedication. Dedicaaatioooon! That’s what you need. If you wanna be the best, and you wanna beat the rest. Oo-ooh dedication's what you need! Look, World Records is mentioned in this show and that got the theme tune to Record Breakers stuck in my head so I'm just sharing the joy/pain (delete as required)... Anyway, this week we have Valve banning horses, Crocs are Xbox, TimeSplitters Rewind finally enters Early Access while GoldenEye (devs) does/do word games, Vampire Survivors branch out and Lara Croft has more World Records than Ste! We also shoutout to Jingle Jam 2025, report back on Maraoke from last week and announce that our Xmas Maraoke is on Friday 19th December at Loading Bar, Stoke Newington, London. Tickets are available here: https://luma.com/jw1avrwi How much do you think Simon has spent on buying Skyrim since it first came out? Write in and tell us what you think to team@onelifeleft.com or join our Discord to drop a letter on there AND get exclusive looks at whatever games Ste is making. Link below! TTFN,Team OLL x Links: The OLL Everything Link!http://hello.onelifeleft.com/ The Maraoke Everything Link!https://hello.maraoke.com Block Words Link!https://blockwords.app/ The Shure link!https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure Reviews: MLB The Show 25TUNICLEGO Party!The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 06m 19s | ||||||
| 11/19/25 |  Beautiful Objects - #595 | Welcome to another episode of the One Life Left RADIO SHOW: Podcast Edition!! No SSG this week but we do find out why Ste's neighbour has slapped an harassment order on him despite his new game and national newspaper fame while Simon has a second birthday LIKE ROYALTY! But, maybe, without all the controversies... Meanwhile Valve unveil new hardware that isn't spherical, worst games of 2025 are revealed, inconsistencies of the games industry are discussed and what exactly is a Silent Hill? DON'T FORGET!!! We have another Maraoke this week, well, this week as this episode goes live... Friday 21st November at Loading Bar, Stoke Newington, London. Tickets available here: https://luma.com/kuk1yz28 Keep sending in those letters to team@onelifeleft.com or join our Discord to read breaking news before it's even breaking and pop a letter on there. Link below! TTFN,Team OLL x Links: The OLL Everything Link!http://hello.onelifeleft.com/ The Maraoke Everything Link!https://hello.maraoke.com Block Words Link!https://blockwords.app/ The Shure link!https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure Reviews: G'AIM'ELUMiNES ariseWitchy BusinessTrash Goblin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 10m 41s | ||||||
| 11/12/25 |  Fruit or vegetable? - #594 | Because, in life, that's all it ever really boils down to: fruit or vegetable? Trust me. This week there's drama at Rockstar x2, Switch 2 (still) sells a lot and Remake Vs Remaster... FIIIIIIGHT! Meanwhile Simon reads a book and Ste goes national (with maybe a little bit of 6-7ing on the side) before the boys have a brief disagreement over the length of the show! AND learn the origin of The Undercaretaker! Dun dun duuuun!! THERE'S ANOTHER MARAOKE COMING UP!!! Make sure you get along to this one and take a friend because it's a duet special. Or, make a friend there and sing a duet with them! Or just sing a regular song, I don't think duets are mandatory... Anyway, it's on Friday 21st November at Loading Bar, Stoke Newington, London, and you can get your tickets here: https://luma.com/kuk1yz28 Please do keep those letters rolling in to team@onelifeleft.com or pop along to our Discord and drop us a line on there. Link below! TTFN,Team OLL x Links: The OLL Everything Link!http://hello.onelifeleft.com/ The Maraoke Everything Link!https://hello.maraoke.com Block Words Link!https://blockwords.app/ The Shure link!https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure Reviews: Star Wars Outlaws: DLCTrails in the Sky 1st ChapterStrange JigsawsFear the SpotlightIs This Seat Taken? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 09m 07s | ||||||
| 10/29/25 |  "Incident" - #593 | This episode finally gets released despite Bezos' best attempts to take us down last week! Today we have next Xbox speculation, Atari bring their competition back from the dead, McD x SF and Waze goes Sonic. We also have Simon breaking down the "grey" market and Ste accidentally getting involved with spies. Keep those letters rolling into us at team@onelifeleft.com or join our Discord and leave a letter for us on there. Link below! TTFN,Team OLL x Links: The OLL Everything Link!http://hello.onelifeleft.com/ The Maraoke Everything Link!https://hello.maraoke.com Block Words Link!https://blockwords.app/ The Shure link!https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure Reviews: Baby StepsThe DrifterPigmentsPromise Mascot Agency Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 06m 24s | ||||||
| 10/15/25 |  Are They Gamers? - #592 | Hello and welcome to another episode of One Life Left! There's no super special guest this week but there's still LOTS of good stuff including the Switch 2 selling loads, MS denying that stores are ditching Xbox, Nintendo sparking Pikmin speculation and the majority of US gamers don't buy many games - according to some stats! We also have Simon reporting back from IndieDevDay 2025 in Barcelona, despite eating a dodgy burger, Ste reporting on last week's Maraoke, game dev struggles, auteurs in game dev and good games journalism and is it all connected?!? No, not the dodgy burger but all the other stuff. Maybe. The letters have been brilliant recently so PLEASE keep them coming to team@onelifeleft.com or hop over into our Discord and drop us a letter there. Link below! TTFN,Team OLL x Links: The OLL Everything Link!http://hello.onelifeleft.com/ The Maraoke Everything Link!https://hello.maraoke.com Block Words Link!https://blockwords.app/ The Shure link!https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure Reviews: Baby StepsCloverPitIs This Seat Taken?Star Wars Outlaws: Wildcard DLC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 02m 57s | ||||||
| 10/8/25 |  SLOP - #591 | Dan Marshall put out a call and we answered that call for this week Dan joins us as our SSG! He's here talking all things Earth Must Die including influences , rubbing shoulders with comedians and dealing with Ste's puritanical Steam feed! We also have the MS Game Pass price hike, Lego Gameboys, Amazon Spring clean their game service yet again and Charlesbot writes a K-pop song! There's still time for YOU to get tickets for our next Maraoke event on Friday 10th October at Loading Bar, N16 0PH. Get them here: https://maraoke.com/booknow We are loving these letters! PLEASE keep them coming to team@onelifeleft.com or join our Discord and drop a letter for us there. Link below! TTFN,Team OLL x Links: The OLL Everything Link!http://hello.onelifeleft.com/ The Maraoke Everything Link!https://hello.maraoke.com Block Words Link!https://blockwords.app/ The Shure link!https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure Reviews: Baby Steps Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 06m 00s | ||||||
| 10/1/25 |  What am I? - #590 | Had this episode been released closer to Halloween, and/or I been a braver person, I would've given it the title "Grave Reads" because this week our Super Special Guest is none other than Sam Read-Graves, creator of the ONLY trolley problem themed video game worth YOUR time, funnily enough called Trolley Problem Inc. Sam is here to talk about development of his new game Task Time as well as how to not blow the budget when going to GDC. He's probably also very happy that I'm a wimp and decided not to go with my initial episode title. Meanwhile we have confessions, EA buyouts, GDC renames and Nintendo pop-ups! The Pickaxe Week 2025 edition of One Life Left IS still available HERE for those of you so inclined to check it out! The next Maraoke event is on Friday 10th October at Loading Bar, N16 0PH. You'll be wanting to buy your tickets here: https://maraoke.com/booknow PLEASE send more letters to team@onelifeleft.com or pop into our friendly Discord and leave us a letter there. Link below! TTFN,Team OLL x Links: The OLL Everything Link!http://hello.onelifeleft.com/ The Maraoke Everything Link!https://hello.maraoke.com Block Words Link!https://blockwords.app/ The Shure link!https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure Reviews: Star Wars OutlawsSuper Mario OdysseyUnfair FlipsCrash Bandicoot N. Sane TrilogySpyro Reignited Trilogy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 08m 36s | ||||||
Showing 25 of 637
Pitch Fit is a Pro feature
See how bookable this show is for guests, which brands already advertise, the per-episode ad value, and the best-fit guest and sponsor profile. The numbers are blurred on the free plan.
How readily this show books outside guests like you.
How proven this show is for host-read sponsorships.
For Guests
ProFor Advertisers
ProUpgrade to Pro to unlock guest cadence, sponsor categories, fit scores, and per-episode ad value for this show.
Chart Positions
5 placements across 4 markets.
Chart Positions
5 placements across 4 markets.