The Grim Guys Books in Order

The Grim Guys drops two modern slackers into Vuldranni and dares them to act like heroes. Instead of a soldier or a career criminal, the protagonists here are Greg and Julian, frat‑house podcasters who host a ghost‑hunting show that is more jokes than journalism.

That changes when a tornado literally picks up their van. In Press Start, the pair find themselves spinning toward certain death until a goddess from another world offers them a deal: hunt real monsters in a reality with levels, magic, and quests, or die here and now. It is not the kind of choice you can workshop on mic.

Accepting the offer lands them in a different empire of Vuldranni than the one Montana and Clyde know. The rules are familiar—stats, skills, loot—but the culture and threats are not. Greg and Julian go from pretending to be experts to actually stalking horrors that do not care about their followers or five‑star ratings.

The series leans into buddy‑comedy dynamics. Greg and Julian bicker, riff, and make terrible plans, but their friendship is what keeps them upright when quests go sideways. They argue over builds, complain about grindy tasks, and have to learn how to take real responsibility after years of treating everything as content.

At the same time, The Grim Guys pushes into darker corners of Ugland’s shared world. Monster contracts take them into haunted ruins, cursed countryside, and towns that have quietly learned to live with things that go bump in the night. The monsters are not just bags of experience points; they are tied into local politics, old grudges, and the kind of fear that reshapes communities.

For readers already familiar with The Good Guys and The Bad Guys, this series offers a fresh angle on Vuldranni—new lands, new factions, and a reminder that the gods have more than one game running. For newcomers, it works as a standalone: two idiots trying to level up without getting killed, and slowly realizing that heroism might matter more than downloads.

If you like banter‑heavy partnerships, monster‑of‑the‑week quests that still feed into a larger picture, and LitRPG that does not take itself too seriously even when the stakes are high, The Grim Guys is an easy place to hit start.