Games like GeoGuessr
GeoGuessr invented a genre: get dropped somewhere on Earth, work out where. If you want that feeling in other forms — daily, free, historical — here is the map of the genre.
The original, and what grew around it
GeoGuessr drops you into Street View and scores how close your pin lands; full play sits behind a subscription. Around it a family of free browser games has grown, each keeping one part of the idea:
- Street-View-style guessers such as OpenGuessr run the same look-around-and-pin loop free in the browser.
- Daily map puzzles — Worldle gives you a country's silhouette, Globle a hotter/colder search for a mystery country. One puzzle a day, everyone gets the same one.
- Where-and-when games — TimeGuessr and PinPast swap Street View for historical photographs and add a second axis: the year. Our rundown of that branch lives at games like TimeGuessr.
Where PinPast fits
PinPast is the archive take on the GeoGuessr loop: five real historical photographs a day, 1855 to the present. You pin the map and dial the year, scored out of 10,000 per round. Every image is public-domain, and the reveal opens the archive record itself — where it is held, under what license, and the story behind it. Free, no account, no ads; streaks live in your browser.
Frequently asked
Is there a free alternative to GeoGuessr?
Yes. Daily map puzzles like Worldle and Globle are free in the browser, and PinPast is completely free — five rounds a day plus unlimited practice, no account, no ads.
Is there a daily-puzzle version of GeoGuessr?
The daily format is where most of the genre lives now: one shared puzzle per day, a score to share, a streak to keep. Worldle and Globle do it with maps; TimeGuessr and PinPast do it with historical photographs.
What if I want history instead of Street View?
That is the where-and-when branch of the genre: you are shown a real historical photograph and score on two axes — where it was taken and in which year. PinPast sources every image from public-domain archives and shows you the archive record after each round.
Do I need an account to play PinPast?
No. No account, no sign-up, no ads. Progress and streaks are stored in your browser only.
GeoGuessr, TimeGuessr, Worldle, Globle and OpenGuessr are their respective owners' games — named here for comparison only. No affiliation.