Games like GeoGuessr: daily where-am-I games

GeoGuessr's Daily Challenge gives everyone the same five Street View spots a day, but it needs an account and most of the game sits behind a subscription. These daily games keep the same idea, work out where you are from what you see or hear, and most are free in a browser.

The games

The closest matches give you a picture and ask for a pin. WhereTaken's pin-on-the-map daily shows five photos and scores each one by how far your pin lands, up to 1,000 points a day, and its classic version asks only for the country of one photo before a set of bonus rounds about the place. WhereTaken US does the same with US states. Around Here Somewhere drops you into Street View and sends you walking until you find the day's target, which feels most like moving around in GeoGuessr itself.

If you want the year as well as the place, WhenTaken, TimeGuessr and EraGuessr score you on both: the first two use photos, EraGuessr uses 360 degree historical scenes you can look around. These are slower and lean on history as much as geography.

Some games change what you look at. Airport Guessr shows a satellite view of one airport a day, Squint shows three blurred and cropped photos of a city that sharpen as you miss, LanguageGuessr plays ten seconds of speech and asks where the language is spoken, and FoodGuessr asks where a dish comes from. BallotGuessr uses Street View too, but asks how the county voted rather than where you are.

Start with WhereTaken's pin game if you want the GeoGuessr feeling in five minutes; add Around Here Somewhere on days you have time to wander, and Squint or Airport Guessr for a quick second round. GeoBattl is worth a look for variety, since its daily switches between map, flag, city and drawing games.

Questions

Is there a free alternative to GeoGuessr's Daily Challenge?

Yes. WhereTaken, Around Here Somewhere, Airport Guessr, Squint, LanguageGuessr, EraGuessr and TimeGuessr all have a free daily that everyone plays the same day; some show ads.

Which games use Street View like GeoGuessr?

Around Here Somewhere has you walk in Street View to find a target, and BallotGuessr shows Street View spots but asks how the county voted.

Which games ask for the year as well as the place?

WhenTaken, TimeGuessr and EraGuessr score you on both where and when.

Do I need an account?

GeoGuessr's Daily Challenge needs a free account. The other games here can be played in a browser without one, though Dagens Nyheter's Gissa platsen needs a free account for all three of its daily places.

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