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Games like TimeGuessr: daily where-and-when photo games

TimeGuessr gives everyone the same five photos a day to pin on a map and date to a year. The nearest games use the same where-and-when scoring; others drop the map and ask only for the year, or swap photos for 360 degree scenes and museum objects.

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  1. WhenTaken's daily game on 27 October 2026, round 1 of 5: a black and white street photo with a white colonnaded building, a pin on the world map and the 1860 to 2026 year slider WhenTakenFive photos a day to pin on a map and date on a slider, the closest match Geography Browser 5 to 10 minutes Midnight local
  2. EpochLens #113 on Zalize for October 22: photo 1 of 5, a black and white 1960 TV debate studio, with the year slider from 1850 to 2010 and the world map below EpochLens (Zalize)Five historical photos a day to date and pin, up to 10,000 points each, with a fact after every revealNo ads Geography Browser 4 to 8 minutes Midnight UTC
  3. EraPin on a phone, round 1 of 5 on 26 October 2026: a crowd photo with green hills behind, two blurred clue cards and the year timeline set to 2022 above the Pin now button EraPinFive historical photos a day to place and date, each with a written clue, presented as a dossierNo ads Geography Browser About 3 minutes Midnight local
  4. AussieGuessr Daily Challenge for 18 October 2026, round 1 of 5: a black and white street photo with taxis and shopfronts beside a map of Australia and a year slider at 1950 AussieGuessr (YourLifeChoices)Five historical Australian photos a day to pin on the map and date, the same five for everyone Geography Browser 5 minutes Midnight local
  5. Picle's own tile from The Times puzzles page: its icon of a cut-up photo with a Times map pin, the name Picle and Today PicleOne photo a day from The Times' archive to pin and date, for Times subscribers Geography Browser, iPhone, Android 2 to 5 minutes Daily
  6. WhenTaken Movies on 21 October 2026, round 1 of 5: a night still of the Edmonson Food & Liquor Store on a street corner, with a world map for the pin and a year slider from 1860 to 2026 WhenTaken MoviesFilm stills instead of photos: pin where each scene is set and pick its year Geography Browser 5 to 10 minutes Midnight local's local time
  7. Geopoch daily round, item 1 of 5: a science clue about a new kind of mathematics beside a 3D globe, with a year slider from 3000 BC to 2000 and a Drop pin button GeopochFive clues a day to an event, building or work: pin it on a 3D globe and set the year, 60 seconds each Geography Browser 5 minutes Midnight
  8. Whenere's first round of the day: the Battle of Waterloo described at the top, a 3D satellite globe to pin it on, and a century picker below WhenereThree historical events a day to pin on a 3D globe and place in time Geography Browser 3 to 5 minutes Midnight UTC
  9. Slangeum for 19 Oct 2026, round 1 of 5: the slang word kawaii with its meaning, a world map to pin and a year rail from 1880 to 2020 SlangeumThe same where-and-when round for five slang words and memes a day, up to 10,000 points each as in TimeGuessrNo ads Geography Browser 5 to 10 minutes Midnight New York time
  10. A Chronophoto round showing a black and white photo of a crowd at an airport and a year guess below it ChronophotoFive photos a day from 1900 to now, dated by year alone, up to 1,000 points each History Browser, iPhone 2 to 5 minutes Midnight local
  11. Which Year logo card: the wordmark WHICHYR in white and lilac on a near-black background, with the line Photo year guessing game Which YearGuess the year of five real photos taken between 1850 and 2025 Estimation Browser 3 to 5 minutes Midnight US Eastern time
  12. Decade's daily web puzzle No. 145 on frame 1 of 5: folk singers with guitars at an anti-Vietnam War march, the year slider at 1938 and a Lock in year button below DecadeFive historic photos a day to date by year on a slider, up to 1,000 points each, with a caption after each oneNo ads History Browser, iPhone 3 to 5 minutes Daily
  13. What Year Was It? for October 18, 2026, round 1 of 5: a TIME cover of the Dalai Lama with its year hidden, his clue, and a year slider at 1975 with a Lock In button What Year Was It? (TIME)Five TIME magazine covers a day to date on a slider, the year half of TimeGuessr on its own History Browser 3 to 10 minutes Daily
  14. HistoryGuesser daily round 1 of 5: a 360 degree scene of soldiers raising the US flag before a wooden building, with the world map and the era slider at the right HistoryGuesserA daily set of 360 degree scenes from the past to place in space and time Geography Browser 5 to 10 minutes Midnight UTC
  15. An EraGuessr scene from the maker's YouTube short: torch-lit soldiers by a stepped temple at night, captioned What year? What country? EraGuessrLook around historical scenes, then pin where and slide to whenNo ads Geography Browser 3 to 5 minutes 00:00 UTC
  16. A WenWare round: a 360 degree scene of sailing warships at dusk seen from a ship's deck, with the When? year timeline below and the Where? map in the corner WenWareFive 360 degree historical scenes a day to place and date, for signed-in players Geography Browser 5 to 10 minutes Daily
  17. Timeline game #251 for Wednesday, October 7, 2026: question 1 of 6, Flashdance opens in U.S. theaters, with a box to enter the year and Submit guess Timeline (From The Think)Six events a day to date by year, scored on how close you get, without photos History Browser 1 to 3 minutes Midnight US Eastern time
  18. A Chronicle Daily prompt: The Crusaders lost Acre, their last big city in the Holy Land, with a year slider from 3000 BC to 2000 set at 1000 and a Lock it in button Chronicle DailyFive written events a day to place by year on a timeline back to 3000 BC, up to 100 points each by how close you get Estimation Browser 3 minutes Midnight UTC
  19. Headlines title card in newspaper type: A daily history game, HEADLINES, Guess the year, 5 real headlines a day, above a slider from 1900 to 2026 HeadlinesFive real headlines a day with their dates removed, each to set on a year sliderNo ads History Browser 2 to 5 minutes Midnight local
  20. Headline game #176 for October 6, 2026: a North America headline about Isle Royale wolves with the place blanked out, over a map of North America to tap the region Headline (From The Think)The where half on its own: place each of the day's real news headlines on the map Geography Browser 3 to 5 minutes Midnight US Eastern time
  21. Artifact Guesser Today's Run, round 1 of 3 on 26 October 2026: photos of an etched Dutch landscape with a cottage, a world map to pick the country and a year slider below Artifact GuesserThree museum artifacts a day instead of photos, placed on the map and in timeNo ads Geography Browser 3 to 5 minutes Daily
  22. Anthropeum round 1 answered: the 'Simonetti' Carpet from Egypt, ca. 1500, with the pin near Aleppo, Egypt shaded on the map and the 250-year guess on the timeline AnthropeumTen museum objects a day to pin on the map and set in a period, with your total shown against everyone who played Geography Browser 10 to 15 minutes Midnight local

WhenTaken is the closest match: five photos a day, a pin on the map and a year on a slider, with the same set for everyone. EpochLens from Zalize works the same way with five historical photographs and up to 10,000 points each, as TimeGuessr scores them, and adds a fact about each picture after you guess. EraPin gives each day's five historical photos as a dossier, each with a written clue, and lets you buy hints with points. AussieGuessr, on YourLifeChoices, keeps the same where-and-when round but all five photos come from Australian history, so the map is one country. Picle, from The Times, is one photo a day from the paper's picture archive to place and date, and it needs a Times subscription. WhenTaken Movies swaps photos for film stills: pin where the scene is set and the year it takes place.

Geopoch asks the same two questions without a photo: five written clues a day to an event, a building or a work, each pinned on a 3D globe and set on a timeline against a 60 second clock. Whenere does something similar with three historical events a day on a 3D globe. Slangeum keeps the TimeGuessr scoring, up to 10,000 points a round, but the five things to place each day are slang words and memes: pin where each was born and pick its year.

If you are better at years than places, the date-only games are next. Chronophoto has five photos a day from 1900 to the present and up to 1,000 points each for the year alone. Which Year asks for the year of five photos taken between 1850 and 2025. What Year Was It? from TIME does it with five of the magazine's covers, each with a clue. Decade also shows five historic photos a day and scores the year alone out of 1,000 a photo. After each guess it tells you the real year and what the picture shows. From The Think's Timeline drops the pictures altogether: six events a day, each to date by year, scored on how close you get, and Chronicle Daily does the same with five written events on a timeline that runs back to 3000 BC. Headlines gives five real news headlines a day with the dates taken out, each to set on a year slider. Timeline's sister game Headline turns the question round, asking where in the world each of the day's real news headlines took place.

For something more like GeoGuessr (our guide to games like GeoGuessr (/games-like-geoguessr) has the place-only ones), HistoryGuesser, EraGuessr and WenWare put you inside 360 degree scenes from the past: look around, then pin where and set when. WenWare's daily needs you to sign in.

If you would like objects instead of photographs, Artifact Guesser gives three museum pieces a day and Anthropeum ten, each to place in space and time. Start with WhenTaken alongside TimeGuessr, and add Chronophoto for a quick years-only round. Every daily game about the past is on the daily history and photo games page (/daily-history-games).

Questions

Is there a free alternative to TimeGuessr?

Yes. TimeGuessr itself is free, and so are WhenTaken, EpochLens, EraPin, AussieGuessr, Geopoch, Chronophoto, Which Year, HistoryGuesser and EraGuessr in a browser; some show ads. Picle from The Times needs a subscription.

Which games only ask for the year?

Chronophoto, Which Year and What Year Was It? from TIME ask you to date pictures without placing them on a map. Decade works the same way with five historic photos a day. From The Think's Timeline, Chronicle Daily and Headlines ask for the year of written events or headlines.

Is there a version with 360 degree views?

HistoryGuesser, EraGuessr and WenWare show historical scenes you can look around before you pin the place and set the year.

Is there a where-and-when game without photos?

Geopoch gives five written clues a day to place on a 3D globe and in a year, and Whenere does the same with three historical events.

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