The Daily Spy

The Daily Spy is a free hidden-object game by Vykri, played at thedailyspy.com and on itch.io. Every day there is one new image, a dense scene full of clutter: one day it is a pile of yarn, thread spools, buttons, scissors and tape measures. Small objects are hidden in it, and the icons at the side show what you are looking for.

The objects do not sit politely on top. The game warns that they may be rotated, resized or camouflaged, so a planet might be the curve of a button and a rocket might hide along a ruler. You click an object when you find it, and the round ends when you have found them all.

When you are stuck there is a hint meter. Once it fills, you can click it, or click the icon of a missing object, to have the game point that object out. The count of hints you used is shown with your result, so a clean solve without hints is the thing to aim for.

Everyone gets the same picture on the same day, and the game reports stage scores and stats so you can see how you compare. The day changes at midnight US Central Time. Earlier pictures are in the Archive, and there is a Discord for players.

The pictures run in weekly themes, such as Fantasy Week, with holiday sets for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Most images are made with generative AI, and the game says so on each one; about one day a week uses a photo or painting instead, and a setting lets you skip the AI days. The last new picture came out on 23 March 2026. Since then the game replays last year's picture for each date, so a player who started in the past year will see days they have played before.