Trip Detective

About Trip Detective

Trip Detective is a free geography game played in the browser. Its daily challenge, numbered from Daily #1 on 1 August 2026, gives every player the same flight. The game describes itself as a two-minute game, and that is about how long one flight takes.

A round starts on the ground. A departure clue describes the city the plane leaves from (a capital on a river, a port with a particular history), and the satellite map shows where you are. Nothing is scored yet, so you can study the map as long as you like. When you press Begin journey the plane takes off and a line traces its route across the imagery.

As the flight goes on, clues about the destination appear one after another, six in all, from indirect hints about its landscape, culture and daily life to clues that name landmarks and make the answer plain. The first clue is worth 10 points, then 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1. At any point you can stop and answer, which locks in the points of the clue you are on, and type the city's name; common spellings and small typos are accepted. A wrong answer scores nothing. After the answer the game reveals the journey and explains how each clue pointed to the city.

What sets it apart from other daily city guessers is that you get one answer, not several guesses: the decision is when to stop, weighing the points against how sure you are. The plane's heading and the ground below it are clues too.

The daily keeps a played count, a streak and a best streak in your browser, and the result can be shared as a short text. Outside the daily there is a Play mode with flights from around the world as often as you like. There is no account, and the privacy page says it uses no advertising cookies. It suits players who like travel, cities and world knowledge, and who want a short daily puzzle.

How to play Trip Detective

1. Open playtripdetective.com and choose Play today's challenge.
2. Read the departure clue and study the satellite map to work out which city the plane is leaving from; no points are at stake yet.
3. Press Begin journey and watch the route line and the destination clues as they appear.
4. When you think you know the destination, press Stop and answer to lock the points of the current clue (10, 8, 6, 4, 2 or 1).
5. Type the city's name and lock your answer; the game reveals the journey and how the clues pointed to it.
6. Share your score out of 10, or carry on in Play mode with more flights.

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Tips

• Work out the departure city first: knowing where the plane starts and which way it heads cuts the list of destinations a lot.
• Watch the landscape under the plane and the direction of the route line, not only the text clues.
• Stopping on the first clue is only worth it when you are sure: one wrong answer scores zero, while a correct answer on the third clue still scores 6.

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