Read the world like a detective
The basics
- Look around. Drag (or swipe) the 360° photo to turn. Scroll, pinch or use + and − to zoom in on details.
- Open the map and drop a pin where you think the photo was taken. You can move the pin as often as you like.
- Lock in your guess. We show the real location, how far away you were and your points.
Scoring
Each round is worth up to 5,000 points. Your score drops smoothly with distance: a pin within a few dozen kilometres scores almost everything, about 1,000 km away is still worth around 3,000, and the wrong side of the planet scores close to zero. A classic game has five rounds, so the maximum is 25,000.
| Mode | How it works |
|---|---|
| Classic | Five rounds anywhere in the world (or one continent). No clock unless you add one. |
| Daily Challenge | The same five places for every player, reset at midnight UTC. Your first attempt is the one that counts for your streak. |
| Country Streak | Drop your pin anywhere inside the right country to keep going. One wrong country ends the run. |
| Speed Run | Five rounds, 15 seconds each. If the clock runs out, the round scores zero. |
| Duel the CPU | A computer opponent guesses alongside you. It is always labelled as a CPU. |
| Locked view | An optional rule for Classic: no turning or zooming. One fixed view, pure deduction. |
Clues that work almost everywhere
Which side of the road?
Cars driving on the left narrows things down fast: the UK and Ireland, Japan, much of southern and eastern Africa, India and its neighbours, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand, among others.
Language and script
Shop signs and street names are gold. Cyrillic, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, Thai, Devanagari, Hangul and Japanese kana each point to a small set of countries. Within Latin-script countries, look for letters such as ß, ø, å, ł, ş or ñ.
Road markings and bollards
The colour of centre and edge lines, and the shape of roadside posts, differ between countries. Yellow centre lines are common in the Americas; many European countries use white.
The sun and the sky
If the sun sits in the northern part of the sky around midday, you’re probably in the southern hemisphere — and vice versa.
Plants, soil and terrain
Palm trees, birch forests, red soil, rice paddies, snow-capped peaks: vegetation and landscape quickly rule out whole continents.
Buildings and street furniture
Roof shapes, building materials, utility poles, post boxes and even fire hydrants have regional styles. Zoom in — the details add up.
Fair play
Looking things up in another tab is against the spirit of the game, especially for the Daily and friend challenges. The fun is in the deduction — and in beating your friends honestly.