EarthGuessr
A satellite-imagery guessing game where you study a top-down view of a mystery spot, then pin your guess on a 3D globe. Five rounds per game, with a Daily Challenge that gives everyone the same locations.
EarthGuessr shows you a satellite view of a spot somewhere on Earth, then asks you to pin your guess on a 3D globe. Because it works from top-down imagery instead of street-level photos, the clues you read are coastlines, terrain, and land-use patterns rather than road signs. A standard game runs five locations, and a Daily Challenge gives everyone the same five with one attempt per day.
What is EarthGuessr?
The core loop is simple: you are placed above a location in satellite imagery, and you can zoom and pan before committing to a guess. Since there is no street-level photo to read, the evidence is different from what you would use in a road-view game. Coastline shape, field and crop patterns, river systems, urban layout, and general climate and terrain are what you work from. The site sums up its scoring plainly: the closer your pin is to the real spot, the higher you score. A Classic game runs five rounds.
The imagery source is what sets EarthGuessr apart from street-view guessing games. You place your guess on a 3D globe rather than a flat map, and the skill being tested shifts from spotting signs and license plates to reading large-scale geography directly. The site also states that every round is free with no daily limit, and that no signup is required for casual play. Its own blog contrasts this with GeoGuessr, whose free tier it describes as limited to a single daily challenge.
Beyond Classic, the homepage lists four more modes. Daily Challenge gives every player the same five locations with one attempt per day. Streak eliminates you the first time your guess lands outside the accuracy threshold. Knockout drains your HP every round you don't nail, and you survive as long as your HP holds out. Multiplayer lets you create a lobby, invite friends, and compete in real time.
There is also a Top Players leaderboard built as a rating ladder: you climb by scoring above your division, and the site notes that weekly resets are coming. The overall feel is closer to a slow, observational puzzle than a trivia quiz, since most of a round is spent studying the image for clues before you touch the globe.
How to play EarthGuessr
- Open EarthGuessr at earthguessr.com.
- Pick a mode: Classic for a standard five-round game, Daily Challenge for the same five locations everyone else gets that day, or Streak, Knockout, or Multiplayer for a twist on the format.
- Study the satellite image, zooming and panning to check coastlines, terrain, field patterns, and city layouts for clues.
- Drop your guess pin on the 3D globe where you think the location is.
- Submit your guess to see how close you were, then continue through the rest of the five locations.
- After the fifth round, review your total score. Better scores help you climb the division-based Top Players leaderboard.
Tips and strategy
- Look at field and crop patterns first. Large circular center-pivot fields point toward places like the US or the Middle East, while small irregular plots suggest parts of Europe or Asia.
- Coastline shape and water color can narrow down a continent before you try to narrow down a country.
- Check whether a city's streets form a tight grid or a winding organic layout. It is a quick hint about how and when the area was built up.
- Zoom out and pan around the edges of the view, not just the center. Roads, coastlines, and terrain transitions near the border of the image are often the most diagnostic clues.
- The Daily Challenge allows only one attempt per day, so scan the whole image carefully before you place your pin.
- In Streak and Knockout, favor consistent, reasonably close guesses over risky attempts at pinpoint accuracy. In Streak one bad miss ends the run, and in Knockout it costs HP.
Good to know
- Category
- Geography
- Daily Challenge
- Same 5 locations for everyone, one attempt per day
- Cost
- Free; the site states every round is free with no daily limit
- Guesses
- One guess per location, 5 locations per game
- Modes
- Classic, Daily Challenge, Streak, Knockout, Multiplayer
- Account
- No signup required for casual play
- Leaderboard
- Division-based rating ladder; weekly resets listed as coming soon
- Platform
- Web browser, no install
EarthGuessr FAQ
Is EarthGuessr free?
Yes. The site states that every round is free, there is no daily limit, and no signup is required for casual play.
How do you play EarthGuessr?
You are shown a satellite view of a location, study it for clues like coastlines, terrain, and field patterns, then place a guess pin on a 3D globe. The closer your pin is to the real spot, the higher you score, across 5 locations per game.
When does the EarthGuessr Daily Challenge reset?
The Daily Challenge gives every player the same 5 locations and allows one attempt per day. The site does not state an exact reset time.
Is there an archive of past EarthGuessr challenges?
No archive of past Daily Challenges appears on the site. Ongoing progress is tracked instead through a division-based Top Players leaderboard.
Is EarthGuessr like GeoGuessr?
It is a similar guess-the-location idea, but EarthGuessr uses top-down satellite imagery and a 3D globe instead of street-level photos, so you read terrain and land-use patterns rather than signs and road markings. It is also fully free with no daily play limit.