About GeoGuess Quest
GeoGuess Quest is a free geography game you play directly in your web browser. It brings eight different challenges together in one place: you can identify a country from its outline, name a flag against the clock, match capital cities, recognise famous landmarks from written clues, drop a pin on an interactive world map and more.
Every answer is followed by a short fact and the source it came from, so each round teaches you something about the world. The game covers all 193 United Nations member states plus the two UN observer states (the Holy See and the State of Palestine), along with 64 hand-picked landmarks on six continents.
There is nothing to download and no account to create. Your scores, streaks, achievements and World Discovery Map are saved only in your own browser. A new Daily World Challenge appears every day at midnight UTC, and World Arena links let you send a friend the exact same questions to see who knows the world better.
How scoring works
Every question is worth up to 1,000 points, so a 5-question game has a maximum of 5,000 and a 10-question game 10,000.
- Multiple choice: 600 points for a correct answer, plus a 200-point clean bonus (in timed mode it shrinks as the clock runs down; in untimed mode it is lost if you use the 50:50 hint), plus 50 points for each correct answer in your current streak, up to 200.
- Clue rounds: 1,000 × (clues remaining ÷ total clues). With six clues, solving on clue 1 scores 1,000, on clue 2 scores 833, and on clue 6 scores 167. Opening the multiple-choice list on Intermediate or harder halves the score.
- Map pins: score = 1,000 × e−distance ÷ scale. The scale is 2,000 km on Beginner, 1,500 km on Intermediate, 1,000 km on Advanced and 600 km on Expert, and 40% tighter on single-continent games. A pin within 10 km of a city or landmark, or anywhere inside a target country, scores the full 1,000.
- Matching: 250 points for each pair you match on the first try.
Distances are great-circle (Haversine) distances on a 6,371 km Earth radius, calculated the same way whatever your map zoom level. You can show them in kilometres or miles.
Explore the game modes
1. Guess the Country
A mystery country is revealed one clue at a time: its silhouette, location, size, neighbours, the first letter of its capital and finally its flag. Each wrong guess unlocks the next clue. Expert games give you only four clues.
2. Flag Master
Pick the country that matches a flag, the flag that matches a country, or pair four flags with four names. Switch on timed mode for a speed bonus, or filter by continent to focus on one region.
3. Capital Quest
Name the capital of a country, the country of a capital, or match four of each. Countries with more than one capital, such as South Africa and Bolivia, accept every official capital and explain each one's role.
4. Landmark Explorer
Identify world-famous and lesser-known sites, from ancient monuments to national parks, using written clues about their setting, history and features. Beginners see multiple-choice options from the start.
5. Pin the Location
Find a country, capital city or landmark on an interactive world map. Zoom and pan with touch, mouse or keyboard, drop your pin and see exactly how far away you were.
6. Mystery Location
A hidden city or landmark is described through up to five clues: landscape or climate zone, languages, currency, neighbouring countries and a local detail. Name the country it's in with as few clues as possible.
7. Daily World Challenge
Five questions (a flag, a capital, a country, a landmark and a map pin) that are the same for every player on the same UTC date. Complete it on consecutive days to build a streak.
8. World Arena
Create a challenge link with your chosen mode, difficulty and region. Anyone who opens it gets identical questions in the same order, so you can compare scores fairly. Scores shared in links are self-reported; there is no global leaderboard.
Geography tips and strategies
Recognising flags
Group similar flags and learn the single detail that separates them. Chad and Romania use nearly identical blue-yellow-red vertical stripes; Indonesia and Monaco are both red over white, differing mainly in proportions; Ireland (green-white-orange) and Côte d'Ivoire (orange-white-green) are mirror images.
Remembering capitals
Link each capital to something you already know, such as a river, a famous event or a sound-alike word, and learn the classic traps: Canberra, not Sydney; Ottawa, not Toronto; Ankara, not Istanbul; Brasília, not Rio de Janeiro.
Identifying country outlines
Focus on distinctive coastlines, peninsulas and islands: Italy's boot, Chile's long narrow shape, Norway's fjord-cut west coast. Landlocked shapes are easier once you picture their neighbours.
Using clues together
Combine clues instead of reading them one by one. A Spanish-speaking country that uses the US dollar narrows things to a short list (Ecuador, El Salvador and Panama); a landlocked country bordering Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia can only be Paraguay.
Reading maps and estimating distances
One degree of latitude is about 111 km everywhere, while a degree of longitude shrinks towards the poles. Flat world maps stretch areas far from the equator, so Greenland looks much larger than it really is. When pinning, first find the right country, then use rivers and coastlines to refine your guess.
Data sources and methodology
Country list: the 193 United Nations member states and 2 UN General Assembly observer states. Country names follow common English usage, and alternative names (for example Türkiye / Turkey, Côte d'Ivoire / Ivory Coast, Myanmar / Burma) are accepted as answers.
- Country attributes: World Countries by mledoze, Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0.
- Country boundaries and silhouettes: Natural Earth 1:50m (public domain).
- Capital city coordinates: GeoNames, CC BY 4.0.
- Flag artwork: flag-icons, MIT License.
- Landmark clues and facts: written for GeoGuess Quest, each with a reference shown in the game.
Data last checked: 2 November 2026.
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