Pin Drop
gamefinity.io · Geography
Takes TimeGuessr's map half and makes it the whole game: five named places, a blank world map and one pin for each, after which your distance is set against everyone else's for the day.
Games like TimeGuessr
TimeGuessr hands you a historic photograph and two questions: where in the world was it taken, and in which year. You answer the first by placing a pin on a world map and the second by stepping a year selector back or forward, and a score builds as you go. The daily challenge runs five photos, while random games and a multiplayer mode against other players are there when you want more. Picking out small details that hint at a country or a decade is the habit it builds.
Pin Drop opens the list for its map half, with five places to find on a blank world map. Next come the closest twins, which also ask for both a place and a year, then games that only date a photo or only locate one, and last a few history and fact games answered with a pin or a year.
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12 games like TimeGuessr
Closest first
WhenTaken
whentaken.com · Geography
The nearest relative: a photo, a pin for where it was shot and a year chosen on a slider, the same two-part answer TimeGuessr asks for, with hints on request and a bot that comments on your reasoning.
WhenTaken Movies
movies.whentaken.com · Movies & TV
Puts TimeGuessr's two questions to film stills: you mark on a map where the scene takes place and choose the year it shows, and both answers count toward the score, so movie fans get the same format with a different archive.
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Rewind
witsday.com · History
Keeps only the when half: five old photos in the public domain, with subjects as varied as space missions and city streets, each dated on a slider, where hitting the year exactly pays 200 and each year of error costs eight.
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Decade
api.renolabshq.com · History
Another photo-dating game: five historic photographs a day, a year guess locked in for each, and a score that builds over the set, close to TimeGuessr's year selector without the map.
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LandmarkGuessr
landmarkguessr.com · Geography
Uses TimeGuessr's pin-on-the-map scoring with photos of landmarks, five a day, each worth as much as a thousand points, and lets you trade points for hints such as a wider shot or the continent.
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TravelGuessr
travelguessr.com · Geography
Lets you study each picture closely before answering: four travel photos you can zoom into and move around for clues, then a marker dropped where you think they were taken, with nearer guesses scoring higher.
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SatPin
satpixel.com · Geography
Location without the dates and from straight above: five satellite views a day, each marked on a world map, and the nearer your pin, the more points you collect.
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MapMinute
mapminute.com · Geography
Pairs history with the map, as TimeGuessr does, but from written clues: five history and geography prompts, each answered by pinning where the event happened, with a top score of 1,000.
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Jaardle
jaardle.com · History
Covers TimeGuessr's year question with words instead of pictures: a short account of an event, such as the finding of Tutankhamun's tomb, and six tries to name its year, plus unlimited practice once the daily is done.
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Factmap
factmap.world · Geography
Asks where on Earth from a written fact instead of a photo: five facts a day, each answered with a pin on a world map and scored by its distance from the true location.
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ObscureTube: Guess the Year
obscuretube.com · Other
Dating the past, moved to the internet age: you watch five barely viewed YouTube videos and estimate the year each went up, with closer years earning more.
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Questions
How many photos are in the TimeGuessr daily?
Five. The daily challenge shows five photos in a row, and for every one you mark the spot on the map and set the year before moving on. Beyond the daily, there are random games to play whenever you like and a multiplayer mode where you face other players directly.
Is there a game like TimeGuessr for movies?
WhenTaken Movies asks the same pair of questions about film stills, the location of the setting and the year it depicts, and rewards accuracy on both. For another photo game with the same two answers, WhenTaken pairs a map pin with a year slider and adds optional help, including hints and running commentary.
What if I only want to guess the year?
Rewind and Decade each give you five historic photos to date, with Rewind using a slider and docking points for every year you miss by. Jaardle swaps the photo for a written account of an event and gives six tries at its year, with unlimited play afterward.
