When did it happen?
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The 12 best daily history games to play in 2026
Daily history games ask one of four questions: when did it happen, what came first, who was it, or where was it. Here are the best of each, with what they cost and whether you can replay old puzzles.
By Rachel Tublitz, creator of Wherio · Updated
Daily puzzle
Round 3 of 5Use hint
In 1453, this city became the capital of the Ottoman Empire after a pivotal siege.
Confirm: 🇹🇷 Turkey
The short answer
For guessing years, AnnoGame and Yeardle are the best dailies. For putting events in order, Wikitrivia, Historicale and Chronle lead. For historical photos, TimeGuessr is the favorite. For where history happened, Wherio asks you to find the country behind five real events each day.
Choose the history question you enjoy
These games test different instincts. Most players settle on one from each column.
What came first?
Wikitrivia, Historicale, Chronle and Whensly test order and context.
Where did it happen?
Wherio asks you to place five real events in their countries.
What does it show?
TimeGuessr reads a historical photo for both place and year.
Daily history games side by side
AnnoGame
Place five written events on a timeline from 3000 BC to today
- Format
- Daily · 5 events
- You answer with
- Year
- Cost
- Free, no account
- Archive
- Yes
Wikitrivia
Drag Wikipedia event cards into place on a growing timeline
- Format
- Daily + free play
- You answer with
- Order
- Cost
- Free
- Archive
- No; free play is unlimited
Historicale
Put six events that happened on today's date in order, oldest to newest
- Format
- Daily · 6 events
- You answer with
- Order
- Cost
- Free
- Archive
- Yes
Wherio
Read a written historical event, then tap the country where it happened
- Format
- Daily · 5 rounds
- You answer with
- Country
- Cost
- Free; optional Pro
- Archive
- 2 free plays a day; unlimited with Pro
Chronle
Drag history events into chronological order within six moves
- Format
- Daily · 6 moves
- You answer with
- Order
- Cost
- Free
- Archive
- Yes, with free sign-in
Whensly
Place five moments on a timeline around an anchor event
- Format
- Daily · 9 topic packs
- You answer with
- Order, plus a year bonus
- Cost
- Free with ads; Plus $19.99/yr
- Archive
- 30 days with Plus
Yeardle
Guess the year three events share, in eight tries, with closeness colors
- Format
- Daily · 8 guesses + unlimited
- You answer with
- Year
- Cost
- Free with ads
- Archive
- No
TimeGuessr
Pin where and when each historical photo was taken
- Format
- Daily · 5 rounds
- You answer with
- Map pin + year
- Cost
- Free with ads; ad-free $24.99/yr
- Archive
- Yes, free, back to Dec 2025
Chronophoto
Guess the year a photo was taken on a 1900 to 2025 slider
- Format
- Daily · 5 rounds + unlimited
- You answer with
- Year
- Cost
- Free
- Archive
- No
Historydle
Guess a historical figure from colored attribute feedback, a quote or a portrait
- Format
- Daily · 4 modes
- You answer with
- Person
- Cost
- Free, no account
- Archive
- No
Dawn of Time
Name a historical figure from up to five clues: birth year, places, role and portrait
- Format
- Daily · 5 guesses
- You answer with
- Person
- Cost
- Free
- Archive
- Yes
Which came first? (Wikipedia)
Pick which of two events from today's date happened earlier
- Format
- Daily · 5 questions, in the app
- You answer with
- Order
- Cost
- Free
- Archive
- Yes
| Game | What you do | Format | You answer with | Cost | Archive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AnnoGame | Place five written events on a timeline from 3000 BC to today | Daily · 5 events | Year | Free, no account | Yes |
| Wikitrivia | Drag Wikipedia event cards into place on a growing timeline | Daily + free play | Order | Free | No; free play is unlimited |
| Historicale | Put six events that happened on today's date in order, oldest to newest | Daily · 6 events | Order | Free | Yes |
| Wherio | Read a written historical event, then tap the country where it happened | Daily · 5 rounds | Country | Free; optional Pro | 2 free plays a day; unlimited with Pro |
| Chronle | Drag history events into chronological order within six moves | Daily · 6 moves | Order | Free | Yes, with free sign-in |
| Whensly | Place five moments on a timeline around an anchor event | Daily · 9 topic packs | Order, plus a year bonus | Free with ads; Plus $19.99/yr | 30 days with Plus |
| Yeardle | Guess the year three events share, in eight tries, with closeness colors | Daily · 8 guesses + unlimited | Year | Free with ads | No |
| TimeGuessr | Pin where and when each historical photo was taken | Daily · 5 rounds | Map pin + year | Free with ads; ad-free $24.99/yr | Yes, free, back to Dec 2025 |
| Chronophoto | Guess the year a photo was taken on a 1900 to 2025 slider | Daily · 5 rounds + unlimited | Year | Free | No |
| Historydle | Guess a historical figure from colored attribute feedback, a quote or a portrait | Daily · 4 modes | Person | Free, no account | No |
| Dawn of Time | Name a historical figure from up to five clues: birth year, places, role and portrait | Daily · 5 guesses | Person | Free | Yes |
| Which came first? (Wikipedia) | Pick which of two events from today's date happened earlier | Daily · 5 questions, in the app | Order | Free | Yes |
What each game does differently
There is no universal winner. Each pick below says who it suits and where another game on the list does the job better.
1. AnnoGame
AnnoGame gives everyone the same five written events and asks you to place each on a timeline from 3000 BC to today. Closeness scores, not exact recall, so a sensible century still earns points. It is free, needs no account, and has an archive and a limited practice mode.
Visit AnnoGame (opens in a new tab)2. Wikitrivia
By Tom Watson
Wikitrivia deals Wikipedia event cards and asks you to slot each into a growing timeline until you run out of lives. A daily mode sits beside free play. It is the best game here for building a sense of what happened around the same time.
Visit Wikitrivia (opens in a new tab)3. Historicale
By Teuteuf Games, the studio behind Worldle
Historicale picks six events that happened on today's date across history and asks you to put them in order. It comes from Teuteuf Games, the Worldle studio, is free and keeps an archive.
Visit Historicale (opens in a new tab)
4. Wherio
Wherio is our game. Most history games ask when; Wherio asks where. Each day brings five written events, from antiquity to the present, and you tap the country on a world map. Distance scoring gives partial credit, optional hints help with unfamiliar subjects, and every round ends with a short explanation.
Play Wherio free5. Chronle
By Andrew Henry
Chronle gives you a set of events and six moves to put them in order, turning correct positions green after each attempt. It is the most Wordle-like ordering game, and a free sign-in unlocks the archive.
Visit Chronle (opens in a new tab)6. Whensly
By Mike Burch
Whensly gives you one anchor event with its year, then asks where five more moments fit around it. Free packs cover history, movies, TV, sports and technology, which makes it a good pick for a family or group chat.
Visit Whensly (opens in a new tab)7. Yeardle
Yeardle shows three events from the same year and gives you eight guesses to name it, with colors that show how close you are. It is the purest year puzzle here, and unlimited mode lets you keep going after the daily.
Visit Yeardle (opens in a new tab)8. TimeGuessr
By TimeGuessr Ltd
TimeGuessr shows five historical photos a day and asks where and when each was taken. It is one of the best-known history games on the web, with iPhone and Android apps in 14 languages.
Visit TimeGuessr (opens in a new tab)9. Chronophoto
Chronophoto asks only when a photo was taken, on a slider from 1900 to 2025. Five rounds a day make it a quick companion to TimeGuessr.
Visit Chronophoto (opens in a new tab)10. Historydle
Historydle is a guess-who for history: name a figure using colored feedback on era, region and role, or from a quote or portrait. It is not about dates at all, which makes it a good change of pace.
Visit Historydle (opens in a new tab)11. Dawn of Time
By Ahsan Riaz
Dawn of Time reveals a historical figure one clue at a time: birth year, birthplace, place of death, role and finally a portrait. Fewer clues means a better score, and old puzzles are available without breaking your streak.
Visit Dawn of Time (opens in a new tab)12. Which came first? (Wikipedia)
By the Wikimedia Foundation
Which came first? lives inside the Wikipedia app. Five pairs of events from today's date, and you pick the earlier one. It arrived on iPhone in June 2026 after launching on Android.
Visit Which came first? (Wikipedia) (opens in a new tab)How to get more from a three-minute puzzle
Daily games become useful study tools when the reveal changes how you think about the next clue.
Build anchors first
Learn a small set of reference dates, then place unfamiliar events relative to them instead of memorizing every year.
Look for constraints
Technology, institutions, borders and a person's lifespan can rule out whole centuries or regions.
Fame matters more than age
In Wherio's own data, ancient events were not harder than modern ones. What mattered was how well known the subject is: obscure events are hard in any century.
Review one surprise
Read the explanation for your biggest miss and connect it to something you already know. One durable fact is enough.
History becomes the clue to geography
Most history games ask when something happened. Wherio adds the other coordinate: where. Each daily puzzle moves through five real events and five countries, with nearby guesses earning partial credit.
- Written clues from ancient through modern history
- One shared five-round puzzle each day
- Optional hints for unfamiliar events
- A date, place and explanation after every guess
Wherio by the numbers
Daily puzzles from June 1 to October 11, 2026, from Wherio's own analytics.
- guesses on daily puzzles
- 87,700+
- landed on the exact country
- 42%
- more were near misses worth 700+ points
- 1 in 8
- median distance of a wrong guess
- 1,050 km
How this guide was put together
Rachel Tublitz builds Wherio, so Wherio is on this list and marked as our game. Every other game was checked on its live site in October 2026 for format, cost, archive access and whether you need an account. The order reflects how well each game fits this particular search, not whether it competes with us.
Games change often. If something here is out of date, email hello@wherio.app and we will fix it.
Daily history games, answered
What is the best daily history game?
AnnoGame and Yeardle are the best for guessing years, Wikitrivia and Historicale for ordering events, TimeGuessr for historical photos and Wherio for placing events on a map.
Is there a Wordle for history?
Several. Yeardle has eight guesses with closeness colors, Chronle has six moves to order events, and Historydle uses Wordle-style feedback to find a historical figure. Our guide to history Wordle games covers more.
Which daily history games are free?
Every game on this list has a free daily puzzle. Whensly and TimeGuessr sell ad-free upgrades, and Wherio has an optional Pro tier for unlimited archive play.
Are there history games based on this day in history?
Historicale and Wikipedia's Which came first? both use events from today's date. MapTap and HistoPin tie their daily map puzzles to this-day-in-history stories too.
Do I need to be a history expert to play Wherio?
No. Optional hints help when an event is unfamiliar, and distance scoring rewards sensible nearby guesses. The explanation after each round is designed to help you learn as you play.
Find where history happened
Five real events. Five places to find. One new Wherio puzzle every day.
Play Wherio free