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10 games like Anno for daily history fans
Anno, also called AnnoGame, gives you five historical events a day and asks you to place each on a timeline. If you finish it and want more, these daily games test the same sense of when, plus a few that add where.
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
The closest games to Anno are Chrondle and Yeardle, which also ask for a year. Whensly, Wikitrivia, Chronle and Historicale ask you to put events in order instead. Chronophoto dates photographs, and Wherio keeps the five-events-a-day format but asks where each one happened.
Pick what you want next
Anno is a timeline game. These are the directions you can go from there.
Order, not dates
Whensly, Wikitrivia, Chronle and Historicale build timelines.
Date a photo
Chronophoto turns visual details into a year.
Add the map
Wherio gives you five events a day and asks where.
Games like Anno side by side
Chrondle
Narrow down one event's year as up to six clues are revealed
- Format
- Daily · plus an ordering mode
- You answer with
- Year range
- Cost
- Free
- Archive
- Yes
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Guess The Date
Name the exact day, month and year of one clue, with color-coded feedback
- Format
- Daily · 1 event
- You answer with
- Full date
- Cost
- Free, no ads
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrondle | Narrow down one event's year as up to six clues are revealed | Daily · plus an ordering mode | Year range | Free | Yes |
| Yeardle | Guess the year three events share, in eight tries, with closeness colors | Daily · 8 guesses + unlimited | Year | Free with ads | No |
| 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 |
| Wikitrivia | Drag Wikipedia event cards into place on a growing timeline | Daily + free play | Order | Free | No; free play is unlimited |
| Chronle | Drag history events into chronological order within six moves | Daily · 6 moves | Order | Free | Yes, with free sign-in |
| Historicale | Put six events that happened on today's date in order, oldest to newest | Daily · 6 events | Order | Free | Yes |
| Chronophoto | Guess the year a photo was taken on a 1900 to 2025 slider | Daily · 5 rounds + unlimited | Year | Free | No |
| 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 |
| Guess The Date | Name the exact day, month and year of one clue, with color-coded feedback | Daily · 1 event | Full date | Free, no ads | 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. Chrondle
Chrondle reveals clues about one event, one at a time, and asks for a year range. The narrower your range, the better the score, so it rewards the same instinct as Anno with a deduction twist. An ordering mode and an archive add more to play.
Visit Chrondle (opens in a new tab)2. Yeardle
Yeardle shows three events that share a year and gives you eight guesses, with colors showing how close each one was. It is the most Wordle-like of the year games, and an unlimited mode is there when the daily runs out.
Visit Yeardle (opens in a new tab)3. Whensly
By Mike Burch
Whensly gives you one dated anchor event and asks you to place five more moments around it, with a bonus for the exact year. Packs for history, movies, TV, sports and tech make it a good one to share with friends.
Visit Whensly (opens in a new tab)4. Wikitrivia
By Tom Watson
Wikitrivia deals Wikipedia event cards and asks you to slot each into a growing timeline. Where Anno is five events and done, Wikitrivia keeps going until you run out of lives.
Visit Wikitrivia (opens in a new tab)5. Chronle
By Andrew Henry
Chronle gives you a set of events and six moves to arrange them, turning correct positions green after each try. It feels like Wordle for chronology.
Visit Chronle (opens in a new tab)6. Historicale
By Teuteuf Games, the studio behind Worldle
Historicale picks six events from today's date across history and asks you to order them. It is free, keeps an archive and comes from Teuteuf Games, the Worldle studio.
Visit Historicale (opens in a new tab)7. Chronophoto
Chronophoto keeps the year slider but replaces written events with photos from 1900 to 2025. Five rounds a day make it a natural next stop after Anno.
Visit Chronophoto (opens in a new tab)
8. Wherio
Wherio is our game. It shares Anno's rhythm of five written events a day, but asks where instead of when: tap the country on a world map. The reveal shows the date, so you still build your timeline as you play.
Compared with Wherio: Anno measures how far off your year is. Wherio measures how far off your country is, with neighbors worth at least 700 of 1,000 points.
Play Wherio free9. Guess The Date
Guess The Date asks for the exact day, month and year of one clue, with color-coded feedback and hints. Topics range beyond history into music and sport, so check the category before you start.
Visit Guess The Date (opens in a new tab)10. Which came first? (Wikipedia)
By the Wikimedia Foundation
Which came first? in the Wikipedia app shows five pairs of events from today's date. Pick the earlier one each time. It takes a minute and is a gentle warm-up for Anno.
Visit Which came first? (Wikipedia) (opens in a new tab)How to get better at Anno and games like it
Timeline games reward a few reliable anchors more than a head full of dates.
Learn ten anchor dates
The fall of Rome, the Black Death, Columbus, the French Revolution and the two world wars give you a frame for almost everything else.
Date the technology
Printing, gunpowder, steam, telegraphs and flight each rule out whole centuries.
Age is not the hard part
In Wherio's own data, ancient events were no harder than modern ones. Obscure subjects are hard in any era, so read widely rather than deeply.
Write down your worst miss
One corrected date a day becomes a new anchor by the end of the month.
Like Anno, but on a map
If you enjoy reading five events and making a judgment about each, Wherio gives you the same daily rhythm with the other half of the question: where it happened.
- Five written events every day
- Tap the country on a world map
- The date and story revealed after each guess
- Free in your browser, no account needed
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.
Games like Anno, answered
What is Anno, the daily history game?
Anno, played at annogame.app, gives everyone the same five historical events each day and asks you to place each on a timeline from 3000 BC to today. Closer guesses score more, up to 500 points. A near-identical version, ANNO, also runs at anno-game.netlify.app. It is not related to the Anno city-building series.
What game is most similar to Anno?
Chrondle and Yeardle also ask for a year. For ordering events rather than dating them, try Wikitrivia, Chronle or Historicale.
Is Anno free?
Yes. Anno does not ask for an account, subscription or payment. All the alternatives here have a free daily puzzle too.
Is there a game like Anno that asks where instead of when?
Yes. Wherio uses the same five-written-events format and asks which country each happened in. HistoPin and GeoHistory ask for a pin on a map.
Five events. This time, find where.
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