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10 history map games that ask where it happened
A history map guesser gives you an event and a blank map, then measures how close you got. Some want the exact spot, some the country, and some the date as well. These are the best ones in 2026.
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
If you want to read a historical event and find it on a map, play Wherio (pick the country), GeoHistory or FactMap (drop a pin), or HistoPin (pin this-day-in-history events). Whenere and Terra Tempus also ask for the date. TimeGuessr and Anthropeum do the same with photos and museum objects.
How precise do you want to be?
The biggest difference between history map games is what counts as a right answer.
Drop a pin
GeoHistory, FactMap and HistoPin score your distance in miles or kilometers.
Add the date
Whenere and Terra Tempus ask for the year, or even the day, as well.
This day in history
HistoPin and MapTap build their puzzles around today's date.
History map games side by side
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
GeoHistory
Read a written clue and tap where it happened on a globe
- Format
- Daily · 5 questions
- You answer with
- Map pin
- Cost
- Free; GeoGames Pro $39.99/yr
- Archive
- 14 days free; full archive with Pro
HistoPin
Pin five this-day-in-history events on a world map
- Format
- Daily · 5 events + practice
- You answer with
- Map pin
- Cost
- Free, no ads
- Archive
- Practice mode only
FactMap
Read a history or geography fact and drop a pin where it happened
- Format
- Daily · 5 facts
- You answer with
- Map pin
- Cost
- Free
- Archive
- Yes, free
Whenere
Pin written events on a 3D globe and date them, down to the day
- Format
- Daily · 3 rounds + extra modes
- You answer with
- Map pin + date
- Cost
- Free with ads
- Archive
- Last week, with sign-in
Terra Tempus
Read a clue about a real event, pin where it happened and place the year on a timeline
- Format
- Daily + endless · Apple devices
- You answer with
- Map pin + year
- Cost
- Free; Pro $29.99/yr
- Archive
- Past answers only, free
MapTap
Tap five named places on a borderless globe, each tied to a this-day-in-history story
- Format
- Daily · 5 places
- You answer with
- Map pin
- Cost
- Free, no ads; MapTap+ $14.99/yr
- Archive
- 90 days with MapTap+
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
Anthropeum
Pin where a museum artifact was made and pick its period
- Format
- Daily · 10 artifacts
- You answer with
- Map pin + period
- Cost
- Free
- Archive
- No
Seterra
Click countries, capitals, flags and features on quiz maps, including a few historical ones
- Format
- Unlimited · 400+ quizzes
- You answer with
- Map click
- Cost
- Free with ads
- Archive
- Not applicable
| Game | What you do | Format | You answer with | Cost | Archive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| GeoHistory | Read a written clue and tap where it happened on a globe | Daily · 5 questions | Map pin | Free; GeoGames Pro $39.99/yr | 14 days free; full archive with Pro |
| HistoPin | Pin five this-day-in-history events on a world map | Daily · 5 events + practice | Map pin | Free, no ads | Practice mode only |
| FactMap | Read a history or geography fact and drop a pin where it happened | Daily · 5 facts | Map pin | Free | Yes, free |
| Whenere | Pin written events on a 3D globe and date them, down to the day | Daily · 3 rounds + extra modes | Map pin + date | Free with ads | Last week, with sign-in |
| Terra Tempus | Read a clue about a real event, pin where it happened and place the year on a timeline | Daily + endless · Apple devices | Map pin + year | Free; Pro $29.99/yr | Past answers only, free |
| MapTap | Tap five named places on a borderless globe, each tied to a this-day-in-history story | Daily · 5 places | Map pin | Free, no ads; MapTap+ $14.99/yr | 90 days with MapTap+ |
| 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 |
| Anthropeum | Pin where a museum artifact was made and pick its period | Daily · 10 artifacts | Map pin + period | Free | No |
| Seterra | Click countries, capitals, flags and features on quiz maps, including a few historical ones | Unlimited · 400+ quizzes | Map click | Free with ads | Not applicable |
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. Wherio
Wherio is our game, and this is exactly what it does. Each day you get five short written events, from prehistory to the present, and tap the country where each happened. Neighbors earn at least 700 of 1,000 points, and the reveal shows the date and explains the event.
Play Wherio free2. GeoHistory
By Rhino Studios, as part of its GeoGames app
GeoHistory gives five written clues a day and asks you to tap the spot on a globe. Scoring is by miles, with later questions worth more. It is part of the GeoGames app; era rounds and the full archive are part of GeoGames Pro.
Compared with Wherio: GeoHistory rewards a precise pin, often for a city. Wherio asks for the country, which keeps the focus on knowing the history.
Visit GeoHistory (opens in a new tab)3. HistoPin
By Kyle Allbright
HistoPin chooses five events from today's date and asks you to pin them. Bonuses reward precision, speed and landing in the right modern country. It is free with no ads, and practice mode filters by continent, era and category.
Visit HistoPin (opens in a new tab)4. FactMap
FactMap asks five questions a day, such as where a famous figure died, and tells you how precise to be for each: a place, a city, a region or a country. That variety makes it a good bridge between pin and country games.
Visit FactMap (opens in a new tab)5. Whenere
Whenere asks for a pin on a 3D globe and a date for each of three events, narrowing from century to day. It is demanding, and signed-in players get weekly themes, timed play and a flag mode.
Visit Whenere (opens in a new tab)6. Terra Tempus
By Endpaper Labs
Terra Tempus pairs a pin with a year for each event, on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Beyond the free daily, it offers endless play and guided courses on the Civil War and the American Revolution.
Visit Terra Tempus (opens in a new tab)7. MapTap
By MapTap Inc
MapTap gives you place names rather than events, so it is a geography game first. But every place is tied to a this-day-in-history story you can read afterward, which is why many history fans play it daily.
Visit MapTap (opens in a new tab)8. TimeGuessr
By TimeGuessr Ltd
TimeGuessr is the photo version of a history map game: five historical images, each with a pin and a year. If you like reading visual clues more than text, start here.
Visit TimeGuessr (opens in a new tab)9. Anthropeum
By Matthew Chu, using open-access museum collections
Anthropeum shows museum artifacts and asks where they were made and when. It reaches far further back than photo games and is free.
Visit Anthropeum (opens in a new tab)10. Seterra
By GeoGuessr
Seterra is a quiz rather than a guessing game, but it includes historical maps such as the Roman Empire in 117 AD and Europe in 1444. Use it to learn the borders that make history map games easier.
Visit Seterra (opens in a new tab)How to get better at history map games
Placing history on a map is a skill. These habits come from watching tens of thousands of Wherio guesses.
Find the place in the clue
Clues often name a city, river or region. Locate that first, then decide which modern country it is in today.
Ignore the famous name
A clue about a Soviet cosmonaut can happen in Kazakhstan. In Wherio's data, clues like that are solved about 11 percentage points less often.
Practice Africa and small countries
Rounds answered by an African country or a small country are among Wherio's hardest. A little map study there goes a long way.
Guess the region when unsure
Distance scoring rewards being close. A guess in the right neighborhood beats a wild shot at the exact answer.
A history map game built around the country
Wherio is designed for people who know roughly where history happened but not the exact coordinates. Pick the country, see how close you were, then read what happened there.
- Five written events every day, free
- More than 200 countries and territories in the puzzle bank
- Partial points for nearby guesses
- Past puzzles and answers in the archive
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.
History map games, answered
What is a history map guesser?
A game that describes or shows a historical event and asks you to locate it on a map. Some, like Wherio, ask for the country. Others, like GeoHistory and HistoPin, ask for an exact pin.
What is the best history map game?
Wherio is the best fit if you want to read an event and pick its country. GeoHistory and FactMap are best for precise pins, HistoPin for this day in history, and TimeGuessr for historical photos.
Are there free history map games?
Yes. Wherio, GeoHistory, HistoPin, FactMap, Whenere, MapTap and TimeGuessr all have a free daily game. Wherio, HistoPin and MapTap need no account for it.
Is there a history map game that asks for the year too?
Whenere and Terra Tempus ask for a place and a date for written events. TimeGuessr, WhenTaken and Anthropeum do the same with images.
Find today's five events on the map
Read the clue, tap the country, and see what happened there.
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