Geo Racers
Shares rank 8 of 48 browser games by recommenders
Fans find it a fun, addictive challenge of planning public transport trips across Europe. Common caveats are a buggy interface, incomplete maps and timetables, and a leaderboard with impossible times.
Fans find it a fun, addictive challenge of planning public transport trips across Europe. Common caveats are a buggy interface, incomplete maps and timetables, and a leaderboard with impossible times.
45 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 28
- criticize it
- 17
- approval share
- 62%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 28 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 1.6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Fun, addictive, challenging gameplay
“I actually really liked the current mode - for me it was a more fun and exciting challenge”
Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Geo Racers – Race from London to Tokyo on a single bus pass” “I spent way too much time on this yesterday! Love it but it's super tricky.”
Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Geo Racers – Race from London to Tokyo on a single bus pass” “This is amazing. Super challenging.”
Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Geo Racers – Race from London to Tokyo on a single bus pass” - Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Geo Racers – Race from London to Tokyo on a single bus pass”
- Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Geo Racers – Race from London to Tokyo on a single bus pass”
- Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Geo Racers – Race from London to Tokyo on a single bus pass”
Lovely idea about transit travel
“idea is absolutely lovely, but it is really hard to plan ahead”
Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Geo Racers – Race from London to Tokyo on a single bus pass” “What an incredible idea! Love it”
Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Geo Racers – Race from London to Tokyo on a single bus pass” “This rules! What a fun idea.”
Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Geo Racers – Race from London to Tokyo on a single bus pass”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Bugs and broken controls
“the whole interface is very twitchy for me”
Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Geo Racers – Race from London to Tokyo on a single bus pass” “A great idea with quite a few bugs.”
Comment from 14 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Geo Racers – Race from London to Tokyo on a single bus pass” “Checking/unchecking some items does not appear to toggle their visibility.”
Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Geo Racers – Race from London to Tokyo on a single bus pass” - Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Geo Racers – Race from London to Tokyo on a single bus pass”
- Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Geo Racers – Race from London to Tokyo on a single bus pass”
- Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Geo Racers – Race from London to Tokyo on a single bus pass”
Map missing place names and scale
“Nice job! It would be helpful when using public transportation to see the names of places overlaid on the map.”
Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Geo Racers – Race from London to Tokyo on a single bus pass” “showed all their destinations as London, but without any precise place of where I would arrive.”
Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Geo Racers – Race from London to Tokyo on a single bus pass” “Neat game! I would like the map to have a scale bar though.”
Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Geo Racers – Race from London to Tokyo on a single bus pass” Timetables hard to access or wrong
“on mobile particularly I often found it very difficult to access the departure timetable”
Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Geo Racers – Race from London to Tokyo on a single bus pass” “Some timetables are very wrong unfortunately.”
Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Geo Racers – Race from London to Tokyo on a single bus pass” Leaderboard shows impossible times
“I had a lot of fun :) . Cleaning up the leader board would be appreciated though.”
Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Geo Racers – Race from London to Tokyo on a single bus pass” “On the Inverness to Gibraltar race the leaderboard has impossible times, including some negative numbers.”
Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Geo Racers – Race from London to Tokyo on a single bus pass”
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| Geo RacersThis page | 28 | 17 | 62% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
40 of the 50 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“A great idea with quite a few bugs.”
“On the Inverness to Gibraltar race the leaderboard has impossible times, including some negative numbers.”
“Some timetables are very wrong unfortunately.”
“on mobile particularly I often found it very difficult to access the departure timetable”
“showed all their destinations as London, but without any precise place of where I would arrive.”
“I spent way too much time on this yesterday! Love it but it's super tricky.”
“I actually really liked the current mode - for me it was a more fun and exciting challenge”
“This is amazing. Super challenging.”
“This is seriously addictive.”
“It's a really fun game! One frustration - and probably a realistic one - is that there aren't nearly enough jobs and they don't pay well enough to break even with the hotel costs.”
“I ran into an issue in Portsmouth. On the map, it appeared there were a whole bunch of shipping lane options”
“Card payments should be an option. Nobody would use cash like this.”
“I think the "limited budget" mechanic should be scrapped”
“Nice job! It would be helpful when using public transportation to see the names of places overlaid on the map.”
“I love this, but I'm thwarted.”
“Just did Galway-Rome and enjoyed it!”
“Neat game! I would like the map to have a scale bar though.”
“Time is frozen, my bus isn't coming, I'm stuck in Almeria, too bad !”
“It's incredibly frustrating when you run out of money.”
“I tried a while to do something until I understood that you can only use the special "Bank" icons.”
“The usual popup for advancing time to leaving time didn't show up.”
“there was nothing showing up in the timetables”
“How is 20 hour ferry not considered an overnight transport.”
“Really like the game so far.”
“Too bad apparently you can't ride bus and metro in London, Paris, etc.”
“idea is absolutely lovely, but it is really hard to plan ahead”
“This rules! What a fun idea.”
“Checking/unchecking some items does not appear to toggle their visibility.”
“Hit a wall going to Plymouth when I should have gone to Portsmouth, but had no way to check which one had the ferry I needed.”
“when I toogle Bus Stations they don't disappear.”
“Still, super fun to play.”
“Guess the "have" doesn't work as i thought.”
“The game has increased my appreciation of the airplane as a mode of transport, unfortunately”
“I had a lot of fun :) . Cleaning up the leader board would be appreciated though.”
“Really conveys the stress and horror of traveling by public transit.”
“This kind of defeats the whole purpose as its essentially randomly clicking around”
“I highlighted a train station, clicked "walk here," and nothing happened.”
“the whole interface is very twitchy for me”
“The login screen overflows my screen, and it won't pinch zoom smaller.”
“What an incredible idea! Love it”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.