# GeoGuessr

5 Hacker News commenters recommended GeoGuessr and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a long-running geography guessing game that friends play together. The quotes offer few specifics and some compare its visuals unfavorably with alternatives.

## Why people recommend it

- Long-loved by its players (1 comments): "I've always loved GeoGuessr" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49358221))
- Played regularly with friends (1 comments): "some friends and me play alot of geogussr" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49424912))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Helldivers 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/helldivers-2.md): 50 recommend
- [Triple-A Minesweeper](https://hackerapproved.com/p/triple-a-minesweeper.md): 40 recommend
- [Quake II](https://hackerapproved.com/p/quake-2.md): 33 recommend
- [Red Dead Redemption 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/red-dead-redemption-2.md): 28 recommend
- [Grand Theft Auto (1997)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grand-theft-auto.md): 28 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "GeoGuessr", https://hackerapproved.com/p/geoguessr/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).