GeoGuessr
Shares rank 63 of 78 video games by recommenders
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.
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.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 71%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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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
Long-loved by its players
“I've always loved GeoGuessr”
Comment from 19 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Draw.city – geography game where you circle the target population [US]” Played regularly with friends
“some friends and me play alot of geogussr”
Comment from 24 Aug 2026 in “The entire city of San Francisco as a video game”
Other video games people recommend
The four most recommended other video games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helldivers 2 | 50 | 34 | 60% | 10 | 1.9 yrs3 owners | — |
| GPU building game | 49 | 16 | 75% | 2 | — | — |
| Triple-A Minesweeper | 40 | 25 | 62% | 1 | — | — |
| Quake II | 33 | 8 | 80% | 10 | — | Approved |
| GeoGuessrThis page | 5 | 2 | 71% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“some friends and me play alot of geogussr”
“I've always loved GeoGuessr”
“Much more interesting visuals than Geoguessr”
“Yes I definitely need to improve the the UIUX for mobile layout.”
“the mode selector cards cover the whole screen and could be mistaken for start buttons”
“SyntaxError: redeclaration of const NAVIGATION_START”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.