TimeGuessr
42 comments
·June 10, 2025SamBam
Fun! I was surprised how often I was 1 year off and in the right city for things that I was just guessing about.
On small error I found: there's a photo that's outside Piazza Navona in Rome in the 30s, which it lists as being 700 meters away at Piazza Venezia. I know I'm correct -- I lived a street away from there.
mmahemoff
This is fun! I didn't immediately notice the time slider and thought it was just GeoGuessr with historical pictures, but the time element adds a whole new dimension.
xeonmc
Should probably be renamed to “Spacetime Guesser”
Jordan-117
Love their selection of photos more than the competition -- more likely to contain giveaways like a famous location from an unusual angle or a subtle date, so it feels more like detective work than guesswork. Just wish it reset at midnight local.
captn3m0
I couldn’t figure out how the time picker worked (and that there was a time picker) till the third round when I realised I was being penalized. Got 34k still.
trebligdivad
I'm glad you figured it out...I don't see a map to put a pin into.
pmxi
This is really cool.
However, my first photo said "Times Square, NY" in the corner, with a copyright for 1908 which gave it all away.
me_bx
The game 'Whentaken' [1] follows the exact same concept.
Just mentioning in case people are interested in alternatives / slightly different UX.
JimDabell
Also whichyr: https://whichyr.com
Discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43715024
motoxpro
whichyr is awesome. I feel terrible about myself that I am systematically below average.
king_phil
Did not work too well for me on mobile. One time it did not scroll but went back, one time controls were missing
mh-
I didn't try the web based one, but the mobile app works great.
brahma-dev
This is how it renders for me. https://imgur.com/a/kJmNMUR
alexkearns
Not quite the same but we created a timeline ordering game for US presidents: https://www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/1842261/US-Presiden...
You can also use our app to create timeline ordering games on subjects of your own choosing.
golfer
Cute game! Needs an easy way to maximize the picture so you can see it full screen (on laptop).
cosmodev
I just clicked to take a quick look, and suddenly found myself playing it's a simple but surprisingly enjoyable game
Scrolling with the mouse on the image (no Ctrl or anything, just scroll) zooms into the section of the image you're on, for anyone else trying "Open image in new tab" or other ways to zoom in.
I'm a big GeoGuessr fan, and had heard of TimeGuessr occasionally in those circles. I'd assumed it would be mostly pictures from the USA and so wasn't massively interested, and from trying it out now, I wasn't too far off: most of the images were from the US and Western Europe, and every single picture so far has been from a rich country. There are obvious reasons for that, and it's not a bad thing in some absolute terms, but it makes it kinda boring for me - the big appeal of GeoGuessr for me is that you routinely get dropped off in a country that you don't often think of, and momentarily get to see and imagine life through their eyes.
Maybe over time, TimeGuessr will also accumulate images from more varied places - or maybe one of the alternatives mentioned in this thread (whentaken and whichyr) already do better in that regard?