Is TapGuessr the same as Territorial.io?

No. Both are about taking territory on a map, but Territorial.io plays short real-time matches. TapGuessr is one shared world map that runs for two-week seasons, using real countries and cities.

Do I lose my land when I close TapGuessr?

No. Your land stays on the map until someone takes it or the season ends. Tiles defend at half strength if you haven't played for 12 hours, so check in when you can.

Yes. The game is free to play in any browser, on a phone or a computer. There is nothing to download and no account to make.

How long does a game last?

A season lasts two weeks, and the map is shared by everyone playing. Most people play a few minutes at a time: spend your troops, check who's attacking you, and come back when your troops have built up again.

Games like Territorial.io

Territorial.io nails the feeling of a colour flooding across a map. If you want more of that, here's where to go next, including one where your empire doesn't vanish when the match ends.

Season 1 is live: 23 players hold land, 5 days left to take yours.

The TapGuessr globe with players' coloured territories in Europe and Africa

TapGuessr: territory that lasts

In Territorial.io a match is over in minutes. TapGuessr keeps the same map-painting feeling but makes it persistent: one world map of 12,446 tiles, shared by everyone, running for a two-week season. The land you take tonight is still yours tomorrow, unless someone takes it first.

Coloured empires spreading across West, North and East Africa on the TapGuessr map — Africa in the game, with empires growing out of Lagos, Cairo and Nairobi.

Real geography: real countries, borders and 475 real cities. Taking Tokyo or Cairo feels like taking Tokyo or Cairo.
Cities pay: a capital earns 5 troops a minute and a big city 3, so the map has prizes worth fighting over.
Rule countries: hold more than half of a country and your name goes next to it in the rankings.
Play in bursts: troops build up while you're away, so five minutes on the bus counts.

OpenFront

A free, open-source game inspired by Territorial.io, with real-time matches on maps of real places. It adds more to build and more ways to fight, and is a good next step if you like Territorial.io's pace.

Paper.io 2

The arcade version of claiming land: you draw loops to grab area and get knocked out if someone cuts your trail. It plays in seconds and has no map or troops, just reflexes.

Warzone

A turn-based, Risk-style game in the browser with thousands of user-made maps, if you want to slow down and plan each move.

A tile in Germany selected on the TapGuessr map, with a Plant your flag here button — Tap a free tile and plant your flag. That's the whole start.

Fast matches or a world that remembers?

If you want quick matches you can win in ten minutes, stick with Territorial.io or OpenFront. If you want a world that keeps going, where your empire grows over days and rivals come and go, try TapGuessr. Plenty of people play both: a quick match, then a check on how their empire is doing.