An interactive world map you can play on

Spin the globe, zoom into any country, see real terrain and borders, and then do what other maps won't let you: take a piece of it.

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

The interactive TapGuessr globe with terrain, cities and coloured territories

What you can do with it

Spin and zoom: drag the 3D globe, then zoom from the whole planet down to a region with cities and borders.
Real terrain: mountains, deserts, forests and ice in natural colours, with country borders and city names.
Every country and big city: 224 capitals and megacities and 251 more cities of a million people or more are marked.
Light or dark: switch the map to a dark theme with one button.
It's live: the coloured hexagons are players' land, and they change as people play.

The interactive map zoomed into Europe with cities, borders and terrain — Zoomed into Europe: capitals, borders, terrain, and two players' empires.

A map that's also a game

The map is split into 12,446 hexagonal tiles of land, each about 12,000 km². Tap any free tile and you can claim it. From there you grow outwards, take cities (they pay more troops) and try to rule whole countries. Everyone shares the same map, so the colours you see are real players.

The interactive map over East and South Asia — Asia: China alone is 824 tiles, and Beijing, Shanghai and Delhi are all worth 5 troops a minute.

Good for learning geography too

Playing on a real map teaches you where things are without trying. You learn that Kinshasa and Brazzaville face each other across a river, how far Perth is from Sydney, and that Kazakhstan is enormous, because you've had to cross it.

Questions

Is this interactive world map free?

Yes. It runs in any browser on phones and computers, with nothing to install and no account needed.

Can I use it on my phone?

Yes. Pinch or tap to zoom and drag to turn the globe. Tapping a tile once selects it, and tapping it again takes it.

Is TapGuessr free?

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.