Look at the map
Each round starts with an unlabeled world map. The pattern is the clue.
How to play
Start with one mystery map.
Can You Geo? is a geography guessing game. In Mystery Map, the map is the clue: read the colors, tap countries if you want help, then guess what the world is showing.
First 30 seconds
How a Mystery Map round works.
Do not worry about sources, scoring, streaks, or modes at first. Start the map, read the colors, and make one guess.
Use the colors
Darker usually means more. Hatched countries have no data for that map.
Tap a country
If you need help, reveal one country value before you guess.
Lock in the answer
Choose the answer that fits the map. The result explains the pattern and source.
After the first map
The atlas has other puzzle types too.
Mystery Map is the best starting point. Pattern Atlas and Order Atlas use the same atlas feel with different kinds of reads.
Mystery Map
Read a color pattern on an unlabeled world map and guess what the map is showing.
Pattern Atlas
Read the highlighted country set and choose the shared rule that connects those places.
Order Atlas
Read a known signal, move the country cards into order, then compare against the true values.
Game library
Choose another game when you are ready.
These games share the same geography-native style, but you can learn Mystery Map first and come back to the rest.
Pattern Atlas basics
How a Pattern Atlas round works.
Pattern Atlas shows a highlighted set of countries. Your job is to name the rule those mapped countries share.
Read the highlighted set
Country names stay hidden at first. Study where the highlighted countries cluster, spread out, or avoid.
Spend clues carefully
Clues can reveal the broad category, one highlighted country, or one country that does not fit the rule.
Choose the shared rule
The reveal shows the answer, explanation, sources, highlighted countries, and mapped-country scope notes when needed.
Order Atlas basics
How an Order Atlas round works.
Order Atlas gives you the signal up front. The puzzle is putting the country cards into the right order before values are revealed.
Read the challenge
The prompt tells you the indicator and whether to sort from highest to lowest or lowest to highest.
Move the cards
Use the up, down, top, and bottom controls to arrange the countries. Values stay hidden until you submit.
Reveal the exact order
Each exact placement earns points. The result compares your order with the true order, values, unit, source, and explanation.
Modes and accounts
Samples, Daily games, and Pro runs stay clearly separated.
No account is needed for Sample Runs. Free accounts unlock Daily-enabled games. Pro opens the deeper supported modes in the current library.
Signed-out Sample Runs
Try each game without an account. Sample progress is local to your browser and does not create account stats.
Free Daily games
Free accounts can play Daily-enabled games. Mystery Map has account-backed Daily progress, streaks, and basic stats.
Pro supported modes
Pro includes Mystery Map Custom Atlas, Pattern Atlas Pattern Runs, and Order Atlas Pro Play where those modes are available.
Mystery Map skill tiers
Choose how much Mystery Map helps.
These skill tiers are specific to Mystery Map. Pattern Atlas and Order Atlas use their own clue and reveal systems.
Explorer
Easiest tier with broad answers and generous clues.
- 3 broad choices
- 3 country reveals
- Country names on hover
- Useful unit clues
Analyst
RecommendedBalanced serious play with plausible choices and enough evidence to reason it out.
- 4 plausible choices
- 3 country reveals
- Useful unit clues
- Default serious play
Cartographer
Hard tier for strong geography and data players.
- 6 close choices
- 1 country reveal
- Useful unit clues
- Closely related distractors
Atlas Master
Brutal expert tier with no visible answer list.
- No visible answer choices
- Search the approved catalog
- 1 country reveal
- Useful unit clues
Mystery Map scoring
Every Mystery Map clue spends points.
Pattern Atlas and Order Atlas score their own round types differently, then show sources and explanations on reveal.
Each round starts at 1,000 points. Revealing a new country value costs 100 points, revealing the unit costs 100 points, and each wrong answer costs 300 points. Point totals can finish below zero, but you can always continue to the reveal.
Daily has no speed bonus. The strongest runs come from reading the map before spending clues.
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