HistopinGEO
Guess where history's greatest figures were born
HistopinGEO launched on August 28, 2026 with 1 votes, #11,494 of 23,274 launches that month.
What it does
HistopinGEO is a GeoGuessr-style game where you drop a pin on where you think historical figures were born. You're shown a figure — Napoleon, Cleopatra, Ibn Battuta, Tesla — and you guess their birthplace on a world map. The further off you are, the worse your score. With 25+ maps covering Roman Emperors, Islamic Scholars, Scientists, World Leaders and more, and a database of 145,000 historical figures, every round teaches you something new.
A free geography guessing game with 150,000+ real historical figures. Drop a pin where each figure was born and score by distance. No sign-up needed.
A face appears. You decide where on Earth they came into the world. HistopinGEO is a free geography guessing game built on 150,000+ real historical figures across 198 countries. Five rounds, one map, every figure real. Each round shows a real historical figure — a name, a portrait, and sometimes a hint about their field or era. You drop a pin anywhere on the world map where you think they were born. Land within 50km of the real birthplace and you get the full 5,000 points: a deliberately generous bullseye, since many historical figures are only recorded to the nearest town or region rather than an exact address. Beyond that, your score decays smoothly with distance — a guess a few hundred…from histopin.netlify.app
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