How to play GeoHide

Every player secretly picks a hiding spot somewhere in the world using Google Street View. Once everyone's hidden, you take turns being the hunters: you're dropped into another player's panorama and have to work out where on the map they are. The closer your guess, the more points you score — and the harder you are to find, the more the hider scores.

No account needed. From the home screen, pick a nickname and either Create Lobby to start a new room, or enter a friend's 6-character code to Join theirs. The host can tweak settings and starts the game once everyone is ready.

1. Hiding phase. Everyone explores the world map and Street View at the same time and locks in a hiding spot. Use Random to jump somewhere, or search for a place.
2. Get ready. A short countdown before the hunt begins.
3. Guessing. One sub-round per hider — everyone else explores that player's panorama for clues and drops a pin where they think it is, before the timer runs out.
4. Reveal. The true location appears, with every guess, the distances, and the points awarded.
5. Intermission. Between rounds the host decides when to continue — a chance to check the standings.

Guessers earn up to 5,000 points per guess — a perfect pin is 5,000, and points fall off the further away you are (about 1,800 at 2,000 km).

Hiders earn a bonus based on how badly everyone missed them — the harder you are to find, the bigger the reward. Stay hidden and the points add up.

The highest combined score after all rounds wins.

• Rounds per player — how many times each player hides.
• Hide & guess time limits — how long each phase lasts.
• No Move — when on, guessers can look around the panorama but can't walk, making it tougher and fairer.

• Look for language on signs, road markings, and license plates.
• Vegetation, architecture, and which side of the road cars drive on narrow it down.
• When hiding, a spot with few unique clues is harder to pin down.