Game modes
Last updated: 15 October 2026
GeoPursuit has the same core loop in every mode — read the clue, find the place, drop a pin — but the modes differ in who you play against and how a run ends. All of them are free to play.
The daily
Five places a day, the same five for everyone, one run per day. It is the quickest way into the game and the thing to compare with friends: everybody got the same questions, so the scores mean something. Signed-in players have several daily plays to choose from — a themed category round, the shared daily and a daily Battle Royale. Players without an account can play one daily mode. Daily scores count towards the weekly leaderboard.
Practice
Practice runs are ten questions drawn from the whole pool, and you choose which categories to include. When a run ends you can start a new set of ten. The server avoids repeating the last twenty questions, so a second run really is ten places you were not just shown. Practice is the place to learn a topic without any pressure.
Ranked 1v1
Two players, the same questions, and a health bar each. Both start on 10,000 HP. After every round the player with the lower score loses health: 1,800 plus ten times the score difference, capped at 5,000. The match ends when one bar reaches zero, which takes at most twelve rounds. A round lasts up to two minutes; once your opponent locks in an answer you have twelve seconds left to lock in yours. Wins and losses move your rating on the ranked ladder, and the referee is the server, so a result cannot be changed from a browser.
Battle Royale
Up to eight players answer the same question each round. The lowest scores take damage and, as health runs out, players are knocked out until one is left standing. Placement pays experience points and coins — first place 150 XP and 50 coins, second 100 and 30, third 75 and 20, fourth 50 and 15, everyone else 25 and 10. Leaving a match early pays nothing. The royale has its own leaderboard for wins, games played and top-three finishes.
Friend duels
Challenge a friend to a private 1v1 by sending an invite from your friends list or a five-character code that anyone can type. An invite stays open for ten minutes. Friend duels play exactly like ranked ones but never change anyone's rating, so they are for fun.
Friends and groups
Add friends with a friend code (GP- followed by five characters) or from the result lists. Groups of up to eight can queue together for a Battle Royale: the group leader starts the match, everyone is seated together and the remaining places are filled when the match starts.
Not sure where to start? Play the daily, then try a practice run in a category you like, and take what you learned into a duel. The scoring guide explains exactly where your points come from.