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Follow up on the latest improvements and updates.
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Thank you for continuing to play GeoGuessr.
As always the team is hard at work updating the game and resolving issues reported you. Below you can find everything the team has implemented recently.
Multiplayer
- We have released the highly requested feature, Unranked Solo Duels
- Released spectate-after-guess feature in Solo Duels (Unranked, Competitive, Party)
- New Duels stats released including country stats, in-game tab functionality and updated design.
- Added Rivalry stats in Competitive Solo Duels.
- New Map rotation for Competitive Solo Duels.
- New in-game settings layout and design in Competitive Solo Duels.
You can watch a highlights video covering some of these features here.
Mobile
iOS
- Unlocking landmarks now gives you rewards.
Android
- Daily Challenge is now available on version 9.5
Meta
Released the player progression update! This includes a bunch of changes, but primarily these are the highlights:
- EXP is now shown in all game modes whenever it is earned.
- Player level is given a greater meaning, as you go up in level you'll get rewards in the Explorer's Path.
- Exclusive rewards are given to Elite subscribers.
- Items is a new category of customization for Elite users that allows you to wield a bunch of cool things in your hand (Bollards, marshmallows, what's the best combination you can come up with?).
- Profile background images are now given out as a part of the Explorer Path.
- You can customize your profile background.
Community
We have now released Custom Challenges based on this community feature request.
- You can now select 1-10 locations for your challenges.
- You can choose between random locations or curate the locations by re-ordering them or replacing ones you do not want to include with a different one.
- Curated Challenge maps show they have been curated and creators of the challenge link cannot participate in the challenge.
Other notables
- Updated the look of the account settings page giving it a cleaner and easier to digest look.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed bug causing leaderboard entries to be incorrectly expanded when switching between weekly and global leaderboards.
- Fixed bug causing (non-rating) stats to be hidden when not having played a Competitive Duel for two weeks.
- Competitive Team Duels name editor is now case sensitive.
- Fixed bug causing Steam users getting stuck when trying to change from a Steam account to a linked web account.
- Fixed bug causing free Steam users getting stuck in unranked duels queue.
Hello everyone,
Thank you for continuing to play GeoGuessr.
As always the team is hard at work updating the game and resolving issues reported you. Below you can find everything the team has been working on, including an number of bug fixes.
Multiplayer
- Updated selection of maps for competitive Solo and Team Duels.
- Launched game mode ratings for competitive Team Duels, along with updated leaderboard visuals.
Single Player
- Users are now able to see pending map-collaboration requests in the Creator Hub, and Approve or Deny invitations.
- In the Creator Hub, you can now add locations to your Locations Library.
Mobile
Android
- Live Challenges will be available on the latest android version from October 1st.
Meta (Player progression, Avatar & Shop)
- You now have the ability to choose your profile border when customising your avatar.
- There is a new dog in town, check out the hotdog dog in the companion section of the shop!
- Rarity & descriptions of avatar items have been updated, as well as the sort order in the shop.
Community
- No longer handing out explorer mode medals when playing challenges.
- Removed scoring-related achievements from player-created challenges (5k and 25k badge).
- You can now see your most recent match history from the Duels page. You can also check out another player’s most recent matches from their profile page (note: they need to be actively playing in competitive for this to show).
- You can now remove your pin/guess selection in all game modes when shift+clicking anywhere on the the guessign map!
Bug Fixes:
- Users reaching the Weekly games limit in competitive Solo and Team Duels will always see an informational banner on this
- Made fixes reducing the number of "black panos" in Duels
- Fixed a bug that made it possible to conduct an Investigation on your own report.
- Made improvements reducing the frequency of "black panos".
- Fixed a leaderboard issue Where it was incorrectly showing the player’s position on the leaderboard.
- Fixed layering issue with top players box and challenge participants.
- Fixed small issue with user avatar in Trivia cards.
- Fixed a small bug in the Locations Library where the added location would only show after refreshing the page.
- Fixed issue where the 5k editor hidden behind map.
- Fixed the issue where updating your avatar would cause your custom profile image to be replaced.
Hello everyone, thank you for continuing to play GeoGuessr.
As always the team is hard at work updating the game and resolving issues reported by you either through our support form or Canny. Below you can find everything the team has been working on, including an number of bug fixes.
Single Player
- New looks for the Round Results screen in Community Maps and Streaks.
- Updated XP animation in Classic Maps Round Results screen.
- Players can now see if they import multiple Trivia to one pano in Map Maker.
- Improved search in Community Maps + Trending sorting
Mutliplayer
- Released official WC bundles in shop
- Added game link for Party Team Duels under Activities
- New "invite to party" design for easier access to URL sharing
- Avatars in competitive Team Duels can now do animated emotes
- During matchmaking in competitive Solo Duels, users can now see their own and opponent's last 5 games results
Mobile
iOS + Android
- Started rolling out updated UI in Classic and Multiplayer.
Android
- World Explorers is released.
Shop and avatar customisations
We're live with an new shop and companion!
Key improvements:
- Unified experience - Shop and customization are now seamlessly integrated with try-before-you-buy functionality
- Better organization - New categorization makes finding items intuitive and fast.
- Mobile optimization - Significantly improved experience across all devices.
- Asset overhaul - More control, better consistency, smoother performance.
New Elite perks:
- Expanded shop access - Elite subscribers get exclusive items beyond the standard collection.
- Companion system - Equip a loyal companion that appears alongside your avatar, with rare variants unlocking based on subscription loyalty (including an exclusive companion for 3+ year Elite members).
Community
- Performance issues have been fixed in the map maker for large maps.
- Released "Challenge the World Championship players 2025".
- Clarified the email verification and reset password interface on the profile page.
- Fixed issues with irrelevant search results in the community maps section
#Seterra
- Revamped the Seterra app released on Android.
- New start page launched.
Bug fixes
- Fixed a Daily Challenge button misaligned on mobile.
- Fixed the double Tuesday on Daily Challenge calendar.
- When a club member temporarily leaves and rejoins a Club, their XP contribution in leaderboard won't be reset.
- Fixed bug causing Unranked Team Duels not being playable on Steam for some users.
- Fixed issue causing some ranked Duels games played Monday mornings not getting/losing rating properly.
- Addressed issue causing map zoom level in Game master mode to be off.
- The correct location marker in all Duels is now shown atop the players' guess markers
- Fixed so that clicking a competitive Team Duels invite now takes you to Team Duels, not Solo Duels.
- Fixed bug causing activities not to show up.
- Fixed wrong step count for rounds missing pano id
Hey Gang,
We're back from vacations and resuming our regularly scheduled patch notes, Check out the lates updates and fixes below.
Single Player
- Ongoing Games page now has a disclaimer about activity expiration.
- Streaks page now shows current Ongoing Streak Games.
- Collaborators can now publish maps as well.
- My Maps has been replaced by Creator Hub. Read more here.
Multiplayer
- Activities tab in Clubs. Users can now see when club members joined/left, completed missions, and when the club levelled up.
- Added Latvian and Estonian as selectable languages in Clubs.
- It's now possible to abort (as opposed to only leave) an ongoing Duels game.
- It's now possible to skip end game animations in Duels.
- Investigations is now available for users with a competitive rating of 950 or higher
- Updated maps for competitive Solo and Team Duels
- World Championships (WC) anthem remix challenge winners announced.
- WC page updated with Finals bracket among other things
- Club tag is now clickable on user profile page.
- New UI for Party Duels (Solo and Team) as well as Tournament Duels, mirroring the competitive Duels UI.
- Added Club progression rewards
Mobile
iOS
: - Trivia in Daily Challenge available.
- Trivia in the solo game available.
Android
: - The Key Master event is live. Collect keys when playing to unlock rewards!
Community
- Community members can now claim a free avatar outfit inside our official Discord server - If you aren't a member yet you can find an invite for this on the homepage carousel.
Bug fixes
- Fixed auto-hide for Trivia on mobile.
- Fixed Map Maker bug in which Trivia was showing in wrong location.
- Fixed spacebar wrongfully starting game when reporting.
- Fixed leaderboard not updating for specific users.
- Visual adjustment of avatar cropping in Trivia.
- Users can now claim club XP despite having a full coins wallet.
- Fixed issue that caused the return to checkpoint functionality in Duels to not work properly.
- It's now possible to write new lines in Club descriptions and rules.
- Fixed bug causing the round result screen in Duels being over-outzoomed when animations are toggled off
- Fixed bug causing rating not always being awarded properly for competitive Duels during Monday mornings
- Added clickable link to summary of Party Team Duels games under activities
- Fixed issue where delete key would wrongfully delete location when writing.
- Minor update in Quick Access for new players.
- Deleting Trivia text in Map Maker now saves automatically.
Here's the latest updates and fixes that have happened during June.
It's summer time and with vacations for various teams just around the corner, patch notes may be a little less frequent, but will be resumed full force after the summer months. However, we will continue you to keep you updated on any major changes.
Singleplayer
- Game breakdown screen now let’s you zoom in on each round’s result by clicking Round name or Total for full view.
- Improved search by name in Community Maps.
- Quizzes now have standard images per category added to them.
- Small tweak in gradient opacity on Quiz cards for better readability.
- Added globe image to Map Page and Results Screen for Famous Places and World maps.
- Daily Game now has 1 location with Trivia.
- Players can now add Trivia to Classic Maps and Streaks via the Round Results Page.
Multiplayer
- Published Open Majors and Wildcard 1 schedules.
- Added Steam indicator next to player name in Duels (in-game)
Mobile
iOS and Andriod
- Win Streak is now available for everyone
Bug fixes
- Solved a bug Where Trivia box couldn’t be closed on Chrome on Android phones. Now the trivia box starts closed by default in small screens / devices.
- Corrected “plays / players” counter text in Map Page.
- Fixed avatar size in Round Results Screen.
- Fixed issue with Round Results feedback was showing to everyone, now the animation and feedback is capped at level 25.
- Fixed small autosave issue in Map Maker.
- Fixed bar animation in Round Results that wasn’t triggering after clicking to see the game breakdown.
- Fixed small issue with Collaborators visibility in Map Page.
- Fixed small typo in Map Page.
- Fixed issue with random teammate finder for Team Duels causing a flickering loop
- Fixed issue with random teammate finder for Team Duels causing you to get matched with the same teammate over and over again
- Fixed issue causing a non-selected game mode being applied in Solo Duels matchmaking
- general bug fixes and improvements on mobile
A little late with this one, so apologies for that, but here is what the teams have been working on up the 30th May 2025. Don't worry we will have more to share with you for June too!
Single Player
We recently added location reactions to Classic, Streak and Community Maps. Giving you a way of sharing your perception of the pano with others!
- Pano reactions emoji animation can be turned off in settings.
- Pano reaction wheel is now available on the results screen for Singleplayer games.
- After player feedback we moved the reaction animation to the Results Screen to prevent the emojis -giving “spoilers” on the level.
We have added your 3D animated avatar to Classic Maps page.
- Added auto-saving to Location description in Map-Maker.
- Added text wrapping to Quiz names.
- Location description now shows who submitted that text!
- Renamed Location Notes to Trivia.
- We have implemented a limit of 50 Ongoing Games that are stored per player. The list is ordered by date and all game will expire in 90 days, with the exception that the 4 most recent streaks are always protected, if you reach 50 ongoing games, however, the 90 day storage limit still applies.
Mobile
iOS
- World Explorers was released where players can complete levels, and compete with other players to win prizes at the end of the event!
Multiplayer
- Added World Championship Anthem remix challenge, WC trailer and WC Majors promos on World Championship.
- Added Steam indicator in Duels matchmaking.
- Competitive players can now see when they've reached this week's number of full value (weekly) games.
- Game mode is now visible in Solo and Team Duels matchmaking.
- Added button to skip a case in Investigations (e.g. in case of black pano)
- Added support for more currencies on Steam
- Removed redundant achievements on Steam
- Published EMEA Majors schedule
- Added in-game player country flags in Team Duels
World Championships
If you missed the action at the Americas Major that took place on the 24th of May 2025 at Dreamhack Dallas, you can catch up on the absolute cinema of the Grand Finals here, or catch the full day here.
Community
When playing Team Duels you now have the ability to ping your location guesses before placing it using CTRL/CMD + clicking.
- When searching for a team mate in Competitive and Casual Team Duels, a notification sound is now played when you have been paired up with a player.
Seterra
- Challenge creators in Seterra can now delete entries from the leaderboard.
- Fixed a bug with entries on challenges showing up multiple times.
Bug Fixes
- Changed filters behaviour in Community Maps to be additive.
- Fixed wrong behaviour with back button in Community Maps.
- Improved search and sorting in Community Maps, when typing for map name.
- Fixed the avatar mask preventing clicking on “Suggested For You” map in Classic Maps.
- Fixed round results minutes calculation mismatching leaderboard and game breakdown.
- Fixed issue causing you to be thrown out of team duel when getting a friend request.
- Fixed issue causing HP in Duels to be incorrectly visualised (visually deducting points from the wrong player/team).
- Fixed issue causing you to be locked in Ranked Team Duels if teammate unfriended you.
- Fixed issue causing Play Again button not showing in Unranked Team Duels.
- Fixed bug causing wrong team rating being displayed in Team Duels matchmaking screen
- Fixed bug causing missing previous weeks' results in Team Duels
- Moved outdated achievement Sports Fan to legacy badges
Lots of new updates and fixes have been happening on GeoGuessr. Here's what the teams have been doing up until 16th May 2025. Enjoy!
Single Player
- We've release a new Community Maps page, with brand new search filters.
We also addressed the Community feedback on things we missed:
- Added verified map icon to cards
- Made the creator’s name clickable
- Increased the size of the like button
- Last played and last updated information now shows on the new Map Page
- Added report map button
Not only that, we have made some improvements to the sorting of Community Quizzes. You can filter based on topics but upvoting or downvoting quizzes will change the what you see on the page.
- After completing a Quiz the continue butto here will now redirect back to the start page for that quiz, as opposed to Spin the Wheel Page.
Last but not least you can now see a Live player count in Community and Classic Maps.
Homepage
We've updated the home page with a brand new look!
This is adapted to your play style and will give you a clearer overview of what matters,
- Quick access to your most recently played games.
- Fresh updates and active events.
- Easy access to those sweet daily coins.
- The new home of the daily mission.
This is a first pass on the new Homepage and you can expect more to follow.
Mobile
We released the APAC Season, in conjunction with the APAC majors. Play through the season to earn a cool hat for your avatar!
Win Streak is also live! Guess correctly and build up your steak to earn bonus points and tickets.
Multiplayer
We released the GeoGuessr Steam Edition.
You can either create a new account through Steam or link your existing GeoGuessr account to bring your level, rank and other progress along. The Steam Editions is in early access, and we plan to add more to this title over time.
Free players can enjoy:
- Unlimited Amateur Division
- Unlimited Unranked Team Duels
The full version includes:
Ranked Solo duels*
*
You will need either a Steam Pass, a Yearly Unlimited or Elite browser subscription to unlock this.
Some other notable updates:
- Updated leaderboard design for ranked Solo Duels.
- New UI for competitive Team Duels, to match the Solo Duels UI.
- New guessing pins for competitive Solo and Team Duels.
- New UI for Investigations.
- Open Major qualification race completed.
- New World Championship page and sub-pages for the Majors.
- Added support for Japanese Yen on Steam
World Championship:
We're excited to release the official song for the World Championship,
Legendary by Mapei
. Take a listen here
The APAC Majors was also held this weekend. If you missed this, you can watch the full event here
Community
We have added some new features based on your submissions to the feature request board!
- On a players profile where it shows your friends in common, you can now click to see exactly who those are!
- We have added the ability to see a profile account's creation date.. Simply hover over the player's name to see the date!
Seterra
We have recently added highscores for Custom Challenges. The creator of the challenge can see all scores, the best or first score of players.
We have also added new progression!
It is now possible to gather Medals on certain quizzes on the different Continents on specific quizzes.
Quizzes are based on getting knowledge on a continents:
- Countries
- Flags
- Capitals/Major Cities.
You can now put your knowledge to the test and see if you can get Platinum medal on all the continent quizzes. This is available for both Pin and Type game modes.
Other Seterra changes:
- Updated out-dated quizzes on site including wrong flags etc.
- Added a share button for Custom Challenges under MyResults.
General Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug in Classic where the medals counter was showing 115/114.
- Fixed a small bug of the report button moving out of place on the Map Page
- Fixed how long names are displayed in Community Maps cards
- Now if you are playing community Maps you only get recommended other community maps, not Classic.
Hey gang!
Here's everything that we've been working on in the last couple weeks!
Single Player
- Added a confirmation modal before deleting draft maps.
- Voting and Reporting added to Community Quizzes.
- Keep it fresh with the new Shuffle mode for Classic Maps
From the results screen you either press the play again on your current map or you can press shuffle and let the game give you - at random - the next map to play. At any moment in time you can just un-select shuffle mode and go back to having "play again" as your main action in the results screen!
Multiplayer
- Added "Duels played" info to Investigations
Community
- You can now set your preferred date formatting for leaderboards, subscriptions and Seterra by visiting your account settings
- New Verified tag for Top Searches to address issues with duplicate/copied maps.
Mobile
iOS
- Party up with ease: You can now share a party invite or join a party with QR codes!
- It’s now possible to set and go to checkpoints in Daily Challenges and Classic games.
- Take part in the new event Key Master:When successfully completing a level earn keys depending on how well you do. These keys are used to unlock rewards on the Key Master reward track.
General Bug Fixes
- Fixed duplicated in My Quizzes and Community Quizzes page.
- Fixed publish and save buttons in map editor.
- Long titles are now correctly aligned to the left in Community Maps.
- Fixed minor bug with user scoring in Community Maps.
- Fixed a bug causing no cases to be available for Investigations
- Fixed bug showing incorrect information in the weekly summary in Duels
Hey everyone,
We have new patch notes highlighting what we've been doing up until the 4th April 2025.
Multiplayer
- The store page for GeoGuessr Steam Edition is now live. Add it your wishlist here!
- Added a "details" button on the Solo Duels main page that gives you an overview of your ratings for all game modes.
- We have removed the separate countdown screen between rounds in Solo Duels, instead the countdown will start over the map of the previous round's result screen.
- We have shortened the Solo Duels round countdown time by 1 second!
- Increased the number of Weekly games for Bronze division in Solo Duels to 20 (from 10), effective week starting March 31st
- Published Open Majors qualification leaderboard
- Updated the maps used in Ranked Team Duels & Solo Duels
Community
- Added the option to for players to sign out of all logged in sessions from your account page
Other
- We have added the Location Library to Map-Maker. More details can be found here!
- You can now resize the UI in the Map-Maker, with multiple view options.
- Text on Location in Map Maker, previously only available to verified users, is now usable to all with a paid subscription.
iOS & Android
- Updated Country Streak, how many times can you guess the correct country in a row? Build up your streak and get rewards!
iOS
- Made additional updates to the Daily Challenge.
General Bug Fixes
- Fixed Map Maker running at lower FPS on Firefox and Edge.
- Fixed X icon appearing in country streak during correct guess.
- Multiple small fixes to Map Maker.
- Fixed right click issue in Card Collection inside Campaign.
Multiplayer
- Launched new Duels UI: https://www.geoguessr.com/multiplayer
- Opened application for Open Major qualification
- Competitive maps update.
- More anti cheat improvements.
Other
- X2 Replays feature: https://www.geoguessr.com/support/feature-requests/p/x2-speed-for-replays
- Added visual 5k score radius when creating maps.
- Added feedback when creating a map and importing it from an outside tool.
- Adding nudge for Classic Maps on homepage. (50/50 experiment)
- Improved Locations Importing system
- Options for both Add & Replace locations
- Additional support from 3rd Party JSON (such as map-making.app)
- Visual feedback when importing locations
- Option to adjust Map Scoring with 5K radius
- You can now Delete a location with ‘DELETE’-key
- Access a Map through the editor by clicking the name
iOS
- Updates to the Daily Challenge, improved UI and added functionality such as the possibility to look at previous days leaderboard.
- Included support for more languages in the game.
General Bug Fixes
- Fixed bug with incorrect panos in Courses
- Fixed minor error in Campaign.
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