Your first game
Your goal is to work out where the view was taken. You do not need to know Minecraft coordinates to enjoy a game.
Play a round
- Open Play & maps, choose a map, and keep Solo selected.
- Pick a difficulty and click Start exploring.
- Drag the picture to look around. You can turn your view, but you cannot walk around.
- Look for a mountain, beach, river, road, or interesting building.
- Open the small map in the bottom-right corner. Click where you think you are to place a pin.
- Move the pin if you change your mind, then submit your guess before time runs out.
Pick your pace
- Easy: 3 minutes per round, with zoom. A good place to start.
- Normal: 90 seconds per round, with zoom.
- Hard: 30 seconds per round, without zoom. Bring your detective hat.
“Just one more look around.” The timer: 0:01. 💀
How points work
A closer guess earns more points. You can get up to 5,000 per round and 25,000 across all five rounds. If the clock runs out without a guess, that round gets zero. You can still finish the game.
North is at the top of the map. Compare shapes: a bend in a river or the edge of a forest can be easier to spot than a single house.
A familiar reaction when every mountain looks like your mountain. Meme source: Imgflip.
See how you did
At the end, compare your guesses with the real locations. Visit the Leaderboard to search for players or choose a difficulty. Your best full-game score is used for ranking. Multiplayer has its own results, and private imported maps do not add leaderboard scores.