GeoNerve

One grid. Thirty places. Twelve of them belong. Countries that border China. Rivers that reach the Mediterranean. Islands larger than Sicily. Tap a tile you think fits and the pot grows. Tap another and it grows faster. Keep going and it climbs into the thousands — but tap one wrong tile and you lose everything you built. So when do you stop? That is the whole game. There is no luck to beat and no timer to race. You are told the category, you are told exactly how many belong, and you are shown the odds on every single tap. The only thing between you and a bigger pot is what you know about the world, and nerve. GEOGRAPHY YOU CAN REASON ABOUT Not capital-city flashcards. Every category is one you can work out from the tiles if you think about it — which countries have only one neighbour, which capitals are not the largest city in their country, which deserts sit south of the Equator. You will finish some days knowing something you did not know at breakfast. EVERYONE GETS THE SAME GRID One puzzle a day, the same one for everybody, from midnight. Compare where you stopped against your friends or against everyone who played. Being beaten by someone who went one tap deeper is a very specific kind of annoying. BANK IT, OR PUSH ON Stop at four and you will keep a modest pile, reliably, every time. Push to eleven and you will occasionally walk away with a fortune. Most players find out where their nerve runs out somewhere around day three. BUILD A CHARACTER Coins you bank buy hats, faces, outfits, backdrops and auras, all drawn in one hand-made cartoon style. The longer you play, the rarer and stranger your character gets. The best pieces move, and take weeks of daily banking to afford. Nothing in the shop is random — you always know exactly what you are saving for. KEEP A STREAK Play every day and your winnings multiply. Miss a day and the streak is gone, unless you had the foresight to keep a streak freeze in your pocket. GEONERVE MEMBER An optional subscription opens every past puzzle in the archive, removes the ads entirely, earns you coins faster, and drops a members-only piece into your wardrobe each month. Free to play, and free to keep playing.