About
One plate, one country, one guess
FoodGuess is built around a specific feeling: you see a dish, you have no idea where it is from, and yet something tells you roughly which part of the world to look in. There are 1,823 foods, desserts and drinks in the game, spanning 197 countries.
What the game does
You get a photo, a list of ingredients and a short description. That is all. There is no multiple choice and no shortlist of four options — every country on earth is available, and you have to reason your way to the right one.
When you miss, we do not simply say no. We show you which direction the correct country lies in and how far away you are. Your next guess comes from knowledge rather than luck, which is the difference between a quiz and an investigation.
Where the dishes come from
Country-to-dish relationships start from the Wikipedia lists of national dishes and national drinks, with Wikidata supplying stable identifiers and image relationships. Photographs come from Wikimedia Commons together with their author and licence data, all of it listed on the Credits page.
A raw list does not make a game, though. The bank is curated: ambiguous, poorly documented and misleading entries are removed, and we specifically check that no description or ingredient list gives the answer away. A dish whose description names its own country of origin is a reading exercise, not a puzzle.
Who it is for
People who like eating and people who like maps, which turns out to be a large overlap. Geographic knowledge helps and so does time spent cooking, but neither is a prerequisite — the feedback after every guess means you learn as you play.
Solo play is unlimited. If you are with other people you can open a room with a shareable code and everyone guesses the same round live. Streamers use this to play along with their chat.