| Rating: | 5 (1 votes) |
| Played: | 0 times |
| Classification: | Skill Games |
I have never been good at remembering dates. Back in school, history exams made me sweat. Yet lately I willingly open my browser every morning to guess the years of historical events. The reason is Eraly, a free online game that you play directly on the web, with no download and no account needed.
Every day the game gives you 7 moments from history with the year hidden. It might be a battle, an invention, or a first sea crossing. You type the year you think it happened and press GO. You get 25 seconds and exactly one guess.
What I like most is that your airship flies through 5 eras: Ancient, Medieval, Early Modern, Industrial and Modern. The closer your guess, the further the airship travels. Hit the exact year and the sky turns gold, which looks really satisfying.
Each question is worth up to 100 points, so a perfect day is 700. I used to think being 20 years off would be punished heavily. It turns out the game scales the allowed error with the age of the event. Being 20 years off the release of the iPhone is bad, but being 20 years off the year Mount Vesuvius buried Pompeii is actually very good.
After each question, the game shows the real year, a short verified fact and a link to the original Wikipedia article. I often click through, and more than once I have lost a whole morning to an interesting article.
The new puzzle appears at midnight your local time, so it is easy to challenge friends and compare scores.
There is original pixel art for each era, skies with weather effects, and background music that changes with the era and the countdown clock.
If 7 questions are not enough, try this mode. You start with 3 chrono-cells and lose one whenever you score below 30. A streak of strong guesses multiplies your score up to ×4, exact years earn a bonus, and the clock shrinks from 25 down to 12 seconds. Every 700 points completes one lap through time.
Yes. It is completely free and requires no sign-in.
No. You play directly in your browser, on desktop or mobile.
The daily set has 7 questions with one guess each. For more, jump into Endless Expedition.
Every event is drawn from a Wikipedia article, with a source link in the answer reveal.
Eraly does not make you memorize anything. It turns history into a short, beautiful game with a little suspense. If you want a reason to get curious about the past this weekend, play a round of Eraly.
If you like quick, simple, addictive games, also try Definitely Not a Platformer, Lumen Ruin Runner and Doodle Jump.
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