Country DrawCountry DrawA geography drawing game made by someone who never quite stopped staring at maps.
Country Draw started with a simple frustration: most geography quizzes ask you to recognize a country, not to remember it. Recognition is easy. You see a shape and pick the right answer from a list. But recognition fades fast — the shape leaves your head the moment you look away.
Drawing is different. The moment you try to sketch a country from memory, every gap in your mental map becomes obvious. That's the idea behind Country Draw: turn passive recognition into active recall, and give you honest, visual feedback on where your memory of the world actually holds up.
Your drawing is auto-scaled and centered before grading, so a small sketch and a huge one are judged the same. Only the shape and proportions you drew affect your score — never your canvas size or where you started.
Every outline comes from Natural Earth's 1:110m public-domain dataset. The coastline you're scored against is the genuine world border, not a hand-drawn simplification.
Some countries are simply harder to draw than others. Italy's boot, Chile's thin spine, Indonesia's scattered islands — Country Draw doesn't flatten that. The challenge is real, and so is the reward of getting one right.
The paper textures, ink strokes, and hand-drawn grid aren't decoration — they're a deliberate nod to the age of exploration, when knowing a country's shape meant something.
Press "New Country" and Country Draw picks one at random. You'll see its name — nothing else.
Click and drag (or use your finger) to trace the border in one stroke. Made a mistake? Release and start over.
Hit "Finish" and your sketch is overlaid on the real border, with a score and a color-coded map of where you drifted.
Country Draw is built by an independent developer with a soft spot for geography and old maps. There's no company behind it — just one person who thought drawing countries from memory should be more fun.
Yes, completely. No account, no paywall, no premium tier. Open the page and play.
From Natural Earth, a public-domain vector map dataset at 1:110m scale. The borders you're scored against are the real world coastlines and boundaries.
Because Country Draw compares shape, not size. If you nail the overall proportions but miss a key peninsula or bay, the IoU score will reflect that honestly. It's meant to show you exactly where your memory slips — not to flatter you.
Yes. Country Draw is a side project that grows slowly, and good ideas are always welcome. Reach out through the contact links in the footer.