State Showdown
Which state has higher median home value?
Tap a state to guess
Wrong!
About State Showdown
State Showdown pairs two US states, shown only as outlines on the map, and asks a single question: which one wins on a real statistic, from population and median income to average temperature, snowfall, farm count, or National Park Service sites? Pick a state and the actual number reveals itself alongside the correct answer. Fifteen rounds, one point per correct guess.
The game doubles as a fast way to build real geographic intuition. Every round ties a state's shape to a verifiable fact pulled from Census, NOAA, USDA, NPS, and CDC data, so players learn to associate silhouettes with real-world scale instead of just memorizing names. Playing enough rounds builds a working sense of how states actually compare, on wealth, climate, land use, and health, not just where they sit on a map.
State Log
More on how the states stack up
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