Stack the Countries®
Education
Ratings
Age
4+
Category
Education
Languages
English
Fri Oct 31 2025
* Fixed Turkey not showing in correct position on Europe map
* Add Spain as a bordering country of Morocco
* Updated Botswana and Zambia as bordering countries
* Updated languages of Lesotho
* Updated languages of Zimbabwe
Stack the Countries makes learning world geography an interactive adventure. Answer questions about capitals, locations, and landmarks to earn one of 193 animated countries. Each country is a unique shape and size, which you must carefully touch, move, and drop to build a stable stack that reaches the finish line. As you win more countries, you unlock three bonus mini-games: Map It, Pile Up, and Capital Drop. With interactive maps to study and personalized avatars, it’s a comprehensive educational tool that provides hours of physics-based fun for the whole family.
Dinsun Expert Review
Our Expert Score
Stack the Countries is that rare educational game that children actually want to play. It takes the potentially dry subject of world geography and turns it into a vibrant, physics-based puzzle challenge. The core mechanic of answering a question to earn a country—each with its own unique shape and size—and then stacking them to reach a finish line is brilliant. You aren't just memorizing names; you're learning the physical 'weight' and geography of the world.
The game covers 193 countries and includes details like capitals, flags, and landmarks, making it incredibly comprehensive. The inclusion of mini-games like 'Map It' and 'Pile Up' provides variety, and the ability to earn 'random countries' for your own personalized world map creates a satisfying sense of collection. It’s polished, colorful, and genuinely fun for all ages. It turns learning into a game of skill and strategy that feels rewarding with every successful stack.
Features
193 Animated Countries
3 Bonus Mini-Games
Interactive World Maps
Physics-based Stacking Gameplay
Tips & Walkthrough
Wider countries like Russia or Canada make excellent foundations. Try to place smaller or awkwardly shaped countries in the center of the stack to keep the center of gravity low and prevent the whole pile from toppling over.
Gameplays
Before diving into the game, use the interactive maps to study. You can zoom in on continents and tap individual countries to see their capitals and flags, which will help you answer questions more quickly during the main game.
Screenshot
Q&A
Map It is a mini-game where you are given a country and must correctly identify its location on a world map to earn points.
Ratings & Reviews
Changed my life more then you could know intellectually
Fri Feb 18 2022 Skierjoeb777story time: Background: I was interested at a young age in geography and understanding world how we currently know it. it was the 5th grade, I was in a social studies class where my generation was lucky to have school ipads and the teacher had us play stack the states one day as apart of the learning curriculum which was fantastic, One of the other students had asked for clarification if it was stack the countries or states and she had responded saying “ no that one is to hard for our grade level they may let u in high school” You know I had to try it since i learned from the states one. I got it and played it all the time on car rides which without wifi gave me the time to learn and push forward in my pursuit of knowledge. Review and Aftermath: I learned every single countries capital(‘s) and locations from many landmarks and regions from this app I gained skills in problem solving when I didn’t know the answer by associating the questions language, geography and gained skills on estimating probability. When I finished learning all this I moved on to History, how it really became there. It had a affect on who I am today maybe a seemingly small one but I took the direction that was incentivized. Thank you 🙏🏼 ❤️
Great game, but here is some things to do
Sat Oct 13 2018 Greenland18I love it, but you could add French Guiana, Kosovo, Greenland(I know it's a territory but it is still worth adding), Western Sahara(owned by Morocco but still worth adding). Some other things are add England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland to complete the UK but you can still have the UK ( when you earn countries you need to unlock the countries of the UK to make up the UK but you can still use UK and it's countries on the staking part), make Russia bigger because it is smaller than Canada, USA, Australia, and China in the game, add Antarctica in "the world" part as a rare place you can unlock and if you unlock it then you can use it in "the world", and my last request is that for "the world" you make the map world map instead of a random continent, so "the world" actually goes by the title. Anyway I love this game and I will love it even more if this stuff is added, thanks.
great game,but a few bugs and suggestions
Thu Nov 25 2021 ib demon1000Hi I really like Stack the Countries. I love the way you can repeat continents. Speaking of continents, there are bugs with that. First, whenever you finish the world( finishing each continent) whenever you get the first country on x2, whichever continent it is on, the game sticks with that continent, I tried putting the world on, but it still doesn’t work. Another bug with that is that countries like some countries like the Stan countries, Russia, Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan are all like smashed into each other, the Russian part that border Poland goes INTO Poland. Now for suggestions, can you add more countries such as Vatican City, Greenland, Northern Cyprus, Palestine, etc. and can you also add more questions like if it is landlocked, or if it border which ocean.
I LOVE THIS!!1! (look below)
Sun Feb 25 2024 Sullivan7I really love this app but you forgot to: 1) fill in Israel so it doesnt look like there's empty space between Israel and Jordan 2) add Kosovo and Vatican City to europe and 3) add Western Sahara to Africa🇪🇭 and also add Greenland and French guyana and add some states that are actually part of countries (eg: Cook Islands, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and French Polynesia) 🇨🇰🇦🇸🇲🇵🇵🇫 and can you change the capital of Nauru to yaren and can you fix the thing about Kaliningrad making lithuania look weird and can you make stack the countries 2 and can you change cabo verde to cape verde and add landmarks like the atomium to belgium and can you add a currency part of the flash cards and by states I mean dependencies and can you add uninhabited dependencies
Love it except one thing
Wed Mar 06 2019 JiingaAlthough the app does cost money, I personally think it’s worth it. I played stack the countries when I was younger and wizzed my teachers at 7. The app has a good selection of options, and it also has a specific “select continent” tool to make it easier to learn. The only downfall is that you can’t see the countries when playing the side game, “Map It.” You can click in the relative location and still get it right. It doesn’t help learn about it that well as the bigger countries can. Also, while on “learn” add a zoom button. And instead of zooming out of the country let us move to the closest one. But otherwise, this app is really good.
Great educational and fun game!
Mon May 22 2023 Alex BeauregardeHello! I’ve played this game and Stack The States ever since the year they came out. This game improved my geography skills very well and very early in my childhood. I still play these games from time to time whenever I feel bored or want some nostalgia. Thank you so much for creating this game! I do have one question though, will there ever be a Stack The Countries 2 (like Stack The States 2)? I think it would be really cool and fun to learn some more info and facts while playing this game! Thank you for the fun and memories with your games! I really enjoy them! :)
Great geography games
Tue Jun 14 2022 DiAmoNdBuLl66This collection is made up of 3 games, Stack the Countries, Map It and Pile Up. They all teach geography very well. This game is why I’m well educated on the subject, as I had no prior knowledge of geography. Like many games, it has a few glitches. For example, in Pile Up, if you tap a country before the game starts, it will play a beep sound and the cheering won’t stop. As well, it is missing a lot of countries. The list is, England 🏴, Scotland 🏴, Wales 🏴, Northern Ireland, Greenland 🇬🇱, Faroe Islands 🇫🇴, Kosovo 🇽🇰, Vatican 🇻🇦 and Taiwan 🇹🇼. And the capital of Burma 🇲🇲is Naypyidaw, not Rangoon. Because of that, I can’t say it’s perfect. Otherwise, it’s a great educational game and time waster.
Wonderful.
Mon Oct 28 2019 kiddos preseschoolPacked with activity, color, and learning, this app is truly a great start to getting children to learn countries. Stack The States also looks like a lot of fun. I don’t have it yet. Putting the countries on the continent really helps children learn where they are. And of course, everyone loves the stacking game where you get to drop countries! The one where you have to tap the countries to make them disappear is great for kids that want to learn the shapes of countries. Me and my little sister both enjoy this app. Except, please add more games as I think she is getting a little bit bored. Thanks!
