Skulled is a free educational game where you identify animal skulls. Learn taxonomy, collect cards, and compete on the global leaderboard.

How do I play Skulled?

Look at the skull image, analyze its features, and choose the correct animal species from the options. You have 2 attempts per round.

Is Skulled free to play?

Yes! Skulled is completely free to play. Create an account to save your progress and compete on the leaderboard.

What game modes are available?

Skulled offers multiple modes: Classic (identify species), Progressive (identify taxonomy levels), Speedrun (60-second challenge), and Daily Challenge.

How do I collect skull cards?

Win games to earn card packs. Open packs to collect skull cards for your album. Rare and legendary cards are harder to find!

What is the Daily Challenge?

The Daily Challenge presents a new skull every day for all players worldwide. Compete with friends and see who can identify it first!

How does the Speedrun mode work?

In Speedrun mode, you have 60 seconds to identify as many skulls as possible. The faster and more accurate you are, the higher your score!

Can I play Skulled on my phone?

Yes! Skulled is a web-based game that works on any device with a modern browser - desktop, tablet, or mobile phone.

Is Skulled scientifically accurate?

Skulled uses real photographs of animal skulls and accurate scientific nomenclature. It is designed to be both a fun game and a valid educational tool for biology students and enthusiasts.

What animals are included in the game?

Skulled features a wide variety of vertebrates including mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians from all continents.

The year of six expeditions

Season INow

Beagle Expedition

HMS Beagle, 1831–1836

Darwin's voyage along South America, from the pampas to Tierra del Fuego and the Galápagos.

Ends Dec 31: in 65 days
Tickets: 3 of 13 issued
Log day: December 27Departure from Plymouth, 1831

RoutePlymouth → Bahía Blanca → Galápagos → Sydney → Falmouth

Your expedition

Field log

Find the 16 animals from the region in your packs before December 31.

At 8, the stamp on your case and a pack

With all 16, the gold cover and another pack

Expedition Ticket

There are only 13 in the game, and 3 have been found.

Expedition Ticket

Beagle Expedition

No. ?? of 13

It can come from any card collected in the region.

Season leaderboardYour average score this season

Field log

Flagship species
Guanacos
Lama guanicoe
Patagonian Maras
Dolichotis patagonum
South American Sea Lions
Otaria flavescens
Pale-Billed Aracari
Pteroglossus erythropygius
Coypu
Myocastor coypus
Pampas fox
Lycalopex gymnocercus
South American Fur Seals
Arctocephalus australis
Molina's Hog-nosed Skunks
Conepatus chinga
Southern Long-Nosed Armadillo
Dasypus hybridus
Choco Toucan
Ramphastos brevis
Screaming Hairy Armadillo
Chaetophractus vellerosus
Monk Saki
Pithecia monachus
Western Pygmy Marmoset
Cebuella pygmaea
Brown Woolly Monkey
Lagothrix lagothricha
Lucifer Titi
Cheracebus lucifer
Southern Three-Banded Armadillo
Tolypeutes matacus

About the expedition

This voyage’s frame

Guanacos

Mammalia

Lama guanicoe

SKL·————

Thirteen, numbered. It comes fixed to the card and is never made again.

Guanaco: Darwin met it on the pampas and in Patagonia.

Cover: Admiralty blue, brass fillet
Emblem: Compass rose in flag red
Detail: The ship’s route dotted across the photo

Territory: AR, CL, UY, PE, EC, FKThe ticket only comes from a specimen collected in these countries.
Tickets: 3 of 13 issuedTicket chance: 11% per card from the territory
Log day: December 27Departure from Plymouth, 1831
Featured frame: Field notebook ×2Darwin’s field notebooks.

Case cover

On sale only during the season. The gold one comes with the gold stamp.

See in the shop

The voyage

HMS Beagle left Plymouth on 27 December 1831 to chart the coast of South America. Charles Darwin spent more time ashore than aboard: the pampas, Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and, in September 1835, the Galápagos.

The voyage around the world took almost five years. The field notebooks from that trip became the basis of On the Origin of Species.

Itinerary

Plymouth
Bahía Blanca
Galápagos
Sydney
Falmouth

How tickets come out

The territory opens
For two months, any pack card collected in the voyage’s countries can bring the Expedition Ticket.
Tickets are released over time
Twelve come in gradually, about one every five days. Any nobody has drawn stays available.
Day aboard
A date from the voyage itself: the 13th ticket is released and the ticket chance doubles.
Closing
On the last day, unissued tickets are burned. That voyage’s frame never returns.

Applies to all six

Territory: What counts is where the specimen was collected, not the species: the same species collected in another country does not count. One of the six has a different kind of territory.
Featured frame: A common frame tied to the voyage comes up twice as often.
Field log: Sixteen species from the region. Reveal eight during the season: a stamp and a pack with two of them. All sixteen: the gold stamp and another pack.
With an account: Tickets, field log and stamps belong to players with an account. Tickets only come from pack cards.

Passport

One stamp per expedition. All six of the year earn the title Around the world.

Your expedition

Field log

Find the 16 animals from the region in your packs before December 31.

At 8, the stamp on your case and a pack

With all 16, the gold cover and another pack

Expedition Ticket

There are only 13 in the game, and 3 have been found.

Expedition Ticket

Beagle Expedition

No. ?? of 13

It can come from any card collected in the region.

Season leaderboardYour average score this season

The voyage

The voyage around the world took almost five years. The field notebooks from that trip became the basis of On the Origin of Species.

Itinerary

Plymouth
Bahía Blanca
Galápagos
Sydney
Falmouth

How tickets come out

The territory opens

For two months, any pack card collected in the voyage’s countries can bring the Expedition Ticket.

Tickets are released over time

Twelve come in gradually, about one every five days. Any nobody has drawn stays available.

Day aboard

A date from the voyage itself: the 13th ticket is released and the ticket chance doubles.

Closing

On the last day, unissued tickets are burned. That voyage’s frame never returns.

Applies to all six

Territory

What counts is where the specimen was collected, not the species: the same species collected in another country does not count. One of the six has a different kind of territory.

Featured frame

A common frame tied to the voyage comes up twice as often.

Field log

Sixteen species from the region. Reveal eight during the season: a stamp and a pack with two of them. All sixteen: the gold stamp and another pack.

With an account

Tickets, field log and stamps belong to players with an account. Tickets only come from pack cards.