Roll20 AlternativesTop Virtual Tabletops & Role-playing Games like Roll20

Roll20 is described as 'The free, easy way to play tabletop games (such as pen and paper RPGs) online with others. It's completely web-based, so it runs right in your browser. It supports video and voice chat, background music, character sheets, a massive art library, and more!' and is a virtual tabletop in the games category. There are more than 50 games similar to Roll20 for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, Android, iPhone and Linux apps. The best Roll20 alternative is MapTool, which is both free and Open Source. Other Roll20 like games are Fantasy Grounds, Foundry Virtual Tabletop, Alchemy VTTRPG and Meridian Realms AI.

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  1. MapTool icon
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    MapTool is an online, multiuser, networked, graphical, interactive, programmable virtual tabletop. Requires Java 6+. It can be used for face-to-face play, or Internet role-playing in real time even if your players are on the other side of the world.

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  2. Fantasy Grounds is a virtual tabletop to help facilitate play of tabletop-style role-playing games online with a GM (game master) and one or more players. It replicates what you would traditionally do around a physical table, such as rolling dice, managing character sheets...

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Wine
    • Steam
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  3. Foundry VTT is a standalone application built for experiencing multiplayer tabletop RPGs using a feature-rich and modern self-hosted application where your players connect directly through the browser.

    29 Foundry Virtual Tabletop alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Cloudron
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  4. Alchemy is a Virtual Tabletop (VTT) with a focus on cinematic elements, like music and environmental backgrounds, motion overlays, and more.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
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  5. Create or explore richly detailed universes across any genre - fantasy, sci-fi, romance, horror, and beyond. AI-powered characters that remember, grow, and respond with long term memory and evolving relationships.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  6. D&D Beyond icon
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    D&D Beyond is the official digital toolset for Dungeons & Dragons fifth edition. Twitch integration and a massive online compendium of official characters, spells, items and more provide an easy to use system with everything dungeon masters and tabletop D&D gamers...

    38 D&D Beyond alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Twitch
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  7. Talespire icon
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    TaleSpire is an online, digital, graphical way of playing classic P&P Role-playing games with your friends. As a DM, build your campaign in-game and invite your players for sessions. To your left you can watch one of our streams to see for yourself.

    37 Talespire alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  8. PlanarAlly icon
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    PlanarAlly is a web tool that adds virtual battlemaps with various extras to your D&D toolbox. Self hosting, Offline support, Simple layers, Infinite canvas, Dynamic lighting, Player vision, Initiative tracker. Free to use and is open source.

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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    • Online
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  9. FreeVTT icon
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    FreeVTT is a free virtual tabletop with hosting, dynamic lighting, and local storage that is built for playing D&D and other tabletop RPGs without subscriptions, accounts, or cloud services.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  10. Owlbear Rodeo icon
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    Owlbear Rodeo is an attempt to make a web app to run tabletop encounters without the complicated setup process needed for other VTTs.

    25 Owlbear Rodeo alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  11. Cauldron VTT is a web application to run tabletop role playing games, like Dungeons & Dragons and Pathfinder, online.

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    • Online
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  12. Quest Portal icon
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    Quest Portal is the most powerful virtual tabletop (VTT) for playing TTRPGs on desktop and mobile devices. Quest Portal offers a seamless blend of innovative features, allowing you to dive into thrilling adventures with friends.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Firefox
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