Games Like MapForge Similar Role-playing Games & Game Development Tools like MapForge

MapForge is described as 'Map-making software for creating tactical-scale top-down battlemaps for RPGs, with a large library of ready-to-use mapping content Add-Ons (including 50 free ones!). Also works with your own artwork/bitmaps, via drag-and-drop' and is a role-playing game in the games category. There are more than 10 games similar to MapForge for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, Mac, Linux and Self-Hosted apps. The best MapForge alternative is Tiled Map Editor, which is both free and Open Source. Other MapForge like games are LDtk, MMapper, MapperMate and OGMO Editor.

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  1. Tiled is a general purpose tile map editor. It's built to be easy to use, yet flexible enough to work with varying game engines, whether your game is an RPG, platformer or Breakout clone. Tiled is free software and written in C++, using the Qt application framework.

    9 Tiled Map Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. LDtk icon
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    LDtk (Level Designer Toolkit) is a modern and open-source 2D level editor, specifically designed for indie devs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  3. MMapper icon
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    MMapper is a graphical mapper for a MUD named MUME (Multi-Users in Middle Earth). The game is traditionally played in a text-only mode, but MMapper tries to represent the virtual world in user-friendly graphical environment.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  4. MapperMate icon
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    Free online tilemap editor for 2D games. Create, edit, and export game maps directly in your browser with JavaScript and Godot support.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. OGMO Editor icon
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    OGMO Editor is a free, open source, project oriented level editor made for indie game developers by indie game developers. Beyond using Tile Layers to create levels from a tileset, use Decal Layers to freely place, scale, and rotate images to decorate your level, Entity Layers...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Mipui icon
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    Mipui is an online, grid-based map editor, with focus on simplicity and collaboration - all edits appear in real-time to other viewers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. Eigengrau's Essential Establishment Generator is a tabletop procedural generation tool for towns, NPCs and much more. It creates paragraphs of text suitable to be read directly to players during a game.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Comments about Eigengrau's Generator as an Alternative to MapForge
    heruca
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    It's not even map-making software.

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    • Eigengrau's Generator is Free and Open SourceMapForge is Freemium and Proprietary
  8. PyMapper icon
     6 likes

    Drag and drop tile based mapping program. Multiple layers, create and import your own tilesets, scale for printing and many more features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Tilesetter icon
     2 likes

    Tilesetter is a tileset generator & map editor tool - Create your whole tileset instantly. Generate complete tilesets from base images. Build and export levels directly to Unity, Godot and GameMaker Studio 2.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Steam
     
  10. donjon.bin.sh icon
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    donjon.bin.sh is a freely accessible, online collection of random generators and other tools for pen-and-paper role-playing games. The collection provides a comprehensive range of advanced generators for creating names, demographics, maps, adventures and even entire worlds.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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