Roll20 AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Role-playing Games

The best Role-playing Game alternative to Roll20 is Fantasy Grounds. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Alchemy VTTRPG or Owlbear Rodeo. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Roll20 and 13 are Role-playing Games so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Role-playing Game alternatives to Roll20 are Foundry Virtual Tabletop, Fight Club 5th Edition, Role Gate and Talespire.

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  1. 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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    Comments about Fantasy Grounds as an Alternative to Roll20
    David
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    Feature-wise and performance-wise, very similar to Roll20. Fantasy Grounds has advanced automation and is available through Steam which makes it a little more accessible to Steam users.

    Aryanne Hoofler
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    The ArchCast use it. Therefore it is good.

    Fantasy Grounds icon
    Fantasy Grounds icon
    • Most users think Fantasy Grounds is a great Roll20 alternative.

    • Fantasy Grounds is Paid and ProprietaryRoll20 is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. 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.

    23 Foundry Virtual Tabletop alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    Comments about Foundry Virtual Tabletop as an Alternative to Roll20
    Psyga315
    Positive
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    There's a wide expansion of scripted RPGs you can plug and play.

    danielmichel
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    It's a one-time purchase for the Game Master, then you have it for life. Has all the features that Roll20 arbitrarily locks away plus a seemingly infinite amount of amazing add-ons thanks to a very active community.

    Veronica
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    Foundry is a one time purchase VTT with far greater capabilities and customisability.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Foundry Virtual Tabletop icon
    Foundry Virtual Tabletop icon
    • Almost everyone thinks Foundry Virtual Tabletop is a great Roll20 alternative.

    • Foundry Virtual Tabletop is Paid and ProprietaryRoll20 is Freemium and Proprietary
  3. 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.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  4. Leave your books, character sheets, and dice bags at home. Fight Club 5th Edition serves as a digital character sheet that can be all you need to play a Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition game.

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    • Freemium
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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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    Comments about Fight Club 5th Edition as an Alternative to Roll20
    Veronica
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    I love Fight Club 5e, but it's not comparable to Roll20. Fight CLub 5e is a great tool for playing D&D 5e in person, while Roll20 is for online TTRPG play.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    Fight Club 5th Edition icon
    • Fight Club 5th Edition is Freemium and ProprietaryRoll20 is also Freemium and Proprietary
  5. Role Gate icon
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    Role Gate is a platform for playing tabletop RPGs through chat, allowing flexible participation at your own pace, with features like separated in-character/out-of-character chat, character sheet editor, interactive helpers, and party splitting.

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    • Freemium
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    • Online
    • Android
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  6. 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.

    33 Talespire alternatives

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    • Paid
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    • Windows
     
  7. Digital D20 icon
     4 likes

    Digital d20 is a platform for distributing and playing adventures in a new digital format that aims to change the way the adventures are prepared and ran, with the help of new technologies, but maintaining the romanticism of paper and pencil.

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  8. dddice icon
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    Roll or customize 3D digital dice for tabletop roleplaying games. Create private rooms that your whole party can connect to and see instant dice results in a 3D environment. Build your own stunning 3D dice using an easy-to-use editor or extend the functionality of dddice using a...

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    • Free
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    • Online
     
  9. Tableplop icon
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    Tableplop is an easy to learn, fun to use virtual tabletop for role playing games. It includes everything you need to play TTRPGs remote apart from audio chat and works great on mobiles and computers.

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    • Freemium
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    • Online
     
  10. DiceCloud icon
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    DiceCloud is a single-developer project started in 2014 with the aim of being a character sheet that stayed in sync between the DM and their players, and made it clear where every value in the sheet came from, and how it was calculated.

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    Comments about DiceCloud as an Alternative to Roll20
    Guest
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    DiceCloud only tracks some character sheet details; Roll20 offers all sorts of tools to assist gameplay, from handout tracking and sound effects board to featureful tabletop simulation and all sorts of aids for gameplay mechanics, from ability and skill checks, to combat rolls, and even spell casting… these two tools are not remotely comparable.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    DiceCloud icon
    • DiceCloud is Free and Open SourceRoll20 is Freemium and Proprietary
    • DiceCloud is CustomizableRoll20 is not according to our users
  11. One More Multiverse (OMM) is a place to play tabletop roleplaying games like the 5e SRD, Blades in the Dark, Yazeba's Bed and Breakfast. This usually means finding a group of 3-5 people and telling a story together, using OMM to build your character, maps, and visuals.

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    • Freemium
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    • Online
     
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