Free Roll20 AlternativesTop Virtual Tabletops & Role-playing Games like Roll20

The best free alternative to Roll20 is MapTool, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Roll20 and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Roll20 are DiceRight, FreeVTT, Meridian Realms AI and MasterScreen.

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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.

    26 MapTool alternatives

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  2. DiceRight icon
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    DiceRight is an online platform for playing tabletop games. It tracks game aspects like turns and damage to speed up gameplay and eliminate tedious elements. The platform offers extensive customization, including character classes, races, game currencies, and languages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
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  3. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  4. 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
     
  5. MasterScreen icon
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    MasterScreen is the ultimate set of tools for running tabletop or online roleplay campaigns and managing intricate fictional worlds. Runs on every device without any downloads. Built by nerds and free for everyone.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  6. Alchemy is a Virtual Tabletop (VTT) with a focus on cinematic elements, like music and environmental backgrounds, motion overlays, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
     
  7. 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...

    36 D&D Beyond alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Twitch
     
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  8. Powerful, customizable, cross-platform, opensource table sandbox game.

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    • Online
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Self-Hosted
    • iPhone
     
  9. Cauldron VTT is a web application to run tabletop role playing games, like Dungeons & Dragons and Pathfinder, online.

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    • Online
     
  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.

    19 Owlbear Rodeo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  11. Rolisteam icon
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    Rolisteam helps you to manage tabletop role playing games with remote friends/players. It provides many features to share maps, pictures and it also includes tool to communicate with your friends/players.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. Mipui icon
     4 likes

    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)

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    • Online
     
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