The community's answer: a free VTT layered onto D&D Beyond.
The platform directory
Every table we cover. Each platform gets a landing page, its own RSS + Atom feeds, and a place in the news stream.
Theater of the mind, cinematically lit.
Pickup games in a pocket — a VTT that travels light.
MCDM's official table for Draw Steel — automation-heavy by design.
The table where your D&D Beyond books already live.
The deepest official-license catalog in the hobby.
The self-hosted powerhouse — buy it once, mod it forever.
Browser tables with community-built sheets for any system.
The open-source workhorse — macros all the way down.
A AAA-look storytelling engine that happens to be a VTT.
Maps and tokens in ten seconds — the lightweight favorite, now extensible.
Live play and play-by-post, finally under one roof.
Video-first play — the VTT that feels like a hangout.
The biggest table online — browser-based, sheet for everything, huge marketplace.
Build cinematic 3D worlds; run the game inside them.
5e-first, browser-fast, marketplace-backed.
Freehand maps, zero prep — deliberately bare-bones.
The friendly browser table — sheets, dice, and maps without the manual.
A physics sandbox first, a game table always.
Auto-gridded maps with video seats built in.
Play inside a 3D diorama.
Build the world in 3D, then play in it.
At a glance
| Platform | Pricing | License | Runs on | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above VTT | FREE · EXTENSION | Open source | Browser (extension) | Active |
| Alchemy RPG | FREE + UNLIMITED | Proprietary | Browser | Active |
| Bag of Mapping | FREE | Proprietary | Browser | Active |
| Codex | STAGED RELEASES | Proprietary | Desktop | In Dev |
| D&D Beyond Maps | WITH DDB ACCOUNT | Proprietary | Browser | Active |
| Fantasy Grounds | FREE · PAID CONTENT | Proprietary | Desktop | Active |
| Foundry VTT | $50 ONE-TIME | Proprietary | Browser + self-hosted server | Active |
| Let's Role | FREE + PREMIUM | Proprietary | Browser | Dormant |
| MapTool | FREE · OSS | Open source (AGPL-3.0) | Desktop (self-host) | Active |
| Menyr | FREE (OPEN BETA) | Proprietary | Desktop | Beta |
| Owlbear Rodeo | FREE + TIERS | Proprietary | Browser | Active |
| Questline VTT | PRICING TBD | Proprietary | Browser | Active |
| Role | FREE + MARKETPLACE | Proprietary | Browser | Active |
| Roll20 | FREE + SUBS | Proprietary | Browser | Active |
| RPG Stories | STEAM EA | Proprietary | Desktop | Early Access |
| Shard Tabletop | FREE + SUBS | Proprietary | Browser | Active |
| Shmeppy | GM $5/MO | Proprietary | Browser | Active |
| Tableplop | FREE | Proprietary | Browser | Active |
| Tabletop Simulator | $20 · STEAM | Proprietary | Desktop | Active |
| Tabyltop | SUBSCRIPTION | Proprietary | Browser | Active |
| TaleSpire | $25 · STEAM EA | Proprietary | Desktop | Early Access |
| The RPG Engine | STEAM · EDITIONS | Proprietary | Desktop | Active |
On the watchlist
Tracked for news, no landing page yet — they move up when there's enough to say.
Lightweight, open-source, and quiet by philosophy.
The free-friendly desktop VTT whose tech powers Codex.
Open-source, nonprofit — currently dormant.
AI-assisted prep in an unusually polished package.
Kickstarted drag-and-drop worldbuilding VTT.