Alternatives to TaleSpire
A 3D virtual tabletop for building scenes and playing pen-and-paper role-playing games with friends online. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
TaleSpire
A 3D virtual tabletop for building scenes and playing pen-and-paper role-playing games with friends online.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as TaleSpire.
Foundry Virtual Tabletop
A self-hosted virtual tabletop for running role-playing games that players join through a web browser.
Foundry Virtual Tabletop is a self-hosted one-time purchase on Windows, macOS and Linux with players joining by browser, but it is not a 3D scene builder.
Roll20
A browser-based virtual tabletop for playing pen-and-paper role-playing games and board games online.
Roll20 runs in the browser with no downloads, supports over 1,200 systems with character sheets and automation, but is 2D, freemium and shows ads.
Fantasy Grounds
A desktop virtual tabletop for playing D&D, Pathfinder and other RPGs online with rules automation.
Fantasy Grounds adds strong rules automation and licensed content on Windows, macOS and Linux, but uses a freemium model and needs an account.
Owlbear Rodeo
A browser-based virtual tabletop for running tabletop role-playing sessions with maps, tokens and fog.
Owlbear Rodeo is a freemium browser tabletop that works on phones, using 2D maps, tokens and fog instead of TaleSpire's Windows-only 3D scenes.
Alchemy RPG
A virtual tabletop for playing, creating and sharing tabletop roleplaying games with a scene-based layout.
Alchemy RPG is free, uses a scene-based layout for story-driven games, and runs on Windows, macOS, Linux and web instead of Windows only.
MapTool
Host a virtual tabletop for pen-and-paper roleplaying games.
MapTool is a free AGPL-3.0 desktop tabletop for Windows, macOS and Linux with maps, tokens and chat, replacing 3D building with a 2D workspace.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Dungeon Alchemist
A 3D map-making application that builds tabletop RPG battle maps by automatically furnishing drawn rooms.
Dungeondraft
A desktop map editor for drawing battle maps for tabletop role-playing games.
Tabletop Simulator
A physics-based sandbox for playing and building board, card and tabletop games online with others.
Wonderdraft
A desktop program for drawing fantasy world and regional maps for tabletop games and fiction.
