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24 alternatives to Paper Apps™ DUNGEON

Randomly generated notebook game

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Paper Apps™ DUNGEON launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   AI Dungeon 2 – AI-generated text adventure built with 1.5B param GPT-2▲584

   Play and create AI-generated adventures with infinite possibilities.

   2019 · aidungeon.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Pseudorandom dungeon generator in Python▲10

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Spawn▲119

   Generate D&D character sheets with AI

   2024 · spawndnd.com · its alternatives →

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   A random startup generator▲607

   2015 · tiffzhang.com · its alternatives →

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   Bash Dungeon – An educational dungeon crawler in the shell▲164

   This is still WIP, but if anyone is interested, we could develop it much faster and perhaps even with cooler features like TUI graphics etc ... Right now it is all in plain ol bash

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   I made a tiny book using a pen-plotter and AI▲150

   Hey HN, I want to share a personal project: I made a tiny pen-plotted book for my wife. I did everything myself—drawings (with some help from Midjourney), plotting, cutting, and binding. I even used a 3D printer to make a helper tool. It's absolutely over-engineered, but I enjoyed it a lot. Multi-disciplinary projects, especially those with a physical output, are a lot of fun for me. The post covers the process in detail, but if you're interested in anything specific, let me know. Cheers!

   2025 · muffinman.io · its alternatives →

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   Pen and paper resource development game with an emergent world▲36

   I've been working for a while on trying to curate a game that has the emergence of procedurally generated computer games but that can be played with only pen and paper. Here I present the best version I've been able to come up with that is simple and emergent. I've really enjoyed being able to engage with this sort of game while not feeling like my brain in rotting. I recon my numeracy improves while playing it.

   Jun 2026 · jameshylands.co.uk · its alternatives →

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   Notebooks - Your AI Whiteboard▲400

   Turn YouTube videos, docs & websites into content that wins

   2025 · notebooks.app · its alternatives →

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   Little Procedural Pixel Worlds▲227

   Took a break from the falling sand simulation blog posts this week to work on another small project. It's a little pixel world generator- each time you visit, you'll see a new little world. I really like this stuff and had a blast building it yesterday!

   2022 · jason.today · its alternatives →

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    Dungeon Alchemist▲72

    AI-powered mapmaking software for Tabletop RPGs

    2021 · dungeonalchemist.com · its alternatives →

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    Paper 4.0▲181

    Arrange sketches and notes in your online journal

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Pixel Dungeon▲65

    Traditional roguelike game with pixel-art graphics.

    2015 · pixeldungeon.watabou.ru · its alternatives →

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    Dungeon Map Doodler – Free online map drawing tool▲155

    Free to use drawing tool for creating RPG maps

    2020 · dungeonmapdoodler.com · its alternatives →

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    7 Mages▲67

    Turn-based dungeon crawler for your cell!

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    One Way Dungeon – A game I've been developing in the last five months▲124

    2021 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    A roguelike game that runs inside Notepad++▲155

    Rogue-lite as a Notepad++ Plugin. Contribute to thelowsunoverthemoon/NeuroPriest development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Dungeon Map Doodler Beta - Free online map drawing tool▲157

    This is a D&D map making tool I've been working on for a while now, but I just added some new features to the beta that I think HN users might find neat. When building a world map, you can use "Dynamic Brushes" to draw organic looking terrain. This is achieved entirely with svg filters and javascript canvas, no fancy libraries or anything. This came with a pretty large rewrite of some of the underlying code, so I'm sure there's a number of bugs I haven't come across, but I'd love to hear your opinions on it!

    2023 · dungeonmapdoodler.com · its alternatives →

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    Lotto, Random number/item generator▲60

    Easy to use,create,display random items for Android

    2017 · cesd.com · its alternatives →

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    Our little html5/js dungeon crawler.▲71

    2010 · tametick.com · its alternatives →

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    Endlesspaper▲83

    Infinite canvas to grow ideas

    2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Diced▲70

    Casual puzzle game from Drafts app creator

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Terrain Tinker▲75

    Create your own 3D printable scenery, buildings and dungeons

    2021 · terraintinker.com · its alternatives →

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    Dungeon Monsters Generator for D&D▲5

    D&D tabletop RPG encounter generator with animated monsters

    2019 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Storm Casters▲68

    Dungeon Crawling on mobile mashed-up with collectible cards

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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