Commerce · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to The Place

Make friends as IRL

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Place launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Portal▲139

   A virtual world with spatial video-chat to be together

   2021 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Connect.Club▲66

   Online meetings & networking

   2020 · connect.club · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Facebook Spaces▲499

   Facebook's social Virtual Reality platform is here!

   2017 · facebook.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Connect.Club▲328

   Real networking in a virtual world

   2020 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   ChatOut - Meet IRL▲76

   Venue-based social app - Check-in, make friends & date IRL

   2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Abode▲357

   Fresh take on group spaces with friends.

   2025 · abode.space · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Gather Town▲288

   Spatial video-chat worlds for work and play

   2020 · gather.town · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Virtuali▲164

   Meet people, create an avatar & experience a virtual world

   2021 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Spatial 1.0▲341

   Collaborate with lifelike avatars in VR/AR/Web

   2020 · spatial.io · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Remotely▲152

    Avatar-based social hub with meetings, games & activities

    2022 · remotelyhq.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Connect.Club 2.0▲297

    Social network in the Metaverse for genuine human connection

    2021 · connect.club · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Spatial▲200

    The Metaverse for NFT galleries & exhibitions

    2021 · spatial.io · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Yeet▲65

    Make friends with 3D avatar

    2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    ~spaces~▲67

    Spatial social networking

    2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    IRL Social Calendar▲157

    Helping friends spend more time together In Real Life!

    2019 · irl.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    CozyRoom▲200

    Free peer-to-peer spatial audio environments

    2020 · cozyroom.xyz · its alternatives →

17. 17
    floors.js▲215

    Hey HN, I'm Vincent. I built floors.js to bring back social interactions on the web. You paste one script tag. Your pages become isometric 3D rooms. Visitors show up as avatars, see each other, and chat in real-time. Three.js handles the isometric rendering, and a Bun WebSocket server manages presence, rooms and chat. The whole thing runs without touching the host site's DOM or styles beyond its own container. It works on any static site and is also optimised for SPA navigation (clicking on a door lets you navigate to another page). The landing page itself is the live demo, and I'm in the…

    Feb 2026 · floorsjs.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Lounge for Slack▲209

    Fun games, watch parties, escape rooms for teams that Slack

    2022 · springworks.in · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Mozilla Hub▲90

    Meet, share and collaborate in private 3D virtual spaces

    2022 · support.mozilla.org · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Chathouse▲79

    Chatrooms with friends!

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Couch▲98

    Your online couch for movies, games, and good times

    Apr 2026 · couchspace.live · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Astral▲129

    A social network for augmented reality 📍

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Chudo Virtual Spaces▲124

    Play around, meet friends, study or party with avatars!

    2020 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Flyy: World's 3D Neighborhood Social app▲92

    A Visual Social Network where every Place is a Social hub

    2021 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →