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24 alternatives to Vassal

Engine for building & playing online board games/card games

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Vassal launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Play abstract strategy board games online with friends or against botsfree▲180
Thought I would post in celebration of 1 year of my website being online. I've been working on it on and off and currently the website allows users to play Hex, Tumbleweed, Amazons, and Connect 6 against friends or against practice bots. I've been a long time player of some of these games and I felt for a long time that the world could use a few more popular abstract strategy games compared to Chess or Go. If you try it, let me know what you think. I'm always looking for new games or new features to add :)
2025 · abstractboardgames.com · its alternatives →
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Scrolls▲54
Mojang's strategy card game
2015 · its alternatives →
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Wings.io▲73
Another fast paced multiplayer game
2016 · wings.io · its alternatives →
4
Oak▲225
Turn your table into an Augmented Reality playground
2016 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
5
Deck of Cards▲143
Create an online card game with this virtual deck of cards.
2021 · deckofcards.net · its alternatives →
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Life is Feudal: Your Own▲75
Medieval Multiplayer Builder with Crafting and More
2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
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stud.io▲72
Build with LEGO online
2016 · its alternatives →
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code:deck▲244
Playing cards, for developers, by developers
2015 · varianto25.com · its alternatives →
9
Bug Industries▲96
A card game for nerds to fight software bugs in real-life
2016 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
10
Board Defenders▲75
Puzzel games based on the chess rules
2015 · ludusstudio.com · its alternatives →
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Datopolis▲71
Open data board game
2016 · thegamecrafter.com · its alternatives →
12
Happy Mitten - 29: Board Games, Business, and Tox from Crits Happen▲51
Tox gives a reviewer's take on making an exceptional game
2016 · happymittengames.com · its alternatives →
13
Age of Empires: Castle Siege [CA Soft Launch]▲58
a free-to-play medieval MMO tower defense
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
14
BrainyChess▲83
Play, practice, analyze, and save chess games online!
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Run an Empire▲64
The Real-World Territory Control Game
2014 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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Bike Baron▲70
The ultimate bike game for iOS
2014 · its alternatives →
17
Hearthlands▲70
A city-building game set in a medieval/fantasy world.
2015 · hearthlands.com · its alternatives →
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SolForge▲60
A revolutionary digital trading card game
2015 · solforgegame.com · its alternatives →
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Hearthstone▲31
An addictive trading card game w/ surprising amount of depth
2014 · us.battle.net · its alternatives →
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Spaceteam: The Card Game▲113
A chaotic and cooperative card game.
2015 · playspaceteam.com · its alternatives →
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Catan Anytime▲71
Settlers of Catan — multiplayer online game
2015 · its alternatives →
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Firmament Wars▲61
Multiplayer realtime grand strategy game
2017 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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Storm Casters▲68
Dungeon Crawling on mobile mashed-up with collectible cards
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Besiege▲69
Create war machines da Vinci-style
2015 · spiderlinggames.com · its alternatives →

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