$19.99Tabletop Simulator Every board game, one table
Flip cards, roll dice and wreck the board with friends, or build your own games from scratch in a physics sandbox.
Is Tabletop Simulator worth it?
Tabletop Simulator is worth it if…
- you want one place to play many board and card games online
- you like sandbox messing about as much as winning
- you enjoy making game nights, RPG dungeons, or prototypes
- you have a regular group of up to 10 to fill a table
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A table that lets you misbehave
There are no enforced rules here, just objects that collide and tumble the way you expect. You pick up cards, rotate pieces, shake dice, and throw things across the table. You load a game of Chess, get outplayed, and flip the whole table instead of resigning. That freedom is the point: play properly, play badly, or spend an hour stacking Dominoes just to knock them over.
Fifteen classics and thousands more
The base game ships with Backgammon, Checkers, Go, Jigsaw Puzzles, Poker, Solitaire, and more, alongside a sandbox table and tablet. Save a setup you like, load it again later, or browse the internet, listen to music, and watch videos on the in-game tablet while someone takes forever on their turn.
Build your own board game
If you like tinkering, you can import images onto custom boards and tables, make custom decks, bring in 3D models, and automate rules with Lua scripting. You upload the result to the Workshop or share it privately with friends. It suits prototyping an idea, recreating a favorite, or scripting hinges, joints, and shuffles so setup takes seconds. The official DLCs work the same social way: only the host needs to own one for the whole table to play.
RPG nights with dice and dungeons
The included RPG Kit gives you tilesets, furniture, and animated figurines for building dungeons and battling with friends. You lay out rooms with the modular pieces, hand the Game Master control of the table, and keep character sheets open on the tablet. Up to 10 people can join one table, with teams, voice and text chat, hotseat on one computer, and admin tools for permissions. Panoramic backgrounds set the lighting while the dice decide your fate.
What should you know before playing?
How do games actually work without rules?
They work the way a real table does. Pieces move only when someone moves them, dice land where they land, and shuffling means actually shuffling. That makes it flexible across Chess, Poker, Mahjong, and community mods, but someone has to know the rules and keep score.
What is included before downloading anything?
Nineteen built-in setups, including Backgammon, Cards, Chess, Checkers, Chinese Checkers, Dice, Dominoes, Go, Jigsaw Puzzles, Mahjong, Pachisi, Piecepack, Poker, Reversi, Solitaire, the RPG Kit, and a blank sandbox. It is enough for a classic game night with grandma, poker with friends, or a quick puzzle alone.
Can you play it like a creative tool?
Yes. Import art for boards and cards, bring in 3D models, write Lua scripts for automation, and save objects or whole games for later. Creators often use it to prototype tabletop ideas before printing anything, then share the result through the Workshop.
How social is a session?
Very, by design. Tables hold up to 10 players, with team seating, voice and text chat, hotseat sharing on one computer, and admin permissions to keep public games orderly. DLC tables are generous too, since only the host has to own them.
