Fantasy Grounds VTT

Fantasy Grounds VTT

Steam Deck Playable

SmiteWorks USA, LLC · Dragons · Nov 5, 2020

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's free to play.

81%
Very Positive
1k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 70 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 16 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Multiplayer: 13 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 1k player reviews · updated 2 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise38% are divided12% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Having used Fantasy Grounds off and on in its various incarnations since about 2015, and having run and played a campaign or two in it with friends, I could recommend this ever-evolving virtual tabletop (VTT) for no other fact than it's the original VTT, a product that seems to predate the now widespread term, with it being around twenty years now, and a dedicated community behind it.
70 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
- New features: They are working on dynamic lighting and new features, great and dedicated developers.
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
2) The entry threshold is incredibly high, so incredible that in the beginning I had to sit on FORUMS, CARL, FORUMS to understand how this piece of ♥♥♥♥ works, but because of my huge desire to host online companies with my friends I had to put up with it.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
While the learning curve can be steep due to the complexity and sheer number of options, the payoff is a streamlined gameplay experience that reduces manual bookkeeping and accelerates play.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters70 reviews
Graphics16 reviews
Multiplayer13 reviews
Gameplay6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Interface35 reviews
57%
Combat23 reviews
87%
Monetization10 reviews
30%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes8 reviews
38%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

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Player review score
81%
Very Positive
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