Best Free Tile Map Editors
2020-01-05
Originally published at tilemapeditor.com, this is my list of the best free editors available. Updated 2024-03.
[update 2021-11] Ogmo has moved up significantly in the list, being one of only two with active development. Although old, Mappy gets high marks for supporting multiple tile types. DAME gets high marks for cross-platform support.
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| 1 | Tiled |  |
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1.10.2 | 2023-08 |  |
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| 2 | Mappy |  |
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1.4.23 | 2009 | |
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| 3 | Ogmo | |
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3.4 | 2020-12 | |
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| 4 | DAME | |
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3.1.6 | 2014-01 | |
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| 5 | TuDee |  |
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1.0.4 | 2009 | |
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| 6 | tIDE | |
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2.0.7 | 2013-08 | |
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| 7 | Tile Studio | |
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3.0 | 2012-09 | |
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| 8 | SGDK2 | |
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2.3.0 | 2017-02 | |
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| 9 | Tat TE |  |
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1.0.5 | 2009-03 | |
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| 10 | TileME |  |
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1.2.2 | 2008-10 | |
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Honorable Mentions
The following didn't quite make the list:
TUME (The Universal Map Editor)
This was a great editor in its day (2000-06-18), but doesn't make the list because it is DOS only.
- https://segaretro.org/TUME
- https://games.greggman.com/game/tume___the_universal_map_editor/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20130623021835/http://opentume.com/
Review List
The following are on my radar but I have not reviewed them. Some or all may make the list in future updates.
Pro-Motion NG
https://www.cosmigo.com/
Font Map
https://adamstrange.itch.io/fontmap
CastleDB
http://castledb.org/#level
Online Tile Map Editor
http://riskylab.com/tilemap/
2D World Creator
https://assetbakery.itch.io/2d-world-creator
CadEditor
https://spiiin.itch.io/cadeditor
Game Map Editor
https://ppelikan.itch.io/map-editor
Map Creator
https://alber6morci.itch.io/map-creator
TileStudio II
https://www.wieringsoftware.com/ts2/
Tile2Map
http://www.tile2map.com/