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Introducing Planet View

Make your world
feel real.

From the first mountain to the moons above it.
Build a world worth getting lost in — all in your browser.

Start building for free See what’s possible

Free to start. No install. No account required.

All footage recorded in HexAtlas. From orbit to a village street.

Planet View EXPERIMENTALRECORDED IN HEXATLAS
ACTUAL IN-APP FOOTAGE · NATURAL ANIMATION SPEEDPlanet View & settlement zoom · Experimental
THE BIG PICTUREEvery hex, a possibility. ↗ THE LITTLE DETAILSA place to begin. ↗
01

Your map, in orbit.

Wrap your world onto a globe. Spin it, explore it, and add up to three moons.

02

Set the rhythm of your world.

Control sunlight, axial tilt, day length, and the calendar. Watch the light change.

03

A little atmosphere.

Add clouds or fog with adjustable color and density, against a moving star field.

MADE FOR

Game masters

Worldbuilders

Storytellers

A WORLD, NOT JUST A MAP

Every adventure
starts with a place.

The uncharted coast. The village with a secret. The road your players definitely won’t follow. Give every part of your world a little more life.

01 / MAP YOUR WORLD

One more mountain.
One more possibility.

Paint a continent. Trace a road. Drop a castle where the story needs one. Bring your landscape together with terrain and landmarks that feel like they belong.

  • Terrain painting
  • Paths & landmarks
  • Multiple scales
Start with a single hex
An invented sample world in the Fantasy style, showing a winding river, connected earth-colored roads, forest, hills, and several landmarks.
FANTASY TERRAINMade in HexAtlas ↗
02 / GET A LITTLE CLOSER EXPERIMENTAL

Somewhere to stop.
A reason to stay.

That tiny spot on the map has a story. Explore generated settlements with winding roads, farms, houses, and small details from the Fantasy settlement kit.

  • Buildings & props
  • Roads & farms
  • Fantasy artwork
Explore the settlement tools
An invented riverside village in HexAtlas, with houses, farmland, trees, connecting roads, and a wooden bridge.
FANTASY SETTLEMENT KITMade in HexAtlas ↗

Keep the lore connected.

Bring locations, characters, factions, and session notes together in your compendium.

Go below the surface.

Build dungeon layouts, place objects, and prepare the next encounter.

Bring the party. PRO

Share by link with player view and fog of war. Keep a separate copy for player-facing content.

CONNECTED SCALES · PRO

One world.
Three levels of detail.

Zoom from the big picture into the places that matter. Continent, Country, and Region layers keep your world connected as smaller hexes reveal finer detail.

Continent layer of the sample map, with larger hexes showing broad terrain
01 / CONTINENT

Shape the big picture.

Work across broad stretches of your world.

The same location in the Country layer, showing individual terrain hexes, settlements, towers, and ruins
02 / COUNTRY

Find the next adventure.

Paint terrain and place the landmarks in between.

Region subhexes around the same village, with more villages, farms, ruins, shrines, and paths inside the larger hexes
03 / REGION

There’s a world inside.

Refine individual hexes with smaller, editable subhexes.

The same sample location, at three scales.Continent & Region layers and adjustable grid density are included in Pro.

FIND YOUR LOOK

Different worlds.
Different kinds of wonder.

Four ways to give your world its own character. From hand-drawn symbols to sculpted Low Poly tiles.

01Illustrated Fantasy forests and grassland

Fantasy

A world with a storybook soul.

02Classic terrain with bright colors and clear symbols

Classic

Clear, colorful, ready to explore.

03Old-School terrain with hand-drawn map symbols

Old-School

A familiar sense of adventure.

04Low Poly terrain with sculpted forests and mountains

Low Poly

A little more dimension.

Four styles. One place to build your world.Art & credits ↗

SIMPLE PRICING

Start free.
Go further with Pro.

Build locally for free. Add cloud saves, player sharing, and deeper detail with Pro.

Free

FOR YOUR NEXT IDEA

$0 / forever

Everything you need to start putting your world on the map.

Open the free editor
  • Terrain, paths, landmarks, and labels
  • Continent, country, and region views
  • Local browser saves, no account required
  • JSON export of your map

HexAtlas Pro

FOR THE WHOLE CAMPAIGN

$5 / month · USD

Take your world across devices and bring your players in.

Get HexAtlas Pro
  • Everything in Free
  • Cloud saves across devices
  • Shareable player view and fog of war
  • Subhex detail, custom terrain, and layers

Membership through Patreon. Link your account in the editor. How it works ↗

The NerdyGentleman’s Alchemical Savant avatar

Independently built. Shaped by your campaigns.Made by The NerdyGentleman, with a little help from the people who use it.

Join the community ↗

QUESTIONS, ANSWERED

A few details.
Then you’re ready.

More help & details ↗
How do I enable Planet View and settlements?

These are experimental tools. Turn on Experimental Features in the editor settings, then enable Planet View for your map or explore settlement view. They are still being developed.

Do I need an account or a download?

Neither. Open the editor in your browser and start building. Free maps save locally on your device; an account is needed for cloud features.

Do I need to run a hexcrawl?

No. Hexes make terrain easy to paint, whether you’re running a 5e campaign, an OSR hexcrawl, or building a setting for your next story. Count them for travel if you like.

Can I export and keep my maps?

Yes. JSON export is free, so you can keep a backup of your world. Image export is also available in the editor. More about saving your work.

What can my players see?

Pro includes player view and fog of war. These control the presentation, not access to the underlying shared data. Publish a separate copy with private notes and unrevealed content removed.

Where do I send ideas or bug reports?

Join the HexAtlas Discord. It’s where we talk campaigns, collect feedback, and figure out what to build next.

YOUR NEXT PROJECT STARTS HERE

You’ve imagined it.
Now put it on the map.

Build your first world

Open your browser. Start building.