A Gather Town alternative with spatial audio, games and a free plan
Flat.social is a browser-based spatial workspace: walk up to people and talk, play games that run inside the room, and build the office live. Free for 5 people, $6 a seat after that. Watch the demo, then see how it compares with Gather on pricing and the basics.
Free up to 5 people, no credit card required
Gather is a 2D virtual office with a pixel-art world, proximity audio and a map editor called Mapmaker. If you are searching for a Gather Town alternative, this page shows what Flat.social does and puts the two side by side on pricing and the basics.
Flat.social is a browser-based spatial workspace: a virtual office your team walks around with proximity audio, plus team socials and events in the same space. Built-in games run on a physics engine, you build the map live from inside the room, and a conference-grid room type covers all-hands and presentations. Free for up to 5 people at once with no time limit, $6 per seat per month after that up to 100 people, and a $2 per seat Day Pass for one-off events. It runs in the browser, nothing to install, and guests join from a link without creating an account. Full details on the pricing page.
Is Flat.social a good Gather Town alternative?
Flat.social is a browser-based spatial workspace built on the same idea as Gather: walk your avatar up to someone and talk, with voices that fade with distance. It adds built-in games on a physics engine, a live build mode, a conference-grid room type and timed speed networking. It is free for up to 5 people at once with no time limit, $6 per seat per month above that, and guests join from a link without an account.
How does Flat.social pricing compare with Gather?
As of September 2026 Gather lists $15 per user per month ($12 on annual billing), billed per registered member, with a 30-day trial. Flat.social is free for up to 5 people at once, then $6 per concurrent seat per month from 6 to 100 seats, plus a $2 per seat Day Pass for one-off events. Twenty-five people for a month is $375 on Gather ($300 annual) and $150 on Flat.social.
Walk up and talk, in a 3D world seen from above
Proximity audio works the way it should: voices fade in as you approach and fade out as you leave, so groups form and dissolve without anyone pressing a button. The world around it is low-poly 3D with a physics engine underneath, so the room can hold a football pitch as easily as a desk.
What you get in Flat.social
See flat.social in Action
Six things people do in a flat, straight from the front page.
Flat.social and Gather side by side
The table compares the basics: plans, what you pay for, how people join, and what is in the room. Gather figures come from its published pricing and documentation as of September 2026; Flat.social figures match the pricing page.
Flat.social vs Gather, side by side
| Flat.social | Gather | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes, 5 people at once, no time limit | No, 30-day trial |
| Paid price | $6 per seat per month | $15 per user per month, $12 on annual billing |
| What you pay for | Concurrent seats you pick (6 to 100), not named users | Every registered member, plus metered guest hours |
| 25 people for one month | $150 | $375 monthly, $300 annual |
| One-off events without a subscription | $2 per seat Day Pass, valid 24 hours | No event pass; member seats plus guest hours |
| Guests join without an account | Yes, checked in by a member | |
| Runs in the browser, nothing to install | Browser (Chromium recommended) and a desktop app | |
| Spatial (proximity) audio | ||
| Video calls | ||
| Built-in games and activities | Football, poker, chess, dice, speed networking, whiteboards | Embedded web apps placed on the map |
| Physics engine (objects roll, bounce, collide) | ||
| Edit the map live, from inside the room | Mapmaker, a separate editor | |
| Room types | Open spatial, conference grid, text chat | Spatial map |
| Visual style | Low-poly 3D world, seen from above | 16-bit pixel art |
| Max people in one space | 100 self-serve, more on request | 100 per space |
| Open source / self-hosted | ||
| Native desktop app | ||
| Mobile | Browser on phones, limited | No mobile app |
Walk into a live Flat room
No account, no install. Open the demo room, walk up to someone and hear spatial audio work. Then create your own space, free for 5 people.
Pricing at a glance: Gather vs Flat.social
Gather bills per registered member, with guest hours metered separately. Flat.social bills for the number of concurrent seats you choose, from 6 to 100, and anyone with the link can use a free seat. List prices as of September 2026.
A 25-person team, one month
- Gather: 25 members × $15 = $375 ($300 on annual billing)
- Flat.social: 25 seats × $6 = $150
A 60-person company where about 20 people are online at the same time
- Gather: 60 members × $15 = $900 ($720 on annual billing)
- Flat.social: 20 seats × $6 = $120
A one-off event for 100 people
- Gather: member seats plus metered guest hours
- Flat.social: 100 seats × $2 Day Pass = $200, valid 24 hours, cancel free until the day before
Trying it out
- Gather: 30-day trial
- Flat.social: free for 5 people at once, no time limit
Both sets of figures can change. Current Flat.social plans are on the pricing page.
Free: up to 5 people in your flat at once. Monthly: $6 per seat per month, from 6 to 100 seats. Day Pass: $2 per seat for a one-off event. A seat is one concurrent spot, not a named user, and every room holds up to 100 people. See pricing and plans & limits.
Games that run inside the room
A football pitch with a live scoreboard, a poker table, chess and dice sit in the map itself, on a physics engine, so the ball rolls and the dice tumble. The Friday social happens in the same space as the Monday standup, with nothing to share or install.
Coming from Gather? Set up Flat.social in an afternoon
Most teams pick a template, shape it in build mode and run their first standup the same day.
- 1Create a free workspace
Sign up with Google or email and name your space. The free plan covers 5 people at once with no time limit, so you can try it properly before paying anything.
- 2Pick a map and shape it
Start from a template, then open build mode and drag in what you use: a standup corner, a couple of desk clusters, a lounge with a football pitch or a poker table, a whiteboard wall. Keep it compact; a snug office feels busier than a sprawling one.
- 3Set roles
Decide who can build, who can moderate, and what guests can do. Roles and access controls are on the Monthly plan; on Free everyone can walk around and talk.
- 4Share one link
Pin the room link in Slack or Teams. Teammates open it in a browser. Guests type a name and join without an account. Nobody installs anything.
- 5Run the first real thing today
A standup, a Friday social, a speed-networking round for new hires. The habit forms around the first useful session, not the perfect layout.
Build the office from inside it
Open build mode while your team is in the room and drag in desks, lounges, whiteboards and games. There is no separate editor to learn and no publish step: change your mind on Friday, fix it in a minute. Your own maps and look are included on the free plan.
Gather Town alternative: common questions
Other Gather Town alternatives worth knowing
Each of these takes a different approach to the same idea, and we keep a comparison page for each one.
- WorkAdventure: Open-source and self-hostable, with a pixel-art world and maps built in Tiled. See our WorkAdventure alternative page.
- SoWork: An isometric 2.5D world with AI-assisted map generation and native apps. See our SoWork alternative page.
- Kumospace: Rendered 2.5D office floors with browser, desktop and mobile apps. See our Kumospace alternative page.
- Cosmos Video: A minimal 2.5D office from the UK, billed on concurrent users. See our Cosmos Video alternative page.
For a broader survey of the category, including tools that are not spatial at all, see the best virtual office tools and free virtual office options.
Give your team a space to walk around
Spatial audio, built-in games, live build mode and one link for guests. Free for 5 people, $6 a seat after that. Set-up takes about a minute.