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Poetix
What Poetix is
Poetix is a visual editor for building branching stories for games and other interactive projects. Its node-based authoring model organizes a story into beats, dialogue, choices, conditions, and consequences. The AI co-writer can suggest edits, which remain pending until a writer approves them. For playtesting, the simulator can begin at a selected beat, let users override variables, and show condition results during play. A finished story version can be published as a link for others to play in a browser.
For Unity projects, Poetix exports beats, choices, and variables, and includes a runtime API plus ready-made dialogue and choice interfaces. The free plan includes unlimited stories and scenes, up to three writers per story, unlimited readers, 50 AI co-writer credits per month, and Unity export. Pro costs $15/mo and includes 2,000 AI credits monthly, with the option to use a personal OpenAI key for unlimited AI use. Studio costs $39/mo and raises the creator and writer limit to 25 for each of up to five upgraded stories. Users keep ownership of their content and may use creations commercially without Poetix royalties or fees. Content can be kept public or private, while published or shared material may be viewed, played, and shared by others. Poetix says it is actively in development.
Who it suits
Poetix suits solo developers and game development teams creating branching dialogue, visual novels, or interactive fiction. Its simulator, browser-playable links, and Unity export also fit training simulations and educational scenarios.
What it does well
- Organizes stories into beats, dialogue, choices, conditions, and consequences.
- AI edits wait for approval before they are applied.
- Simulator can start at a selected beat and override variables.
- Published story versions can be played through a browser link.
- Free plan includes Unity export and unlimited stories and scenes.
- Creators retain ownership and may use their work commercially without royalties.
What to know first
- Free plan allows up to three writers per story.
- Free plan includes 50 AI co-writer credits per month.
- Poetix is actively in development.
- Published or shared content may be viewed, played, and shared by others.
Limits
The free plan allows up to three writers per story and includes 50 AI co-writer credits per month. Pro costs $15/mo and includes 2,000 AI credits per month; Studio costs $39/mo and supports up to 25 creators and writers on each of up to five upgraded stories.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 · Unlimited stories & scenes · Full non-linear beat editor · Public links · Up to 3 writers per story · Unlimited readers · 50 AI co-writer credits/month · Unity export | Free |
| Pro | $15/mo · Everything in Free · 2,000 AI credits/month · Bring your own OpenAI key for unlimited AI use | $15 a month |
| Studio | $39/mo · Everything in Pro · Upgrade up to 5 stories · Up to 25 collaborators per upgraded story | $39 a month |
As poetix.app lists them, read 14 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Getting started
- Open the Poetix website in a browser.
- Start with the free plan, which includes unlimited stories and scenes.
- Create a story using beats, dialogue, choices, conditions, and consequences.
- Use the simulator to play from a selected beat and inspect condition results.
- Publish a story version as a browser-playable link or export it to Unity.
Verdict
Choose Poetix if you need a visual workflow for branching stories, want to test conditions in a simulator, or plan to export story data to Unity. The free plan covers core story creation and Unity export; teams needing more AI credits or more collaborators can look at Pro or Studio. Its development status and the free plan's three-writer and 50-credit limits are relevant considerations.
Questions
Is Poetix free?
Yes. The Free plan costs $0 and includes unlimited stories and scenes, up to three writers per story, unlimited readers, 50 AI co-writer credits per month, and Unity export.
How much do the paid plans cost?
Pro costs $15/mo. Studio costs $39/mo.
What platforms does Poetix support?
The listed platforms are web and API. Published story versions can be played in a browser, and Poetix exports story data to Unity.
Can Poetix content be used commercially?
Users retain ownership of their created content and may use products made with it commercially without owing Poetix royalties or fees.
Can I use my own OpenAI key?
Pro and Studio users can use their own OpenAI key for the AI co-writer instead of Poetix credits.
How many collaborators can work on a story?
The Free plan supports up to three writers per story. Studio raises the creator and writer limit to 25 per story for up to five upgraded stories.
Facts from Poetix's own pages
- AI co-writer
- The AI assistant proposes beats, rewrites, choices, characters and variables for approval instead of applying edits automatically. · poetix.app, 14 Oct 2026
- AI focus
- AI work can be focused on an entire story, scene, beat, line or choice. · poetix.app, 14 Oct 2026
- AI integration
- Pro and Studio users can provide their own OpenAI key so usage bypasses Poetix credits. · poetix.app, 14 Oct 2026
- AI privacy
- Each story keeps separate per-user AI conversation history, including on shared stories. · poetix.app, 14 Oct 2026
- Audience
- Poetix says it is built for game development teams, from solo indie developers to full studios, and also suits visual novels, interactive fiction, training simulations, and educational scenarios. · poetix.app, 7 Oct 2026
- Auto advance
- A beat can automatically choose the first outgoing choice whose conditions pass. · poetix.app, 14 Oct 2026
- Beat model
- Stories use beats as the shared unit for dialogue, choices, conditions and consequences. · poetix.app, 14 Oct 2026
- Branching editor
- Each beat contains ordered lines and choices, and choices can target beats in the same scene, another scene or a new beat. · poetix.app, 14 Oct 2026
- Characters
- Characters have names, images and descriptions, and can be assigned as speakers for lines. · poetix.app, 14 Oct 2026
- Collaboration limit
- The Studio plan raises the creators and writers limit to 25 per story for up to five upgraded stories. · poetix.app, 7 Oct 2026
- Collaboration roles
- Collaboration roles are Creator, Writer and Reader, with different editing and publishing permissions. · poetix.app, 14 Oct 2026
- Conditions
- Lines and choices can compare variables with equality and numeric greater-than or less-than operators combined with AND or OR. · poetix.app, 14 Oct 2026
- Debugging
- Simulator annotations expose condition results, variable changes, broken targets, empty lines and unknown variable references. · poetix.app, 14 Oct 2026
- Development status
- The homepage says Poetix is actively in development. · poetix.app, 14 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- Documentation consists of workflow guides for getting started, branching, variables, AI, characters, collaboration, testing, publishing and Unity export. · poetix.app, 14 Oct 2026
- Independent listing check: Apple App Store
- No Poetix app listing or rating was found in the Apple App Store search conducted for this research. · apple.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Independent listing check: Capterra
- No Poetix product profile or user-rating page was returned in the exact-product Capterra search conducted for this research. · capterra.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Independent listing check: Chrome Web Store
- No Poetix extension listing or rating was found in the Chrome Web Store search conducted for this research. · chromewebstore.google.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Independent listing check: G2
- No Poetix product profile or user-rating page was returned in the exact-product G2 search conducted for this research. · g2.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Independent listing check: Gartner Peer Insights
- No Poetix vendor profile or rating page was found in the Gartner Peer Insights vendor search used for this research. · gartner.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Independent listing check: Google Play
- No Poetix app listing or rating was found in the Google Play search conducted for this research. · play.google.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Independent listing check: Product Hunt
- The opened Product Hunt apps directory did not list Poetix among its displayed products. · producthunt.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Independent listing check: Trustpilot
- No Poetix business profile or review page was returned in the exact-product Trustpilot search conducted for this research. · trustpilot.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Integration
- Pro and Studio users can use their own OpenAI key for the AI co-writer instead of Poetix credits. · poetix.app, 7 Oct 2026
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