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Arcweave

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Spec score 8.5 #5 of 25 in Game Narrative Design Software

What it is

Arcweave is a collaborative platform for designing, playtesting, and shipping games, training scenarios, and branching narratives. Its node-based editor organizes story flows with reusable character, location, and item components. Authors can run choice-based versions, debug story logic, and publish playable links that work on any device. Teams can edit synchronously, comment and reply, and assign roles and permissions. AI tools include a text generator, design assistant, and text enhancer. Free open-source plugins connect projects with Unity, Unreal, and Godot, with real-time sync and localization support listed for each. Exports include JSON, CSV, XLSX, Markdown, and PDF. The REST API offers read and write access to project content on Team workspaces. Arcweave stores customer data and media on Google Cloud Platform and says production databases are backed up every six hours. The Basic plan is free forever but limited to three projects, 200 items per project, and non-commercial use. Pro starts at $15.00 per member per month with yearly billing.

Spec sheet

Product
Arcweave is a collaborative platform for designing, playtesting, and shipping games, training scenarios, and branching narratives.Read 29 Sep 2026 · arcweave.com
Integrations
Arcweave offers free, open-source plugins for Unity, Unreal, and Godot, with real-time sync and localization support listed for each.Read 29 Sep 2026 · arcweave.com
Security
Arcweave says its production database is backed up every six hours and that customer data and media are hosted on Google Cloud Platform.Read 29 Sep 2026 · arcweave.com
Support
Arcweave offers community support through Discord, and the Team plan includes priority support.Read 29 Sep 2026 · arcweave.com
Account security
The security page states that passwords are stored as bcrypt hashes and session cookies are HttpOnly with SameSite=Lax.Read 29 Sep 2026 · arcweave.com
AI data policy
Arcweave says it does not use user data to train its AI solutions and does not share user content with external AI providers.Read 29 Sep 2026 · arcweave.com
AI tools
AI features include a text generator, a design assistant, and a text enhancer.Read 29 Sep 2026 · arcweave.com
API access
The REST API provides read and write access to project content on Team workspaces.Read 29 Sep 2026 · arcweave.com
Collaboration
The platform supports synchronous editing, comments, replies, and team roles and permissions.Read 29 Sep 2026 · arcweave.com
Education
Arcweave offers custom education terms and pricing for classrooms, programs, and campus-wide deployments.Read 29 Sep 2026 · arcweave.com
Exports
The features page lists JSON, CSV, XLSX, Markdown, and PDF export options.Read 29 Sep 2026 · arcweave.com
Free-plan limitation
A Basic workspace cannot be used for commercial projects and is limited to three projects with up to 200 items each.Read 29 Sep 2026 · arcweave.com
Playtesting
Users can run narratives as choice-based games, debug story logic, and publish playable links that run on any device.Read 29 Sep 2026 · arcweave.com
Visual editor
Its node-based editor supports story flows with reusable character, location, and item components.Read 29 Sep 2026 · arcweave.com

Plans and prices

Basic Free Free forever 200 items / project · 3 projects · unlimited members and guests · 5MB file size · 50 MB storage / project · 25 AI credits per month Read 29 Sep 2026 · arcweave.com
Pro $15 a month Per member / month; yearly billing, auto-renewal Unlimited items and projects · 100MB file size · 1 GB storage / project · 100 AI credits per month / member · commercial use Read 29 Sep 2026 · arcweave.com
Team $25 a month Per member / month; yearly billing, auto-renewal Unlimited items and projects · 400 MB max upload / file · 10 GB storage / project · REST API · localization · project history · priority support Read 29 Sep 2026 · arcweave.com
Enterprise Priced on request Yearly only Custom pricing · unlimited members and guests · LMS integrations (SCORM 2004, xAPI) · SSO · 1:1 onboarding · dedicated account manager Read 29 Sep 2026 · arcweave.com

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Node-based branching narrative editor
  • Plugins for Unity, Unreal, and Godot
  • Synchronous editing with roles and comments
  • Exports JSON, CSV, XLSX, Markdown, and PDF
  • Free Basic plan available

Limits

  • Basic plan prohibits commercial projects
  • Basic limits projects and items
  • Paid plans bill per member yearly

Who it suits

It suits teams authoring branching games, training scenarios, and interactive narratives. Educators can request custom terms, while commercial teams need a paid plan.

Verdict

Arcweave combines visual narrative authoring, collaboration, playtesting, engine plugins, and exports. Check the Basic limits and commercial-use restriction before selecting a plan.

Where Specifiction places it

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