Metos is a character and world-building platform for writers and game designers. Free plan, paid plans from US$1.99/month. See features and pricing.
Researched and fact-checked by Bartu Cavusoglu · Updated October 26, 2026
Metos is a web platform for developing characters and building fictional worlds. It is made for writers, game designers and visual artists who want to record the history, ethics, philosophy, personality and tastes of the people and places in their work. The site says the platform can be customized to a user's preferred aesthetic tastes.
The product is developed and operated by METOS TECHNOLOGIES LTD, a company registered in England and Wales, and built by NRUS.IO. It offers a limited free version, with paid plans that lift the caps on characters, stories and world items. The homepage states there are no ads and no third-party data sharing.
Users register with an email or sign in with Google or Apple, then create entries for characters, stories, places, objects, species, languages and more. Each entry holds background, philosophy, ethics and tastes. Stories can be divided into chapters and arcs, and the Pro plan adds folders and sub-folders for organizing a workspace.
For idea generation, Metos provides prompts and depth-building questions, and lets users link playlists or inspiring visuals. A minimalist editor is meant for getting the first words down. Personality profiling tracks attitude, morality and personality in the context of custom events, so a character's traits can be checked against what happens in the story.
Character tools include personality profiling, advanced character analysis on Premium and Pro, and a character visual moodboard on Pro. Pro users can also add their own spectrums, character cards, and prompts or writings, which lets them adapt the exercises to their own method of working.
World-building covers places, world-building entities, timelines, objects, species, maps, family trees and languages. Pro adds location and story visual moodboards. The homepage lists world-building as a new addition and invites users to request features, saying the team will see what it can do.
Metos is a character development and world-building platform for writers, game designers and visual artists. It lets users build profiles for characters, stories, places, objects, species, languages and more. It also offers prompts and personality profiling.
Metos has a free Freemium plan. Premium costs US$1.99 for one month or US$12 for 12 months, and Pro costs US$3.99 for one month or US$24 for 12 months. The homepage describes upgrade plans as starting from $1.
Yes. The Freemium plan includes 1 character, 1 story, 1 place, 1 world-building entity, 1 object and 1 language with a limited dictionary, with up to 500MB of storage. The homepage invites users to join for free.
Metos is built for fiction writers, game designers working on story-driven games, and visual artists or musicians who want to expand the details of their universe. It suits people who want structured records of characters and worlds.
The pricing page says monthly memberships can be canceled anytime and no data will be lost. Plans are subscription-based rather than one-time purchases.
Yes. Every plan, including Freemium, lists personal and team projects. The source pages do not describe team features such as roles or permissions in detail.
The homepage states there are no ads and no third-party data sharing, and that user data belongs to the user. Full details are in the privacy policy linked on the site.
The source pages do not list third-party integrations. Users can sign in with Google or Apple and can link playlists or inspiring visuals to their entries.