Machinations

Create digital twins for your systems, processes and economies. 1-click Monte Carlo simulations to evaluate scenarios in a safe environment.

Our take

Last updated 14 October 2026

Machinations turns a written economy, process, or loop into a diagram you can step through and simulate, including Monte Carlo playthroughs. The homepage says you can start with no credit card. The pricing page explains Events and a free Academia plan, but it does not list dollar prices.

Best for Designers simulating economies, loops, and similar systems before they build them.

Pros

You describe a system and simulate it, with step play, interactive play, predict, and balancer modes.
AI Builder can draft a diagram from a prompt, and the page explains that this spends Events.
A free Academia plan for students is documented, and the site cites ISO 27001.

Cons

Dollar prices were not on the pages we read.
Usage is metered in Events, including for AI prompts.
This is systems design, not an art or code generator.

Written from the vendor's official site and docs, not a hands-on benchmark. How we review tools.

Category	Game Design & Prototyping
Pricing	Free plan or free trial mentioned on official site; see official pricing page for current prices. — official pricing
Website	https://machinations.io
Last checked	2026-10-14

Description taken from the tool's official website meta description.

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