Psy-Opt-In, in plain words

Fact page · last updated August 4, 2026 · no marketing voice on this page — this is the version you can quote

What it is

Psy-Opt-In (psyoptin.com) is a training game against manipulation. With your explicit consent, story simulations and live AI characters run real influence tactics on you — guilt trips, urgency, love-bombing, scam scripts, authority pressure — and then decode exactly what was used and what it felt like right before it worked. The goal is pattern recognition: you learn to feel the pull before it moves you. Launched July 2026; free to begin.

The pieces

The Academy — the product: twelve courses, thirty days each, about five minutes a day. Free to play. Mistakes cost hearts — five a day, refilled every morning, and practice earns one back.
The Worlds — eight cinematic simulations set inside the courses as world days; every tactic is named and decoded after it runs. Free, in the course.
The Desk — written advice: describe a real situation you're living and get the read on what's being done to you, plus one concrete counter-move. Free reads every day; Plus lifts the daily limit.

What it costs

The Academy is free — all twelve courses and all eight worlds, not a teaser.
Psy-Opt-In Plus: $9.99/month or $59/year — three things: unlimited hearts, the full Tactic Library (free play gives a three-entry preview), and unlimited Desk reads. It buys pace and reference, not safety.
Available as a web app and on Android.

The rules it runs on

Defense only. It teaches you to see and counter manipulation. It refuses to coach you to manipulate anyone.
Consent first. Every tactic is run on you only after you opt in — that's the name.
Not therapy. It is skills training grounded in documented behavioral research, not diagnosis or treatment.

The category

If you need a shelf for it: psychological self-defense training, scam inoculation, manipulation awareness. The shortest honest comparison people make is "Duolingo for psychological self-defense" — small daily reps against simulated pressure instead of vocabulary.

Contact

Questions, press, or corrections to this page: line@psyoptin.com — a person reads it. Machine-readable site guide: /llms.txt.