New to the basement?
Learn how words become dialogue, why the demo can end your run, and what to notice before you start combining. Written to stay spoiler-light.
Read the beginner’s guideCase file 001Subject: Nima LeeStatus: pre-release archive
Am INima
An independent field guide to the girl in the basement. We track what HO! Games has actually confirmed, what the demo reveals, and what remains unsafe to assume. No invented endings. No fake patch notes.
Release: November 27, 2026PC via SteamDemo available
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November 27, 2026 · PC via Steam
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Stuck in the demo?
A scene-by-scene walkthrough with spoiler controls: the first test, the bedroom, the locker code and the final sequence in plain English.
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Search demo-verified word combinations, filter the vocabulary we have observed, and keep a local notebook for your own discoveries.
Use the Word Fusion Lab
01 What is Am I Nima?
A horror game where the only weapon is a sentence.
You play Nima, a girl who wakes in a basement with no reliable memory. The woman across the room says she is your mother. To leave, you have to pass her tests and convince her that you are really her daughter.
Words found in the environment become a vocabulary inside Nima’s mind. Combine them to form new thoughts, then choose which thought to say aloud. The demo turns that idea into a tense point-and-click conversation game; the full release expands it to five chapters, 230+ words and 13 endings.
- Release
- November 27, 2026 — PC via Steam
- Developer
- HO! Games, Vancouver; funded in part by Outersloth
- Genre
- Psychological horror, narrative puzzle, point-and-click
- Demo
- Free on Steam; Chapter 1 and roughly half of Chapter 2
- Price
- Not announced
02 The word mechanic
One thought opens a door. Another closes it.
The demo’s recipes are not just puzzle keys. They are character notes, accusations and memories. These examples are verified in demo footage or a hands-on preview.
Nima+Stranger→Mom
Mom+Nima→FamilyFearLove
The mind does not give you one answer.It gives you the vocabulary to hurt or comfort someone.
Word-network illustration by Nima Archive. Recipes verified in the public demo; full-game combinations will differ.
Demo-verified recipesThe full game has 5,000+ combinations, so this is only a starting map.Search all verified combos →
03 Reading the screen
The interface is part of the horror.
Every element is doing narrative work. The library remembers what Nima has learned; the mind shows what she can become; the dialogue box is the only place where that becomes dangerous.
- 01 / Word library
- The growing vocabulary. In the demo, tabs and search help separate relationships, nature and life-and-death words.
- 02 / Dialogue
- Drag a word to the mouth to make it a spoken option. Mom’s response can change the test’s direction.
- 03 / Nima’s mind
- Drop one word onto another to test a connection. One pair can unlock several new words.
04 The documented count
A small game with a very large mind.
These figures come from HO! Games’ September 2026 development update. We keep the date attached because pre-release plans can change.
5
chapters
The developer confirmed five chapters in the full game.
Official
15+
main tests
Plus seven additional tests that are easier to miss.
Official
230+
unique words
The full game’s word count, excluding “Tomato Boy” words.
Official
5,000+
combinations
The developer’s stated number of ways to combine words.
Official
13
endings
Confirmed for the full release; no ending names have been revealed.
Official
300+
inspectable objects
Spread across five environments.
Official
Source: HO! Games, “Update on Am I Nima’s release date and peek into development,” September 5, 2026.
05 The record
Latest verified updates.
Official news only, ordered by date. We do not republish a page as “new” just to simulate freshness.
Full news timeline →Release moved to November 27, 2026
HO! Games moved the launch from October 8 to November 27, 2026. The same post confirmed five environments, 300+ inspectable objects, more than 15 tests across five chapters, 230+ words, 5,000+ possible word combinations and 13 endings in the full game.
October 8 release date announced — later superseded
The Story-Rich Showcase trailer announced an October 8, 2026 release date. A September 5 development update changed that date to November 27. The earlier date is kept here for transparency, not as current information.
Japanese demo and BitSummit appearance announced
HO! Games brought the demo to BitSummit Punch in Kyoto from May 22–24, 2026. The studio said this was the demo’s first Japanese localization and that Am I Nima had been nominated for the event’s Vermillion Gate Award.
One Year Update: new rooms, tests and animation
A demo anniversary update showed a revamped, more animated Mom sprite, a boiler room, bathroom changes, new tests and the addition of an audio designer. The developers credited Outersloth funding with expanding the game’s scope.
06 People file
Who is allowed to be a person here?
Nima, Mom, a dead father, a pet fish called James Pond, and a second voice that may not be any of them. We separate what the demo shows from what fans suspect.
Open the character files →07 Use the archive
Two tools for the way this game thinks.
Designed to be useful before release and after it. Both run on the page, store progress locally, and keep spoiler material clearly labelled.
08 Quick answers
Before you ask.
When does Am I Nima release?
HO! Games currently lists Am I Nima for November 27, 2026 on PC via Steam. The game was previously scheduled for October 8, 2026; that date was moved on September 5, 2026. No exact unlock time has been announced.
Is there an Am I Nima demo?
Yes. A free demo launched on Steam on February 23, 2025. It contains Chapter 1 and roughly half of Chapter 2, according to HO! Games. The demo is still listed on Steam and has an Overwhelmingly Positive review summary at the time of writing.
What platforms is Am I Nima on?
The current Steam page only marks Windows as supported. A Mac demo build exists and some 2026 press material mentioned Windows and Mac, but full-release Mac support has not been re-confirmed. We treat PC as the only confirmed launch platform.
How many words and combinations are in Am I Nima?
HO! Games says the full game will contain more than 230 unique words and more than 5,000 ways to combine them. The demo contains a much smaller sample. The developer’s count excludes “Tomato Boy” words.
How many endings does Am I Nima have?
HO! Games has confirmed 13 endings for the full game. The studio has not revealed their names, conditions or how much the endings diverge. The demo contains a scripted final sequence and should not be treated as a preview of all 13 outcomes.
09 One last warning
The demo is not a safe sample.
It includes implied violence toward a child, eye mutilation, child neglect, and imagery of bugs, spiders and worms. The full game carries the same official mature-content description. The horror is psychological, but that does not make it gentle.
Read the content advisory →