Am I Nima will launch on October 8, 2026, giving HO! Games’ unsettling psychological horror title a firm release date after more than a year of demos, showcases and growing attention on Steam.
The October date remains listed on the game’s official Steam page, where Am I Nima is scheduled for Windows and macOS. Developer HO! Games and indie funding label Outersloth are listed as publishers, while a free playable demo remains available ahead of release.
HO! Games announced the date during the Story-Rich Showcase on June 6. At the time, the studio said the game had already passed 120,000 Steam wishlists, a notable milestone for a small horror project that first surfaced publicly in late 2024.
The announcement also gave players another look at the game’s central idea: waking up with no memory, being locked in a basement by your own mother, and having to convince her that you really are her daughter.
Am I Nima Makes Words Part of the Horror
The setup is deliberately uncomfortable.
Players take control of Nima, a girl who has lost her memories and is being held in a basement by her mother. Getting out isn’t as simple as finding a key. Her mother wants proof that the person standing in front of her is actually Nima.
That means passing a series of tests while trying to work out what happened before Nima lost her memory.
The unusual part is how conversations work.
As players search the house, they uncover words attached to objects and memories. A worn plush toy, an old handwritten note or a locked drawer can give Nima another piece of vocabulary.
Those words aren’t simply collectibles. Players can combine them inside Nima’s mind to form new ideas, unlock buried memories and create new things to say during conversations.
The official description makes clear that choosing the right words can change how Nima responds to her mother. Players can either say what they think she wants to hear or push harder for answers about what is really happening.
It turns dialogue into part puzzle, part interrogation.
And the deeper Nima gets into the house, the more uncomfortable the central question becomes: is she really Nima at all?
HO! Games has so far avoided giving away the answer.
The Steam Demo Is Still Available
Players don’t have to wait until October to see how the system works.
The free Am I Nima demo remains available on Steam and contains Chapter 1 of the full game. It introduces the word-combination mechanic, allows players to explore Nima’s bedroom and begins filling in pieces of her missing past.
The demo first released on February 23, 2025 and has developed a strong response from players. At the time of writing, Steam shows an Overwhelmingly Positive rating, with 99% of its 696 user reviews marked positive.
That early response has helped Am I Nima build an audience well before launch, culminating in the 120,000-wishlist figure announced in June.
Despite its hand-drawn presentation, the game isn’t being positioned as light horror. Steam’s mature-content description warns of implied violence toward a child, child neglect, eye mutilation and imagery involving bugs, spiders and worms.
The horror appears to rely less on constant jump scares and more on the uncertainty surrounding Nima, her memories and her mother’s behaviour.
Outersloth Is Backing Am I Nima
The project is also being supported by Outersloth, the indie funding initiative created by Among Us studio Innersloth.
Outersloth was set up to fund independent developers while allowing them to retain more creative control than they might under a traditional publishing arrangement. Am I Nima is among the projects receiving its backing.
That support has given HO! Games more room to develop the full version beyond what players saw in the original demo.
The game has continued appearing at indie showcases and events during development, but its Steam listing has remained focused on the same central promise: combine words, recover memories and convince Nima’s mother that she is talking to her real daughter.
October 8 Is Getting Crowded
Am I Nima also finds itself landing on a surprisingly busy date.
Thekla’s puzzle adventure Order of the Sinking Star is scheduled to release on October 8, 2026 as well, arriving on PS5, Nintendo Switch 2 and PC.
The two games are very different, but there is some overlap in the audience they may attract. Both are puzzle-heavy releases built around learning unusual systems rather than conventional action.
For Am I Nima, however, the scale is deliberately more intimate. Instead of hundreds of rooms or a sprawling fantasy world, much of its tension comes from a house, a fractured memory and conversations in which choosing the wrong words could have consequences.
Am I Nima Launches October 8
For now, the release plan appears unchanged.
Am I Nima is scheduled to launch on October 8, 2026, with its current Steam listing supporting Windows and macOS. No PlayStation, Xbox or Nintendo version has been announced.
The demo remains available for anyone who wants to try the first chapter before launch.
HO! Games has not listed a final price on Steam at the time of writing.
With around seven weeks left before release, the bigger unanswered questions are now tied to the story rather than the date—particularly what happened to Nima, why her mother is testing her, and whether the person trying to escape that basement really is the daughter she claims to be.