Haimrik
This unique action adventure game lets you become Haimrik, a young scribe trying to make a living in a medieval town full of warriors, sorcerers, dragons and dragon-riding sorcerer-warriors. But one book changes his whole life. With the help of Masamba, a hungry lioness who will protect him while constantly trying to eat him, he’ll venture out to take on the evil king and his elite generals, the Word Warriors. Fortunately, Haimrik commands the Power of the Words! These are the stones in the path Haimrik walks, and he brings them to life as he steps on each one, willingly or not. Haimrik will need to activate the right words to defeat the various enemies that challenge him across numerous Word Worlds, with new puzzles appearing constantly throughout the game.
Game Discussion
Steam User 2
Gameplay in Haimrik is absolutely astonishing! I’m usually the type who skips through most of the story and only cares about the basics, but even if you skip the dialogues, you still pick up on the story because it’s told through the gameplay itself - all built around clever wordplay. It’s such a unique concept, and it works brilliantly. Whether you enjoy story-heavy games or not, Haimrik delivers the same level of satisfaction. A true hidden gem!
won this game in a giveaway on SteamGifts 4 years ago. Wish I played it earlier! Still an amazing game in 2025 tho!
Steam User 1
Very nice game with an interesting story.
Game Complexity: It is an narrative game with puzzles.
Game Difficulty: The puzzles and the boss fights are easy when you know which words are usable.
Achievements Complexity: Some achievements increase the complexity of the puzzles since you need to use another method to solve them.
Achievements Difficulty: Same as the Game Difficulty but if you miss them you have to restart the whole game.
Steam User 0
creative puzzle combat game. Short. Recommended
Steam User 0
Haimrik is a darkly comedic brutal action game about altering the world with the words found in books. I beat it, but a lot of the violence and humor fell flat for me. The animations are lovingly detailed, the sepia cartoon style is cool, and the puzzles are often unique and fun.
I think this balances out to a decent experience for me. That said, the fantasy kingdom and the story itself are both hyper violent and a tad unfocused. If you're not in the mood for the action puzzles or the bloody humor, there's not much else here.
Steam User 2
★★★✯☆
Hamrik is a very unique platformer, I thoroughly enjoyed playing through the game and learning its mechanics.
Don’t be fooled with the initial appearance of the game, its in essence a gory, action packed platformer where you need to traverse platforms of words that you can interact with the solve puzzles or kill enemies.
The story of the game was quite unique and fun to experience. The gameplay was tight and imaginative. It has a fair price point for the amount of content present in the game. And other than that there isn’t much more to say. I rate Haimrik 3.5/5, it’s a fun, short, cheap, unique experience :).