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An editorial guide from The Gaming Nest to indie games from Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, MENA and Oceania — each with original notes and a link to its store page.
These are editorial pages. The developers and publishers are not affiliated with The Gaming Nest unless explicitly stated.
By Digital Dreams Entertainment LLC · Ukraine
Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter Reborn is a first-person shooter about stalking and hunting dinosaurs. It belongs to the long-running Carnivores series, whose earlier Dinosaur Hunter entry was an enhanced version of the original 1998 game. This Windows edition is credited to Digital Dreams Entertainment LLC, a developer listed in Ukraine, and was released on Steam in May 2015.
By Terry Cavanagh · United Kingdom
Dicey Dungeons is a roguelike deck-building game by designer Terry Cavanagh, which launched in August 2019 on Windows, macOS and Linux. Its genre listings combine a roguelike structure with role-playing and strategy. Later ports reached Nintendo Switch in 2020, Xbox in 2021, iOS and Android in 2022 and PlayStation in 2023, and it holds a Metacritic score of 80.
By LCB Game Studio · Argentina
Mothmen 1966 is a brief visual novel written in the spirit of vintage pulp fiction. Three survivors try to make it through a mothman attack on a small town, and the story moves forward through reading and choices, some of which end badly by trial and error. It was released in 2022 by a studio from Argentina as part of its Pixel Pulps series and published by Chorus Worldwide Games; critics liked its writing and presentation while noting its brief length.
By DoubleBee · Germany
A Game About Digging a Hole is a simulation game whose goal is to excavate the largest hole you can manage. Ores unearthed along the way can be sold at a barn, funding new tools and upgrades that let you dig further. It was released on Steam in February 2025 and is linked to a developer in Germany. The game was built in about 14 days and sold 250,000 copies in its first week.
By Jawaker · Jordan
Jawaker is a social gaming platform that gathers more than 50 card and board games popular in the Arab world, such as Tarneeb, Trix, Baloot, Jackaroo, Kout and Ludo, with chat and emotes for playing against friends and other players. It is available on mobile and the web. Jawaker was founded in 2009 by a group of young Jordanians and now operates from both Jordan and the UAE.
By Yume Game · Jordan
Nosy Delivery Guy is a short adventure game made in 48 hours for the Global Game Jam around the theme Mask. The player is a curious delivery worker who meets masked characters on the route and must choose between finishing the job and following his curiosity, which can lead to loss or danger. It was made by Yume, an indie team listed among Jordanian indie game developers in the 962Games directory.
By Yayy · Lebanon
Dodge Agent is a hyper-casual mobile action game in which you guide an agent through short levels, dodging incoming attacks. It is listed on the App Store under publisher Lion Studios and was released in December 2020. According to PocketGamer.biz, it was developed by Yayy, a studio included among Lebanon's game makers in its 2022 MENA list, and it reached around 10 million downloads.
By Game Cooks · Lebanon
Abunka is an announced free-to-play team arena brawler for three-versus-three matches. It mixes top-down shooting with real-time strategy: each class-based character has its own abilities, and teams race to lay pipes from their camp to the last Abunka extractor on the planet. The first side to finish wins. It is listed on Steam by Game Cooks, the studio founded in Beirut by Lebanese brothers Arz and Lebnan Nader.
By N0Expressi0N, Hamood · Lebanon
Happily Never After is a low-poly, PS1-style adventure with psychological horror elements set in a surreal, distorted version of Lebanon. The player is a man in a corrupted country who drives through eerie streets, solves puzzles and tries to change things, only to question whether his actions matter. Everyday absurdities turn into nightmares. It is developed by N0Expressi0N with Lebanese developer Hamood, whose project drew coverage from Beirut.com.
By Zouking · Lebanon
Road to Eden is a third-person multiplayer survival game set after an alien invasion that wiped out most of humanity. Players wake at the roadside with no memory and team up to scavenge, craft and fight their way to Project Eden, the survivors' last base. It entered Steam early access in 2019. It was created by Ronald Halabi (Zouking) and is listed as a released Steam game in the showcase of the Lebanese Game Developers community.
By Kiddo Interactive · Morocco
MathPunk Chronicles is a non-combat puzzle adventure set in a solarpunk world where mathematics powers the energy grid and reality is collapsing into white voids. A quiet teenager repairs failing machines and anomalies with tactile math puzzles across areas such as Steamcog Station and the Salty Isles. Kiddo Education, a studio founded in Morocco in 2023, makes it in English, French and Arabic, with mobile, PC and Switch releases planned.
By Kiddo Interactive · Morocco
The Float Never Stops is a physics-based co-op game for one to four players set on a parade float that never stops moving. Players run, jump, grab, carry, throw and attach props to keep it going, and the physics turns bad ideas into chain reactions. It is listed on Steam under Kiddo Interactive, the developer account that also carries MathPunk Chronicles from the Moroccan studio Kiddo Education.
By Khhh! Games · Morocco
Za-id is a tile-compounding score-chaser in which the player steers a crawler, merges matching tiles and chains them into a growing score on a mosaic board. Rarer tiles inspired by different cultures unlock over time, and coverage of the game compares it to a mix of Snake and Tetris with Moroccan zellige art. Its Moroccan developer, credited as ard Games at Gamescom 2026 and as Khhh! Games on Steam, has a mobile version out and a Steam version in development.
By very remarkable games · Oman
Shapes N Music is a bullet-hell rhythm game in which players dodge hazards and dash through levels timed to a varied soundtrack. Beyond the main levels it offers four further game modes, and a demo is available on Steam ahead of a planned late-2026 release. The game was built in Construct 3. It is the work of Saleh al Kindy, an Omani developer who began making it at 15, as reported by the Oman Observer; on Steam it is credited to very remarkable games.
By Infinite Madaa · Qatar
Little Adventure on the Prairie is a short 2D platformer in which the player jumps across platforms and attacks enemies to clear each stage. It was released on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita at a low price with an easy trophy list, which the developer said helped fund a larger project. Reviewers noted it can be finished in well under an hour. It was the first game from Infinite Madaa, a group of developers in Qatar led by Salem Al-Ghanim.
By Digital Dunes LLC · Qatar
Fuzzy Flow- Animals Out! is a casual color-matching puzzle game for iOS. Players send cute animals onto a conveyor belt, where each one fires a limited number of shots at pixel cubes of its own color. Animals that are not used up rotate back into a waiting queue, so the challenge is timing launches around the belt's limited space. It is published by Digital Dunes LLC, the Qatar-based mobile studio behind PSL - Pro Soccer Legends, headquartered in Media City Qatar in Doha.
By Digital Dunes LLC · Qatar
Owl Logic Puzzle Game is a relaxed logic puzzler for iOS in which players place hidden owls on colorful grids. Every row, column and colored region must hold exactly one owl, and no two owls may touch, so each board is solved through deduction rather than numbers. Boards grow larger as the difficulty rises, and the game can be played offline. It comes from Digital Dunes LLC, the Doha-based mobile studio in Media City Qatar that also makes PSL - Pro Soccer Legends.
By M4DOOM · Saudi Arabia
AL QMRAH RESTAURANT is a free co-op survival horror game for up to four players set in a real-life restaurant. As staff finishing a closing shift, you are locked in at midnight and must complete tasks, keep the place running and deal with a creature in the kitchen until 5 am. It was developed by M4DOOM, the Saudi developer behind Billies Wheelie.
By Bold Statement Games · Saudi Arabia
Back 4 More is a free third-person strategy survival game in which clans compete over turn-based rounds for influence over a desert. Teams gather resources such as wood and metal, trade them for gold and shares in petrol, water, electricity and ammunition, and deal with random events after each round. It was released by Bold Statement Games, the developer of VolleySmash from Steam's Games Made in KSA bundle.
By Bold Statement Games · Saudi Arabia
Bio Bots is a free third-person team shooter with several match types, including capture points, team deathmatch, free for all and rounds. Players use machinery to heal, block shots, deal damage or jump higher, and can level up, complete missions and customise their characters. The developer says it was built in under a year by one person; it comes from Bold Statement Games, featured in Steam's Games Made in KSA bundle.
By Khosouf Studio · Saudi Arabia
Box To The Beat VR is a rhythm boxing workout game in which you punch in time with music across more than 30 levels and reactive environments. It adds custom song support, world bosses, cross-platform leaderboards, power-ups and collectable gloves, and IsaKaba calls it the first Middle East-developed game on PlayStation VR2. It comes from Khosouf Studio, now relocating its operations to Saudi Arabia.
By M4DOOM · Saudi Arabia
Get Out... is a short horror game in which a father who ruined his family wakes in a dark room of a strange house and must find a way out. Armed with a hand light, you solve small mysteries and avoid monsters as you work through a looping, unsettling house. It is an early release from M4DOOM, the Saudi developer that later made Billies Wheelie.
By Khosouf Studio · Saudi Arabia
Glitch Core is a tactical first-person roguelite shooter set in a future where AI has been exiled to the Moon. You play a rogue AI agent fighting through procedurally generated battle simulations to learn why you were built, with split-screen co-op. It is developed by Khosouf Studio, which IsaKaba lists under Saudi Arabia after the studio moved its operations there from the UAE.
By Nabokov · Saudi Arabia
Fishing Nightmares is a co-op horror fishing game for one to four players. As SWAT operatives sent into the Amazon to recover a lost item, you catch fish, sell them through in-field devices, upgrade your gear and push into deeper jungle and swamp while creatures and changing conditions threaten you. It is in development at Nabokov, the developer of Keytamine from Steam's Games Made in KSA bundle.