External Discovery
67 indie games in this list, released 2017–2026, from developers such as Light Studio | نقش الضوء, Classy Games, Bold Statement Games. Pick one to read our editorial note and jump to its store page.
These are editorial pages. The developers and publishers are not affiliated with The Gaming Nest unless explicitly stated.
By Light Studio | نقش الضوء · Saudi Arabia
Wojdan is an adventure visual novel with puzzles that change the path of the story. It follows 11-year-old Jawad, his father Adel and sister Sara as they leave their village for the city to find a doctor who can cure him, only to learn the doctor has vanished. The title is an Arabic word for the soul or inner strength. It was released in 2017 by Light Studio (Naqsh Al-Daw), the Saudi team that later made Lefty.
By Classy Games · Saudi Arabia
Who Heckled? is an online social deduction party game for two to six players. One player goes on stage to complete absurd challenges while the others hide among an audience of computer-controlled characters, heckling with memes and sabotaging the show without being caught. It is an upcoming game from Classy Games, a studio listed in the IsaKaba directory under Saudi Arabia.
By Bold Statement Games · Saudi Arabia
Tail Trail is a free, story-driven point-and-click game about P.I. Trevor, who takes his first solo case to find a missing person on a mysterious island. The developer built it as a mix of a linear game and a short animated film, with heavy cutscenes, investigation of areas and light quick-time events. It is by Bold Statement Games, the developer of VolleySmash from Steam's Games Made in KSA bundle.
By Bold Statement Games · Saudi Arabia
Sticks And Bones is a short interactive story about a boastful pirate who keeps hunting for treasure even after his death. It mixes quick-time events with shifting mechanics, from third-person sections to 2.5D scenes, puzzles and sword duels. The developer describes it as a one-person project and an episode zero for a planned series. It comes from Bold Statement Games, the developer of VolleySmash from Steam's Games Made in KSA bundle.
By Classy Games · Saudi Arabia
Silly Suspects is a comic detective game built on the guess-who formula. You investigate absurd crimes in a strange world, question suspects, learn their habits and rule them out one by one until the culprit remains, with a lighthearted parody of classic murder mysteries. It is in early access from Classy Games, a studio that now operates in Saudi Arabia.
By Moving Dimensions · Saudi Arabia
Abo Khashem is a comedic open-world action RPG set in the City of Torrid. Players fight enemies with an unusual combat system, develop entrepreneurial skills, explore dangerous dungeons and look for hidden treasure. It was released on Steam in February 2018 and was also listed for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It was developed by Moving Dimensions, a studio from Saudi Arabia.
By Limeless · Saudi Arabia
At Night: Freakshow is an episode of the At Night horror series in which you play Samuel Finch, a protected witness hidden by the FBI inside a travelling carnival. Given a new act as the silent Birdman, you speak only through your parrot, train with the other performers and take part in the shows while trying to stay hidden. It was developed by Limeless Studio, based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
By Limeless · Saudi Arabia
At Night: Haunted Ride is a first-person psychological horror episode in which you play Jeremy Miller, a ride operator running final test runs of a haunted mine attraction the night before it opens. The loop is to ride the minecart, stop when something breaks, fix props and mechanisms, then ride again, each lap going deeper. It belongs to the At Night series from Limeless Studio, based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
By Limeless · Saudi Arabia
At Night: The Nurse is an episode of an anthology of psychological horror stories framed as a late-night TV show where survivors recount what happened to them. You play Emily Collins on a night shift at Bloomring Hospital, driving to work, answering texts, tending patients and exploring the wards as things go wrong. It is a short, choice-based walking experience from Limeless Studio of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
By Limeless · Saudi Arabia
At Night: The Student is a free, roughly 20-minute episode of the At Night horror series. You play Mio, a 16-year-old home alone in a Japanese village while a kidnapper is in town, going through a normal school day with no directions except photos on her phone of real places you must recognise. It uses a VHS-inspired look and comes from Limeless Studio of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
By Abdulla Al Hamad (DRTH) · Saudi Arabia
Aunt Fatima is a first-person horror game in which you play a kidnapping victim trying to escape the house of Aunt Fatima and her husband. You solve puzzles, gather items and hunt for keys while she patrols the rooms, and hiding in wardrobes is your main defence when she gives chase. The game was created by Saudi solo developer Abdulla Al Hamad (DRTH), with Saudi-dialect Arabic text.
By Ash Games Studio · Saudi Arabia
Azooma Escape is a comedy stealth game in which the danger is family hospitality. At your uncle's village gathering you try to slip out unnoticed, dodging aunts asking about grades, hosts pushing more food and a family djinn, while a small errand grows into a village mystery. It was made by Ash Games Studio, an indie team founded in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2022.
By Blue Tango Street · Saudi Arabia
Backspace Backspace Backspace is a short narrative game about a writer losing the will to create in an age when AI has automated the written word. Told in GBA-style pixel art with a chiptune soundtrack, it offers meaningful choices, two endings and dialogue in nine languages including Arabic. It comes from Blue Tango Street, a remote-first studio based between London and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
By Starvania Studio · Saudi Arabia
Bahamut and the Waqwaq Tree is a 2D underwater adventure drawn from Arabian mythology. You swim through Ma'een, a cosmic ocean overrun by dark entities, using light to shield yourself, clear corruption and decipher inscriptions left by a lost civilisation. It is the debut title of Starvania Studio, a team based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and is also listed on PlayStation.
By Up One Games · Saudi Arabia
Bargan's Treasure is a narrative puzzle-platforming adventure set in a hand-painted, deserted village inspired by the mountains of Saudi Arabia. You explore ruins, work out the strange inventions of Bargan and restore water and power to the village while tracing a dagger lost for centuries. It is being made by Up One Games, which the IsaKaba directory lists as a studio from Saudi Arabia.
By NAPHORA GAMES GROUP · Saudi Arabia
BattleSwipe, first released as AFRSHO, is a free-to-play PvP squad battle game with fast real-time combat. Players assemble teams of characters, fight in arena modes and rotating mini-games, and progress through missions, events and seasons, with Arab customs and traditions woven into its fighting style. It was created by Riyadh's Raheebeen Studios and is published by Saudi publisher Naphora Games Group.
By Silver Thumb Games · Saudi Arabia
Biida-Bash is a turn-based multiplayer game built on tabletop marbles with physics that react to every impact. Players use powers such as energy pulses, flight and rebound control to set off chain reactions across modes that include elimination, racing and a football variant. Friends, family or strangers can join. It was developed by Silver Thumb Games, one of the studios in Steam's Games Made in KSA bundle of Saudi indie games.
By M4DOOM · Saudi Arabia
Billies Wheelie is a racing platformer starring Billie, a hamster rolling around in an exercise ball. You boost, drift and jump through obstacle tracks, collect cheese for rewards, customise your hamster and ball, and race up to eight players online in co-op or PvP. It was developed by M4DOOM, which the IsaKaba MENA games directory lists as a Saudi Arabian developer.
By Addu Studio · Saudi Arabia
Breekha is a survival horror game set in an old district of Jeddah, where the protagonist investigates Breekha Hospital, whose dead disappear and return in twisted forms. Weapons are scarce and often useless, so stealth and hiding are the main tools, with fighting kept for moments you cannot avoid. It was built in Unreal Engine by Addu Studio, described by Saudi newspaper Arriyadiyah as a Saudi studio.
By Stellar Mythical · Saudi Arabia
Crystalone is a turn-based RPG with side-scrolling exploration, set across four chapters in the ruined, plague-struck world of Mira. Battles revolve around the Sol, Luna and Stella phases, each changing buffs and penalties for both sides, and players can befriend nine companions or simply jump over enemies to avoid a fight. It is the second game from Stellar Mythical, an independent studio based in Saudi Arabia.
By Blue Tango Street · Saudi Arabia
Dance Dance Detective is a murder mystery set on a private cruise ship in 1986, where you play Detective Gene Burning undercover as the ship's ballroom dance teacher. You design dance routines, teach suspects to move on the beat, and combine the clues they reveal to find who killed a chocolate company's chief scientist. It is the third game from Blue Tango Street, a studio based between London and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
By Team0Studio · Saudi Arabia
Defend The Cubes is a tower defense game that swaps fixed towers for deployable units. Enemies circle a central cube along paths that change, so each wave asks you to reconsider where and when to place defenders. The game aims to be easy to start but deep to master, and it was developed by Team0Studio, which is part of Steam's Games Made in KSA bundle of Saudi indie releases.
By Starvania Studio · Saudi Arabia
Doughn't Panic! is a two-player co-op platformer in which both players share control of a single pizza, bound together by a spell. Every jump and dodge needs coordination as the pizza makes its way through oversized spaces in the human world, and failure is rarely final. It is the second project from Starvania Studio, the Riyadh-based team behind Bahamut and the Waqwaq Tree.
By UMX Studio FZ-LLC · Saudi Arabia
Drift X is a mobile drifting and racing game centred on Arabic car culture. It offers large maps, detailed driving physics, deep tuning and customisation systems and voice chat, so players can compete, tune their cars and practise high-speed drifts together. It comes from UMX Studio, a Riyadh-based mobile developer and publisher founded in 2014 and known for King of Steering and Climbing Sand Dune.