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67 indie games in this list, released 2023–2026, from developers such as DaFluffs Games, Limeless, Stellar Mythical. Pick one to read our editorial note and jump to its store page.
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By DaFluffs Games · Saudi Arabia
Dungeon Blast! Action Shooter is a mobile action roguelike built on fast movement and constant shooting. Players clear dungeons across several modes, upgrade weapons and abilities and assemble builds to survive tougher encounters. It is in soft launch from DaFluffs Games, a Saudi Arabia-based mobile studio founded in 2024 that turns the exaggerated mechanics seen in mobile ads into real gameplay.
By Limeless · Saudi Arabia
Either Eye is a free puzzle horror game built on seeing through one eye at a time. Your right eye reveals hidden messages, demonic entities and paths that do not exist in the normal world, while staring too long through the left eye draws the attention of things from the evil world. It is one of the rapid-release titles from Limeless Studio, a horror studio based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
By Stellar Mythical · Saudi Arabia
Emotional Flow is a precision platformer with no jump button. Your character can only move left and right, and emotions become the tool for getting past obstacles while you try to rescue a friend kidnapped by three mysterious figures. Each of the three bosses represents a mental illness. It was the first release from Stellar Mythical, a Saudi-based independent studio founded in 2019.
By Evolite Studio · Saudi Arabia
Fateel is a puzzle adventure about a crime detective who wakes from a coma locked in a basement with a gang's explosives. Across 25 rooms of rising difficulty you push boxes, carry and place bombs and read dialogue clues to reason your way out. The game began on mobile and was brought to PC with improved visuals and sound by Evolite Studio, a Jeddah-based Saudi studio.
By Steer Studios · Saudi Arabia
Grunt Rush: Battle & Conquer is a fast mobile strategy game about growing an army and controlling the map. Players multiply their troops by routing them through terrain modifiers, capture enemy bases, upgrade units and adjust tactics from level to level. It is the debut title of Steer Studios, a Riyadh-based developer owned by Savvy Games Group, and passed one million downloads within a month of launch.
By Everness Games · Saudi Arabia
Harfa is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1960 in a Saudi heritage village beneath the mountain of Harfa, inspired by a real mountain in Al Namas. You play Salem, who returns to his grandmother's village to find every resident gone, and explore abandoned homes with an old lantern, solving puzzles and uncovering the mountain's secrets. It is the debut of Everness Games, a Riyadh-based indie studio.
By Dannana Gaming · Saudi Arabia
Kashtah, named after a slang word for a desert trip, is a first-person survival horror game set in an abandoned Saudi village around a cursed castle. After your car breaks down you look for help, then must explore, collect clues, solve puzzles and avoid enemies to escape. It is being developed by Dannana, a Riyadh-based studio that makes games celebrating Saudi culture.
By Nabokov · Saudi Arabia
Keytamine is a keyboard-themed action game in which you battle waves of enemies shaped like keycaps through rhythmic clicking, combos and ASMR-style sound design. Its Chaos System offers 11 levels of difficulty, from a deathless relaxed mode at level 0 to a demanding mode at level 10 that adds new mechanics. It was made by Nabokov, a developer featured in Steam's Games Made in KSA bundle of Saudi indie games.
By Limeless · Saudi Arabia
Killer Issues is a short first-person comedy horror game in which you are a serial killer spending Halloween in a cabin with other serial killers. Between decorations and trick-or-treaters at the door, another killer starts hunting the household, and the hunters become the hunted. It is an upcoming title from Limeless Studio, a horror studio based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
By Nomadroid · Saudi Arabia
KoroNeko is a relaxed puzzle game where you roll Koro the cat, trapped inside a jelly jar, through colourful worlds to free her siblings from the witch Strawberry. There is no timer and no move counter, so each puzzle can be worked out at your own pace as new mechanics appear world by world. It was developed and published by Nomadroid, a studio from Saudi Arabia.
By Light Studio | نقش الضوء · Saudi Arabia
Lefty is a cozy 3D puzzle game about a left-handed character who can only move to the right. To reach home you rotate each whimsical maze level so that right-only steps lead somewhere useful, with puzzles growing more complex as you go. The idea is drawn from the Arabic cultural habit of favouring the right hand, and the game was developed by Saudi team Light Studio (Naqsh Al-Daw).
By Evolite Studio · Saudi Arabia
Legacy Lens is a small photography game designed to introduce players to well-known heritage sites in Saudi Arabia. You are shown real photos of a landmark and must move and zoom the camera to capture matching shots, after which a QR code points you toward visiting the actual place. It was developed by Evolite Studio, a Saudi-based game studio from Jeddah.
By Evlnu GameWorks · Saudi Arabia
Mall Heist is a stealth game in which you play a security tester breaking into a shopping mall. You sneak past and confront guards, hack systems and use whatever each store offers, from bananas in the supermarket to boots in a clothing shop, as tools for the job. It was released by Evlnu GameWorks, an independent studio founded in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2023.
By Evolite Studio · Saudi Arabia
Mishwar is a short low-poly browser driving game in Arabic. You steer a car, avoid obstacles and collect energy orbs to travel through time and discover different eras from the history of Saudi Arabia, with simple keyboard controls for steering and drifting. It was made by Evolite Studio, an award-winning Saudi-based game studio from Jeddah that also developed Fateel and NOOR.
By Limeless · Saudi Arabia
My Peephole: Hotel Harborview is a psychological horror game in which a demon forces you to work as the receptionist of a strange hotel. From a cramped office you watch guests through a peephole, check their documents and make phone calls to decide who is normal and who is not, and mistakes are punished. It was made by Limeless Studio, a horror-focused studio based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
By SwordPlay Studios · Saudi Arabia
NightShift 198X is a retro first-person horror job simulator set in a cursed gas station. You manage the night shift, deal with twisted customers and events, and uncover what is hidden there, with consequences that carry from one shift to the next. It is developed by SwordPlay Studios, a Saudi studio founded in 2024 that focuses on narrative games, and published with Saudi publisher Level Up Gaming.
By Ash Games Studio · Saudi Arabia
Nomad: The Legend of Zarqa is a top-down action roguelite based on the Arabian legend of Zarqa al-Yamama, the woman whose sight reached beyond the horizon. After her village is destroyed, Zarqa takes up an enchanted bow to cleanse deserts, forests, canyons and the Copper City of dark magic, with each biome adding its own enemies, traps and bosses. It is the second game from Riyadh-born Ash Games Studio.
By Evolite Studio · Saudi Arabia
NOOR is an isometric action-adventure in which the hero Siraj carries a magical lantern that serves as weapon, shield and map. Its light reveals hidden paths and restores lost memories, which in turn unlock new combat and traversal powers across forests, mountains, lakes and deserts inspired by Arabic mythology. It is being developed by Evolite Studio, a game studio from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
By AstraValle · Saudi Arabia
Nrem is a 2D puzzle platformer set in surreal dream worlds and built around a reflection mechanic that opens new ways to move. You play Lou, a dream-world watcher who breaks a rule of non-intervention by stealing a piece of a mirror linked to a struggling human, which drives a quiet story about memory and empathy. It is developed by AstraValle, a three-person studio from Saudi Arabia.
By Evlnu GameWorks · Saudi Arabia
Office Chaos is a physics-based co-op game for one to four players set in eight-minute workdays at a busy office. As interns you rush to complete office tasks, and small slips quickly turn into bigger disasters. It is the next release from Evlnu GameWorks, an independent studio based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which focuses on co-op and multiplayer games.
By Aiqona Productions · Saudi Arabia
Pizza Knight: Out To Deliver is a first-person roguelite driving shooter set in chaotic medieval streets. You ride a pizza-powered scooter, smash knights, dodge fire-breathing bats and deliver pizzas to wizards, goblins and strange royals, looting weapons and fitting your scooter with gadgets. It is the debut game of Aiqona Productions, a creative studio based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
By Entropy Minds · Saudi Arabia
Psi Break is an isometric survival horror game set in a ruined lunar colony. As an amnesiac prisoner you use elemental psychic powers against mutated colonists and a rogue AI overseer and solve puzzles, while a sanity meter drains as you rely on those powers. It is the debut title of Entropy Minds Studios, a studio based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
By Sandouq Studio · Saudi Arabia
Puppeteer: No Strings Attached is a boss-rush action game set on a theatrical stage. You control a puppet fighting reimagined villains from classic fairy tales, learning each boss's patterns and your own abilities to break free from the Puppeteer, alone or with a friend in co-op. It is the lead title of Sandouq Studio, an independent Saudi studio founded in 2024.
By SAMx003 Games · Saudi Arabia
Revenge Crystal is a top-down action RPG that mixes Souls-like combat with interconnected exploration. You are the will driving a fallen knight kept alive by a living crystal, swapping elemental abilities as you uncover ruins and fight bosses across a decaying world. It is developed by SAMx003 Games, which the IsaKaba directory lists as a studio from Saudi Arabia.