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39 indie games in this list, released 2016–2026, from developers such as RABABA Games, Amilcar Technologies, Mad Hook. Pick one to read our editorial note and jump to its store page.
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By RABABA Games · Jordan
Hajwala Drift is the mobile racing and drifting game that started the HAJWALA series. Players customise their car and character, tune the vehicle, build their own tracks and drift in a style inspired by Middle Eastern street-driving culture. It has been available since 2016. It is developed by Rababa Games, a Jordan-based studio whose Google Play listing gives an Amman address.
By Amilcar Technologies · Tunisia
Heistfest is a top-down action racer in which the player is a getaway driver who robs banks and outruns growing police forces. Chases move through destructible, hand-drawn black-and-white cities inspired by real places from Italy to Egypt, and the pressure rises from cruisers to tanks and airstrikes. The Tunisian studio Amilcar Technologies developed it and released it in Steam Early Access in October 2025 with support from indie.io.
By Mad Hook · Jordan
Highway Drifter: Hajwala Online is a mobile drifting game focused on hajwala-style driving on desert highways and city streets. Players tune engines and suspension, customise their cars and take part in real-time online drift battles against other players. It is the long-running mobile entry in the Highway Drifter series by Mad Hook, a game studio based in Amman, Jordan, and predates the 2026 PC simulator.
By Mad Hook · Jordan
Highway Drifter: Hajwala Simulator is a drifting game built around hajwala, the Gulf street-driving subculture of high-speed highway drifts. Players customise their cars, tune the physics settings and drift across desert highways, mountain roads and city streets, with steering-wheel support. It is made by Mad Hook, a studio based in Amman, Jordan, which also released it on PlayStation 5, including as a physical disc.
By ChickMania · Jordan
Misfits Run (Sebaq El Eyal) is an online multiplayer running race in which a gang of misfit characters compete on obstacle courses, using weapons, obstacles and each character's special ability to knock rivals out of the way. It supports ranked online races and an offline single-player mode. The game is developed by Chickmania Entertainment, a mobile studio founded in Amman, Jordan.
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 Eshi · Jordan
Offroad Dune Racing Simulator (Tat'ees) is a mobile off-road driving game about climbing and racing over desert sand dunes. Players pick from a range of off-road vehicles and take on races and challenges with physics that emphasise the climbs and descents. It is the newest release from Eshi Games, a Jordan-based mobile studio that saw desert off-roading as an underserved niche.
By Luma Play · Saudi Arabia
Rocket Boots Mania mixes racing and platforming around rocket-powered parkour. You boost, power-slide, wall-run and fly through more than 70 levels across four worlds, build and share tracks in a create mode, and race online or chase leaderboard times. It is the live title of Luma Play, a studio based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that describes the game as Parkour Trackmania.
By Gimzat Inc. · Egypt
Speed Race - Xtreme Gear is a mobile racing game from Gimzat Studios, released on the App Store in 2017. It is one of several car games in the studio's catalogue alongside titles such as Drift Legend and the online racer Platform 6, reflecting its focus on racing games for Arabic-speaking audiences. Gimzat is an Egyptian studio founded in 2015 whose small team works mainly from Egypt.
By Dannana Gaming · Saudi Arabia
Tarah, a slang term for a skilled driver, is a free PC racing game with solo races and online multiplayer across desert and city tracks by day and night. Players unlock cars modelled on locally popular models and customise them with parts and upgrades. It was developed by Dannana, a games studio based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
By Eshi · Jordan
Taxi Drift Mania is a mobile taxi game in which passengers reward the driver for Arabian-style hajwala drifting rather than careful driving, and the wilder the stunts the bigger the tips. It combines arcade taxi runs with drift scoring. It is developed by Eshi Games, a Jordan-based mobile studio founded in 2023 that focuses on culturally rooted games for players in the MENA region.
By Mad Hook · Jordan
The Chase is a 2.5D arcade driving game in which players flee from the police while grabbing cash and completing missions. Progress unlocks new cars and comic characters, and the game is played in short, score-driven runs. It is the PC release of one of the best-known mobile series by Mad Hook, a game studio based in Amman, Jordan, whose chase games are also available on mobile and PlayStation.
By OONY TEAM · Saudi Arabia
The Infinity Road is a free endless driving game modelled on classic car-dodging arcade games. You steer to avoid traffic and chase a high score across four modes, with classic and modern control schemes and hard versions of each that reach top speed faster. It was developed by OONY TEAM, which describes itself as a Saudi indie game studio run by four members of the Aljunibi family.
By Eshi · Jordan
Trucks Drift Simulator Hajwala applies Arabian hajwala drifting to heavy trucks instead of cars. Players drift across highways and desert landscapes, with the weight and power of each truck shaping how it handles. It is one of the hajwala-themed driving games from Eshi Games, a Jordan-based mobile studio founded in 2023 that builds culturally rooted games for players in the MENA region.
By Mad Hook · Jordan
UHD: Hajwala Drift Simulator is a mobile driving game about hajwala drifting, with desert landscapes, city streets and a wide choice of cars. Players drift, race and compete with friends online, aiming to become the best hajwala driver. It focuses on more realistic handling and higher-detail visuals than the studio's earlier arcade titles. It is developed by Mad Hook, a game studio based in Amman, Jordan.