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5 indie games in this list, released 2014, from developers such as Jawaker, Evolite Studio, Buried Games Studio. Pick one to read our editorial note and jump to its store page.
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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 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 Buried Games Studio · Kuwait
Nabsh is a free real-time Arabic trivia game played in the browser. Players challenge friends in multiplayer quiz matches on history, culture and sport, and climb online leaderboards as they answer correctly. No download is needed. It was built by Buried Games Studio, a game development studio based in Kuwait that also creates mobile, multiplayer and Unity games for clients across the Gulf, and the game describes itself as born in Kuwait.
By SIV Games · Tunisia
Stacked Realms is a card-stacking survival strategy game in which every resource, building, creature and event is a card. Players drag village and structure cards onto resource cards to gather materials, unlock crafting recipes and grow a settlement, knowing that a bad stack can waste resources or trigger danger. The Tunisian studio SIV Games offers an in-development build on itch.io for Windows and in the browser.
By Studio Sadu · Saudi Arabia
Wesh Agool? (What Do I Say?) is a light browser party game in Arabic that tests how quickly you can reply to awkward and funny everyday situations. You pick the right response before time runs out, chain fast correct answers into a combo that speeds the game up, and the current version is themed around Eid al-Adha. It comes from Studio Sadu, a Saudi studio founded in 2025.