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926 indie games in this list, released 2018–2026, from developers such as Luma Play, Ivalice Studio, TA Publishing, Knight Owl Games. Pick one to read our editorial note and jump to its store page.
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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 Ivalice Studio, TA Publishing · Morocco
Rogue Fantasy: Ever-Shifting Worlds combines turn-based JRPG party building with roguelike runs and auto-battler strategy. Players recruit heroes, build synergies between them and survive procedurally generated dungeons, quests and challenges that change from run to run. Ivalice Studio of Rabat, Morocco, is developing it with TA Publishing. The game was shown at Morocco Gaming Expo 2026 and Gamescom 2026.
By Knight Owl Games · Egypt
Run Build Pew! is a fast top-down roguelite shooter in which you are a ship being chased by bounty hunters. Drones gather scrap, your factory turns it into random parts, and you attach them piece by piece to build a working ship on the fly. Runs mix fleeing, raiding outposts and choosing which fights to take. It is one of the early releases of Knight Owl Games, an indie studio based in Alexandria, Egypt.
By Lobah · Saudi Arabia
SAMLA is a hero battle royale set in a dystopian Arabic-inspired world after a collapse. Squads of three pick heroes, ride hoverboards across shifting sands and ruins, and fight in 36-player matches and other modes where teamwork matters as much as aim. It is the most ambitious title from Lobah, a game developer and publisher headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
By 2024 Studios · Egypt
Secrets of a Campfire is a free, calm atmospheric experience set at a lakeside campsite with a day-night cycle. Players walk the shore, row a boat, light a fire and can write down a personal secret or read letters, with ambient sound and acoustic music in the background. It is designed as a place to unwind rather than a challenge. The game comes from 2024 Studios, an independent Egyptian studio founded in 2014 with its office in Cairo.
By Jana Games · Algeria
Shadowstalk is a top-down multiplayer stealth tactics game in which players are mythological figures summoned into a death game. Each character uses shadows and unique abilities to outwit rivals in real-time battles, aiming to be the last survivor. It is being developed in Unity by Jana Game Studios, an Algerian studio founded in 2014 by Seifeddine Wassim Haddar.
By Kashkool Games · United Arab Emirates
Sheba: A New Dawn is a Metroidvania action RPG set in the ancient Middle Eastern kingdom of Sheba. Players follow Enar, a shepherd who teams up with an escaped jinn, through interconnected realms, fighting monsters and bosses with combo-based combat and unlocking abilities that open new paths. The game draws on regional mythology and history. It was made by Kashkool Games, a three-person Emirati studio in Abu Dhabi founded by the Almansoori brothers.
By Knight Owl Games · Egypt
Shelve the Potions! is a cosy logic puzzle game set in a witch's cellar after her cats have knocked everything down. As her new apprentice, you put more than 2,000 potions back in the right order by reading clues, learning odd symbols and decoding notes left around the room. Each shelf is its own handmade puzzle. It was released in 2026 by Knight Owl Games, an indie studio based in Alexandria, Egypt.
By HOLODOT STUDIO · Saudi Arabia
SHOTBALL is a free 3v3 competitive game that blends football with shotguns. Players pick class-based loadouts and use movement and precise shots to move the ball and score, with matches that swing between sport and combat. It is the debut of Holodot Studio, founded in Riyadh in 2023, and was published by Saudi publisher Naphora Games Group on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
By ASD Games Studio · Iraq
Silent Realm is an upcoming free single-player action-horror game set in a non-human realm where life has ended and skeletal forms assemble and decay. Searching for a missing brother, the player explores a hostile world with scarce resources, where the environment itself is the main threat. It is the second project of ASD Games Studio, the Iraqi studio founded by developer Ali Al-Abboodi, and is scheduled for 2027.
By Blue Tango Street · Saudi Arabia
Sips and Sonnets is a visual novel about Ms Meadows, a retired journalist who runs a small tea shop in the English countryside while preparing for a visit from an old friend. You brew different teas, listen to the stories of customers, and turn each day's conversations into a poem at night. The voice cast includes Bethan Dixon Bate and Lenval Brown, and it was made by London and Jeddah based Blue Tango Street.
By Limeless · Saudi Arabia
Slappingrot is a first-person action game in which you fight a string of absurd brainrot bosses in a ring using nothing but slaps. Each boss has its own attack patterns, so you wait for vulnerable moments, strike, and spend coins at a vending machine on upgrades between fights. The game leans fully into internet meme humour and was developed by Limeless Studio, based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
By PackDev · Saudi Arabia
SOS Recordings is a narrative psychological horror game based on the unsolved 1989 SOS incident on Mount Asahi in Hokkaido, where a giant SOS made of birch trunks was found near two rescued hikers. You review tapes, drive to real locations recreated in low poly, fly a helicopter and investigate with a flashlight under time pressure. It is developed by PackDev, listed by IsaKaba as a studio from Saudi Arabia.
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 NEGM World · Egypt
Summoner Tale is an action RPG about recruiting monsters through fights, races and trials rather than simple capture. Creatures fall into four classes that change how they fight alongside you, and they grow stronger through battle. The story follows a young summoner uncovering why an old alliance between humans and monsters collapsed into war. It is developed by NEGM World from Egypt and was shown at the Arabic Games Conference 2025.
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 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 Circle Move is a free first-person puzzle adventure set in a strange world. You explore without fixed routes, collect tools and clues, interact with the environment and solve logic puzzles while the story unfolds through the surroundings with a touch of horror. It supports English and Arabic and was developed by OONY TEAM, a Saudi indie studio; IsaKaba also lists it as a Saudi game.
By RYM GAMES · Morocco
The Dark Occult is a psychological horror game in which players explore a haunted house while grotesque creatures threaten to kill them at any moment. The design keeps the player under constant pressure, building from anxiety into panic, with survival as the only goal. It was released on Steam in September 2018 and remains one of the better-known horror titles from North Africa. It was developed by RYM Games, a studio from Morocco.
By Lunacy Studios · Saudi Arabia
The House of Hikmah is a fully voiced 3D narrative adventure about Maya, a 14-year-old who enters a dreamlike House of Wisdom after her father dies. Using a device that transforms elements, she solves puzzles across nine worlds built around scholars and inventions of the Islamic Golden Age, while working through grief and her father's legacy. It was developed by Lunacy Studios and is part of Steam's Games Made in KSA bundle.
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 AJB GAMES STUDIO · Morocco
The Moroccan Castle is a first-person horror escape game set in a historic castle near Tetouan in northern Morocco. Trapped inside, the player has until 4:00 AM to solve puzzles, decode clues and unlock hidden doors before time runs out. Moroccan developer Ayman Jbari built it alone as the first game of the AJB Games Studio trilogy that ended with The Moroccan Castle 3, and it is a free download on itch.io.
By AJB GAMES STUDIO · Morocco
The Moroccan Castle 3: Behind The Secrets is a first-person horror game set inside an old Moroccan castle. The player is a young archaeologist exploring its ruins, solving puzzles, finding clues and dodging traps and supernatural creatures to learn the castle's history. It is the final part of The Moroccan Castle trilogy by AJB Games Studio, the Moroccan studio founded by developer Ayman Jbari.
By AJB GAMES STUDIO · Morocco
The Moroccan Castle II continues the story of an old castle in Tetouan where an archaeologist disappeared in 2019. The player is a young archaeologist who goes looking for him, exploring the castle with an inventory, lean and peek controls and a save system while solving puzzles in a psychological horror setting. It is the second part of the trilogy by the Moroccan studio AJB Games Studio and can be downloaded on itch.io.