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15 indie games in this list, released 2018–2026, from developers such as NewGen, Mad Hook, BJR Pixels Agency. Pick one to read our editorial note and jump to its store page.
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By NewGen · Tunisia
Clash: Mutants Vs Pirates is a free-to-play third-person MOBA in which space pirates fight mutants for control of the world. Players pick a side and battle in team matches as either faction. It is one of the earlier projects of NewGen, the Tunisian studio behind West Hunt, and sits under the same Steam developer account.
By NewGen · Tunisia
City Monsters is a free-to-play action game in which the player controls a giant creature and smashes a city. The monsters include a giant ape, a T-rex, a boxer and a Celtic warrior, and they fight police, the army, tanks and helicopters while flattening buildings. It is an early PC release from NewGen, the Tunisian studio later known for West Hunt, and appears under the same developer account on Steam.
By Mad Hook · Jordan
Arabian Hero is a mobile archery action game with an Arabian setting in which the player's hero fights waves of enemies using bows, swords and axes. Victories unlock and upgrade abilities such as freezing, poison and speed boosts, letting players build their own combat strategy. It is developed by Mad Hook, a game studio based in Amman, Jordan, and is linked from the studio's own website.
By BJR Pixels Agency · Morocco
Futurocco 2121 is a sci-fi action thriller set in a dystopian, Moroccan-punk version of Casablanca. The player is a scientist hunted by a megacorporation and has to use stealth, parkour and tactical combat, while managing resources, to survive the city. BJR Pixels Agency, one of the 11 Moroccan studios in Morocco's first Gamescom delegation in 2026, is developing it, and it has a Steam page ahead of release.
By Regnum Studio · Bahrain
Intertwine is a narrative action game made for the Bahrain Game Jam around the theme Twist. On a stormy night, young Timothy is drawn out of his bedroom by a voice that offers him the power to twist time and space, and players use those two powers to explore a mansion and find out what the voice really wants. It supports keyboard and controller. It is listed as a project of Regnum Studio, an indie game development studio based in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
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 COREGAME Studios LLC · Qatar
Khawi is a mobile action runner that ties progress to real-world walking: steps counted by the phone become the energy needed to play. In each run the player leads a soldier up a vertical road, choosing which numbered barrels can be shot through in time while fighting enemy waves and growing a squad through boosting gates. Its ten levels are modelled on Qatar landmarks such as Souq Waqif and The Pearl. It was developed by COREGAME Studios, a Media City Qatar licensed studio in Doha.
By Maysalward(MRD) · Jordan
Mini Tank Blitz: PvP Battle is a multiplayer tank game with small, fast tanks fighting in Battle Royale and Capture the Flag modes. Players battle real opponents online or AI tanks offline, and climb a leaderboard. It is developed by Maysalward, a mobile game studio founded in 2003 and headquartered in Amman, Jordan, which also runs training and ecosystem programmes for local developers.
By Mad Hook · Jordan
Operation Candy Land is an upcoming wave-survival action game set in a candy world overrun by hostile sweets such as gummy bears, lollipops and marshmallows. Players run, shoot and build towers to survive increasingly difficult waves. It is developed and published on Steam by Mad Hook, a game studio based in Amman, Jordan, best known for its driving and chase games on mobile.
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 Mad Hook · Jordan
Rooftop Run is a mobile parkour game in which players run, jump, roll and slide across city rooftops to get from one building to the next as fast as possible. It is built around a large number of short levels with simple controls that take practice to master. The game is one of the best-known mobile titles from Mad Hook, a studio based in Amman, Jordan, whose Google Play listing gives an Amman address.
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 Mahfouz Games · Iraq
Weapons Master is a PC VR fighting game in which players control and throw weapons to defeat enemies. Swords, knives and axes can be hurled, and bodies can be thrown with bare hands, with support for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Sessions are short and arcade-like. It is one of the VR titles from Mahfouz Games, an independent studio based in Erbil, Iraq, that self-publishes games and also provides VR and AR development services.
By Game Cooks · Lebanon
ZOLO - Zombies Only Live Once is a low-poly, blocky action game for PC VR in which you play a peace-loving zombie exiled for spreading love among his kind. Players punch enemies, use an arsenal of odd weapons and launch victims into the air to score points. The tone is comic rather than grim. It is an early-access title by Game Cooks, the studio founded in Beirut by Lebanese brothers Arz and Lebnan Nader.
By Tafra Games · Egypt
Zombie Survivor! is a mobile zombie base-defence game in which players hold off hordes with an array of unusual weapons. It is the flagship title of Tafra Games and, according to the studio, has passed three million combined downloads on Google Play and the App Store, where it appears under publisher Lion Studios. Tafra is an independent studio based in Egypt, founded in late 2020 by CEO Ziad Elgabaly.