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25 indie games in this list, released 2016–2026, from developers such as Mad Hook, Shusmo, M4DOOM. Pick one to read our editorial note and jump to its store page.
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By Mad Hook · Jordan
Amer: Cop Pursuit is a mobile arcade chase game in which the character Amer tries to stay ahead of the police. It offers an endless chase mode scored on survival time and a mission mode where players take down targets and escape to unlock new levels and cars. The game is developed by Mad Hook, a studio based in Amman, Jordan, and is the mobile side of its The Chase series.
By Shusmo · Jordan
Baby Seat: Driving Sim is a mobile driving and racing simulation for Android and iOS that focuses on car handling and customisation, with the store listing highlighting its visuals and creative freedom. Players drive, tune and experiment with their vehicles across its environments. The game is made by Shusmo, one of the development studios listed in 962Games, the directory of Jordan's game industry.
By M4DOOM · Saudi Arabia
Billies Wheelie is a racing platformer starring Billie, a hamster rolling around in an exercise ball. You boost, drift and jump through obstacle tracks, collect cheese for rewards, customise your hamster and ball, and race up to eight players online in co-op or PvP. It was developed by M4DOOM, which the IsaKaba MENA games directory lists as a Saudi Arabian developer.
By Eshi · Jordan
Drift & Waznyat Simulator is a mobile street-drifting game built on physics-based car handling, where players perform drifts and stunts on urban tracks set in Arabian cities and desert. The name refers to the waznyat balancing stunts of Gulf car culture. It is developed by Eshi Games, a Jordan-based mobile studio founded in 2023 by Omar Ibrahim and Feras Khalifa.
By AMBRATOR GAMES · Jordan
Drift for Life is a mobile racing and drifting game with more than 100 cars that players can tune and customise before racing others online and exploring city maps. It focuses on detailed cars and a collection-building progression. It is developed by Ambrator Games, a small mobile game team based in Amman, Jordan, and is published under the Amman-registered company Lamar Software.
By AMBRATOR GAMES · Jordan
Drift Tafheet is a mobile car game that mixes drifting with traffic races through city streets and an online open world where players can cruise and drift together; an offline mode is also included. Tafheet refers to the Gulf style of stunt driving. It is developed by Ambrator Games, a small studio based in Amman, Jordan, that specialises in games for mobile devices.
By UMX Studio FZ-LLC · Saudi Arabia
Drift X is a mobile drifting and racing game centred on Arabic car culture. It offers large maps, detailed driving physics, deep tuning and customisation systems and voice chat, so players can compete, tune their cars and practise high-speed drifts together. It comes from UMX Studio, a Riyadh-based mobile developer and publisher founded in 2014 and known for King of Steering and Climbing Sand Dune.
By ChickMania · Jordan
Gomat is a mobile car game that combines drifting, drag races, burnout arenas and an open world to explore. Players choose from more than 60 cars, modify them, collect limited premium cars and special licence plates, and challenge friends online. The game is developed by Chickmania Entertainment, a mobile studio based in Amman, Jordan, whose Google Play listing gives an Amman address.
By RABABA Games · Jordan
Hajwala 2 is an open-world racing game for PlayStation 5 about Middle Eastern drifting culture. Players drift through desert highways, ports and forests, take on timed challenges and multi-lap races, and can compete with friends. Its handling leans toward arcade fun with a regional flavour. It is developed by Rababa Games, a studio based in Jordan known for its HAJWALA driving series.
By AMBRATOR GAMES · Jordan
Hajwala Darb (Darb Alhajwala) is a free mobile drifting and racing game that mixes realistic and arcade handling. It offers over 100 vehicles, more than ten maps covering deserts, highways, race tracks and drift arenas, and detailed tuning of engines and driving physics. It is developed by Ambrator Games, a mobile game team based in Amman, Jordan.
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.