External Discovery
5 indie games in this list, released 2023–2025, from developers such as Steer Studios, Knight Owl Games, COREGAME Studios. Pick one to read our editorial note and jump to its store page.
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By Steer Studios · Saudi Arabia
Grunt Rush: Battle & Conquer is a fast mobile strategy game about growing an army and controlling the map. Players multiply their troops by routing them through terrain modifiers, capture enemy bases, upgrade units and adjust tactics from level to level. It is the debut title of Steer Studios, a Riyadh-based developer owned by Savvy Games Group, and passed one million downloads within a month of launch.
By Knight Owl Games · Egypt
Hive and Seek is a free side-scrolling strategy and base-building game about retaking space stations overrun by monsters. Players rally robots, salvage resources, build defences and clear rooms one by one until every hive on the station is destroyed. Progress is room by room rather than open-ended. It is developed and published by Knight Owl Games, an indie studio from Alexandria, Egypt.
By COREGAME Studios · Qatar
Project Athanor mixes factory automation with card building and arena survival. Players set up automated production lines that create and upgrade elemental cards, assemble a six-card deck from the results, then take it into survivor-style arenas where temporary power-ups help them last through escalating waves. The game has a Steam page with no release date announced yet. It is being made by COREGAME Studios, an independent game studio based in Qatar.
By QASBAHLABS · Morocco
Rivaldom: Lead or Fall is a turn-based strategy game in which factions compete inside controlled battle domes for territory and influence. Within a fixed number of turns, players attack, annex land, form and break alliances, play tactical cards and buy upgrades, in a readable, board-game-like format. Qasbah Labs, a Franco-Moroccan studio, makes it with art drawing on Moroccan heritage, and it is in early access on Android and iOS.
By ChickMania · Jordan
Tribal Knights is a casual strategy game in which players lead a raided desert tribe back to strength. A wheel of fate hands out coins, attacks, raids and shields, and the tribe grows from a camp of tents into an oasis with crops and cattle while players raid rival tribes. It is part of the board and casual portfolio of Chickmania Entertainment, a mobile studio based in Amman, Jordan.