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234 indie games in this list, released 2012–2025, from developers such as M4DOOM, AJB GAMES STUDIO, Addu Studio. Pick one to read our editorial note and jump to its store page.
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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 AJB GAMES STUDIO · Morocco
BOKKIE is a short first-person mascot horror game set in a kindergarten that hides a toy factory run by the school's director. As a detective, the player explores the school, watches the haunted toys through a CCTV system, solves puzzles and avoids the bear mascot BOKKIE while uncovering what happened. It was developed by AJB Games Studio, a horror-focused studio from the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region of Morocco.
By Addu Studio · Saudi Arabia
Breekha is a survival horror game set in an old district of Jeddah, where the protagonist investigates Breekha Hospital, whose dead disappear and return in twisted forms. Weapons are scarce and often useless, so stealth and hiding are the main tools, with fighting kept for moments you cannot avoid. It was built in Unreal Engine by Addu Studio, described by Saudi newspaper Arriyadiyah as a Saudi studio.
By Visionaries · Egypt
Business Heroes: Street Grub is a food-truck tycoon and strategy game in which you start with a burger bike and limited cash. You set prices, tune recipes, manage stock, hire staff and react to rivals and customer reviews as you try to grow a street-food business. The design takes cues from Lemonade Tycoon. It was made over more than three years by Visionaries, an Egyptian team, and is co-published by Hawthorn Games from China.
By ChickMania · Jordan
Carrom is a mobile version of the classic disc-flicking board game, where players strike pucks into the corner pockets and try to sink the queen. It supports online one-on-one matches, private boards with friends, offline play against bots and pass-and-play on one device, with Arabic and classic rule sets and live voice chat. It is developed by Chickmania Entertainment, a studio based in Amman, Jordan.
By Danar Dev · Iraq
Cat's Vote is a pastel-coloured resource management game in which you run a cat household on a tight budget. You pay for electricity, water, food and fun, while prices shift based on a cat government that you help elect by voting, so campaign promises can help or hurt you. It grew from a Game Zanga jam entry. It was made by Danar Kayfi (Danar Dev), a Kurdish Iraqi solo developer who also manages the Game Zanga jam.
By FitNot Games · Egypt
Chef Abu Ashraf Falafel Legend is a fast-paced mobile cooking game built around Egyptian street food. Players prepare and serve falafel and other classic dishes, handle time-limited orders and upgrade their restaurant as the kitchen gets busier. Apple featured it in the App Store's Essentials section. It was developed by FitNot Games, an Egypt-based studio founded in 2019, and is published on the stores by MBC Group.
By Space Crescent · Qatar
Clock Mayhem is an action platformer built around timed levels. Each stage has to be cleared against the clock, so players must combine tight movement with character skills and special abilities to reach the goal under pressure. The game has a Steam page and is listed for release in 2027. It is developed by Space Crescent, an independent game development studio with its office on Suhaim bin Hamad Street in Doha, Qatar.
By TACSOU · Morocco
Colored Effects is a 2D puzzle platformer in which each colour gives the player a different ability. You switch between colours and their effects to get through levels, collect gems, beat bosses and solve environmental puzzles. It is the first PC release from TACSOU, the one-person studio of Moroccan developer Soufiane Tacherifine, and it is also sold on Nintendo Switch.
By Kolide Studio · Jordan
Couch Party! is a local-multiplayer party game for PC in which friends move around a shared game board, play short mini-games against each other and collect crowns, with the most crowns deciding the winner. It is aimed at casual groups playing on one screen rather than online. The game is made by Kolide Studio, an independent game and music studio based in Amman, Jordan, founded by developer and musician Hani AlKarrain.
By Fast X Play · Iraq
CRETCELL is an upcoming first-person action-adventure mystery set in an engineered city of synthetic citizens whose memories can be edited. An officer enters to stop an event that should not exist, and choices ripple through the city's control systems, drones and residents. It supports Kurdish among its languages. It is in development at Fast X Play, a studio of more than 30 people based in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
By Gilded Games · Egypt
Crown's Trial is a Souls-like boss rush in which each fight takes place in its own realm, against legendary warriors drawn from eras such as Ancient Rome, feudal Japan and the Crusades. The structure is non-linear, so players choose which opponent to face first, and each duel brings its own loadout and abilities. A voiced, illustrated story ties the encounters together. It is the debut project of Gilded Games, a two-brother studio from Egypt.
By Stellar Mythical · Saudi Arabia
Crystalone is a turn-based RPG with side-scrolling exploration, set across four chapters in the ruined, plague-struck world of Mira. Battles revolve around the Sol, Luna and Stella phases, each changing buffs and penalties for both sides, and players can befriend nine companions or simply jump over enemies to avoid a fight. It is the second game from Stellar Mythical, an independent studio based in Saudi Arabia.
By Blue Tango Street · Saudi Arabia
Dance Dance Detective is a murder mystery set on a private cruise ship in 1986, where you play Detective Gene Burning undercover as the ship's ballroom dance teacher. You design dance routines, teach suspects to move on the beat, and combine the clues they reveal to find who killed a chocolate company's chief scientist. It is the third game from Blue Tango Street, a studio based between London and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
By Foxrito Studios · United Arab Emirates
Darkness Road is a survival and psychological horror game set in 1996 in Dar Al Hai. Players control Hamdan, a resident trapped in a cursed town, fighting enemies and solving puzzles to escape. The story was inspired by a real road between Al Tayy and Al Khawaneej in Dubai and draws on Emirati folklore. Its demo passed 10,000 Steam downloads in three months. It is developed by Foxrito Studios, an independent Emirati studio founded by Ismail Ahli and Hussain Darwish.
By Fast X Play · Iraq
Deep in the Dread is a first-person horror mystery set in the old Hoverfield Mansion, now a library. When her colleagues leave for a pub, librarian Stella stays behind and starts to notice paranormal activity. Players read notes and a diary to learn the lore, with a guidebook to help. It released in January 2025 as the second game from Fast X Play, a studio based in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
By Northend Games · Iraq
Deepstone Rift is a tower defense game set in underground mines, where you dig for gold and minerals while defending your base from looting goblins. Towers range from miniguns and cannons to sawblades, and treasure chests grant power-ups for you, your dwarves and your defences. It entered early access in late 2025. It is the second game from Northend Games, an independent studio based in Baghdad, Iraq.
By Team0Studio · Saudi Arabia
Defend The Cubes is a tower defense game that swaps fixed towers for deployable units. Enemies circle a central cube along paths that change, so each wave asks you to reconsider where and when to place defenders. The game aims to be easy to start but deep to master, and it was developed by Team0Studio, which is part of Steam's Games Made in KSA bundle of Saudi indie releases.
By Maysalward(MRD) · Jordan
Dominoes Pro is a mobile dominoes game with an offline mode against computer opponents and an online mode with random matchmaking or private rooms for playing with friends. It stresses strategy, memory and a bit of luck in classic tile play. It is one of several dominoes titles from Maysalward, a mobile game studio founded in 2003 and headquartered in Amman, Jordan.
By Starvania Studio · Saudi Arabia
Doughn't Panic! is a two-player co-op platformer in which both players share control of a single pizza, bound together by a spell. Every jump and dodge needs coordination as the pizza makes its way through oversized spaces in the human world, and failure is rarely final. It is the second project from Starvania Studio, the Riyadh-based team behind Bahamut and the Waqwaq Tree.
By Rasheed Abueideh · Palestine
Dreams on a Pillow is an upcoming stealth-puzzle adventure based on a Palestinian folk tale and the real events of the 1948 Nakba. Players follow Khadra, a young mother fleeing a massacre, on a journey from Palestine to Lebanon marked by invasion and distorted perception. It is being made by Palestinian developer Rasheed Abueideh, creator of Liyla and the Shadows of War, and was partly crowdfunded.
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.