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234 indie games in this list, released 2017–2026, from developers such as Everness Games, Amilcar Technologies, TacSou. Pick one to read our editorial note and jump to its store page.
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By Everness Games · Saudi Arabia
Harfa is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1960 in a Saudi heritage village beneath the mountain of Harfa, inspired by a real mountain in Al Namas. You play Salem, who returns to his grandmother's village to find every resident gone, and explore abandoned homes with an old lantern, solving puzzles and uncovering the mountain's secrets. It is the debut of Everness Games, a Riyadh-based indie studio.
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 TacSou · Morocco
Hez 2 is a mobile version of the Moroccan card game of the same name, played with the 40-card Spanish Carta deck of swords, golds, cups and sticks. The goal is to be first to empty your hand, either offline against AI opponents or online against friends in games of up to four players. It comes from TacSou, the label of Moroccan solo developer Soufiane Tacherifine, and has passed 100,000 installs on Google Play.
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 Game Cooks · Lebanon
Highway Madness is a free social VR game in which players meet online in a shared lobby and pick one of a dozen comic characters. From there they play short multiplayer modes such as road crossing, roof jumping, standoffs and shootouts. It is built for playing with friends and strangers rather than solo. It was released in early access by Game Cooks, a VR and mobile studio founded in Beirut by Lebanese brothers Arz and Lebnan Nader.
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 Shusmo · Jordan
Idle Block Miner is a mobile idle game with a blocky art style in which a miner digs down through underground caverns, collecting ore and treasure while upgrades let the digging continue with little input. It combines light management with the relaxed pace of idle games. It is developed by Shusmo, a game studio listed in Jordan's 962Games directory, and was also shown at Pocket Gamer Connects in Aqaba, Jordan.
By Eshi · Jordan
Idle Parking Tycoon Empire is a mobile idle management game in which players run a parking lot: directing cars to spaces, cleaning up, servicing vehicles and investing in upgrades to make the business more efficient and profitable. It follows the idle tycoon pattern of steady growth through upgrades. It is developed by Eshi Games, a mobile studio based in Jordan and founded in 2023.
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 2071 Games · United Arab Emirates
Ironweld is a 2D side-scrolling action RPG in which the player is an action-figure robot sent through a portal into a dying world built on iron. Builds are assembled from frames, parts and moves taken from the same pool enemies use, so fights play out like duels against opponents with similar tools. Between encounters players choose whether to repair, upgrade or push on. A demo is on Steam ahead of launch. It is developed by 2071 Games, an indie studio based in Dubai, UAE.
By Istikan Studio · Iraq
Istikan Chai is a fast time-management game in which you run a tea cart in a busy Middle Eastern bazaar. Players take orders, prepare chai quickly and accurately, master recipes and upgrade the stall into a larger business while keeping customers from losing patience. It is available on PC and mobile. It is developed by Istikan Studio, based in Kurdistan, Iraq, and grew out of a GameJamPlus MENA 2023 entry.
By ChickMania · Jordan
Jackaro is an online social version of Jackaroo, the board game played by two teams of two with cards and marbles and popular in the Gulf. Players can join ranked matches, play private rooms with friends and voice chat, or practise offline against bots, and unlock boards, pieces and card designs. It is the flagship title of Chickmania Entertainment, a mobile studio founded in Amman, Jordan.
By Zainab Al-Ansari · Bahrain
Jason Drake and the Winding Tower is a short comedy adventure prototype. Players control Jason Drake, a novice treasure hunter following in his older brother's footsteps, who must climb the Winding Tower using only a grappling hook, aiming with the mouse or controller and firing to swing upward. It is available free on itch.io for Windows. It was made by Zainab Al-Ansari, an independent game developer and software engineer based in Bahrain.
By Dannana Gaming · Saudi Arabia
Kashtah, named after a slang word for a desert trip, is a first-person survival horror game set in an abandoned Saudi village around a cursed castle. After your car breaks down you look for help, then must explore, collect clues, solve puzzles and avoid enemies to escape. It is being developed by Dannana, a Riyadh-based studio that makes games celebrating Saudi culture.
By Hassan Sherif · Egypt
Keyboard Curse is a 2D rage platformer where every key you press drops a matching physical keycap into the level. Those keycaps can form a helpful step or block your own path, so the goal is to reach the exit with good timing and as few inputs as possible. Panicked button-mashing makes each stage harder. It is developed by Hassan Sherif and published by Halal Games Studio, an Egypt-based studio he founded.
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 Limeless · Saudi Arabia
Killer Issues is a short first-person comedy horror game in which you are a serial killer spending Halloween in a cabin with other serial killers. Between decorations and trick-or-treaters at the door, another killer starts hunting the household, and the hunters become the hunted. It is an upcoming title from Limeless Studio, a horror studio based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
By TACSOU · Morocco
Kitiplant is a grid-based puzzle game about a group of cats that bring dormant forests back to life. Players guide the cats through handcrafted levels where they must share resources and ration their energy, so every move has to be planned. It was made by Moroccan solo developer Soufiane Tacherifine under the TACSOU name and is available on Steam and, as Kitiplant Mobile, on Google Play.
By Rumbling Games Studio · Egypt
Knights of Light: The Prologue is an early-access action role-playing game set in the 7th-century Middle East, built around the lead-up to the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah. Players switch between two soldier brothers, one of whom is handed command of the army when its general falls ill. The studio cites The Witcher and Mount & Blade as influences. It is the first release from Rumbling Games Studio, an independent developer based in Giza, Egypt.
By Maysalward(MRD) · Jordan
Konnichiwa Jordan is a collection of mini-games about Jordan itself. Players visit Petra, Jerash and the Dead Sea, cook traditional Jordanian dishes, dress in traditional costumes, play along with the oud and tabla, and collect photos in an album as they go. It is developed by Maysalward, a veteran mobile game studio headquartered in Amman, Jordan.
By Urar Studio · Tunisia
Kopno: Blightfall is an open-world survival RPG set on a cursed continent split into a Surface layer and an Underground layer, each with four biomes. Players choose one of six races, gather resources, hunt, make moral choices and build a settlement with recruited villagers, alone with AI companions or in co-op. The Tunisian developer Urar Studio is making it and showed it at the first Afro Game Showcase in June 2026.
By Nomadroid · Saudi Arabia
KoroNeko is a relaxed puzzle game where you roll Koro the cat, trapped inside a jelly jar, through colourful worlds to free her siblings from the witch Strawberry. There is no timer and no move counter, so each puzzle can be worked out at your own pace as new mechanics appear world by world. It was developed and published by Nomadroid, a studio from Saudi Arabia.