81 indie games in this list, released 2025, from developers such as Blue Bag Gaming And Publishing - FZCO, Dannana Gaming, BLUE LIFE. Pick one to read our editorial note and jump to its store page.
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By Blue Bag Gaming And Publishing - FZCO · United Arab Emirates
Stack Blocks - Block Puzzle is a drag-and-drop block puzzle for mobile. Players place pieces on a grid to complete rows or columns, which then clear, and chain clears together to build combo multipliers. Besides the endless Classic mode, a Stack Clear mode asks players to clear stacked grids layer by layer. There is no timer; a round ends when no piece fits. It is developed by Blue Bag Studios, operated by Blue Bag Gaming and Publishing FZCO in Dubai, UAE.
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.
The Trials 2 is a puzzle and exploration game set across a series of islands. It builds on the first game with new skills, including teleportation, time manipulation, gravity control and moving between alternate worlds, which players combine to solve intricate spatial puzzles. There is no combat. It was developed by Blue Life, a studio from Syria, and was one of the titles shown at the Arabic Games Conference 2025.
Tri Survive is an action roguelite that takes the survive-the-horde formula into a fantasy RPG setting, but gives you a party of three heroes to control at once instead of one. Each hero brings separate skills, which shapes how you build and position during runs against invading demonic creatures. It is drawn in a hand-drawn JRPG-inspired style by Majestic Mind Games, an independent studio in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
By BLUE BAG GAMING AND PUBLISHING - FZCO · United Arab Emirates
Tricky Blocks - Block Puzzle is a physics-based stacking game for mobile. Players pick blocks from a tray of three in any order and drop them onto a growing tower, where weight and friction decide whether the stack holds. A shadow preview shows valid placements, there is no timer, and three lives are allowed before the run ends. It is made by Blue Bag Studios, the brand of Blue Bag Gaming and Publishing FZCO, a mobile game company in Dubai, UAE.
UNCURSED is a first-person psychological horror game in which Alex returns to his grandmother's house after she stops answering his calls. The house is full of traces of old rituals, and the player explores it, solves logic puzzles and pieces together the family's past before escaping. The Moroccan studio AJB Games Studio released it on Steam in February 2025, and it reached the top five of the African-developed games sales chart in its launch week.
Village Tale is an idle village builder that sits in a corner of the screen and keeps running while you do other things. Players build and decorate, unlock industries, craft goods and take trade orders from neighbouring villages to grow from a hamlet into a trading hub. Most of the village can be customised. It comes from Knight Owl Games, an indie studio founded in Alexandria, Egypt in 2022.
VolleySmash is a free-to-play 3D volleyball game built around short, quick matches that are simple to learn. You can play alone or with up to six players in local multiplayer, with the focus on positioning and teamwork rather than complicated controls. Its store page says it was built by a solo developer in under four months; the developer, Bold Statement Games, appears in Steam's Games Made in KSA bundle of Saudi indie games.
Rhythm Doctor is a one-button rhythm game from 7th Beat Games, set in a hospital where you treat patients by pressing in time with their heartbeats. Each patient has a unique rhythm to learn, and the game keeps finding clever ways to test your timing with nothing more than a single key. It has received favorable reviews for its music and inventive level design.