External Discovery
An editorial guide from The Gaming Nest to indie games from Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, MENA and Oceania — each with original notes and a link to its store page.
These are editorial pages. The developers and publishers are not affiliated with The Gaming Nest unless explicitly stated.
By Evolite Studio · Saudi Arabia
Fateel is a puzzle adventure about a crime detective who wakes from a coma locked in a basement with a gang's explosives. Across 25 rooms of rising difficulty you push boxes, carry and place bombs and read dialogue clues to reason your way out. The game began on mobile and was brought to PC with improved visuals and sound by Evolite Studio, a Jeddah-based Saudi studio.
By SIV Games · Tunisia
FoodPals Rush: Serve & Grow is a mobile restaurant game about serving customers quickly and growing a chain of eateries. Players deliver dishes for tips, upgrade helpers, speed and capacity, and unlock themed venues from bakeries and coffee shops to sushi bars, then decorate them. It was developed for Android by SIV Games, a game studio based in Tunisia.
By Amilcar Technologies · Tunisia
Forgebound is a medieval survival game about leading a people through a war-torn land. Players gather resources, craft, build settlements and defend them against enemy forces while expanding their power. It is being developed by Amilcar Technologies, the Tunisian studio behind Heistfest, and is listed on Steam for Windows and macOS with no release date yet.
By BJR Pixels Agency · Morocco
Futurocco 2121 is a sci-fi action thriller set in a dystopian, Moroccan-punk version of Casablanca. The player is a scientist hunted by a megacorporation and has to use stealth, parkour and tactical combat, while managing resources, to survive the city. BJR Pixels Agency, one of the 11 Moroccan studios in Morocco's first Gamescom delegation in 2026, is developing it, and it has a Steam page ahead of release.
By Istikan Studio · Iraq
General Idler is an idle conquest strategy game played on a parallel Earth with 195 stylised nations. You start with one country and a farm, build industries for cash, turn cash into army power and take neighbouring countries, each of which adds permanent multipliers; three rival generals play the same map. It began as a GMTK Game Jam entry. It is developed by Istikan Studio, a team based in Kurdistan, Iraq.
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 NewGen · Tunisia
GONE DIGGING is a co-op digging thriller for one to four players. By day the group digs together for loot and upgrades, and after sundown the darkness has to be fed, with sacrifices deciding who survives the night. It is an experimental project from NewGen, the Tunisian indie studio known for West Hunt, and has a Steam page ahead of release.
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 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 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.