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 Okba Amrate · Algeria
Pre Dusk is a 2D action platformer in which the player is a small child exploring a dark world. Each level adds new skills and abilities, and the journey runs through varied environments with boss fights along the way. It was made by Okba Amrate, a developer listed in Games Industry Africa's report on Algeria's studios, and released on Steam in May 2024.
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 2024studios · Egypt
Project-Robot is an atmospheric 2.5D puzzle adventure set in a desolate, decaying world. The player travels with a loyal companion, solving environmental puzzles with the machinery that still works and piecing together what happened to those who lived there before. Its themes are loss, hope and not being alone. It is an original title from 2024 Studios, an Egyptian studio better known for its educational and work-for-hire games.
By Entropy Minds · Saudi Arabia
Psi Break is an isometric survival horror game set in a ruined lunar colony. As an amnesiac prisoner you use elemental psychic powers against mutated colonists and a rogue AI overseer and solve puzzles, while a sanity meter drains as you rely on those powers. It is the debut title of Entropy Minds Studios, a studio based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
By DIGITAL DUNES · Qatar
PSL - Pro Soccer Legends is a mobile football game that combines arcade-style matches with squad management. Players collect and train footballers, pick tactics, use special skills during games, and compete in real-time PvP modes to climb leaderboards. It was first revealed as Project Soccer Legends at Web Summit Qatar with Invest Qatar's support and was designed with players in the MENA region in mind. The developer and publisher, Digital Dunes, is based in Media City Qatar in Doha.
By SIV Games · Tunisia
Psps Dream Mart is a supermarket simulator where every customer is an animal, mostly cats. Players stock and price more than 300 products across 15 licences, buy shelves, expand the store and manage their energy while serving picky shoppers who complain when shelves run empty. SIV Games, a studio based in Tunisia, developed it for Android.
By Sandouq Studio · Saudi Arabia
Puppeteer: No Strings Attached is a boss-rush action game set on a theatrical stage. You control a puppet fighting reimagined villains from classic fairy tales, learning each boss's patterns and your own abilities to break free from the Puppeteer, alone or with a friend in co-op. It is the lead title of Sandouq Studio, an independent Saudi studio founded in 2024.
By Mad Hook · Jordan
Quick Gun: PvP Standoff is an online player-versus-player western duel game. Players pick a character and a gun, then tilt the phone to draw and aim in a 360-degree 3D arena, trying to shoot the opponent first. Friends can challenge each other directly, and more weapons and characters unlock over time. The game is developed by Mad Hook, a studio based in Amman, Jordan.
By Funsoft · Morocco
Rangi is a single-player virtual reality puzzle adventure in which players explore hidden temples, cross dangerous platforms and fly through the world to restore the Musiki's stolen rhythms. It stands out for tribal art and music and landscapes inspired by African mythology and folklore. The game was designed by Funsoft, a Moroccan indie studio whose members include former Ubisoft Casablanca developers, and published by Digigo.
By Mahfouz Games · Iraq
Reflecto Ray is a VR puzzle game in which players guide a beam of light to its target by turning mirrors in the right directions. The story frames it as keeping city power stations running so magic tools can keep demons turned to stone. It supports headsets such as HTC Vive, Oculus Quest and Windows Mixed Reality. It is developed by Mahfouz Games, a studio founded in Erbil, Iraq in 2018 by Omar Mahfouz.
By AJB GAMES STUDIO · Morocco
Regretting is a first-person horror game about a house where a doctor and his wife died in strange circumstances after moving in back in 2009. The player is a detective who searches the house, examines items and completes objectives to find out what happened to the couple. It is one of the early PC horror games from AJB Games Studio, the Moroccan studio known for The Moroccan Castle and Martha's Dolls, and is available on itch.io.
By SAMx003 Games · Saudi Arabia
Revenge Crystal is a top-down action RPG that mixes Souls-like combat with interconnected exploration. You are the will driving a fallen knight kept alive by a living crystal, swapping elemental abilities as you uncover ruins and fight bosses across a decaying world. It is developed by SAMx003 Games, which the IsaKaba directory lists as a studio from Saudi Arabia.
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 Sandouq · Saudi Arabia
Robo Hunt is an asymmetric multiplayer game in which three hunters team up against a boss monster controlled by a fourth player. Hunters pick from classes with distinct abilities, while maps add traps, secrets and changing mechanics, and either side can win. It is developed by Sandouq, the independent Saudi studio that is also making Puppeteer: No Strings Attached.
By Luma Play · Saudi Arabia
Rocket Boots Mania mixes racing and platforming around rocket-powered parkour. You boost, power-slide, wall-run and fly through more than 70 levels across four worlds, build and share tracks in a create mode, and race online or chase leaderboard times. It is the live title of Luma Play, a studio based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that describes the game as Parkour Trackmania.
By Machboost Game Studio · Kuwait
Rock the Boom is a local multiplayer co-op game for two to four players set during Kuwait's historic pearl-diving era. Players act as the crew of a traditional boom sailing ship and must coordinate against the wind to keep the vessel from capsizing and return with a successful trade. It relies on physics-driven teamwork in short sessions and is built in Godot. It is listed as in development on itch.io by Machboost Game Studio, a Kuwait-based developer.
By Ivalice Studio, TA Publishing · Morocco
Rogue Fantasy: Ever-Shifting Worlds combines turn-based JRPG party building with roguelike runs and auto-battler strategy. Players recruit heroes, build synergies between them and survive procedurally generated dungeons, quests and challenges that change from run to run. Ivalice Studio of Rabat, Morocco, is developing it with TA Publishing. The game was shown at Morocco Gaming Expo 2026 and Gamescom 2026.
By TacSou · Morocco
Ronda brings the traditional Moroccan card game to phones, using the 40-card Spanish Carta deck. Players aim for the highest score in one-on-one or two-versus-two matches, offline against an AI opponent or online with friends, with emojis for table talk. It is one of the mobile titles by TacSou, the one-person studio of Moroccan developer Soufiane Tacherifine, and has more than 100,000 installs on Google Play.
By Mad Hook · Jordan
Rooftop Run is a mobile parkour game in which players run, jump, roll and slide across city rooftops to get from one building to the next as fast as possible. It is built around a large number of short levels with simple controls that take practice to master. The game is one of the best-known mobile titles from Mad Hook, a studio based in Amman, Jordan, whose Google Play listing gives an Amman address.
By Knight Owl Games · Egypt
Run Build Pew! is a fast top-down roguelite shooter in which you are a ship being chased by bounty hunters. Drones gather scrap, your factory turns it into random parts, and you attach them piece by piece to build a working ship on the fly. Runs mix fleeing, raiding outposts and choosing which fights to take. It is one of the early releases of Knight Owl Games, an indie studio based in Alexandria, Egypt.
By Lobah · Saudi Arabia
SAMLA is a hero battle royale set in a dystopian Arabic-inspired world after a collapse. Squads of three pick heroes, ride hoverboards across shifting sands and ruins, and fight in 36-player matches and other modes where teamwork matters as much as aim. It is the most ambitious title from Lobah, a game developer and publisher headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
By 2024 Studios · Egypt
Secrets of a Campfire is a free, calm atmospheric experience set at a lakeside campsite with a day-night cycle. Players walk the shore, row a boat, light a fire and can write down a personal secret or read letters, with ambient sound and acoustic music in the background. It is designed as a place to unwind rather than a challenge. The game comes from 2024 Studios, an independent Egyptian studio founded in 2014 with its office in Cairo.
By Jana Games · Algeria
Shadowstalk is a top-down multiplayer stealth tactics game in which players are mythological figures summoned into a death game. Each character uses shadows and unique abilities to outwit rivals in real-time battles, aiming to be the last survivor. It is being developed in Unity by Jana Game Studios, an Algerian studio founded in 2014 by Seifeddine Wassim Haddar.
By Kashkool Games · United Arab Emirates
Sheba: A New Dawn is a Metroidvania action RPG set in the ancient Middle Eastern kingdom of Sheba. Players follow Enar, a shepherd who teams up with an escaped jinn, through interconnected realms, fighting monsters and bosses with combo-based combat and unlocking abilities that open new paths. The game draws on regional mythology and history. It was made by Kashkool Games, a three-person Emirati studio in Abu Dhabi founded by the Almansoori brothers.