Arabic Games Directory

Algeria

Bahrain · Website ↗

Emotion Art: A Bahraini development team founded in 2004 by Ayman Mohammed Ali Rajab along with his colleagues Nawaf Abdul Nabi Al-Maskati and Mahdi Salah Rajab. It disappeared a year later without clear reasons.

Saudi Arabia · Website ↗

AXD Team (Arabian Xtreme Design): An Arab team founded in 2002 by Saudi national Yazeed bin Abdulrahman bin Ibrahim Al-Dulaigan. It consisted of six members and specialized in game development and localization. It ceased operations in 2004.

Kuwait, Palestine · Website ↗

Hotmog Soft: A team of amateur RPG players founded by Firas Asaad (a Kuwaiti born in Palestine) in 2001, which disappeared in 2008.

United Arab Emirates · Website ↗

Vertex Studio: An Emirati game company specializing initially in console games and later expanding to mobile devices. Founded in early 2007, it closed in 2010 due to financial difficulties. In addition to producing promotional videos and animation, it also...

United Arab Emirates · Website ↗

Imagination FZZ LTD: An Emirati gaming company founded in 2001, specializing in computer and mobile games, which closed in 2006.

Iraq · Website ↗

Zanine Ltd. (English): An Iraqi company based in Britain, founded in 1984 by two Kurdish Iraqi brothers, Shirko Abid and Farhad Abid. It closed a few years later due to violations of Iraqi investment regulations and the spread of piracy. In 2020, Shirko Abid passed away at the age of 73.

Saudi Arabia · Website ↗

A Saudi gaming company specializing in electronic devices, specifically in the localization and production of educational games, since the mid-1980s, but it left the field after a while.

Kuwait

Egypt