Knight Owl Games

Country: Egypt

Founded: 2022

Team Size: 2-10

Platforms: PC

Status: Active

Overview

Knight Owl Games is an Alexandria-based indie game studio founded in 2022. The studio develops and publishes PC games across genres including city builders, simulation, action and puzzle games. It was previously known as Tired Owl Games before adopting the Knight Owl Games name in January 2023.

The studio's portfolio includes Mini Settlers, a minimalist city-building game focused on settlement management and logistics; Village Tale, an idle village-building simulator; and Wandness: WandCraft Survivor, an action-adventure survival game centred on crafting magical wands and battling monsters through procedurally generated dungeons.

Knight Owl has also published Shelve the Potions!, a puzzle game released in August 2026, showing continued activity and a growing catalogue of PC titles.

Games

Mini Settlers
Village Tale
Wandness: WandCraft Survivor
Shelve the Potions!
Run Build Pew!

Key People

Fadi Ashy - Co-Founder, Game Developer

Intelligence

Knight Owl Games is an emerging Egyptian PC-focused indie studio that has moved quickly from its 2022 formation into a multi-game publishing and development operation.

Funding & Backing

Funding: No publicly disclosed external funding identified
Ownership: Independent
Capital stage: Bootstrapped / undisclosed

Strategic Model

Platform direction: PC-first
Core genres: Simulation, city building, puzzle, action and survival
Business model: Original IP development and publishing
Geographic focus: Egypt with global PC distribution
Positioning: Emerging Egyptian PC indie developer

Active & Upcoming Projects

Shelve the Potions! - Released August 2026
Wandness: WandCraft Survivor
Further undisclosed projects

Performance Signals

Founded in 2022
Five games credited to Knight Owl Games across 2022-2026 according to MobyGames.
Mini Settlers released commercially in May 2025.
Wandness released in September 2025.
Shelve the Potions! released in August 2026.
Listed as an Alexandria-based Egyptian developer by GameDevMap.

Key Person

Fadi Ashy - Co-Founder, Game Developer

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