Nimble Fox Games

Country: Saudi Arabia

Founded: 2025

Team Size: 2-10

Platforms: Mobile

Status: Active

Website: https://www.nimblefox.games/

Overview

Nimble Fox Games is a bootstrapped Saudi indie studio running a high-velocity development model: one new game every three weeks. The approach is deliberately experimental. Rather than betting on a single title, the studio treats its pipeline as a funnel, releasing rapidly, reading the data, and doubling down on what performs.

In 2026, the team plans to test more than 20 games while keeping one or two. By 2027, the target is 60-plus experiments and at least one scaled hit. The studio works across puzzle, simulation, and hybrid-casual genres, with every decision anchored in player data and performance metrics rather than instinct. They recently raised $300,000 funding via the Exel by Merak accelerator.

Games

Ant Trails: Puzzle Escape
Shelf Sort: Warehouse Puzzle
Topic Sort Solitaire
Sort and Sell: Color Puzzle
Cannon Escape: Pixel Blast
Screw N Pack
Connect and Blast
Color Bus Jam
Judge 'Em All: Logic Puzzle

Intelligence

Nimble Fox Games is building a hybrid-casual pipeline engineered for speed, capital efficiency, and disciplined kill decisions rather than betting on a single hit title.

The studio is releasing one new game every three weeks, with a 2026 target of 20 vertical slices and one or two keeper candidates that can justify deeper investment heading into 2027.

Funding & Backing

Exel by Merak Cohort 2 Graduate
Funding Secured: $300,000
Programme Value: Part of Merak's $80m accelerator programme
Capital stage: Seed/Accelerator-backed

Strategic Model

Platform direction: Android-first for early testing, with iOS as a follow-up for titles that prove strong market signal
Core genres: Hybrid-casual mobile
Monetisation approach: User acquisition-led testing model with monetisation readiness layered in once core retention signals are confirmed
Geographic focus: Riyadh-based operations targeting global hybrid-casual market
Positioning: Repeatable hybrid-casual pipeline studio

Active & Upcoming Projects

Judge 'Em All (live on Google Play)
Color Bus Jam (live on Google Play)
Multiple unannounced hybrid-casual titles in active pipeline
20-game vertical slice pipeline targeted for end of 2026
18-game first phase funded by current Exel capital

Performance Signals

Multiple playable titles live on Google Play and ready for testing
Early KPI gates in place across CPI, Day 0 playtime, and Day 1 retention
Staggered five-week production cycle delivering a three-week release cadence
Studio relocation to Saudi Arabia completed under Exel programme

Key Person

Qasim Ali - Founder

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