Program News

NEOM’s Level Up Accelerator welcomes five Saudi game studios into Cohort 3, marking the program’s third year of supporting high-potential teams.
Alongside funding, studios receive intensive mentorship across business, finance, marketing, tech, art, and game design/production, built to accelerate real releases and launch campaigns.

Starvania Studios has raised $1.1M to expand its console and PC game development, strengthen operations, and attract Saudi talent—with backing from Merak Capital and Impact46.

Fahy Studios, a graduate of Level Up Accelerator Cohort 1, has raised $1.75M to develop hybrid-casual mobile games in partnership with global publisher Kwalee.

Congratulations to our studios honoured by MENA Games Industry Awards 2025 presented in Dubai.

Starvania has officially signed a publishing deal with Singapore-based Soft Source, the gaming powerhouse of Asia, for Bahamut and The Waqwaq Tree. Bahamut and The Waqwaq Tree releases on Steam the 8th of May. View LinkedIn Announcement

NEOM Media’s Gaming division has unveiled its ‘Publishing Partner Network’ as part of its ‘Level Up’ accelerator program – an initiative designed to bolster Saudi Arabia’s gaming ecosystem. With four publishing partners already commited to the network, including Kwalee, Sandsoft,…

Congratulations to Meaad Aflah and the team at Starvania who have won the Graphics Galore Award at Devcom 2024.

Be sure to visit the NEOM booth at Gamescom to witness firsthand the innovative spirit that NEOM Level Up Studios are bringing to the global stage.

Starvania’s new game, an underwater adventure inspired by Arabian mythology, is available on Steam.

Congratulations to Nomadroid on the launch of their first game.