Game studio · Saudi Arabia

We make games that get into things.

RootKit Studios is an independent game studio from Saudi Arabia. We make small games with big hooks, a playful streak and the odd scare, and you can play every one of them right here.

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#2of 156 · Game Zanga 14

Title card for There Is a Monster in My Closet: a long hallway that twists around itself, with a dark figure standing halfway down it.

There Is a Monster in My Closet

في وحش في دولابي

A first-person bedtime horror game. Brush your teeth, get into bed, and try not to look at the closet. Then the door opens on its own.

  • Horror
  • Arabic + English
  • Free in your browser
  1. BedtimeTeeth, bed, a knock from the closet, lamps out. Dad checks on you.
  2. The roomYour bedroom stops behaving. Gravity flips and the floor leads down into the sewer.
  3. Pillow hallA dream corridor between waking up and running.
  4. The chaseIt is out of the closet now.

We made it in 72 hours for Game Zanga 14, the Arabic game jam, and took second place overall out of 156 games. See the results.

Play in your browser

Free to play. Best on a computer with a keyboard and mouse.

Selected forZero to Heroshowcase

RootKit title screen: Play, options and quit buttons over falling red ones and zeros.

RootKit

A short first-person demo with a PSX look. You are dropped into a sci-fi facility with a plasma rifle and one way out.

  • Sci-fi action
  • Free in your browser
  1. Get armedLearn the ropes, then pick up the plasma rifle.
  2. The facilityPatrolling enemies and ceiling spikes stand between you and the exit.
  3. Take controlHijack the control stations and watch the halls through their cameras.
  4. The way outBlow the doors open and get through the portal.
Play in your browser

Free to play. Best on a computer with a keyboard and mouse.

Four more you can play right here

All free, all in your browser, no install. They play best with a keyboard and mouse, and the bigger ones take a moment to load.

A hand-drawn handheld console with a green screen that says Play.

Horror · jam game

Unstable Night

It is past bedtime and you are under the covers playing a handheld game. Listen for creaks and footsteps, and hide the screen and the flashlight before the monster looks in. Survive the night.

Play
A spiked, many-armed pink and black figure with a dialogue box reading: The blade swings itself. You will not need to hold it.

Idle RPG

Orion's Slayer Idle

An idle RPG made to live in the corner of your desktop. A hero fights down a ten-floor tower on his own while you spend his gold, gems and skill points, then ascend and go again.

Play
The Last Palm title screen: a pixel-art palm tree, half green and half metal, between sandstone towers.

Tower defense · ISART Game Jam 2026

The Last Palm

In a future Saudi Arabia run by machines, the last palm tree is all that is left of nature. Grow living towers from local plants and hold off EVIL-Corp's robots before they reach it.

Made together with Abdulrahman Alzuhair, Yazeed Khayyat and Mohannad Alasmari.

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A green minigolf course with a flag and hole, a small cube at the bottom, and a cat watching from the side panel.

Puzzle golf · level maker

Uncanny Cube Golf

Minigolf with a cube instead of a ball, and courses that went slightly wrong on purpose. Play the campaign or build your own levels.

Play

Small studio. Big appetite.

Games with a hook

Horror, sci-fi action, tower defense, idle RPGs. Each game is built around one idea you get in seconds and keep thinking about after.

Rooted here

We are based in Saudi Arabia and some of our worlds start close to home, like the last palm tree standing in a future Saudi Arabia.

Fast and proven

We turn ideas into playable games in a weekend. That pace has already earned us a podium finish and a showcase spot.

Play anywhere

Everything we make runs in a web browser, so the distance between hearing about a RootKit game and playing it is one click.

Growing the scene

We have mentored more than 160 first-time game developers through the GameBox hackathon, because a stronger local scene is good for everyone in it.

Led by two developers

RootKit Studios is led by its two co-founders, who take every game from first idea to the version you play.

Ibrahim Alhumud

Ibrahim Alhumud

Co-founder

Game developer and mentor to more than 160 first-time game makers, with a soft spot for games that scare you a little.

GitHub
Yaser Allahim

Yaser Allahim

Co-founder

Game developer and designer with an eye for how a game looks, sounds and feels in your hands.

GitHub Portfolio

Players, partners, investors: say hello.

Whether you want to play, publish, collaborate or back what we make next, we would like to hear from you.

Find us on GitHub

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