the UAE
Game Development in the UAE
The UAE is the most international gaming market in the GCC — a mix of Emirati players, a large expatriate audience, and a government actively courting the games and creative industries. Buried Games Studio is an independent, remote-first GCC games studio, and we work with clients across the UAE to build games for Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and the wider region. What we offer is deep Gulf understanding, genuine bilingual development, and remote collaboration that fits how UAE companies already work.
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A bilingual, international audience
The UAE player base is unusually diverse. Emirati and Arab players sit alongside a huge expatriate community, which means a successful game here often needs to feel equally natural in Arabic and in English. We treat this as a design constraint from the start, not a translation task at the end: layouts that flow correctly in both right-to-left and left-to-right, copy written natively in each language, and a visual tone that reads as premium to a Dubai audience that expects polish.
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A government backing the creative sector
The UAE has invested heavily in becoming a hub for gaming, esports, and digital entertainment, with dedicated programmes, free zones, and events drawing studios and publishers to Dubai and Abu Dhabi. For a client, this means a market that takes games seriously and an audience accustomed to high production values across mobile and beyond. We help clients meet those expectations efficiently — choosing scope and engine to match the goal rather than chasing fidelity for its own sake.
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Store and payment localisation for the UAE
Shipping into the UAE means getting the operational layer right. We localise App Store and Google Play listings in both Arabic and English, since the audience spans both, and we integrate the payment methods UAE players use, from global app-store billing to local cards and wallets. Pricing is set with the local market in mind. These details decide whether a strong game actually converts the players who find it.
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Remote collaboration across GCC time zones
We work remotely across the GCC and share the UAE's working rhythm and time zone, so collaborating remotely feels local. We run projects on clear milestones with playable builds you can test on your own devices, a single point of contact, and fast turnarounds over WhatsApp and email. UAE companies are already used to working with distributed teams across the region, and our process is built to make that distance invisible.
Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions
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