Ash Games Studio raises $1.5 million for games inspired by Saudi stories

Merak Capital and Impact46 co-led a $1.5 million seed round for Ash Games Studio, which is developing titles based on Saudi history and exploring mobile expansion.

Ash Games Studio has raised $1.5 million in seed funding co-led by Merak Capital and Impact46. The Saudi developer is building games inspired by local stories and history with the goal of bringing Arab narratives to a global audience.

The studio is also exploring a mobile version of Azooma Escape, indicating that part of the funding may support platform expansion rather than a single new project. The round sits at the intersection of cultural IP and regional games investment: capital is being used not only to grow development capacity but also to test whether locally rooted content can travel internationally.