Hankat Alturath

Country: Saudi Arabia

Founded: 2024

Team Size: 2-10

Platforms: Mobile

Status: Active

Website: https://hankatalturath.com/#home

Overview

Hankat Alturath (حنكة التراث) is a Saudi cultural gaming studio that turns traditional Saudi games into modern mobile games. The studio’s stated mission is to digitise cultural heritage through play, starting with Saudi traditional games and later extending to the games of other cultures.

Its flagship product is Henkaa (حنكة), a competitive mobile strategy game built around short, skill-based matches. Players can face friends head-to-head, practise against an AI opponent, play quick matches and climb a leaderboard for points. The traditional games keep their original rules. Um Tis’a and Carrom are available now, Dominoes (الضومنة) is coming soon, and more Saudi traditional games are planned. The game is available in Arabic and English on the App Store and Google Play, and has passed 1,500 playtests and downloads.

The studio won first place at the Zero2Hero Hackathon, second place at Be A Founder, and reached the top 10 of HP Gaming Garage. It is part of the Monsha’at University Startup Program and has been interviewed on MBC television. Hankat Alturath has shown its work at Gaming Plus, the Digital Heritage Expo and LEAP 2026, and is part of Exel by Merak Cohort 3.

Games

• Henkaa

Key People

• Elaf Almaqbel - Founder