NEOM Level Up Gaming Accelerator
NEOM's annual accelerator for Saudi game studios. A readiness phase is followed by a funded acceleration phase with heavy mentoring and introductions to publishers.
[ What you get ]
Milestone-based cash incentives covering production-to-launch costs, about 600 hours of mentoring per funded studio over 7 months, production and publishing support, and access to a publisher partner network (e.g. Kwalee, Tamatem)
[ Who it's for ]
Saudi-based game studios with an MVP or vertical slice; for the acceleration phase, an LLC registration, VAT registration, a business bank account and named leads for key roles
- Run by
- NEOM (NEOM Gaming, delivered with DigiPen KSA)
- Equity
- Not published
- Format
- Hybrid
- Where
- Riyadh
- Duration
- 12 months (readiness phase plus studio acceleration phase)
- Stages
- Pre-seed · Seed
- Sectors
- Gaming · Media
[ Elden Studios ]
Accepted? Show up with a product.
Programmes back founders who ship. Elden Studios builds your MVP in weeks, in your name, so you walk in with something live.
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Checked against the operator's own pages on 2 October 2026.
Sources:neomlevelup.gameneom.com