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Our Mission
Build exceptional original games from Dubai, beginning with Call To Rule, and prove that globally ambitious IP can originate in the region.
Dubai-born · Egyptian-founded
Playful ideas. Serious worlds.
PaperToad is a founder-led independent game studio creating original games from Dubai, with a Middle Eastern perspective and global ambition. Starting with Call To Rule, we are building worlds made here and designed to travel.
PaperToad · Studio OS
// Now building
Original games, from Dubai to the world.
Why we exist
Built here. Made to travel.
We believe the Middle East should be known not only as a market for games, but as a place where original, globally recognized games are born.
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Our Vision
A Middle East recognized as a source of world-class games, distinctive creative worlds, and the talent behind them.
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Grow With Purpose
PaperToad is a small founder-led studio today. As we grow, we intend to create opportunities for regional creators and contribute what we learn to the local game-development community.
The craft
One vision, built hands-on.
Game design, worldbuilding, technology, and product thinking come together around a focused flagship, with trusted collaborators joining as the work grows.
Game Design
Competitive loops, player clarity, and long-term mastery.
Worldbuilding
Memorable heroes, factions, cultures, and conflict.
Tech Craft
Scalable systems for live, evolving gameplay.
Publishing Mindset
Designed for community, content, and global reach.
Flagship Product
Call To Rule leads the slate.
Call To Rule is PaperToad's flagship game — a competitive hero battler inspired by great civilizations, legendary rulers, and strategic team fights, and the dream of building a world-class game from the Middle East.
Great Civilizations
Legendary Rulers
Strategic Team Fights
✓ Hero-driven competitive gameplay with a strong identity.
✓ A civilization-rich universe designed for lore, content, and expansion.
✓ Built as the studio's anchor IP and long-term product foundation.
Dubai
Born in the UAE
MENA
Perspective & creative roots
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Flagship title · Call To Rule
Global
Ambition from day one
How we build
From spark to playable proof.
A focused process that turns a playful idea into a serious world, one tested system at a time.
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Imagine
Original worlds, heroes, and the competitive fantasy at their core.
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Prototype
Readable, fair systems proven fast in playable builds.
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Craft
Art direction, tech, and presentation raised to a premium bar.
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Grow
Build the game, team, and community responsibly around what proves itself.
Get in touch
Building the next playable world.
PaperToad is currently founder-led and focused on building Call To Rule as its first proof point. If you publish, fund, mentor, or collaborate on ambitious games from the region — let's talk.