Top Game Development Companies in China

Researched by:Goodfirms Research TeamUpdated:September 6, 2026

Goodfirms has reviewed 25 Game Development Companies in China as of September 2026. The top-ranked firm is Egret Technology (0.0 stars, 0 verified reviews, $100 - $149/hr, founded 2014, Beijing). Across the category, the median hourly rate is $125, median client rating is 0, and 60% of firms employ 50+ members. Explore the vetted Game Development Companies in China below, compare their strengths, and connect with the provider best suited to your requirements.

Not only a home to top esports players in the world, but China is also the most significant game development market in the world. Deemed the unofficial capital of the games industry, game development companies in China provide innovative solutions at a high cost to value ratio. A skilled workforce is driven to deliver quality and engaging content. It will be a wise choice if you are looking to outsource your gaming solutions to game developers in China. With timely delivery and unique content, you will always stay ahead in the business. Here is a list of the top game development services in the country for you to choose from and partner with the best for your next big game idea.

25Verified firms
$125/hrMedian hourly rate
0 ★Median rating
60%Have 50+ members

Goodfirms has verified 25 Game Development Companies in China - part of 2,502+ Game Development Companies, each passing Goodfirms' 4-step verification process (background check, client interviews, portfolio audit, ongoing quality review). Listings marked "Sponsored" are agencies that pay for premium placement - sponsorship does not affect star ratings or review content.

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  • Egret Technology is an Internet company driven by creative and innovative technologies, which has developed an extensible mobile platform ideal for developing games and other mobile applications. Egret has released in total of 14 creative development products, including Egret Engine – a open source game engine used to create mobile games which has over 70% ... read Egret Technology reviews & insights

    $100 - $149/hr
    250 - 999
    2014
    Beijing, China
  • Ourpalm was founded in Beijing in 2004 as a government licensed telecommunications and service provider. Early beginnings in web and mobile content have since evolved and secured Ourpalm a place as one of China’s leading web and mobile game developer, publisher and operator of today. In May 2012 Ourpalm made its first public offering on ... read Ourpalm Co., Ltd reviews & insights

    $150 - $199/hr
    1,000 - 9,999
    2004
    Beijing, China
  • Beijing Babeltime Technology Co., Ltd. is a leading game developer and publisher in China. Started in 2009 with 7 people, Babeltime now has over 600 employees. Besides the headquarter office in Beijing, we also have offices in San Francisco, Hong Kong, Taipei, Shanghai, Hai Nan. With the commitment to quality, Babeltime keeps developing and publishing ... read Beijing Babel Times Technology Co., Ltd. reviews & insights

    $100 - $149/hr
    250 - 999
    2009
    Beijing, China
  • tap4fun (Chengdu Nibirutech Inc) was founded in March, 2008 and located in Chengdu Tianfu Software Park Zone A, with main business on the development, distribution and operation of SLG mobile game. It's a joint-stock company transformed from Chengdu Nibirutech Ltd. which has published 9 games and has being the voice of China in the international ... read tap4fun reviews & insights

    $100 - $149/hr
    250 - 999
    2008
    Chengdu, China
  • Gaea is a global interactive entertainment company created in September, 2014 in Beijing, China. We currently have offices in China, South Korea, Japan, SE Asia, and the United States and are looking to expand to many other regions in future. Gaea has set its sights on becoming the foremost creator of mobile entertainment, movies and ... read Gaea reviews & insights

    $100 - $149/hr
    250 - 999
    2014
    Beijing, China
  • Established in 2003, PearlinPalm is a leading international publisher and developer of video games for mobile phones. The company creates games for mobile handsets equipped with Java, Symbian technology as well as Android, IOS and Windows Mobile. Through agreements with major telephone wireless carriers, handset manufacturers, specialized distributors and its online shop, Pearlinpalm builds its ... read PearlinPalm Information Technology Co., Ltd reviews & insights

    $100 - $149/hr
    250 - 999
    2003
    Beijing, China
  • Established in March of 2002, Pixel Soft is mainly engaged in developing games and committed to create competitive online games and high-end brands in interactive entertainment industry, with the idea of “work conscientiously and carefully to create best games”. Pixel Soft has excellent R&D teams in China. On 29th March, 2016, it has had its ... read Pixel Soft reviews & insights

    $100 - $149/hr
    250 - 999
    2002
    Beijing, China
  • Forgame Group ("Forgame" or "the Group") is a leading developer and publisher of webgames in China with a fast-growing mobile game business. Established in 2009, Forgame has successfully developed and launched over 30 easy-to-access, highly engaging and popular games. Forgame's publishing platform, 91wan, published 79 self-developed and licensed webgames, and had attracted over 179 million ... read Forgame reviews & insights

    $200 - $300/hr
    1,000 - 9,999
    2009
    Guangzhou, China
  • Coconut Island is an independent game studio based in Shanghai, China. Founded in 2009, we're committed to creating innovative games of all kinds that we really love to play ourselves. Most of our members have worked for years at famous companies in game industry like Konami and Autodesk. Our games have been won many awards ... read Coconut Island Studio reviews & insights

    $50 - $99/hr
    10 - 49
    2009
    Shanghai, China
  • Specialized in developing and distributing video games, YOOZOO Games Co., Ltd. (SZ.002174) was founded in 2009 by Lin Qi with the goal of inspiring players across the world. Headquartered in Shanghai with multiple offices worldwide from India to Germany, YOOZOO has forged a strong global distribution network. YOOZOO has gone on to create and publish ... read YOOZOO GAMES Co., Ltd. reviews & insights

    $150 - $199/hr
    1,000 - 9,999
    2009
    Shanghai, China
  • Shanghai ArtCoding, a leading independent game developer in China, provides offshore outsourcing services to international game publishers, developers and independent studios for their outsourced projects on the PS2, Xbox, NGC consoles and PC platforms. Founded by industry veterans from Ubisoft, ArtCoding is operated along western business practices. We have the capability and experience in providing ... read Shanghai ArtCoding reviews & insights

    $50 - $99/hr
    10 - 49
    Shanghai, China
  • Shenzhen Blackstream Interactive Entertainment Co.Ltd (hereinafter referred to as Blackstream) was a subsidiary game division of China well-known enterprise SilkRoad Vision Technology Co.Ltd (stock code: 300556). Now, headquartered in Shenzhen, Blackstream established its branch offices in Shanghai and Chengdu respectively. The business scope of Blackstream covers various aspects of games R&D and outsourcing including Concepts ... read Blackstream reviews & insights

    $100 - $149/hr
    250 - 999
    2011
    Shenzhen, China
  • We are a 300+ strong company divided over 3 studios that handle all aspects of outsourcing, from end to end Console, Mobile Game development to Full Level and Art Production for various platforms, including the XBOX One, PS4, PSV, Wii, PC, iPhone etc. Over the past 12 years we have participated in the creation of ... read Mineloader Software Co.Ltd. reviews & insights

    $150 - $199/hr
    250 - 999
    2003
    Shanghai, China
  • 9you (www.9you.com) is China's leading game developer / operator of Interactive Entertainment Community V2.0 and the appointed operator of 2010 Shanghai World Expo online community games. 9you took the lead in achieving integration of many new online features in this era such as music and dance simulation games, sports simulation games, simulation racing simulation games, ... read 9YOU reviews & insights

    $100 - $149/hr
    250 - 999
    2003
    Shanghai, China
  • Yingpei Games, based in Shanghai, China, is a leading game developer who has developed and published a number of games on different platforms including PC, iOS, Android, Playstation and Xbox. Yingpei Games also offers AAA quality content production outsourcing and game development services to developers and publishers worldwide.

    $100 - $149/hr
    50 - 249
    2006
    Shanghai, China
  • Shenzhen Smartmelon Technology Co., Ltd. is a dynamic game development company at the forefront of innovation. With a creative zeal and technical prowess, we craft captivating digital experiences that transcend boundaries. Our dedicated team of developers, artists, and visionaries collaborates seamlessly to produce immersive games that resonate with global audiences. From conceptualization to execution, we ... read Shenzhen Smartmelon Technology Co., Ltd. reviews & insights

    $50 - $99/hr
    10 - 49
    Shenzhen, China
  • Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Shenzhen's NanShan Science and Technology Park, 7Road is a top developer and an international distributor of web games and mobile games. As a pioneer in expanding the global gaming market, 7Road is the top 1 grossing company in the browser game market. Our games includes Wartune and DDtank, which ... read 7Road reviews & insights

    $100 - $149/hr
    50 - 249
    2008
    Shenzhen, China
  • Onyx Games is a team of young people with long experience in the video games industry. We have all worked together in different projects in the past, and now we have decided to move forward starting our own company.

    $50 - $99/hr
    10 - 49
    2017
    Shenzhen, China
  • Multiverse is a world-class AR/VR studio. Our team comes from top studios including Wevr, Riot Games, Disney, and Ubisoft and tech companies like Facebook, Tencent and IBM. Our team is poised to create industry-defining content and help bring AR/VR to the masses. Our current project is called "Seeking Dawn"​ and is set to be released ... read Multiverse Entertainment LLC reviews & insights

    $50 - $99/hr
    10 - 49
    2016
    Shenzhen, China
  • Zengame Technology Holding Limited (Zengame) is an estabilished mobile game developer and operator in PRC with sepecial focus on card and board and other casual mobile games. Our headquarters are located in Shenzhen. The Company was founded in July of 2010 by Mr. LiQing Zeng, a well-known internet angel investor, and a group of specialists ... read Zengame Technology Holding Limited reviews & insights

    $100 - $149/hr
    50 - 249
    2010
    Shenzhen, China
  • We are a game-developing company founded in 2011, focusing on high quality mobile games and providing our clients reliable solution and professional services of art designing, game programming and game development. All of our core members have over 10 years experience of game development. And we have created 25+ mobile games and helped 20+ clients ... read Augegame Network Technology Co., Ltd. reviews & insights

    < $25/hr
    50 - 249
    2011
    Shanghai, China
  • 7KingDom was founded by Chinese video game and film industry veterans in 2019. We are a group of professional game artists and passionate game enthusiasts. We focus on the realistic 3D production of 3A level games. We provide consistent high-quality work and deliver it quickly at a reasonable cost. We are proud to know your ... read 7kingdom Digital Technology Co., Ltd reviews & insights

    $25 - $49/hr
    50 - 249
    2019
    Longhua, China
  • LEEWAY ART is from Chengdu, China. We are a leading medium and high-end game art production company in the industry. We provide 2D / 3D, next-generation art and animation overall outsourcing services for global game customers. At present, we have thousands of high-end professional and experienced game artists, who are committed to the outsourcing service ... read LEEWAY ART reviews & insights

    $50 - $99/hr
    250 - 999
    2018
    Chengdu, China
  • We're a tight-knit group of passionate makers, hackers, designers & engineers who formulate the right solutions to move your needle. We love to bring order to digital chaos, and offer P.a.a.S: problem solving as a service.

    < $25/hr
    10 - 49
    2012
    Hong Kong, China
  • Hunan Piizu Network Technology Co., Ltd is Specializing in Software Solutions Tailored to Your Business. currently we have development team contains a dozen of senior developers, 5 designer and 3 product manager. We deliver first class software development solution for clients on a global scale. Aside from code quality with well-designed architecture, guaranteed maintainability, scalability, ... read Piizu Network Technology reviews & insights

    $50 - $99/hr
    10 - 49
    2019
    Changsha, China

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All states ranked by Value Score.

Every state in scope, ranked by Value Score.

StateFirmsAvg RateAvg RatingValue ScoreAction
CNHong Kong SAR1$25/hr-69View firms
CNGuangdong1$37/hr-65View firms
CNHunan1$75/hr-50View firms
CNSichuan2$100/hr-41View firms
CNShanghai7$111/hr-40View firms
CNGuangdong7$121/hr-36View firms
CNBeijing6$133/hr-31View firms
CNHong Kong SAR
1 firms$25/hr
Value Score69 / 100
CNGuangdong
1 firms$37/hr
Value Score65 / 100
CNHunan
1 firms$75/hr
Value Score50 / 100
CNSichuan
2 firms$100/hr
Value Score41 / 100
CNShanghai
7 firms$111/hr
Value Score40 / 100
CNGuangdong
7 firms$121/hr
Value Score36 / 100
CNBeijing
6 firms$133/hr
Value Score31 / 100

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If you're in US (PT/ET)Recommended

Look for nearshore LATAM partners - same-day collaboration, similar time zones, and 50-60% cost savings vs domestic.

MXMexico~7h overlap
ARArgentina~6h overlap
BRBrazil~5h overlap
CACanada~8h overlap
If you're in Europe (CET/GMT)Recommended

Eastern Europe is your sweet spot - 1-2h time zone shift, EU GDPR alignment, and 40-50% lower rates than Western Europe.

PLPoland~8h overlap
UAUkraine~7h overlap
RORomania~7h overlap
ZASouth Africa~8h overlap

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X-axis (Core Competencies): Service Focus Ratio + Portfolio Depth + Quality + Experience
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Y-axis (360-Performance): Client Reviews + Market Presence + Goodfirms Score
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Missing signals are excluded from a firm's score, not substituted with defaults - weights redistribute across remaining inputs
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Recency decay over the last 18 months keeps stale reviews from dominating
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States with the best Value Score for game development hiring.

Ranked by a composite score blending firm count (supply), average rating (quality), and median hourly rate (cost). Affordability is weighted highest (50%), so this list surfaces actually affordable destinations rather than just-big markets.

Budget leader
Shanghai · $0-24/hr

1 firms in this tier - more than any other state. Top picks: Augegame Network Technology Co., Ltd..

Mid-tier leader
Guangdong · $50-99/hr

3 firms in this tier - more than any other state. Top picks: Shenzhen Smartmelon Technology Co., Ltd., ONYX GAMES, Multiverse Entertainment LLC.

Top tier leader
Shanghai · $150+/hr

2 firms in this tier - more than any other state. Top picks: YOOZOO GAMES Co., Ltd., Mineloader Software Co.Ltd..

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Every cell in the grid above is the count of firms in (place × hourly-rate tier). Firms are placed by their published hourly rate; those without a disclosed rate are not plotted.

Top company names per cell are surfaced by Value Score - a weighted blend of affordability (50%) + rating (35%) + review volume (15%).

The "Best" ribbon marks the cell in each row where firm density, ratings, and affordability line up best - the densest, highest-quality combination.

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Value Score · per firm
ValueScore = 0.50 × Affordability
+ 0.35 × Rating
+ 0.15 × Review Volume
// All sub-scores normalized 0-100
// Affordability = (1 - rate/$200) × 100
// Rating = (rating - 3) / 2 × 100
// Volume = log10(reviews+1)/log10(200) × 100

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