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Best Gaming Companies in Guangdong Province, China

The 50 best Gaming companies in Guangdong Province, China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: China Mobile Games and Entertainment.

50companies tracked
$246.3Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
23have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · GAMING × GUANGDONG PROVINCE

Our analysis of 180 Gaming companies

$26.0b in tracked funding; 90% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2024.

180companies analysed
90%cloud-native stacks
2024funding peak (by rounds)
14unicorns
2020median founding year

Ranked: Best Gaming companies in Guangdong Province

#CompanyLast roundDisclosed fundingFounderEmployeesTech stackWeb popularityRecent signals
1171Game
Mobile game publisher
——Pan Zilong
CEO
————
2360 Game Art
Indie mobile and web game development solutions provider
——Cao Kai
CEO
————
3Aipu Game
Game development company
——Yi Shuiming
CEO
————
4Aiwan
Video game developer focusing on casual games
———200———
5BattleCry
Developer of casual games
——Liu Nan
Co-Founder
————
6BoyaaGame
Developer of casual mobile games
——Zhang Wei
Founder & Owner
—Facebook LoginNginxAmazon Web Services+2Top 5M—
7Cokgame
Independent mobile game publishing company
——Julie Zhu
CEO
————
8Daydream
Developer and publisher of PC and console-based casual games
———70NginxOpenRestyFont Awesome+5Top 50M—

Top 12 Gaming companies in Guangdong Province

#1
Funding Raised · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2021 · 11 employees
$2.7Mraised
▾

Online platform offering tools for creating virtual world using drag and drop interface. It allows individuals, communities, brands, DAOs, and game developers to create their own virtual worlds and their own social tokens. It allows users to socialize-and-earn, in the Metaverse.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers — 100.0% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • May 2023ICO$2.7M
Tech stack
BootstrapCore-JsGoogle Font ApiHstsLottiefilesOpen Graph
#2
Public · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2011 · 1165 employees
$84.2Mraised
▾

Developer and publisher of video games. The company is into development, licensing, publishing, distribution and operation of mobile games, primarily in China. Its social games are mainly developed for Android and iOS-based smartphones. Its current and upcoming titles include Warhammer, Space Marine 2, Jurassic Park Survival, World War Z, Evil Dead The Game and SnowRunner, and many more.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2021Post IPO$84.2M
Founders & team
Xiao JianChairman & CEO
Investors
Bilibili, AID Partners, Zhong Capital
Tech stack
AxiosCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsCrypto-JsDigicert
#3
Public · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2009 · 762 employees
$27Mraised
▾

Developer of mobile games and operator of entertainment service platforms. The company focuses on creating and distributing interactive entertainment experiences. It also develops artificial intelligence tools for game development and operation. The company provides various services, including customer service, user agreements, and privacy policies.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2019Post IPO$30M
  • Jan 2014Series B—
  • May 2012Series B$10M
  • Mar 2012Series B$15M
Founders & team
Jeff LyndonPresident / Co-founder
Investors
Tencent, Prometheus Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Legend Capital, Legend Star, Loayal Valley Capital
Tech stack
BootstrapHowler.JsHstsJavaJqueryNext.Js
#4
Series B · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2013
$22.7Mraised
▾

DataEye provides big data analysis and data mining to game developers and entertainment industry. Offer various features including player analysis, channel analysis, payment analysis and system analysis.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2017Series B$14.6M
  • Mar 2015Series A$8.2M
  • Dec 2013Seed—
Founders & team
Wang XiangbinFounder & CEO
Investors
Asia Business Capital, Shenzhen Capital Group, Lanxess Investment Group
#5
Series A · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2011 · 82 employees
$39Mraised
▾

Mokylin started as a developer of web games and later expanded into developing and publishing mobile games. Raised funding of ~$39M in Jun 2015. Claims to have 1,600+ employees, among which R&D staff accounts for more than 75%

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2015Series A$38.6M
Founders & team
Xu YubingCEO
Investors
Cowin Capital
#6
Series B · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2013
$26.1Mraised
▾

Mobile gaming company specializing in sports games

Founders & team
Wei DongdongFounder & CEO
Investors
Yao Capital, Huayi Brothers Media Group, Geekhouse Capital, ALLIANCE
#7
Series B · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2013
$26.1Mraised
▾

Developer and publisher of games. The portfolio of games, includes War Clash, Forbidden Flowers, Kings Age, Street Global Alliance, Cold edge, Zombie Hunter K, Frontline Commando OL, Elite Shootout, Demon Yu Qi Tan, Best team, Seeking body 2, and more. It develops games for mobile platform.

Funding rounds
  • May 2017Series B$26.1M
  • Oct 2016Series B—
  • Jul 2015Series A—
Founders & team
Wei DongdongFounder & CEO
Investors
Huayi Brothers Media Group, The Arena Capital, Greenwoods Investments, Yao Capital, Geekhouse Capital, ALLIANCE
#8
Deadpooled · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2010
$10Mraised
▾

Vanchu Technlogy is a social apps and games developer on different social platforms in China. In addition to making apps and games in-house, it also helps overseas developers bring their games into the Chinese market. Portfolio currently includes 5 in-house developed games and quite a few social apps. The company also worked with 6waves to bring their Raven series games to China.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2014Series B$10M
  • Jan 2011Series A—
Founders & team
Richard ChangFounder
Investors
Luminous Ventures, Shunwei Capital, Sky9 Capital
#9
Deadpooled · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2015
$3Mraised
▾

5miao is a gaming publisher and operator of Html5 mobile games. It provides one-stop service for Html5 game developers including registration, personalization, statistics, etc.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2015Seed$3M
Founders & team
Chen GangCEO
Investors
Decent Capital
#10
Series A · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2012 · 60 employees
$2.3Mraised
▾

Zhuohuamg is a mobile game developer headquartered in Shenzhen. It mainly focuses on developing 3D games. Its main products are "Onslaught Tribes", "Attack The Tribes", and "Tomb OL". Claims to have raised $3 million in seed round of funding from 2016.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2016Series A$2.3M
Investors
Whale Capital
#11
Series A · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2003 · 525 employees
$1.8Mraised
▾

Game developer and publisher. It provides massively multiplayer online games, leveraging cloud computing, blockchain, and digital advertising technologies to deliver immersive gaming experiences. It has developed games such as The last shot, Anti-Japanese War, Sword 2, Ten years of classic legendary national war, and many more.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2008Series A$1.8M
Investors
China Science & Merchants Investment Management Group, Score Capital, Harlyn Capital, Zhongke China Merchants Investment Management Group
#12
Deadpooled · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2003
$1Mraised
▾

Independent mobile game development studio

Founders & team
Eric WangCEO
Investors
Matrix Partners China

Funding & investor landscape

$246.3Mtotal disclosed funding
13companies funded
15disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Decent Capital4 rounds
Cowin Capital3 rounds
ALLIANCE2 rounds
Asia Business Capital2 rounds
Geekhouse Capital2 rounds
Huayi Brothers Media Group2 rounds
Shenzhen Capital Group2 rounds
Sky9 Capital2 rounds
Yao Capital2 rounds
Yunyi Investment2 rounds

Notable founders

Xiao Jian
Chairman & CEO · China Mobile Games and Entertainment
Jeff Lyndon
President / Co-founder · iDreamSky
Wang Xiangbin
Founder & CEO · DataEye
Xu Yubing
CEO · Mokylin Group
Wei Dongdong
Founder & CEO · ShenZhen Galaxy Interactive Technology
Richard Chang
Founder · Vanchu Technology
Chen Gang
CEO · 5miao
Eric Wang
CEO · koogame
Luo Yue
CEO · Geekplay
Zhou Jiang
Founder · Deerwar
Vincent Zhao
CEO & MD · Limboworks
Robert Skogh
Founder & Owner · TopGame
Prism market signals · China · country-scoped Prism corpus, 3,738,358 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Gaming coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · China

How research on Gaming Technology is moving in China

A read on the academic research around Gaming Technology — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 1,045 China-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 36% → 82% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
  • Beihang University54
  • Zhejiang University41
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences37
  • Communication University of China33
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University28
leading researchers
Rui Wang · Lili Wang · Wenfeng Hu · Xinzhu Sang · Kun Zhou · Enhua Wu · Shujun Xing · Xiaopeng Zhang
▲ Breakthroughs394 · 38%
▲ 29%→58% share
▲2.0× share momentum0 median citations44% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (29%→58% of field), led by Gaussian.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Gaussian4→36
  • Real-time rendering47→64
  • Image-based modeling and rendering17→26
  • Frame rate3→12
  • Graphics pipeline2→10
Newly emergingAvatar 0→7 · Artificial neural network 0→6 · Mixture model 0→5
Landmark 4D Gaussian Splatting for Real-Time Dynamic Scene Rendering · 447 cites
◆ Advancements558 · 53%
▼ 60%→38% share
▼0.6× share momentum0 median citations21% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are cooling (60%→38% of field), led by Frame rate.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Frame rate8→9
Newly emergingGaussian 0→6 · Robustness (evolution) 0→5
Landmark Foveated rendering: A state-of-the-art survey · 65 cites
▼ Concerns25 · 2%
▼ 3%→2% share
▼0.7× share momentum0 median citations20% since 2021mostly position pieces
Concerns are cooling (3%→2% of field), led by Rendering (computer graphics).
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Rendering (computer graphics)21
  • Computer graphics (images)11
  • Real-time rendering10
  • Parallel rendering5
  • Tiled rendering5
Landmark MetaSapiens: Real-Time Neural Rendering with Efficiency-Aware Pruning and Accelerated Foveated Rendering · 16 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · China

Where gaming tech is researched across China

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Beijing215 · +0.71
Hot · Rendering (computer graphics)Advancing · Computer graphics (images)Opportunity · AvatarConcern · Global illumination
Shanghai81 · +0.69
Hot · Cloud computingAdvancing · Rendering (computer graphics)Opportunity · Gaussian
Nanjing56 · +0.64
Hot · Rendering (computer graphics)Advancing · PrecomputationOpportunity · Gaussian
Hangzhou53 · +0.75
Hot · ShadingAdvancing · Rendering (computer graphics)Opportunity · Gaussian
Guangzhou/Shenzhen46 · +0.64
Hot · Game designAdvancing · Game engineOpportunity · Gaussian
Wuhan41 · +0.68
Hot · Rendering (computer graphics)Advancing · 3D renderingOpportunity · Gaussian
Harbin20 · +0.63
Hot · Rendering (computer graphics)Advancing · Specular reflection
Hefei19 · +0.77
Hot · GaussianAdvancing · Rendering (computer graphics)Opportunity · Graphics pipeline
PATENT SIGNAL · China

Who's filing gaming tech patents in China

China gaming tech patent filing is accelerating — 55 filings from 45 assignees (2017–2025), led by Tencent TECH Shenzhen, Xiamen YAJI Software, Netease Hangzhou Network; annual filings 1→9.

55 filings45 assigneespeak 17/yr2017–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2017–2025)
top patent filers
  • Tencent TECH Shenzhen17
  • Xiamen YAJI Software8
  • Netease Hangzhou Network3
  • UNIV Zhejiang3
  • PLEX VR Digital TECH Shanghai3
  • China Highway ENG Consultants3
  • Checc DATA3
  • Huawei TECH3

Common questions

How many Gaming companies are there in Guangdong Province, China?
Radar tracks 50 indexable Gaming companies headquartered in Guangdong Province, China that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Gaming companies in Guangdong Province, China?
The Gaming companies in Guangdong Province, China on this list have raised a combined $246.3M in disclosed equity funding across 13 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Gaming company in Guangdong Province, China?
China Mobile Games and Entertainment is the highest-funded Gaming company in Guangdong Province, China, with $84.2M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Gaming companies in Guangdong Province, China are funded?
13 of the 50 Gaming companies in Guangdong Province, China on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Gaming unicorns are there in Guangdong Province, China?
None of the Gaming companies in Guangdong Province, China on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Guangdong Province, China Gaming companies?
The most active investors in Guangdong Province, China Gaming companies on this list include Decent Capital, Cowin Capital, ALLIANCE, Asia Business Capital, Geekhouse Capital.
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