Best Mobile Gaming Companies in Shanghai, China
The 83 best Mobile Gaming companies in Shanghai, China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Shanda Games.
Ranked: Best Mobile Gaming companies in Shanghai
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shanda Games Game developer and publisher based in China | $472M | 100 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | — | 1999 | — | — |
| 2 | 51.com Online gaming portal and community | $67M | 217 mo ago | Series C | Pang Shengdong CEO | 2005 | PHPNginxOpenResty+8 | — |
| 3 | ShineZone Online and mobile games developer for overseas markets | $58M | 112 mo ago | Series B | Frank Lee Founder & CEO | 2008 | — | — |
| 4 | MorningTec Internet games distributor | $16M | 131 mo ago | Series B | Ming Zhu Founder | 2013 | — | — |
| 5 | Youxiduo Mobile games platform | $16M | 136 mo ago | Deadpooled | Chen Yichao CEO | 2010 | — | — |
| 6 | UltiZen Mobile and web games developer | $16M | 190 mo ago | Series C | — | 2005 | — | — |
| 7 | Uzone Games Mobile gaming studio | $15M | 121 mo ago | Series B | Angel Mo Founder & CEO | 2014 | — | — |
| 8 | the9gamezone Video game developer focusing on core game | $8M | 14 mo ago | Public | — | 1999 | UbuntuTailwind CSSVue.js+4 | — |
| 9 | Taomee Entertainment Developer of mobile and web based games along with other entertainment services for children | $8M | — | Early Stage | — | 2007 | PHPNginxjQuery UI+5 | — |
| 10 | Haymaker Game Mobile game developer | $4M | 131 mo ago | Deadpooled | Chen Feng CEO | 2013 | — | — |
| 11 | Directive Games Mobile game development studio | $4M | 133 mo ago | Series A | Yohei Ishii Co-Founder | 2014 | — | — |
| 12 | Spicy Horse Games 3D Game Developer on web browsers | $3M | 182 mo ago | Series A | R J Berg Co-Founder & COO | 2006 | — | — |
| 13 | Soco Soft Mobile game developer | $3M | 199 mo ago | Series A | Shen Ye Founder | 2005 | — | — |
| 14 | MetaDerby NFT-based trading platform for horse racing games | $2M | 50 mo ago | Seed | Muse Co-Founder | 2021 | — | — |
| 15 | Lusionsoft VR game and content development studio based out of Shanghai | $2M | 108 mo ago | Seed | Feng Pan Founder and CEO | 2016 | — | — |
| 16 | MyGamez Game publisher and publishing platform | $2M | 30 mo ago | Series A | Charles Chiang Coo/Founder | 2013 | WebflowMicrosoft 365jQuery+8 | — |
| 17 | Haiyi Qi Game development company | $2M | 134 mo ago | Seed | Zhou Chaoen CEO | 2014 | — | — |
| 18 | 5211game Provide platform for online and mobile games | $1M | 147 mo ago | Series B | Xin Xu Founder | 2009 | Windows ServerMicrosoft ASP.NETRequireJS+4 | — |
Top 12 Mobile Gaming companies in Shanghai
#1
Public · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 1999 · 72 employees$8Mraised▾
Video game developer focusing on core games. The company has developed massively multiplayer online role playing games, massively multiplayer online first-person shooter games, Web games, social games, mobile games, and TV games. It also provides game operating support, training and advertisement, and short message services. It also operates TV and mobile game platforms.
- Mar 2025Post IPO$8M
- May 2024Post IPO—
- Feb 2021Post IPO—
#2
Acqui-Hired · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 1999 · 111 employees$472.4Mraised▾
Shanda Games is an indie game developer and publisher based in China. It has developed multiple MMORPG games including "The Legend of the World", "Magical Land", and "The Age" which are the part of "The Genesis Of The Century" game series. Also operates the Chinese book publishing house.
- Feb 2018PE$472.4M
#3
Series A · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2013$1.6Mraised▾
Mygamez is a mobile game publisher based in Shanghai, China. The company focuses on western game developers and offers distribution and secure monetisation solutions. The company also works with small time game developers to create their publishing strategies and business models. The company aims to open the Chinese market for the best 20% of great games and make it simple, safe and profitable for developers
- Dec 2023Angel$1.6M
- May 2020Series A—
#4
Series C · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2005 · 155 employees$67Mraised▾
51.com focuses on developing online and mobile games. Earlier used to offer an array of services providing high quality social network application services. It had created a lot of products such as blog, album, music, BBS, IM software Rainbow etc. Now pivoted into a gaming studio developing online and mobile games. Developed web games and mobile games which include real-time combat, role-playing, war strategy, simulation management and other type of classic games.
- May 2008Series C$51M
- May 2007Series B$10M
- May 2006Series A$6M
#5
Series B · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2008 · 164 employees$58Mraised▾
ShineZone develops games mainly for the overseas market. Currently, it has over 23 games covering 18 countries and regions. The company has also partnered with Facebook, App Store and Good Play. has raised RMB 400 million (US$58 million) series B round from a number of Chinese investment firms. With the latest capital injection, ShineZone said it hopes to reach RMB200 million (US$29 million) in net profits in 2017.
- Feb 2017Series B$58M
#6
Seed · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2021$2.5Mraised▾
NFT-based trading platform for horse racing games. It enables users to explore, race, breed NFT horses. It offers a free-to-play-and-earn horse racing metaverse where anyone can earn tokens through skilled gameplay.
- Apr 2022ICO$1M
- Mar 2022Seed$2.5M
#7
Series C · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2005 · 450 employees$15.5Mraised▾
Ultizen Games is a game developer and offshore game outsourcing company in China. It involves in game design, level design, programming, art design, modeling, animation production, and testing services. The company offers online casual game PC, Xbox360 live arcade game, and U-PAL online casual game platform. Ultizen Games’ outsourcing services include art design, 2D art production, 3D modeling, and animation production on various platforms; porting and networking; testing and localization; game development; and IPTV game development. The company serves North American, European, and Japanese companies. Acquired Tokyo-based developer Red Entertainment (Sakura Wars series).
- Aug 2010Series C$8M
- Aug 2008Series B$6M
- Jun 2007Series A$1.5M
#8
Series B · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2013$16.4Mraised▾
MorningTec is an online games distributor in Asia. It offers console and online games. The company also provides technical support, localization, publishing, and operating maintenance services. Provides Stella SDK, a mobile game development software tool that allows developers to port an iOS application to Android version. MorningTec targets at iOS-focused app developers in European and the U.S. market, providing them a quick channel as well as localization services to Chinese and Asian markets.
- Jul 2015Series B—
- Jan 2014Series A$8.1M
- Jun 2013Angel—
- 2013Series A$8.3M
#9
Series B · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2014 · 20 employees$15.4Mraised▾
Uzone Games is a mobile gaming studio developing MMORPGs and other arcade games for mobile. Raised $3.2M (20M Yuan ) in its Series A round.
- May 2016Series B$12.2M
- Mar 2015Series A$3.2M
#10
Deadpooled · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2010 · 26 employees$16Mraised▾
Youxido is a mobile games platform owner based in Shanghai, China. Founded in 2010, the company is part of cwan.com (formerly known as cwebgame.com). Chen Yichao is the chairman and CEO of cwan.com.
- Jan 2015Series B$16M
- Jan 2014Series A—
- Nov 2012Angel—
#11
Early Stage · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2007 · 121 employees$8Mraised▾
Taomee is a children's entertainment and media company in China. The Company is engaged in developing entertainment experiences across online and mobile platforms. Company's online business includes developing and operating online virtual worlds, mobile games and other online entertainment services. The Company has launched over ten virtual worlds, including Seer series, Gong Fu Pai, Flower Angel and The Monsters, for children aged between five and 15. Also has an offline business which focuses on merchandise licensing, publishing, design and distribution of toys, as well as the development of media and entertainment products, animation, toys, films and self-branded television (TV) shows. Taomee Holdings has entered into a definitive agreement in Dec 2015 to take the company private by co-founders Benson Wang and Roc Cheng, as well as an investment arm of Orient Securities. The take-private deal is expected to close during the second quarter of 2016.
#12
Deadpooled · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2013$4.5Mraised▾
Haymaker Game is a mobile game developer headquartered in Shanghai. Its main products are "Great Dominate", "Flying Asked Love" and "Bad Boys". It mainly specializes in developing 3D FPS (First Person Shooter) games.
- Jul 2015Series A$4.5M
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