Coconut Island Games
Independent Chinese indie video game publisher and incubator. Operating brand: Coconut Island Games. Headquartered in **Shanghai, China**. **HISTORIC INDIE COMMUNITY ROLE:** One of the foundational pillars of the modern Chinese indie game ecosystem. Per Radii 'Shanghai Indie Game Publisher Coconut Island Brings...': 'Coconut Island Games held the first Global Game Jam in mainland China back in 2011, and we built the first — and now, the biggest...' — Coconut Island organized the **first Global Game Jam event in mainland China in 2011**, hosted the 2014 Game Jam, and went on to found **IndieACE** (an early Chinese indie developer association/event per ResearchGate 'Independent Game Production in Southern China'). **FLAGSHIP PUBLISHING SUCCESS:** Chinese Parents (2018, Steam viral surprise hit — per Radii 'Defining Chinese Video Games of the 2010s'). Notable published titles: Hundred Scenes of the South of the Yangtze River (2020, iOS/Android, Cocos2d-based — per gamedesignskills.com '18 Popular Games Made with Cocos2d'), Route 59 (2020 co-published with AGM PLAYISM per PCGamingWiki list of macOS ARM games), and dozens of other Chinese indie titles. Pure-publisher operating model with 76 'Published by' MobyGames credits. Independent — no parent corporation (privately-held Chinese indie publisher). Moby record: 'Coconut Island Games'.
- Type: Publisher · Buyer
- Headquarters: China
- Activity taxonomy (by shipped credits): Publishing
- Credited games in the group: 11
Partners proven by shipped credits
- Active Gaming Media — Publishing, 3 shared credits, 2017–2020
- Sigono — Development, Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2018–2018
- Shanghai Oriental Pearl Suole — Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2018–2018
- E-Home Entertainment — Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2018–2018
- Mixed Realms — Development, Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2020–2020
- Modus Games, LLC — Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2020–2020
- Flyhigh Works — Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2018–2018
- Oasis Games — Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2018–2018
- Red Candle Games — Development, Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2017–2017
- Application Systems Heidelberg — Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2020–2020
- MangaGamer.com — Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2020–2020
- Maximum Entertainment AB — Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2020–2020
Source: Games Atlas (gamesatlas.app), based on MobyGames credits and Games Atlas analysis. Games Atlas does not estimate revenue or report the performance of individual games. Profile: https://gamesatlas.app/companies/coconut-island-games