Coconut Island Games Limited

Name

Coconut Island Games Limited

Legal name

Coconut Island Games Limited

Website

https://coconutislandstudio.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Coconut Island Games Limited is a privately held Chinese independent game studio that develops and publishes original, culturally themed games across mobile, PC, and console platforms, selling directly to general gaming consumers via global digital app stores. Its flagship title is the Ming Dynasty simulation 江南百景圖 (Jiangnan Baijingtu).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Independent video game development and publishing

NAICS

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Distribution (7822), Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Mobile Game Publishing & App Game Stores (BPAMAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

PC & Console Game Distribution Platforms (BPAMAKAA)

Keywords

• Independent game development
• Mobile game publishing
• PC and console games
• Cultural simulation games
• Original game IP

Headquarters

HQ city

Shanghai

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Game Publishing: Coconut Island Games develops and publishes original games across mobile, PC, and console platforms, generating revenue through game sales and in-game purchases. As an independent game developer and publisher, their primary revenue stream is derived from direct game distribution to consumers via app stores and digital storefronts.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Coconut Island Games is an independent game development and publishing studio that creates and distributes original video games across mobile (iOS/Android), PC, and console platforms. Its flagship title, Jiangnan Hundred Scenes (江南百景圖), is a Ming Dynasty simulation game set in a Chinese water town rendered in landscape painting style. The studio sells games and in-game content directly to consumers via major digital storefronts and app stores, and has cumulatively served tens of millions of players.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Jiangnan Hundred Scenes (江南百景圖 / Jiangnan Baijingtu) A mobile simulation game set in a Ming Dynasty water town, allowing players to enjoy daily life in a landscape painting style. Targeted at individual gaming consumers seeking culturally rich, story-driven entertainment across mobile (and supporting) platforms.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Regional players

• Loong Entertainment / Loong Force (龙之灵): Chinese mobile/PC indie publisher; comparable as a smaller regional Chinese publisher with original-IP focus competing for similar indie audiences.

Direct peers

• Lilith Games: Chinese independent-leaning game developer (AFK Arena, Rise of Kingdoms); comparable as a Shanghai-based mobile-first studio pursuing original IP and cross-platform expansion.
• Gamera Games: Chinese indie game publisher focused on original and creative titles across PC and mobile; comparable as a fellow indie-leaning Chinese publisher with cultural-narrative emphasis.
• Pathea Games: Chinese indie developer (My Time at Portia/Sandrock); comparable as a smaller Chinese original-IP studio pursuing creative, non-mainstream titles with multi-platform ambition.
• miHoYo / HoYoverse: Chinese-headquartered game developer behind Genshin Impact and Honkai; comparable as an original-IP Chinese studio building culturally rich, globally distributed games with strong mobile/PC/console presence and brand-led differentiation.
• XD Inc. (XD Interactive): Chinese game publisher (TapTap ecosystem operator and indie publisher); comparable as a platform-aligned publisher supporting original and indie Chinese games across mobile.

Broad incumbents

• Thunderfire (Thunder Games / 雷火游戏): NetEase-affiliated game studio focused on culturally themed original titles (e.g., Justice Online); directly comparable on cultural/original-IP positioning within the Chinese market.
• NetEase Games: One of China's two largest game publishers; operates broadly across mobile, PC, and console publishing and competes with Coconut Island in the Chinese original-IP segment, though at vastly larger scale.
• Tencent Games: Dominant Chinese and global game publisher/investor; overlapping presence in mobile/PC/console publishing and a recurring acquirer of minority stakes in indie Chinese studios.

Emerging players

• Studio Z (Yooreka Studio / 悠米互娱): Chinese indie-leaning developer of stylized, narrative-rich games (e.g., Lost Soul Aside); comparable as a small Chinese studio with original IP and console/PC ambitions.

Market position

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Coconut_Island
• Facebookfacebook.com/onetaphero
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/coconut-island-studio

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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