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Cocos Creator

byCocos
in Game Engine Software
4.2

Overview

Product Information on Cocos Creator

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Cocos Creator?

Cocos Creator is a software designed for game development that provides an integrated environment for creating interactive content across multiple platforms. The software features visual editing tools, scripting capabilities, and a component-based architecture to facilitate the design and deployment of 2D and 3D games and applications. It supports real-time scene editing, resource management, and extends functionality through customizable modules. Cocos Creator addresses the business need for streamlined production workflows by enabling developers to build, test, and publish games efficiently for mobile, desktop, and web platforms. Its framework supports various programming languages and provides debugging and performance optimization tools for scalable content delivery.

Cocos Creator Pricing

Cocos Creator software offers a pricing model that includes a free basic version with core features for game development and a paid subscription tier that provides advanced functionalities such as support, enhanced build options, and additional resources. Pricing for the software may vary based on the selected subscription level and usage requirements.

Overall experience with Cocos Creator

ENGINEER
50M - 250M USD, IT Services
FAVORABLE

“Engine Excels in 2D Mobile Development With Efficient Cross-Platform Deployment”

4.0
Aug 19, 2025
has been a solid game development platform, offering a good balance between ease of use and powerful features, particularly for 2d game development and cross-platform deployment. The visual editor is intuitive and the component-based architecture makes it easy to organize projects. While there's a learning curve, especially if you're coming from other engines, the documentation and community support have been helpful. The engine performs well for mobile games, which has been the primary target platform.
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About Company

Company Description

Updated 7th December 2023

Established in 2010, Cocos Technologies provides a pragmatic solution to the challenges faced in content creation by game developers worldwide. Based in Xiamen, China, with additional locations in Shenzhen, Beijing, and Palo Alto in the United States, the company offers a high-performance, open-source game engine known as Cocos. This customizable framework streamlines interactive content creation for multiple platforms such as mobile, web, and PCs, and also caters to extended reality technologies. The company's offerings, including Mobile and HTML5 games, have magnified their influence in the mini-game market of Asia, with a reach spanning over 1 billion devices globally.

Company Details

Updated 26th February 2025
Company type
Private
Head office location
Xiamen, China
Number of employees
201 - 500
Website
http://www.cocos.com

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Cocos Creator Likes & Dislikes

Like

cross platform deployment-excellent performance on mobile devices with built-in optimisation tools and no licensing fees or revenue sharing

Like

It's perfect for rapid prototyping and built-in physics engines (Box2D and Cannon.js). It also supports JavaScript and TypeScript, yet performance is great (likely due to C being under the hood).

Like

1. Nice tool for casual and mobile games. 2. Provides a lightweight 3D game development framework. 3. Allows for cross-platform deployment on the web, iOS, and Android, among others.

Dislike

limited 3d capabilities compared to other engines and fewer third party assets and plugins available

Dislike

It has fewer enterprise integrations compared to Unity/Unreal. It also lacks support for analytics, monetization SDKs, and enterprise toolchains. It's primarily optimized for 2D games and 3D workflows lag behind bigger engines.

Dislike

1. No full 3D capabilities. 2. It lacks third-party plugins. 3. It is not the ideal alternative for multiplayer, complex or large-scale simulations.

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4.2

(5 Ratings)

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  • ENGINEER
    50M-1B USD
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    Review Source

    Engine Excels in 2D Mobile Development With Efficient Cross-Platform Deployment

    4.0
    Aug 19, 2025
    has been a solid game development platform, offering a good balance between ease of use and powerful features, particularly for 2d game development and cross-platform deployment. The visual editor is intuitive and the component-based architecture makes it easy to organize projects. While there's a learning curve, especially if you're coming from other engines, the documentation and community support have been helpful. The engine performs well for mobile games, which has been the primary target platform.
  • SENIOR SECURITY ENGINEER
    Gov't/PS/Ed
    Education
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    Cross-Platform Lightweight Tool Excels in Prototyping but Lacks Enterprise Integrations

    4.0
    Aug 26, 2025
    Overall I like that it's a lightweight and performant tool and allows cross-platform publishing. It has a large global community and developer-friendly languages.
  • CLIENT PARTNER DIRECTOR
    1B-10B USD
    Media
    Review Source

    Lightweight 3D Framework Enables Cross-Platform Mobile Game Development for Campaigns

    4.0
    Oct 22, 2025
    Used to develop cross-platform mobile mini games for campaigns. great for sales.
  • SOLUTION ARCHITECT
    50M-1B USD
    IT Services
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    High Performance and Efficiency Noted in 3D Content Creation Platform

    5.0
    Sep 1, 2025
    Very useful tools and services to make your work easier and reliable. It has a positive impact on productivity and client satisfaction.
  • IT Associate
    <50M USD
    Manufacturing
    Review Source

    Cross Platform 2D Game Development Faces Console Support and Language Limitations

    4.0
    Sep 4, 2025
    good for cross platform development specially 2D and web based games
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