AI agent company Manus has introduced an AI game generator. Users describe the gameplay, setting and visual style in everyday language, with no code required, and Manus produces a first version that runs directly in the browser and can be tried out in a preview tab. Public reports say the feature went live this week; Manus's feature page does not carry a specific release date.
Three steps to a first version
The feature page breaks the workflow into three steps. First, describe the idea: you can pick one of the sample games as a starting point, or upload reference images or files. Second, play the first version in the preview. Third, keep giving feedback in the same conversation, changing rules, visuals or controls until you are happy with the result.
While testing, a tuning panel lets you adjust speed, gravity, damage and enemy spawn rate in real time. The defaults are 1.0x for speed, 1.0 for gravity and 3 enemies per second. Images, sound effects, fonts and animations in the game can all be swapped out, and the art assets can also be redrawn with Manus's built-in image generator.
The site offers 40 playable samples plus 4 templates, grouped into action, racing and sports, strategy and simulation, arcade and puzzle, and adventure. Action is the largest category with 12 titles. Each sample shows the prompt behind it, so you can copy it, tweak it and end up with your own version. The samples include a shooter with 8 enemy waves and a three-phase boss, a 6-vs-6 team battle, and a 3-hole mini golf course.
What happens after publishing
A finished game gets its own URL and can be shared to X, Reddit and Facebook in one click, or as a link formatted for pasting into Discord. Connecting a custom domain requires a plan upgrade.
After launch, a dashboard shows active players, the number of times the game was opened, retention rate, and the countries and regions players come from.
Manus handles servers and deployment for multiplayer games, so friends can open the link and play together. A shared world that needs to stay online around the clock requires hosting the game server on a Manus cloud computer.
The feature page does not say how the generator is priced. How many credits it costs to generate a game or to run each round of revisions, and how cloud computer hosting is billed, have not been made public.
What it means for users in China
Manus's corporate identity has shifted considerably over the past year. In December last year, Meta announced it would acquire Manus, reportedly for around $2 billion. In April this year, China's National Development and Reform Commission issued a notice barring foreign investment in Manus and requiring the deal to be unwound. In July, reports said Tencent was leading a group with the original investors to buy the stake back from Meta at a valuation of no less than $2 billion, with Manus operating independently as a Singapore company. None of the parties has publicly disclosed where that buyback stands now.
On the product side, Manus pulled out of the mainland China market long ago, so users there have to sort out access on their own to use the game generator. The interface supports 23 languages, Chinese among them. Every sharing channel is an overseas platform such as X, Reddit or Discord; there is no integration with WeChat, Douyin or Bilibili.
On October 13, OPPO announced it would build Manus's agent capabilities into its own assistant, debuting on the Find X10 series. Whether the agent mode on mainland China versions of the phone will include features like game generation, neither company has said.
Manus puts generation, multiplayer hosting and post-launch analytics in a single conversation. Teams in China that make mini-games and interactive ads can use it as a reference point. To replicate it there, distribution would have to plug into channels such as WeChat mini-games and Douyin, and someone would need to bear the multiplayer hosting costs.
Sources: Manus official game generator feature page (used to verify sample counts, tuning panel defaults, sharing channels, the analytics dashboard and multiplayer hosting details), CocoLoop, the National Development and Reform Commission notice, OPPO's official partnership announcement; information on the Tencent buyback reflects media reports.