diff --git a/doc/input.md b/doc/input.md
index 2b3ac1ebd..9589e0914 100644
--- a/doc/input.md
+++ b/doc/input.md
@@ -138,10 +138,10 @@ class MyGame extends Game with TapDetector {
 You can also check more complete examples
 [here](https://github.com/flame-engine/flame/tree/main/examples/lib/stories/controls/).
 
-## Tapable and Draggable components
+## Tapable, Draggable and Hoverable components
 
-Any component derived from `BaseComponent` (most components) can add the `Tapable` and/or the
-`Draggable` mixins to handle taps and drags on the component.
+Any component derived from `BaseComponent` (most components) can add the `Tapable`, the
+`Draggable`, and/or the `Hoverable` mixins to handle taps, drags and hovers on the component.
 
 All overridden methods return a boolean to control if the event should be passed down further along
 to components underneath it. So say that you only want your top visible component to receive a tap
@@ -166,8 +166,7 @@ void onTapUp(TapUpInfo event) {}
 Minimal component example:
 
 ```dart
-import 'package:flame/components/component.dart';
-import 'package:flame/components/mixins/tapable.dart';
+import 'package:flame/components.dart';
 
 class TapableComponent extends PositionComponent with Tapable {
 
@@ -229,8 +228,7 @@ Minimal component example (this example ignores pointerId so it wont work well i
 multi-drag):
 
 ```dart
-import 'package:flame/components/component.dart';
-import 'package:flame/components/mixins/draggable.dart';
+import 'package:flame/components.dart';
 
 class DraggableComponent extends PositionComponent with Draggable {
 
@@ -275,6 +273,25 @@ class MyGame extends BaseGame with HasDraggableComponents {
 **Note**: `HasDraggableComponents` uses an advanced gesture detector under the hood and as explained
 further up on this page, shouldn't be used alongside basic detectors.
 
+### Hoverable components
+
+Just like the others, this mixin allows for easy wiring of your component to listen to hover states
+and events.
+
+By adding the `HasHoverableComponents` mixin to your base game, and by using the mixin `Hoverable` on
+your components, they get an `isHovered` field and a couple of methods (`onHoverStart`, `onHoverEnd`) that
+you can override if you want to listen to the events.
+
+```dart
+  bool isHovered = false;
+  void onHoverEnter(PointerHoverInfo event) {}
+  void onHoverLeave(PointerHoverInfo event) {}
+```
+
+The provided event info is from the mouse move that triggered the action (entering or leaving).
+While the mouse movement is kept inside or outside, no events are fired and those mouse move events are
+not propagated. Only when the state is changed the handlers are triggered.
+
 ## Hitbox
 The `Hitbox` mixin is used to make detection of gestures on top of your `PositionComponent`s more
 accurate. Say that you have a fairly round rock as a `SpriteComponent` for example, then you don't
diff --git a/examples/lib/stories/controls/controls.dart b/examples/lib/stories/controls/controls.dart
index eb05206cc..6eb3b88b4 100644
--- a/examples/lib/stories/controls/controls.dart
+++ b/examples/lib/stories/controls/controls.dart
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import 'package:flame/game.dart';
 import '../../commons/commons.dart';
 import 'advanced_joystick.dart';
 import 'draggables.dart';
+import 'hoverables.dart';
 import 'joystick.dart';
 import 'keyboard.dart';
 import 'mouse_movement.dart';
@@ -55,16 +56,18 @@ void addControlsStories(Dashbook dashbook) {
       (context) {
         return GameWidget(
           game: DraggablesGame(
-            zoom: context.listProperty(
-              'zoom',
-              1,
-              [0.5, 1, 1.5],
-            ),
+            zoom: context.listProperty('zoom', 1, [0.5, 1, 1.5]),
           ),
         );
       },
       codeLink: baseLink('controls/draggables.dart'),
     )
+    ..add(
+      'Hoverables',
+      (_) => GameWidget(game: HoverablesGame()),
+      codeLink: baseLink('controls/hoverables.dart'),
+      info: 'Add more squares by clicking. Hover squares to change colors.',
+    )
     ..add(
       'Joystick',
       (_) => GameWidget(game: JoystickGame()),
diff --git a/examples/lib/stories/controls/hoverables.dart b/examples/lib/stories/controls/hoverables.dart
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..174732a96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/lib/stories/controls/hoverables.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import 'package:flame/components.dart';
+import 'package:flame/gestures.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flame/game.dart';
+import 'package:flame/extensions.dart';
+
+class HoverableSquare extends PositionComponent with Hoverable {
+  static final Paint _white = Paint()..color = const Color(0xFFFFFFFF);
+  static final Paint _grey = Paint()..color = const Color(0xFFA5A5A5);
+
+  HoverableSquare(Vector2 position)
+      : super(position: position, size: Vector2.all(100)) {
+    anchor = Anchor.center;
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void render(Canvas canvas) {
+    super.render(canvas);
+    canvas.drawRect(size.toRect(), isHovered ? _grey : _white);
+  }
+}
+
+class HoverablesGame extends BaseGame with HasHoverableComponents, TapDetector {
+  @override
+  Future<void> onLoad() async {
+    add(HoverableSquare(Vector2(200, 500)));
+    add(HoverableSquare(Vector2(700, 300)));
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void onTapDown(TapDownInfo event) {
+    add(HoverableSquare(event.eventPosition.game));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/flame/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/flame/CHANGELOG.md
index 409960d7b..7a0caad14 100644
--- a/packages/flame/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/flame/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
  - No need to send size in ParallaxComponent.fromParallax since Parallax already contains it
  - Fix Text Rendering not working properly
  - Add more useful methods to the IsometricTileMap component
+ - Add Hoverables
 
 ## [1.0.0-rc10]
  - Updated tutorial documentation to indicate use of new version
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/components.dart b/packages/flame/lib/components.dart
index 361456028..383b93f73 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/components.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/components.dart
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export 'src/components/mixins/draggable.dart';
 export 'src/components/mixins/has_collidables.dart';
 export 'src/components/mixins/has_game_ref.dart';
 export 'src/components/mixins/hitbox.dart';
+export 'src/components/mixins/hoverable.dart';
 export 'src/components/mixins/single_child_particle.dart';
 export 'src/components/mixins/tapable.dart';
 export 'src/components/nine_tile_box_component.dart';
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/components/mixins/hoverable.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/components/mixins/hoverable.dart
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21862f3a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/components/mixins/hoverable.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
+
+import '../../../game.dart';
+import '../../game/base_game.dart';
+import '../../gestures/events.dart';
+import '../base_component.dart';
+
+mixin Hoverable on BaseComponent {
+  bool _isHovered = false;
+  bool get isHovered => _isHovered;
+  void onHoverEnter(PointerHoverInfo event) {}
+  void onHoverLeave(PointerHoverInfo event) {}
+
+  @nonVirtual
+  void doHandleMouseMovement(PointerHoverInfo event, Vector2 p) {
+    if (containsPoint(p)) {
+      if (!_isHovered) {
+        _isHovered = true;
+        onHoverEnter(event);
+      }
+    } else {
+      if (_isHovered) {
+        _isHovered = false;
+        onHoverLeave(event);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+mixin HasHoverableComponents on BaseGame {
+  @mustCallSuper
+  void onMouseMove(PointerHoverInfo event) {
+    final p = event.eventPosition.game;
+    bool _mouseMoveHandler(Hoverable c) {
+      c.doHandleMouseMovement(event, p);
+      return true; // always continue
+    }
+
+    for (final c in components.toList().reversed) {
+      if (c is BaseComponent) {
+        c.propagateToChildren<Hoverable>(_mouseMoveHandler);
+      }
+      if (c is Hoverable) {
+        _mouseMoveHandler(c);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/game/base_game.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/game/base_game.dart
index fe553db58..f670d3262 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/game/base_game.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/game/base_game.dart
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import '../components/mixins/collidable.dart';
 import '../components/mixins/draggable.dart';
 import '../components/mixins/has_collidables.dart';
 import '../components/mixins/has_game_ref.dart';
+import '../components/mixins/hoverable.dart';
 import '../components/mixins/tapable.dart';
 import '../components/position_component.dart';
 import '../fps_counter.dart';
@@ -106,6 +107,12 @@ class BaseGame extends Game with FPSCounter {
         'Draggable Components can only be added to a BaseGame with HasDraggableComponents',
       );
     }
+    if (c is Hoverable) {
+      assert(
+        this is HasHoverableComponents,
+        'Hoverable Components can only be added to a BaseGame with HasHoverableComponents',
+      );
+    }
 
     if (debugMode && c is PositionComponent) {
       c.debugMode = true;
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/game/game_widget/gestures.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/game/game_widget/gestures.dart
index 5954f12c2..9ce3e196f 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/game/game_widget/gestures.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/game/game_widget/gestures.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import 'package:flutter/gestures.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
 
+import '../../../components.dart';
 import '../../../extensions.dart';
 import '../../components/mixins/draggable.dart';
 import '../../components/mixins/tapable.dart';
@@ -27,7 +28,9 @@ bool hasAdvancedGesturesDetectors(Game game) =>
     game is HasDraggableComponents;
 
 bool hasMouseDetectors(Game game) =>
-    game is MouseMovementDetector || game is ScrollDetector;
+    game is MouseMovementDetector ||
+    game is ScrollDetector ||
+    game is HasHoverableComponents;
 
 Widget applyBasicGesturesDetectors(Game game, Widget child) {
   return GestureDetector(
@@ -267,12 +270,13 @@ Widget applyAdvancedGesturesDetectors(Game game, Widget child) {
 }
 
 Widget applyMouseDetectors(Game game, Widget child) {
+  final mouseMoveFn = game is MouseMovementDetector
+      ? game.onMouseMove
+      : (game is HasHoverableComponents ? game.onMouseMove : null);
   return Listener(
     child: MouseRegion(
       child: child,
-      onHover: game is MouseMovementDetector
-          ? (e) => game.onMouseMove(PointerHoverInfo.fromDetails(game, e))
-          : null,
+      onHover: (e) => mouseMoveFn?.call(PointerHoverInfo.fromDetails(game, e)),
     ),
     onPointerSignal: (event) =>
         game is ScrollDetector && event is PointerScrollEvent
diff --git a/packages/flame/test/anchor_test.dart b/packages/flame/test/anchor_test.dart
index 9a2ff0ff4..291a3b164 100644
--- a/packages/flame/test/anchor_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/test/anchor_test.dart
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ void main() {
     test('fail to parse invalid anchor', () {
       expect(
         () => Anchor.valueOf('foobar'),
-        throwsA(const TypeMatcher<AssertionError>()),
+        throwsA(isA<AssertionError>()),
       );
     });
 
diff --git a/packages/flame/test/components/draggable_test.dart b/packages/flame/test/components/draggable_test.dart
index c42731f15..7bf7c089e 100644
--- a/packages/flame/test/components/draggable_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/test/components/draggable_test.dart
@@ -28,15 +28,11 @@ void main() {
 
       final game2 = _GameWithoutDraggables();
       game2.onResize(Vector2.all(100));
-      var hasError = false;
 
-      try {
-        await game2.add(DraggableComponent());
-      } catch (e) {
-        hasError = true;
-      }
-
-      expect(hasError, true);
+      expect(
+        () => game2.add(DraggableComponent()),
+        throwsA(isA<AssertionError>()),
+      );
     });
 
     test('can be dragged', () async {
diff --git a/packages/flame/test/components/hoverable_test.dart b/packages/flame/test/components/hoverable_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c5a67c0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/flame/test/components/hoverable_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+import 'dart:ui';
+
+import 'package:flame/components.dart';
+import 'package:flame/game.dart';
+import 'package:flame/src/components/mixins/hoverable.dart';
+import 'package:flame/src/gestures/events.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/gestures.dart' show PointerHoverEvent;
+import 'package:test/test.dart';
+
+class _GameWithHoverables extends BaseGame with HasHoverableComponents {}
+
+class _GameWithoutHoverables extends BaseGame {}
+
+class HoverableComponent extends PositionComponent with Hoverable {
+  int enterCount = 0;
+  int leaveCount = 0;
+
+  @override
+  void onHoverEnter(PointerHoverInfo event) {
+    enterCount++;
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void onHoverLeave(PointerHoverInfo event) {
+    leaveCount++;
+  }
+}
+
+void main() {
+  group('hoverable test', () {
+    test('make sure they cannot be added to invalid games', () async {
+      final game1 = _GameWithHoverables();
+      game1.onResize(Vector2.all(100));
+      // should be ok
+      await game1.add(HoverableComponent());
+
+      final game2 = _GameWithoutHoverables();
+      game2.onResize(Vector2.all(100));
+
+      expect(
+        () => game2.add(HoverableComponent()),
+        throwsA(isA<AssertionError>()),
+      );
+    });
+    test('single component', () async {
+      final game = _GameWithHoverables();
+      game.onResize(Vector2.all(100));
+
+      final c = HoverableComponent()
+        ..position = Vector2(10, 20)
+        ..size = Vector2(3, 3);
+      await game.add(c);
+      game.update(0);
+
+      expect(c.isHovered, false);
+      expect(c.enterCount, 0);
+      expect(c.leaveCount, 0);
+
+      _triggerMouseMove(game, 0, 0);
+      expect(c.isHovered, false);
+      expect(c.enterCount, 0);
+      expect(c.leaveCount, 0);
+
+      _triggerMouseMove(game, 11, 0);
+      expect(c.isHovered, false);
+      expect(c.enterCount, 0);
+      expect(c.leaveCount, 0);
+
+      _triggerMouseMove(game, 11, 21); // enter!
+      expect(c.isHovered, true);
+      expect(c.enterCount, 1);
+      expect(c.leaveCount, 0);
+
+      _triggerMouseMove(game, 12, 22); // still inside
+      expect(c.isHovered, true);
+      expect(c.enterCount, 1);
+      expect(c.leaveCount, 0);
+
+      _triggerMouseMove(game, 11, 25); // leave
+      expect(c.isHovered, false);
+      expect(c.enterCount, 1);
+      expect(c.leaveCount, 1);
+
+      _triggerMouseMove(game, 11, 21); // enter again
+      expect(c.isHovered, true);
+      expect(c.enterCount, 2);
+      expect(c.leaveCount, 1);
+    });
+    test('camera is respected', () async {
+      final game = _GameWithHoverables();
+      game.onResize(Vector2.all(100));
+
+      final c = HoverableComponent()
+        ..position = Vector2(10, 20)
+        ..size = Vector2(3, 3);
+      await game.add(c);
+      game.update(0);
+
+      // component is now at the corner of the screen
+      game.camera.snapTo(Vector2(10, 20));
+
+      _triggerMouseMove(game, 11, 21);
+      expect(c.isHovered, false);
+      _triggerMouseMove(game, 11, 1);
+      expect(c.isHovered, false);
+      _triggerMouseMove(game, 1, 1);
+      expect(c.isHovered, true);
+      _triggerMouseMove(game, 5, 1);
+      expect(c.isHovered, false);
+    });
+    test('multiple components', () async {
+      final game = _GameWithHoverables();
+      game.onResize(Vector2.all(100));
+
+      final a = HoverableComponent()
+        ..position = Vector2(10, 0)
+        ..size = Vector2(2, 20);
+      final b = HoverableComponent()
+        ..position = Vector2(10, 10)
+        ..size = Vector2(2, 2);
+      final c = HoverableComponent()
+        ..position = Vector2(0, 7)
+        ..size = Vector2(20, 2);
+      await game.add(a);
+      await game.add(b);
+      await game.add(c);
+      game.update(0);
+
+      _triggerMouseMove(game, 0, 0);
+      expect(a.isHovered, false);
+      expect(b.isHovered, false);
+      expect(c.isHovered, false);
+
+      _triggerMouseMove(game, 10, 10);
+      expect(a.isHovered, true);
+      expect(b.isHovered, true);
+      expect(c.isHovered, false);
+
+      _triggerMouseMove(game, 11, 8);
+      expect(a.isHovered, true);
+      expect(b.isHovered, false);
+      expect(c.isHovered, true);
+
+      _triggerMouseMove(game, 11, 6);
+      expect(a.isHovered, true);
+      expect(b.isHovered, false);
+      expect(c.isHovered, false);
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+// TODO(luan) we can probably provide some helpers to facilitate testing events
+void _triggerMouseMove(HasHoverableComponents game, double dx, double dy) {
+  game.onMouseMove(
+    PointerHoverInfo.fromDetails(
+      game,
+      PointerHoverEvent(
+        position: Offset(dx, dy),
+      ),
+    ),
+  );
+}
diff --git a/packages/flame/test/components/tapables_test.dart b/packages/flame/test/components/tapables_test.dart
index 22e2a1eb1..df7c9e851 100644
--- a/packages/flame/test/components/tapables_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/test/components/tapables_test.dart
@@ -19,15 +19,10 @@ void main() {
       final game2 = _GameWithoutTapables();
       game2.onResize(Vector2.all(100));
 
-      var hasError = false;
-
-      try {
-        await game2.add(TapableComponent());
-      } catch (e) {
-        hasError = true;
-      }
-
-      expect(hasError, true);
+      expect(
+        () => game2.add(TapableComponent()),
+        throwsA(isA<AssertionError>()),
+      );
     });
   });
 }