diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e34f0f3e3..b63f4b5c2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ## [next]
+- Fixing component lifecycle calls on Component#addLater
 
 ## 0.18.3
 - Adding Component#onDestroy
diff --git a/lib/game/game.dart b/lib/game/game.dart
index 599b0be04..b3f2cd5c2 100644
--- a/lib/game/game.dart
+++ b/lib/game/game.dart
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ abstract class BaseGame extends Game with TapDetector {
   /// You can override it further to add more custom behaviour.
   @override
   void update(double t) {
-    components.addAll(_addLater);
+    _addLater.forEach(add);
     _addLater.clear();
 
     components.forEach((c) => c.update(t));