Is MonoGame reliable?

Question

I'm looking for a cross-platform game development framework. MonoGame looks easy to learn and fast to develop, but I see most of the games featured at their page do not work, or have a lot of bugs.

Can anyone explain if MonoGame is reliable for ios/droid professional mobile game development?

Answer 1

This question was asked a long time ago, but deserves an update.

The MonoGame team has a showcase of popular indie games. At the time of writing that includes:

• Fez (Xbox and Windows)
• Skulls of the Shogun (Windows, Windows Phone, Playstation4)
• Infinite Flight (iOS, Windows Phone and Android in development)
• Bastion (iOS, Mac, Linux, Windows, Chrome)
• Transistor (Windows, Playstation 4)
• Mercenary Kings (Windows, Playstation 4, Playstation Vita, Mac OSX)
• TowerFall: Ascension (Playstation 4, XBox One)
• Stardew Valley (Windows, Linux, Mac OSX, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch)

among others.

At the end of the day theory is interesting, but nothing beats the reality of seeing extremely successful indie games using the platform.

EDIT 27-Jan-2014

As of Jan 2014 Monogame has announced that they will be supporting PS4 but has made no such announcement for the XBox One.

EDIT 9-Sep-2014

Added several additional games. Also check out the #MonoGame hash tag on twitter.

EDIT 1-June-2017 Monogame has supported XBox One since last 2016.

EDIT 20-August-2020 Monogame supports Dot Net Core.