diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/experimental/camera_component.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/experimental/camera_component.dart
index dfe2045f966..fe088140f38 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/experimental/camera_component.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/experimental/camera_component.dart
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class CameraComponent extends Component {
       if (viewport.containsLocalPoint(viewportPoint)) {
         currentCameras.add(this);
         final worldPoint = viewfinder.transform.globalToLocal(viewportPoint);
-        yield* world.componentsAtPointFromCamera(worldPoint, nestedPoints);
+        yield* world.componentsAtPoint(worldPoint, nestedPoints);
         yield* viewfinder.componentsAtPoint(worldPoint, nestedPoints);
         currentCameras.removeLast();
       }
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/experimental/world.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/experimental/world.dart
index cc98f2555e4..939c41fa5bb 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/experimental/world.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/experimental/world.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import 'dart:ui';
 
 import 'package:flame/src/components/component.dart';
+import 'package:flame/src/components/mixins/coordinate_transform.dart';
 import 'package:flame/src/experimental/camera_component.dart';
 import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
 import 'package:vector_math/vector_math_64.dart';
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ import 'package:vector_math/vector_math_64.dart';
 /// The primary feature of this component is that it disables regular rendering,
 /// and allows itself to be rendered through a [CameraComponent] only. The
 /// updates proceed through the world tree normally.
-class World extends Component {
+class World extends Component implements CoordinateTransform {
   @override
   void renderTree(Canvas canvas) {}
 
@@ -25,18 +26,8 @@ class World extends Component {
   bool containsLocalPoint(Vector2 point) => true;
 
   @override
-  Iterable<Component> componentsAtPoint(
-    Vector2 point, [
-    List<Vector2>? nestedPoints,
-  ]) {
-    return const Iterable.empty();
-  }
+  Vector2? localToParent(Vector2 point) => null;
 
-  @internal
-  Iterable<Component> componentsAtPointFromCamera(
-    Vector2 point,
-    List<Vector2>? nestedPoints,
-  ) {
-    return super.componentsAtPoint(point, nestedPoints);
-  }
+  @override
+  Vector2? parentToLocal(Vector2 point) => null;
 }
diff --git a/packages/flame/test/experimental/camera_component_test.dart b/packages/flame/test/experimental/camera_component_test.dart
index 1d3ebed8cd3..ef568f3a930 100644
--- a/packages/flame/test/experimental/camera_component_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/test/experimental/camera_component_test.dart
@@ -139,6 +139,17 @@ void main() {
       expect(it.current, game);
       expect(nested, [Vector2(400, 300)]);
       expect(it.moveNext(), false);
+
+      // Check that `componentsAtPoint` is usable with non-top-level components
+      // also.
+      expect(
+        world.componentsAtPoint(Vector2(100, 100)).toList(),
+        [component, world],
+      );
+      expect(
+        component.componentsAtPoint(Vector2(100, 50)).toList(),
+        [component],
+      );
     });
   });
 }