diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/camera/camera_component.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/camera/camera_component.dart
index 8b0998f77a7..b96dd9a1c5c 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/camera/camera_component.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/camera/camera_component.dart
@@ -203,16 +203,6 @@ class CameraComponent extends Component {
       canvas.save();
       try {
         currentCameras.add(this);
-        void renderWorld(Canvas canvas) {
-          canvas.transform2D(viewfinder.transform);
-          world!.renderFromCamera(canvas);
-
-          // Render the viewfinder elements, which will be in front of
-          // the world,
-          // but with the same transforms applied to them.
-          viewfinder.renderTree(canvas);
-        }
-
         final postProcessors = children.query<PostProcessComponent>();
         if (postProcessors.isNotEmpty) {
           assert(
@@ -223,13 +213,11 @@ class CameraComponent extends Component {
           postProcessor.render(
             canvas,
             viewport.virtualSize,
-            renderWorld,
-            (context) {
-              renderContext.currentPostProcess = context;
-            },
+            _renderWorld,
+            _updatePostProcessContext,
           );
         } else {
-          renderWorld(canvas);
+          _renderWorld(canvas);
         }
       } finally {
         currentCameras.removeLast();
@@ -242,6 +230,24 @@ class CameraComponent extends Component {
     canvas.restore();
   }
 
+  /// Renders the world and the viewfinder elements through the camera
+  /// transform. An instance method rather than a local function, so that the
+  /// render pass does not allocate a closure per camera per frame.
+  void _renderWorld(Canvas canvas) {
+    canvas.transform2D(viewfinder.transform);
+    world!.renderFromCamera(canvas);
+    // Render the viewfinder elements, which will be in front of the world,
+    // but with the same transforms applied to them.
+    viewfinder.renderTree(canvas);
+  }
+
+  // Not a setter: this is passed as a `ValueSetter` tear-off to
+  // `PostProcess.render`.
+  // ignore: use_setters_to_change_properties
+  void _updatePostProcessContext(PostProcess? context) {
+    renderContext.currentPostProcess = context;
+  }
+
   /// Converts from the global (canvas) coordinate space to
   /// local (camera = viewport + viewfinder).
   ///
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/components/mixins/has_decorator.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/components/mixins/has_decorator.dart
index b3da7be9104..9617ad1a773 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/components/mixins/has_decorator.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/components/mixins/has_decorator.dart
@@ -16,12 +16,16 @@ import 'package:flame/src/rendering/decorator.dart';
 mixin HasDecorator on Component {
   Decorator? decorator;
 
+  /// Cached `super.renderTree` tear-off, so that the render pass does not
+  /// allocate a fresh closure for [Decorator.applyChain] on every frame.
+  void Function(Canvas)? _superRenderTree;
+
   @override
   void renderTree(Canvas canvas) {
     if (decorator == null) {
       super.renderTree(canvas);
     } else {
-      decorator!.applyChain(super.renderTree, canvas);
+      decorator!.applyChain(_superRenderTree ??= super.renderTree, canvas);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/components/position_component.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/components/position_component.dart
index 4eb3c2fa08c..80f74c1ca41 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/components/position_component.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/components/position_component.dart
@@ -518,9 +518,13 @@ class PositionComponent extends Component
     }
   }
 
+  /// Cached `super.renderTree` tear-off, so that the render pass does not
+  /// allocate a fresh closure for [Decorator.applyChain] on every frame.
+  void Function(Canvas)? _superRenderTree;
+
   @override
   void renderTree(Canvas canvas) {
-    decorator.applyChain(super.renderTree, canvas);
+    decorator.applyChain(_superRenderTree ??= super.renderTree, canvas);
   }
 
   @internal
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/components/router/route.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/components/router/route.dart
index 76beebde07d..b1e3aa7ae87 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/components/router/route.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/components/router/route.dart
@@ -162,10 +162,14 @@ class Route extends PositionComponent
     }
   }
 
+  /// Cached `super.renderTree` tear-off, so that the render pass does not
+  /// allocate a fresh closure for [Decorator.applyChain] on every frame.
+  void Function(Canvas)? _superRenderTree;
+
   @override
   void renderTree(Canvas canvas) {
     if (isRendered) {
-      _renderEffect.applyChain(super.renderTree, canvas);
+      _renderEffect.applyChain(_superRenderTree ??= super.renderTree, canvas);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/post_process/post_process_component.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/post_process/post_process_component.dart
index cfa597b261a..eb8712fba3a 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/post_process/post_process_component.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/post_process/post_process_component.dart
@@ -105,22 +105,25 @@ class PostProcessComponent<T extends PostProcess> extends PositionComponent {
     return superSize;
   }
 
+  /// Cached render chain, so that the render pass does not allocate fresh
+  /// closures for `Decorator.applyChain` on every frame.
+  void Function(Canvas)? _renderChain;
+
   @override
   @mustCallSuper
   void renderTree(Canvas canvas) {
-    decorator.applyChain(
-      (canvas) {
-        postProcess.render(
-          canvas,
-          size,
-          super.renderTreeWithoutDecorator,
-          (context) {
-            _renderContext.postProcess = postProcess;
-          },
-        );
-      },
-      canvas,
-    );
+    decorator.applyChain(_renderChain ??= _buildRenderChain(), canvas);
+  }
+
+  void Function(Canvas) _buildRenderChain() {
+    final renderTree = super.renderTreeWithoutDecorator;
+    void updateContext(PostProcess? context) {
+      _renderContext.postProcess = postProcess;
+    }
+
+    return (canvas) {
+      postProcess.render(canvas, size, renderTree, updateContext);
+    };
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/rendering/decorator.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/rendering/decorator.dart
index b9457223ef1..a5f3190b6ab 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/rendering/decorator.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/rendering/decorator.dart
@@ -31,16 +31,26 @@ class Decorator {
   /// The next decorator in the chain, or null if there is none.
   Decorator? _next;
 
+  /// Cached closure that forwards the draw call to the rest of the chain,
+  /// so that no closure needs to be allocated per frame. It is keyed by the
+  /// identity of the [_chainedDrawSource] it wraps: callers that pass the
+  /// same (cached) draw callback every frame reuse the same chain closure.
+  late void Function(Canvas) _chainedDraw;
+  void Function(Canvas)? _chainedDrawSource;
+
   /// Applies this and all subsequent decorators if any.
   ///
   /// This method is the main method through which the decorator is applied.
   void applyChain(void Function(Canvas) draw, Canvas canvas) {
-    apply(
-      _next == null
-          ? draw
-          : (nextCanvas) => _next!.applyChain(draw, nextCanvas),
-      canvas,
-    );
+    if (_next == null) {
+      apply(draw, canvas);
+    } else {
+      if (!identical(_chainedDrawSource, draw)) {
+        _chainedDrawSource = draw;
+        _chainedDraw = (nextCanvas) => _next!.applyChain(draw, nextCanvas);
+      }
+      apply(_chainedDraw, canvas);
+    }
   }
 
   /// Applies visual effect while [draw]ing on the [canvas].