PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds was the bestselling game on Steam in South Africa in August, according to SteamSpy.
Game developer Sergey Galyonkin collects data from Steam as part of the SteamSpy project, providing insight into the PC gaming platform.
While Valve does not release official sales figures for Steam, Galyonkin uses data from user profiles to extrapolate findings – dividing them into country categories.
With Steam currently the dominant online platform for PC gaming, data from the service provides a good indication of popular PC titles in SA.
Steam in SA
On 11 September, SteamSpy showed the following statistics for Steam in South Africa:
- Total active users – 600,281 ± 68,760
- Share of total users – 0.23%
- Share of total games – 0.24%
- Owned games per user – 25.2
- Average playtime (2 weeks) – 26:55
- Average playtime (total) – 990:32
- Active users (2 weeks) – 33%
- Active users (total) – 86%
Bestselling games in August
For August, the games below were the top sellers in South Africa.
The “maximum discount” column shows the biggest promotion a game was offered on during the month.
| Rank | Game | Sales | Owners | Increase | Max Discount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7,408 | 27,995 ±644 | 35.98% | 0% |
| 2 | Company of Heroes 2 | 5,893 | 15,820 ±698 | 59.36% | 0% |
| 3 | Magicka | 5,831 | 15,707 ±535 | 59.04% | 75% |
| 4 | Portal 2 | 5,683 | 32,396 ±660 | 21.27% | 0% |
| 5 | Team Fortress Classic | 5,115 | 19,217 ±530 | 36.27% | 0% |
| 6 | Grand Theft Auto V | 4,800 | 20,543 ±481 | 30.49% | 50% |
| 7 | Half-Life: Blue Shift | 4,789 | 19,040 ±526 | 33.60% | 0% |
| 8 | Left 4 Dead 2 | 4,699 | 41,561 ±645 | 12.75% | 0% |
| 9 | Half-Life: Opposing Force | 4,525 | 19,011 ±524 | 31.24% | 0% |
| 10 | Counter-Strike | 4,497 | 23,638 ±422 | 23.49% | 0% |
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Blue Shift and Opposing Force? I would not have guessed…