Best-selling games on Steam in South Africa for December 2017

16 January 2018
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PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds was the bestselling Steam game in South Africa in December, according to SteamSpy.

SteamSpy is run by game developer Sergey Galyonkin, who collects data from Steam as part of the project.

Steam had several games available at significant discounts over the December holidays, with nearly all the games on this month’s charts receiving a discount of 33% or greater.

Steam in SA

At the start of December, SteamSpy showed the following statistics for Steam in SA:

  • Total active users: 721,165 ± 82,463
  • Share of total users: 0.25%
  • Share of total games: 0.28%
  • Owned games per user: 27.96
  • Average playtime (2 weeks): 29:54
  • Active users (2 weeks): 36%

Bestselling games

The games listed below were the bestsellers in South Africa for December.

Game Sales Increase Max discount
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds 8,614 17.03% 0%
Company of Heroes 2 7,971 81.69% 75%
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero 6,398 39.45% 90%
Counter-Strike 5,081 23.37% 90%
Homefront 4,347 72.91% 75%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 4,304 4.10% 33%
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Gold Edition 3,728 50.09% 35%
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified 3,585 62.69% 80%
Quake Live 3,000 22.83% 75%
H1Z1 2,823 19.33% 75%
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds left Steam Early Access and launched version 1.0 in December.
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