{"id":122467,"date":"2017-12-03T15:00:47","date_gmt":"2017-12-03T13:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=122467"},"modified":"2017-12-02T13:06:15","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T11:06:15","slug":"the-most-popular-steam-games-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/122467-the-most-popular-steam-games-in-south-africa","title":{"rendered":"The most popular Steam games in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest statistics from SteamSpy show that Clicker Heroes was the most popular game in South Africa over the past two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Valve, the company behind Steam, does not release game sales figures, but estimates suggest it is by far the dominant player in the global PC digital game distribution space.<\/p>\n<p>SteamSpy uses its resources to estimate the popularity of Steam titles around the world, including in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Statistics from SteamSpy on Steam in South Africa are detailed below.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Steam in South Africa<\/h3>\n<p>For the week of 28 November, SteamSpy showed the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Total active users:\u00a0<strong>607,166<\/strong>\u00a0(\u00b1 75,064)<\/li>\n<li>Share of total users:\u00a0<strong>0.22%<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Share of total games:\u00a0<strong>0.23%<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Owned games per user:\u00a0<strong>27.57<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Average playtime (2 weeks):\u00a0<strong>29:47<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Active users (2 weeks):\u00a0<strong>39%<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Popular games in SA<\/h3>\n<div class=\"myg_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" cellpadding=\"7\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"5\">Popular Steam games in SA<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Rank<\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><strong>By players<\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><strong>By hours (average per user)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Counter-Strike: Global Offensive<\/td>\n<td><strong>27%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Clicker Heroes<\/td>\n<td><strong>56:09<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Dota 2<\/td>\n<td><strong>23%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Left 4 Dead 2<\/td>\n<td><strong>33:21<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>PLAYERUNKNOWN\u2019S BATTLEGROUNDS<\/td>\n<td><strong>18%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>ARK: Survival Evolved<\/td>\n<td><strong>26:39<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Warframe<\/td>\n<td><strong>10%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Dota 2<\/td>\n<td><strong>23:44<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Battlerite<\/td>\n<td><strong>6%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Warframe<\/td>\n<td><strong>21:33<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>ARK: Survival Evolved<\/td>\n<td><strong>5%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Rust<\/td>\n<td><strong>17:18<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Rust<\/td>\n<td><strong>5%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Call of Duty: WWII<\/td>\n<td><strong>16:33<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Borderlands 2<\/td>\n<td><strong>4%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Warface<\/td>\n<td><strong>16:30<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Wallpaper Engine<\/td>\n<td><strong>4%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>PLAYERUNKNOWN\u2019S BATTLEGROUNDS<\/td>\n<td><strong>15:13<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>Grand Theft Auto V<\/td>\n<td><strong>3%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Counter-Strike: Global Offensive<\/td>\n<td><strong>15:00<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4><strong>Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gaming\/238692-steam-changes-review-system-to-fight-spammers.html\">Steam changes review system to fight spammers<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest statistics from SteamSpy show that Clicker Heroes was the most popular game in South Africa over the past two 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