Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Video Games in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest video games in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1.7k video games tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Breaking news, Rings of Saturn and Housekeeping lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 4.1M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 127k, and the largest, Breaking news, reaches around 2.3M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each video game, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in South Africa. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in South Africa, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in South Africa. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 Jackpot 106k 20.7 50.4% Video game
27 Treasure hunting 103k 43.8 44.4% Video game
28 Stepmom 99k 39.2 79.1% Video game
29 Mortal Kombat (2011 video game) 99k 29.0 25.7% Video game
30 Runes of Magic 96k 33.9 35.3% Video game
31 Barbarian 91k 31.6 46.2% Video game
32 Sudoku 85k 36.4 58.7% Video game
33 Spider-Man 2 (video game) 84k 45.1 28.5% Video game
34 Bubble Shooter 82k 39.6 67.3% Video game
35 Asphalt 81k 38.8 22.7% Video game
36 Leprechaun 81k 43.1 61.4% Video game
37 Motorbike 77k 32.0 28.8% Video game
38 Infrared 76k 39.2 48.9% Video game
39 Subway Surfers 76k 32.3 43.9% Video game
40 Until Dawn 74k 25.2 13.2% Video game
41 Garage sale 74k 40.8 60.1% Video game
42 Tamagotchi 73k 35.1 64.6% Video game
43 Video card 71k 32.0 47.2% Video game
44 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 70k 37.8 42.8% Video game
45 American Chopper 68k 37.1 17.9% Video game
46 My Talking Tom 68k 34.4 57.8% Video game
47 Baldur's Gate 3 68k 34.1 28.0% Video game
48 Detroit: Become Human 65k 42.4 31.3% Video game
49 Easter Bunny 64k 38.1 59.0% Video game
50 Homescapes 62k 39.3 60.9% Video game

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular video games compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each video game by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest video game in South Africa?

Breaking news currently leads with an estimated audience of 2.3M people in South Africa.

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