Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Video / Board Games in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest video / board games in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 2.9k video / board games tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Ultimate Fighting Championship (video game), Cars (video game) and Fuel (video game) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 4.3M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 179k, and the largest, Ultimate Fighting Championship (video game), reaches around 2.4M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each video / board game, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

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
76 Mafia (series) 75k 31.2 18.5%
77 Need for Speed 75k 32.5 28.2% Racing
78 Until Dawn 74k 25.2 13.2% Video game
79 Truck Simulator (series) 74k 22.7 0.0%
80 Tamagotchi 73k 35.1 64.6% Video game
81 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 72k 27.6 26.0%
82 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) 72k 37.8 63.6%
83 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 71k 29.7 41.8% Fantasy
84 Daredevil (TV series) 71k 33.3 26.3%
85 FIFA 22 71k 29.1 22.0% Soccer
86 Quake (video game) 71k 20.4 14.5%
87 Ladbrokes 71k 35.2 43.6% Gambling
88 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 70k 37.8 42.8% Video game
89 Deadpool (video game) 68k 25.8 31.1%
90 My Talking Tom 68k 34.4 57.8% Video game
91 Baldur's Gate 3 68k 34.1 28.0% Video game
92 Detroit: Become Human 65k 42.4 31.3% Video game
93 Clash of Clans 64k 33.7 39.7% Casual game
94 Chaos (Warhammer) 63k 39.1 33.1%
95 Talking Tom √ 63k 38.4 69.7%
96 Ghost Rider (video game) 63k
97 Homescapes 62k 39.3 60.9% Video game
98 Final Fantasy 62k 31.1 40.2% Fantasy
99 Commandos (series) 61k 49.4 55.1%
100 Settler 61k 44.4 59.0%

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Frequently asked questions

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

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each video / board 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 / board game in South Africa?

Ultimate Fighting Championship (video game) currently leads with an estimated audience of 2.4M people in South Africa.

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