Bestselling games on Steam in South Africa

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%