Top 5 Interactive Story Games in South Africa - Q1 2023

In the first quarter of 2023, the top 5 interactive story games in South Africa showed varied performance trends in terms of downloads, revenue, and active users. Here’s a closer look at how these apps fared.

Episode - Choose Your Story from Episode Interactive experienced fluctuations in weekly revenue, peaking at around $3.4K in late December and ending the quarter with approximately $2.3K in late March. Weekly downloads showed a gradual decline early in the quarter, hitting a low of 3.1K in mid-February before rebounding to 5.6K by the end of March. Weekly active users followed a similar pattern, starting at 23.1K at the end of December, dipping to 15.7K in late February, and recovering to 19.1K by the end of March.

Choices: Stories You Play from Pixelberry Studios saw its weekly revenue fluctuate, starting at $3.4K in late December and reaching $3.2K by the end of March. Weekly downloads initially decreased from 6.4K in late December to 2.2K in mid-February, but then increased to 4.7K by the end of March. The app’s weekly active users started at 28.9K, dipped to 20.6K in mid-February, and rose back to 26.5K by the end of March.

Romance Club - Stories I Play by Your Story Interactive exhibited a steady increase in weekly revenue, starting at $405 and reaching $474 by late February. Weekly downloads showed a consistent upward trend, starting at 2.2K in late December and peaking at 3.7K in late March. Weekly active users also increased steadily, beginning at 5.6K in late December and reaching 6.9K by the end of March.

My Story: Choose Your Own Path from nanobitsoftware.com had a modest weekly revenue, peaking at $111 in late January and fluctuating around $60 to $90 for the remainder of the quarter. Weekly downloads saw a significant rise towards the end of the quarter, starting at 2.8K in late December and climbing to 3.5K by the end of March. Weekly active users increased from 19.4K in late December to 21.8K by the end of March.

Choose Your Story - Decisions by Games2win had minimal weekly revenue, with a peak of $31 in early February and ending the quarter with $23 in late March. Weekly downloads showed a sharp increase towards the end of the quarter, starting at 3.7K in late December, dipping to 653 in mid-February, and rising to 4.1K by the end of March. Weekly active users followed a similar trend, starting at 7.9K, dropping to 3.9K in late February, and rebounding to 8.6K by the end of March.

These insights are based on data from Sensor Tower, where more detailed information and trends can be explored.