Top 5 Interactive Story Games on Android in South Africa: Q3 2021

The third quarter of 2021 revealed interesting trends for the top 5 interactive story games on Android in South Africa. According to Sensor Tower data, here’s how each app performed in terms of weekly downloads, revenue, and active users.

Episode - Choose Your Story from Episode Interactive saw fluctuations in both revenue and user engagement. Weekly revenue peaked at approximately $2K at the start of the quarter and gradually declined, hitting a low of around $885 in late September. Downloads also varied, starting at 8.4K in late June, dipping to a low of 5.5K by mid-August, and then rising to 8.4K again by the end of the quarter. Active users ranged from 24.4K to 19.9K, with a slight recovery to 23.9K in late September.

Love Sick: My Love Chapters by SWAG MASHA showed a notable increase in weekly revenue, starting at $103 and reaching up to $347 by the end of September. Downloads were particularly strong mid-quarter, peaking at 8.6K in mid-August before declining to 3.1K by the end of September. Active users followed a similar pattern, peaking at 13.3K in mid-September before dropping to 7.7K.

Choices: Stories You Play from Pixelberry demonstrated consistent revenue, averaging around $3.8K per week with minor fluctuations. Downloads peaked at 11.5K in late July before stabilizing around 4.2K by the end of the quarter. Active users saw a significant peak at 35.2K in late July, followed by a gradual decline, stabilizing around 22.3K by the end of September.

Chat Master! by Supersonic Studios LTD had no significant revenue data but showed a varied trend in downloads. Weekly downloads peaked at 6.3K in mid-July before dropping to 1.4K in early August and then rising again to 4.6K by late September. Active users followed a similar trend, starting at 10.7K and peaking at 14.6K mid-July, before fluctuating and ending the quarter at 11.4K.

Journeys: Romance Stories from Gameloft SE experienced a relatively steady revenue trend, averaging around $246 per week. Downloads peaked at 6.6K in mid-July but saw a significant decline, dropping to 913 by the end of September. Active users also declined steadily from 10.9K in late June to 4K by the end of September.

For more detailed insights and data on these apps, visit Sensor Tower.