Top 5 Apple Arcade Games Performance on Unified Platform in Africa in Q1 2023

The first quarter of 2023 saw interesting trends for the top 5 Apple Arcade games on a unified platform in Africa. Here’s a detailed look at their performance based on data from Sensor Tower.

Chess - Play & Learn by Chess.com showed a robust performance with weekly downloads peaking at around 48.5K in the last week of January before stabilizing around 28.8K by the end of March. Weekly revenue fluctuated, peaking at approximately $4.3K in late January, and weekly active users grew steadily, reaching about 274K by the end of the quarter.

Ninja Kiwi's Bloons TD 6 experienced a decline in weekly downloads, starting from 860 at the end of December to just 43 by the end of March. Weekly revenue showed a slight increase towards the end of the quarter, peaking at $667 in the final week, while weekly active users saw a gradual decrease, ending at around 1.1K.

Asphalt 8: Airborne from Gameloft maintained a strong presence with weekly downloads fluctuating but peaking at approximately 78.2K in late January. Weekly revenue reached its highest at $833 in early January and saw another peak at $686 in mid-March. Weekly active users remained relatively stable, ending the quarter at around 244K.

Farming Simulator 20 by GIANTS Software GmbH saw its weekly downloads decline significantly from 434 in late December to just 48 by the end of March. Weekly revenue also fluctuated, peaking at $677 during the last week of December. The weekly active users trended downwards, ending the quarter at about 184.

Finally, Sonic Dash: Fun Endless Runner from SEGA demonstrated a strong performance with weekly downloads peaking at about 134.5K in the last week of January. Weekly revenue oscillated, reaching $323 in late December and fluctuating throughout the quarter. Weekly active users remained consistently high, maintaining over 1M throughout the quarter.

These insights are drawn from Sensor Tower data, and more detailed analytics can be found on their platform.