Top Down Games Performance in Africa Q1 2023

In the first quarter of 2023, top-down games on a unified platform in Africa exhibited varied performance metrics across weekly downloads, revenue, and active users. Here’s a closer look at the top 5 games in this category:

Yalla Ludo - Ludo&Domino from Yalla Technology FZ-LLC saw a significant peak in weekly downloads, reaching over 283K in mid-January. However, downloads decreased to around 90K by the end of March. The game’s weekly revenue peaked at approximately $44.4K in the second week of January but saw a decline, stabilizing around $11K by the end of the quarter. Active users started at around 694K at the end of December, peaking at 952K at the end of January, and then slightly declining to approximately 779K by the end of March.

Candy Crush Soda Saga by King experienced a steady flow of weekly downloads, peaking at about 90.6K in the first week of January. The downloads saw fluctuations, ending the quarter at approximately 44.5K. Revenue remained relatively stable, starting at around $19.5K and ending at approximately $17.4K. The game maintained a strong base of active users, starting at about 1.02M and slightly declining to around 986K by the end of March.

Match Masters ‎- PvP Match 3 from Candivore LTD saw its weekly downloads peak at around 14.3K in mid-February before settling at approximately 10.4K by the end of March. Revenue showed an upward trend, peaking at around $18.5K in the last week of March. Active users increased from around 64K at the end of December to approximately 88K by the end of March.

Zynga Poker ™ - Texas Hold'em by Zynga Inc. had modest weekly downloads, starting the quarter at around 729 and peaking at approximately 1K in the first week of January before stabilizing at around 796 by the end of March. Revenue peaked at around $18.2K in the fourth week of January but decreased to around $8.5K by the end of March. Active users remained relatively stable, starting at around 22.8K and ending at approximately 24K.

8 Ball Pool™ by Miniclip.com experienced strong weekly downloads, peaking at about 202K in mid-March before settling at approximately 185K by the end of the quarter. The game’s weekly revenue showed a slight increase, starting at about $14.2K and ending at approximately $10.5K. Active users remained robust, starting at around 2.42M and peaking at approximately 2.86M by the end of January before slightly declining to around 2.65M by the end of March.

These insights come from Sensor Tower, where more detailed data and trends can be explored.