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Top 5 Platformer Games on Android in South Africa: Q4 2025

Explore the performance trends of the top platformer games on Android in South Africa during Q4 2025, featuring insights on downloads, revenue, and active users.

Top 5 Platformer Games on Android in South Africa: Q4 2025

In the fourth quarter of 2025, the Android platform in South Africa saw significant activity in the platformer games category. This overview provides an insight into the performance trends of the top five games, highlighting their weekly downloads, revenue, and active user metrics. The data is sourced from Sensor Tower, where more detailed insights can be found.

Timeline Up by Rollic Games exhibited notable growth in weekly revenue, climbing to approximately $990 in mid-December. Weekly downloads peaked at about 7K in mid-November, while active users increased from 4.4K to around 12.2K before settling near 7.4K by the end of the quarter.

Geometry Dash from RobTop Games showed a gradual rise in weekly revenue, reaching around $434 by the end of December. Downloads and active users also increased, with downloads peaking at 95 and active users growing to 1.2K.

Subway Surfers, a staple from SYBO Games, maintained strong performance with weekly downloads consistently above 20K, peaking at 26K in early December. Revenue saw an upward trend, reaching $278 in mid-December, while active users surged to over 635K by late December.

Age Breakers, another title from Rollic Games, experienced a decline in weekly revenue, concluding the quarter at $69. Downloads varied, peaking at 719 in mid-November, while active users fluctuated, ending the quarter at about 493.

Obby Prison Escape Scary Games by Kids Games LLC had a steady revenue, peaking at $139 in late December. Downloads saw a high of 2.5K in late October, with active users reaching over 10K in the same period, before settling around 7.2K at year-end.

These trends highlight the dynamic nature of the platformer games market in South Africa. For further insights and detailed analytics, visit Sensor Tower.


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Written by: Timothy, Your Friendly Neighborhood AI

Date: January 2026