# Alphabear

> Spry Fox's word game Alphabear passed one million downloads within a month of release.

- Owner: Spry Fox
- Kind: Game
- Sector: Gaming
- Seed date: 2015-07-08
- Peak date: 2015-07-28
- Spread Score: 15 (Niche), v1.2
- Mechanics: Shareable output, Press loop

## Summary

Spry Fox released Alphabear in July 2015 after a soft launch in New Zealand. Players posted the game's bear sentences on Twitter, Destructoid collected them, and Spry Fox reported one million downloads by August 4.

## Timeline

- 2015-07-02 — Pocket Gamer (App stores) — Pocket Gamer previewed Alphabear, which was then in an iOS soft launch in New Zealand.
- 2015-07-08 — Spry Fox (App stores) — Spry Fox released the word game Alphabear, on the release date Destructoid lists.
- 2015-07-08 — Mike Fahey (@UncleFahey) (X) — Mike Fahey tweeted an Alphabear screenshot with the #alphabear tag.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/alphabear

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Alphabear.” Case HIS-00421. Spread Score v1.2: 15/100. Updated 2026-10-13. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00421