LibraryNowOriginsOddsMechanicsMCP

Kinds

Campaign380Product91Food & drink27App & software56Film24Series24Music60Game115Book22Creator moment54Meme & format109Trend & aesthetic38Activity58Moment89
PricingPrivacyTermsRefundsPress
Library/Game/Alphabear
Grade B18 sourcesHIS-00421

Alphabear

Game · 2015 · Niche

15Editable slideCertificate

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

Alphabear: Hardcover Edition on Steam
Steam / Spry Fox
Alphabear
Wikipedia (non-free, fair use)
Alphabear is the new word puzzler from the Triple Town team
Pocket Gamer
Review: Alphabear
Destructoid
The Happiest Word Game Ever, With Bears - Kotaku
Kotaku
Spry Fox's Alphabear cracks the code of mobile puzzle popularity
Game Developer (originally Gamasutra)
Alphabear - Game Database - gamepressure.com
Gamepressure

Spread Score

How it works
Reach0ContagionNo data yetBreadth10Velocity65Longevity315

Numbers

Seed to peak
3 weeks
Jul 8 ’15 to Jul 28 ’15
Platforms
5
Started on App stores
Origin
Seeded
Gaming

Mechanics

  • Shareable outputPrimary
  • Press loop

How it spread

Trace the origin

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.

Wikipedia views · Google searchesMay ’15AugOctFeb ’16JunDecAug ’17Mar ’18AugFeb ’19JunPeakApp storesXOpen webPressFacebook
App storesXOpen webPressFacebook

11 more events on this chart

Join free to see them

Timeline (14)

  1. July 2015

    Pocket Gamer precursor · Jul 2 ’15

    Pocket Gamer previewed Alphabear, which was then in an iOS soft launch in New Zealand.[1]

    Alphabear is the new word puzzler from the Triple Town team
    Open the first post ↗
  2. Spry Fox seed · Jul 8 ’15

    Spry Fox released the word game Alphabear, on the release date Destructoid lists.[2]

    Review: Alphabear
  3. Mike Fahey (@UncleFahey) platform jump · Jul 8 ’15

    Mike Fahey tweeted an Alphabear screenshot with the #alphabear tag.[3]

Changelogupdated Oct 16 ’26
  1. 2026-10-16Added 1 event · Added 2 sources · Score 18 → 15
  2. 2026-10-13Added: 12 events, 15 sources · Score 18
Origin
Seeded
Sector
Gaming
Region
Global
Reported figure
—
Evidence
Grade B

Spread the same way

Rocket League

Open web · 2015

66
Cover art for the video game en:Rocket League

$110M revenue

Wordle

Open web · 2021

63
Wordle #196 solved in four guesses: the green, yellow and grey gridOpen

2M players

Content Warning

Open web · 2024

61
Save 38% on Content Warning on Steam

2.2M sold

Connections

Open web · 2023

60
Very excited to share the game I've been working on, Connections! I've loved making it, and hope you enjoy playing. Huge thanks to Heidi Erwin @oatmemo, Bella Virgilio, and the @NYTGames team 😍🥳

20M players

New cases, every week

How the next thing spread, the week it does.

See every timeline

Free account, every case's full spread.

Join free
Log inJoin free
Wikipedia views · Google searchesMay ’15AugOctFeb ’16JunDecAug ’17Mar ’18AugFeb ’19JunPeakApp storesXOpen webPressFacebook
App storesXOpen webPressFacebook

11 more events on this chart

Join free to see them
  1. July 2015

    Pocket Gamer precursor · Jul 2 ’15

    Pocket Gamer previewed Alphabear, which was then in an iOS soft launch in New Zealand.[1]

    Alphabear is the new word puzzler from the Triple Town team
    Open the first post ↗
  2. Spry Fox seed · Jul 8 ’15

    Spry Fox released the word game Alphabear, on the release date Destructoid lists.[2]

    Review: Alphabear
  3. Mike Fahey (@UncleFahey) platform jump · Jul 8 ’15

    Mike Fahey tweeted an Alphabear screenshot with the #alphabear tag.[3]

  1. press · Jul 8 ’15

  2. press · Jul 11 ’15

Join free to see the other 11 events and the full chart. Free, on every case.

Join free

Why it worked

Do this

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

Pro opens the playbook, all 3 sourced numbers and 18 sources. Start with a free account.

Join freeGo Pro