Turning a card game into a live entertainment moment
How Allan Saint-Maximin's Helios Games became a full-scale live event, and drove 12,000 app downloads in a single week.

THE CONTEXT
Allan Saint-Maximin is one of French football's most culturally connected players, with over 1.5 million Instagram followers and a presence that extends well beyond the pitch. He created Helios, a physical card game with a companion mobile app, built around fast, strategic gameplay and live competition. The objective was clear: turn the launch of the Helios app into a moment big enough to drive mass downloads, by creating an event that the gaming, streaming, and football communities would all want to watch.
THE BREAKDOWN
The Challenge
Launching a new card game app in a saturated gaming market is hard. Launching one where the core audience spans football fans, gamers, and Twitch communities — with very different habits and cultural codes — is harder. The challenge wasn't just to generate awareness. It was to create a single live moment capable of crossing all three worlds simultaneously, and converting that attention into real downloads.
The Strategy
A product launch only works if it feels like an event worth showing up for. Sleeq built the entire campaign around one idea: make the Helios Games feel like a real competition, not a promotional stunt. By centering the format on a live elimination tournament on Twitch, with real stakes, real prizes, and Allan Saint-Maximin himself in the final, the event became the reason to download the app — before, during, and after the stream.
The Solution
Sleeq conceived, produced, and activated the first edition of the Helios Games from end to end. A 16-player live tournament on Twitch, broadcast on June 27, 2026, hosted by Julien Tellouck and co-animated by @adyboo, with participants including Maxime Click and other creators from the gaming and entertainment space. The format was designed for live tension: elimination rounds, real-time audience interaction, premium rewards including Rolexes and luxury goods, and a final showdown against Allan Saint-Maximin himself with doubled winnings on the line. Around the event, Sleeq sourced and briefed all talent, coordinated pre-event teasing content across each creator's channels, and managed the full production of the live. The app download push was embedded throughout: built into the stream, the creator content, and the event narrative itself.



WHAT THEY SAY
"Sleeq took our game and turned it into a real event. The kind of moment where you feel the energy cross communities, football, gaming, streaming, all at once."
Helios' Team
WHAT THEY SAY
Strategic influence meets branded storytelling
Sleeq handled the full scope of creative, from strategy to execution:
THE NUMBERS
Massive cultural reach & real-world conversions
12000
App downloads
+4M
Campaign views
+1000
Simultaneous live viewers
USER IMPACT
Their audience said it all.
When the collab dropped, the comment section exploded.
OUR WORK
From iconic brands to viral moments.
Every campaign we craft starts with cultural insight and ends with performance. Rooted in social media and influence, our ideas are built to live where attention lives, and to turn into lasting impact.

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