Facebook released its list of top 10 most popular Facebook games and surprise, surprise… Playdom’s Gardens of Time topped the list.
As the list goes on, I see titles that have completely eluded me throughout the year. Although leading social game developer Zynga made several appearances, they weren’t able to occupy the top two spots.
The list, according to Facebook, was based on game “with more than 100,000 monthly active users and giving priority to those games with the highest user satisfaction scores.”
So, here’s the official Top 10 Most Popular Facebook games of 2011:
1. Gardens of Time ( By Playdom)
2. The Sims Social (By EA)
3. Cityville (By Zynga)
4. DoubleDown Casino (By DoubleDown Interactive)
5. Indiana Jones Adventure World (By Zynga)
6. Words With Friends (By Zynga)
7. Bingo Blitz (By Buffalo Studios)
8. Empires & Allies (By Zynga)
9. Slotomania-Slot Machines (By Playtika)
10. Diamond Dash (By Wooga)
More list of top games under different categories goes as follows.
Top up-and-comers
Battle Pirates (By Kixeye)
Dragons of Atlantis (By Kabam)
Gourmet Ranch (By Rock You!)* Based on new games which drew the highest engagement in the 100k-500k user category
Top games with 50,000-100,000 users
Super Slot Machines (By Davy Campano, David Livingston Kirby and Robby Campano)
WestWars (By Innogames)
MouseHunt (By HitGrab)* Based on the most engaging apps with audiences between 50k-100k users
Top Casino Games in 2011
Zynga Poker (By Zynga)
Slotomania – Slot Machines (By Playtika)
DoubleDown Casino (By DoubleDown Interactive)* Based on casino-related games with the most monthly active users in 2011
Top Sports Games in 2011
TopEleven – Be a Football Manager (By Nordeus)
Pool Live Tour (By Geewa)
EA Sports: FIFA Superstars (By EA)* Based on sports-related games with the most monthly active users in 2011
Top Fashion Games in 2011
Mall World (By 50 Cubes)
ItGirl (By CrowdStar)
Coco Girl (By Metrogames)* Based on fashion-related games with the most monthly active users in 2011
The list might surprise many of you like me. Honestly, titles like Doubledown Casino or Bingo Blitz completely had me thinking “now, which one was that?” But, hey who is complaining? I am happy that there are quite a few good games out there that I have to try out before this year slither away. And as I wind up this post, I raise my cup of coffee to all the good times we had playing and to more good times in 2012. Cheers!
