Facebook Top 10 Games of 2011 – ‘Gardens of Time’ Tops the List

Facebook released a list of the games on Facebook that were most popular in the year 2011. The list reveals a few surprises as ‘Gardens of Time‘ tops the list followed by ‘The Sim’s Social‘, pulling down Zynga’s hit social game ‘CityVille‘ to the third position.

According to Facebook, ‘This list was compiled by looking at the top games on Facebook with more than 100,000 monthly active users and giving priority to those games with the highest user satisfaction scores. The result is a list of the games that received the most user recommendations in 2011.’

In addition to highlighting the variety of games people played, the list also shows that innovation in the space is reaching Silicon Valley and beyond. Apps were built by developers around the world from Seattle, Santa Monica, Canada, Germany, Japan, Serbia, and Prague.

Most popular games in 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)[advt]
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)

Top up-and-comers

1. Battle Pirates (By Kixeye)
2. Dragons of Atlantis (By Kabam)
3. Gourmet Ranch (By Rock You!)

* Based on new games which drew the highest engagement in the 100k-500k user category

Most popular games with 50,000-100,000 users

1. Super Slot Machines (By Davy Campano, David Livingston Kirby and Robby Campano)
2. WestWars (By Innogames)
3. MouseHunt (By HitGrab)

* Based on the most engaging apps with audiences between 50k-100k users

Top Casino Games in 2011

1. Zynga Poker (By Zynga)
2. Slotomania – Slot Machines (By Playtika)
3. DoubleDown Casino (By DoubleDown Interactive)

* Based on casino-related games with the most monthly active users in 2011

Top Sports Games in 2011

1. TopEleven – Be a Football Manager (By Nordeus)
2. Pool Live Tour (By Geewa)
3. EA Sports: FIFA Superstars (By EA)

* Based on sports-related games with the most monthly active users in 2011

Top Fashion Games in 2011

1. Mall World (By 50 Cubes)
2. ItGirl (By CrowdStar)
3. Coco Girl (By Metrogames)

* Based on fashion-related games with the most monthly active users in 2011