The Top 25 Facebook Games for March 2009

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The last month has been quite the competitive one. Normally, it wouldn’t be unusual for games to switch rankings (even by a large margin), but this month had some seemingly staggering shifts. So here they are, the Top 25 Facebook Games for March 2009.

  • First and foremost, Zynga’s Mafia Wars took home a monthly user base nearly 4 million people larger than that of last month (7.4 million vs 3.8 million) and moved up from #9 to #4. By the same token, the growth has not been as prominent for Mob Wars with its monthly user count dropping by half and its ranking from #11 to #13.
  • Geo Challenge has worked it’s way up to #6 overall, and is now the 2nd most popular Playfish game on Facebook, second only to the behemoth that is Pet Society.
  • Out of left field comes YoVille, with over a million users gained. This puts it at #7, and ahead of most of the Playfish titles (which, last month, were almost all in the Top 10).
  • World War is loosing a bit of steam, as it has decreased by about 300,000 users. Has the novelty has worn off? Next month will tell more.
  • And finally, there are Zynga’s Street Racing and Vampire Wars that just recently found their way on the boards, coming in at #22 and #23.

Suffice to say, it has been a huge month for Zynga as they now hold six titles within the Facebook Top 25. Normally, this chart has been dominated primarily by Playfish’s suite of six apps, but now the charts are evening out. While Playfish still holds the numbers over Zynga, should the latter’s upward trend continue that may very well change.

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39 Responses to “The Top 25 Facebook Games for March 2009”

  1. Los Juegos más Usados en Facebook | Fumada Estratégica says:

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  2. Raph’s Website » YoVille says:

    [...] The Top 25 Facebook Games for March 2009 and The Top 25 MySpace Games for March 2009 are a pair of posts over at the Inside Social Games blog. And what do they say? That YoVille has 2.26m users on MySpace and 4.46m on Facebook. And yes, these are monthly uniques. [...]

  3. Vincenzo Piromalli says:

    http://facebookmania.net/2009/03/04/la-top-20-dei-giochi-facebook-di-marzo-2009/

  4. La Top 20 dei giochi Facebook di Marzo 2009 « facebooknews says:

    [...] Se agli inizi i giochi erano un aspetto marginale di Facebook, oggi alcuni tra i migliori sviluppatori di giochi stanno lavorando all’integrazione di questi, alcuni giochi sono molto belli e divertenti, di ottimo livello, spesso con una discreta grafica ma soprattutto con una giocabilità estremamente competitiva e divertente dovuta alla facilità di diffusione e di passaparola che offre Facebook tra i suoi utenti…di seguito la lista dei 20 migliori giochi di questo mese, la fonte dell’articolo è il blog in inglese Inside Social Games [...]

  5. Rahmat Ramadhan says:

    Where is Mousehunt? and where you got the list?

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  7. The Top 25 Facebook Games for April, 2009 says:

    [...] As was the case last month, Zynga continues to grow within Facebook and is waging a battle with Playfish as the top Facebook game developer. Although they have very different games, these two have come a long way. Who will make the next game? And will it be evolutionary or revolutionary? Either way, you’ll see it here. digg_skin = ‘compact’; digg_bgcolor = ‘#000000′; Bookmark This [...]

  8. CapB says:

    I think Battlestations is the best game in FB …

    http://apps.facebook.com/battlestations/new.php?invite=Cap+Bryan

  9. don agus yogantara says:

    i think mafia wars is the best game at facebook

  10. Anak Agung Agus Yogantara says:

    mafia wars is the best

    join to my mafia and come to my casino

  11. curious_girl says:

    online games are really reeling in the people. not to mention the money. Looks like it will a great year for zynga.

    check out my blog on this

  12. carolaine quiel acosta says:

    q porquerria

  13. wei says:

    I am now captaining a ship in Battle Stations. Please drop by for my ship warming party! ;)

    http://apps.facebook.com/battlestations/new.php?invite=weiKaiSeR

  14. Dennis says:

    I would like to play the farm game every body talking about

  15. Dennis says:

    Well ive always wanted to be a farmer and my son showed me the game and a couple of his friend farms and i would like see if i can do as good as they are

  16. Dennis says:

    no.21 myfarm

  17. La Top 20 dei giochi Facebook di Marzo 2009 | Facebookmania says:

    [...] Se agli inizi i giochi erano un aspetto marginale di Facebook, oggi alcuni tra i migliori sviluppatori di giochi stanno lavorando all’integrazione di questi, alcuni giochi sono molto belli e divertenti, di ottimo livello, spesso con una discreta grafica ma soprattutto con una giocabilità estremamente competitiva e divertente dovuta alla facilità di diffusione e di passaparola che offre Facebook tra i suoi utenti…di seguito la lista dei 20 migliori giochi di questo mese, la fonte dell’articolo è il blog in inglese Inside Social Games [...]

  18. colleen herr says:

    i would like to play a game but they are so complicating to me

  19. mafia wars cheats says:

    I love mafia wars itts the best game on fb

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  21. Malinda Sanden says:

    i love mafia wars! great blog, keep up the good work! i’ll definitely be back.

  22. farmville game says:

    These were the games of my generation and I still love to play them. They are comfortable and convenient and easy for me.

  23. harlin says:

    es muy bueno

  24. aliaa says:

    hi i hate face book

  25. Facebook Games says:

    I got bored of all the mafia wars and farming games that are all over facebook now.

    I prefer facebook games arcades such as: Facebook games

  26. Nick says:

    I think there are some pretty cool games on Facebook (Bejeweled is my fav) but why waste time playing games and get nothing in return? I think there should be some incentive for playing games, don’t you? What is the point of growing virtual crops and cooking virtual meals for customers??? I guess you have to be real bored…

  27. Tara Broadway says:

    Anyone hear info about the new “A Game” its going to be like a trivia game that you can win prizes. I saw the facebook info here. Sounds interesting.. http://www.facebook.com/AgameLive

  28. Angelina says:

    I found new interesting game!
    In Pocket ( http://apps.facebook.com/inpocket/ )- you need to steal items from your friends pockets and to find your goods!
    Also you can attack pockets with monsters and other fun things! Try it!

  29. Nicole says:

    My friend told me about this new game that’s coming out called the a game. You can win iPods and other exciting things, so I’m psyched to play it. They have a fan page if you want to check it out!
    http://www.facebook.com/AgameLive

  30. Newy says:

    Why do people spend endless amounts of cash and time on Farmville and other such games.

  31. clifford pollard says:

    i think zoo world is the best game on there just give it a try and i bet ull get addicted real fast…

  32. faiz genesis says:

    ninja saga top 2010

  33. debbie passmore says:

    whats wrong with farmville i sure like to play it so please bring it back i sure do miss it your bigest fan

  34. ikki says:

    i love farmfille

  35. Ethan says:

    Some of my friends could not stop playing Gangster War. So it must be a good game…
    http://apps.facebook.com/gangsterwar/

  36. shaj says:

    i love the facebook games

  37. Geronimo says:

    Let me recommend you another game, SquidMaster. I played it a lot. It’s entertaining, and can be hard sometimes, and challenging:
    http://apps.facebook.com/squidmaster/
    Enjoy!

  38. Facebook Games says:

    I prefer facebook games arcades. Much more to choose from.

  39. Los mejores juegos de Facebook says:

    [...] Enlace: Mejores juegos de Facebook [...]

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