There are several interesting developments on this week’s list of emerging Facebook games, defined as those growing strongly but still under a million monthly active users. The most notable change seems to be the sudden growth of Evony — which is actually number two on the list — to over twice its former size.

Over the two months since Evony, an online game once known for its racy ads, launched onto Facebook, the app has appeared to grow moderately well. Now, the game suddenly appears to be booming. Whatever the reason, the news of Evony’s size should come as welcome news to Playdom, which recently launched a very similar game called Verdonia.

	Name	MAU	Gain	Gain, %
1.	Evony	778,358	+430,053	+123.47
2.	Fashion World	529,442	+282,862	+114.71
3.	Crazy Cow Music Quiz	847,760	+255,393	+43.11
4.	Millionaire City	533,176	+251,482	+89.27
5.	City Life	547,010	+196,393	+56.01
6.	Middle Kingdom	429,961	+160,982	+59.85
7.	Lovely Farm	328,324	+155,637	+90.13
8.	Phrases	792,486	+151,794	+23.69
9.	Jeux Flash Gratuits	905,382	+149,859	+19.84
10.	遊戲基地 gamebase	156,531	+149,573	+2,149.66
11.	Mahjong	638,552	+134,409	+26.66
12.	Jumping Dog	908,866	+129,795	+16.66
13.	GamePoints.com	124,025	+122,182	+6,629.52
14.	Il Meteo dell’Umore	351,162	+113,236	+47.59
15.	- Clicks Racer Challenge	400,575	+107,748	+36.80
16.	Godfather	411,284	+103,790	+33.75
17.	Goooaaal	124,395	+103,395	+492.36
18.	Age of Champions	693,707	+92,934	+15.47
19.	American Flag	309,539	+86,389	+38.71
20.	NanoStar Siege	511,570	+81,618	+18.98

Fashion World, the latest from Metrogames, has risen to number three with, and now has just over half a million MAU. It’s part of a store-management genre that’s currently doing well in several other games, like Baking Life, which just passed a million MAU.

At number four, Crazy Cow Music Quiz is still enjoying success with multiple-choice music trivia. Millionaire City is another city-building game, with a “tycoon” theme; and City Life, following directly after, might be best described as a girly simulation. This last app has actually been around since February, and had hit a plateau before beginning to grow again a few days ago.

We’ll use our last slot to point out Middle Kingdom, at number seven. This game is in the basic Mafia Wars mold that we have seen many times; the mechanics, though, are not the interesting part. What’s notable here is the fantasy theme, which we’re seeing crop up much more often this year. While the average Facebook gamer may not have a yen for dwarves and dragons, games like Middle Kingdom are definitely proving that there’s a large and active audience looking for some fantasy.