RockYou Playdemic’s Gourmet Ranch surges toward the top of this week’s list of fastest-growing games by monthly active users, beat out only by King.com’s just-launched Mahjong Saga. Global Warfare, Zoo World 2 (here shown as Zoo World), and a new-ish Texas Hold ‘Em Poker game round out the top five.

Last week, we heard from RockYou CEO Lisa Marino on the changes Gourmet Ranch is undergoing. Currently, the game serves as a guinea pig for the publisher’s new ad platform. It also recently received a content update that adds exotic animals to the marketplace.

Top Gainers This Week – Games

	Name	MAU	Gain	Gain,%
1.	Mahjong Saga	1,876,231	+1,035,266	+123%
2.	Gourmet Ranch	2,370,949	+575,151	+32%
3.	Global Warfare	4,767,343	+550,285	+13%
4.	Zoo World	4,741,847	+396,633	+9%
5.	The Pokerist club — Texas Poker	835,558	+392,625	+89%
6.	Gardens of Time	15,636,971	+379,307	+2%
7.	Kingdoms of Camelot	2,481,833	+278,890	+13%
8.	Shadow Fight	1,618,476	+267,012	+20%
9.	Cooking Mama	1,684,143	+241,946	+17%
10.	Social Empires	2,984,983	+240,950	+9%
11.	Animal Party	900,139	+219,998	+32%
12.	inFAMOUS Anarchy	2,620,256	+204,310	+8%
13.	Addicting Games	1,592,229	+193,826	+14%
14.	DoubleDown Casino	2,149,761	+185,041	+9%
15.	Bubble Saga	7,214,243	+182,840	+3%
16.	Millionaire Boss	350,149	+181,477	+108%
17.	المزرعة السعيدة	866,888	+172,362	+25%
18.	Super Mario 3	771,510	+166,277	+27%
19.	Battle Pirates	1,120,534	+149,041	+15%
20.	Total Domination: Nuclear Strategy	492,192	+138,328	+39%

At number 19 is Kixeye’s Battle Pirates, which finally seems to be getting some attention almost four months after launch. The game suffered from some technical difficulties early on that likely discouraged the developer from promoting the game too heavily. With Kixeye’s newest game due out before the end of the summer, however, now might be the time to promote Battle Pirates in order to grow an audience ripe for cross-promotion.

All data in this post comes from our traffic tracking service, AppData. Stay tuned for our look at the top weekly gainers by daily active users on Wednesday, and the top emerging apps on Friday.