All New Games on This Week's List of Emerging Facebook Titles

Friday is the day for our top emerging games list from AppData -- fast-growing games still under a million monthly active users. Since we've been on a brief hiatus due to a Facebook stats bug that it says is now corrected, the list is packed with new names. Because of the unintentional break, the stats are more interesting than ever. Top Gainers This Week - Games Name MAU Gain Gain,% 1. 開心魚塘 701,006 +402,943 +135% 2. Party Resort 581,707 +246,244 +73% 3. Premier League Fantasy Football 691,511 +209,623 +44% 4. Lucky Train 327,379 +198,290 +154% 5. Bouncing Balls 928,331 +185,486 +25% 6. Retail Therapy 616,017 +178,040 +41% 7. Travel Balloon 538,279 +162,063 +43% 8. Backyard Monsters 874,213 +153,055 +21% 9. Casino City 938,695 +147,566 +19% 10. Bloom Town 565,866 +130,802 +30% 11. Free Flash Games 399,145 +124,336 +45% 12. Tellywood 564,611 +113,479 +25% 13. SI Fantasy Football 280,445 +106,076 +61% 14. happy harvest new 228,174 +102,857 +82% 15. Applications List 344,292 +102,422 +42% 16. FrontierVille Community 840,430 +99,063 +13% 17. Legacy of Rome 123,074 +94,221 +327% 18. Glamble Poker 727,691 +91,783 +14% 19. Fantasy Football 2010 482,824 +87,720 +22% 20. Lady Popular 165,186 +86,973 +111% The top name is one many of our readers (and most of our writers) won't be able to pronounce: 開心魚塘. The first two characters are the beginning of over half of all popular Chinese games on Facebook, though: "Happy". In this case, the rest of the name could translate to "Fish Ponds". Despite the name, this Memoriki game (shown at right) actually has an English translation. Number two, Party Resort, is one to keep an eye on. This relatively unassuming island management app is the second growing game from iWin, which previously hit a seven million MAU home run with Family Feud. Premier League Fantasy Football, the next game down, is quickly becoming one of the largest soccer games on Facebook; it's by Citizen Sports. It's followed by Lucky Train, a train-based city sim that, like a real train, started off slow but now appears to be picking up steam. We reviewed its June launch. Bouncing Balls is a simple ball-blasting genre, a perennial player favorite. Retail Therapy, at number six, is a bit more interesting. It's a fashion game from scrappy web publisher Sugar Inc. that incorporates real-world retail brand marketing. Finally, take note of both Backyard Monsters and Casino City. Both of these games, respectively a humorous strategy game and a casino management sim, are near to graduating beyond the million player threshold.

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All New Games on This Week's List of Emerging Facebook Titles

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