We all love to play games! We all love to sit and transfer our mind into some virtual world and build houses, plant crops, collect rewards, pop bubbles, or do any other assignment necessary for unlocking the next level. People love to spend their free time playing video games, and with the development of social networks, the time we used to spend in front of TV playing Nintendo or Sony PlayStation, slowly turned into time we spend in front of our computer on Facebook, clicking the mouse and chatting online.
Now we have growing trend of “social games”, games played on social networks. Using social media sites such as Facebook, you can access those games for free and start playing. It is possible to chat with other players, to ask for help from them, etc. Playing social games introduced a sort of deeper gaming experience. Instead of being transferred to the game field on your TV, you are now able to completely dive into this virtual world, and to “visit” people and help them, to compete with them, to boast with your results on public leader boards, etc.
Back in 2004, eight months after it was announced that Facebook would be open for third party developers, there were 14 thousand apps available on Facebook. According to the data from 2012, there were over 9 million apps available on Facebook. Facebook reported to have earned 213 million dollars from mostly social games.
It is estimated that one in four users on Facebook play games on this social network, which is more than 250 million people. The time they spend playing games is more than 900 million hours every month.
According to the data available from Facebook App Center during September 2013, three best games on Facebook are:
Candy Crush Saga
It is estimated that this game has over 15 million daily active users and over 100 million users in total. The goal of the game is to mix and match candy. As they have said on the official Facebook page, their mission is “to bring more sweetness to the world”. This game is classified within puzzle category.
Farm Heroes Saga
This is another puzzle game, with over 10 million players, and according to the data for September 2013, over 6 million people uses this game daily. The goal of the game is similar as the previous one, mixing and matching shapes, however, this time it is about “fruit madness”. Matching the same types of fruit will collect points, and the better score you get, you will be able to advance to the next level.
Criminal Case
With over 10 million users and 6 million daily users, this game is one of the three most popular games. The goal of the game is to solve a series of cases by finding hidden objects, using clues and analyzing evidence. This game is in the hidden object category.
How to find games on Facebook?
If you want to find the games on Facebook you can visit the app center and browse some of the games available:
You can search for the apps through the various categories available in the menu on the left side of the screen. If you want some suggestions, look at the four tabs in the center of the page. You can see some of the suggested, top rated, trending and the app used by your friends.
The menu on the right displays the “Play” button which enables you to start using any app from the app center. Since some of the apps are available for mobile devices as well, you can choose option “Send to Mobile”. Here you will also see what are data that app will have access to.
The infographic below shows what are some of the most popular games on Facebook, and how many people uses this sort of entertainment.
Some of the most interesting points from this infographic are:
Social games genres that people are most likely to play and recommend are hidden objects, casino related games and role-playing games.
81 million people play social games at least once a day and they spend on average 9.5 hours per week playing social games.
33% of players said that due to playing games regularly on Facebook they spend significantly less time playing games on regular platforms. This has a negative impact on the console video game market.
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