Popular Facebook Games

Facebook is the most popular and the most widely recognized social networking service all around the world today with more than 600 million users. It was created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, who has gone on to become the world's youngest ever billionaire, and some of his colleagues at Stanford University.

Originally, Facebook was a platform for people to share pictures, thoughts, views and simply keep in touch with their friends, but over time the Facebook portal has become an ecosystem of sorts. The aim is to enable people to log on to Facebook and carry out all their Internet based activities from the network itself, and whether this is something that will happen remains to be seen. One of the best ways to keep people hooked on to a particular platform is to offer some intuitive and great games that they can play, and here we will be telling you about some of the most popular Facebook games.

Best Facebook Games

Facebook Game	Description
Dawn of the Dragons	A simple RPG (Role Playing Game) where you have to save your village from an army of dragons that is threatening an invasion. There are tons of areas to explore and quests to complete, and you can invite a lot of your friends to participate as well. The game has been developed and published by 5th Planet Games.
Farmville	Developed by the hugely successful company Zynga, Farmville is one of the most loved Facebook games. You basically have to build up your farm by focusing on the crops and the livestock, and you can invite your friends to be your neighbors and grow your farmed area. The game has more than 75 million users worldwide.
Mafia Wars	Zynga is the developer and publisher of this excellent game as well, and it requires the player, who is a Mafia clan member, to build their criminal quotient and reputation and strengthen his clan. A variety of tasks will need to be completed in different cities, and the points earned can be spent on different updates. Friends can be invited to make your clan large and stronger as well.
Monopoly Millionaires	Monopoly is a classic game that is loved by one and all. Facebook now has their own version of Monopoly with some additional social features that only a social network can bring to the table. This is a perfect remake of the original classic on this new age platform, and the game has been published and developed by EA Sports.
Ravenwood Fair	This is a very simple but addictive game that requires you to build a fair in the middle of a large forest inhabited by a number of hostile and dangerous creatures. You need to complete a variety of tasks to create the fair, while simultaneously fending off the dangerous elements from the forest. The game has been developed and published by Lolapps.

These were just a few of the best Facebook games that you can consider playing. Here are some more great Facebook games, along with numbers for the active members on the game for the month of March 2011.

• Cityville - 95 million
• Farmville - 51 million
• Texas Hold 'Em Poker - 38 million
• Frontierville - 20 million
• Cafe World - 15 million
• Mafia Wars - 13 million
• Millionaire City - 12 million
• Treasure Isle - 12 million
• Pet Society - 11 million
• Bejeweled Blitz - 11 million

All of these popular Facebook games require an invitation from a friend of yours before you sign up for them and can play them. The fact is that they are simple games that can be played easily on your web browser in a separate tab, and you can play them whenever you have direct access to the web. Video games appeal to everyone universally, but there are some games that can be played at any moment in time, and this is what Facebook is attempting to offer here. This has enticed people to spend more time on the network itself, and this is ultimately what the regulators at Facebook really want, and they are successfully achieving it now.