同上月一样，在本月25款最有影响力的Facebook游戏中，有16款游戏的月活跃用户（MAU）呈下降趋势。据游戏邦了解，其中有包括《CityVille》在内的7款游戏出自Zynga之手。多数游戏已发行一年或一年以上，而且从MAU数据来看，大量新游戏尚无法取代它们的位置。

但有一点需要注意，虽然MAU可以反映总体用户规模，但日活跃用户（DAU）却能够更好地衡量一款游戏的受欢迎程度，以及游戏的虚拟商品营收能力。例如，《CityVille》上个月的MAU虽然减少了，但它的DAU却增加了。据游戏邦了解，Zynga今天的DAU数量和上个月相差不大，达到5290万。

不过，MAU数据仍然有助于显示哪种类型的新游戏最受用户欢迎。《Ravenwood Fair》、《It Girl》和《Mall World》都表现不俗，此外两个新晋榜单的游戏分别为Gaia Online推出的《Monster Galaxy》和wooga的《Monster World》。

游戏邦发现，2010年的一大趋势是，小型游戏稳步发展，并积极有效地探索最佳营收方式。

以下游戏邦根据insidesocialgames今年3月Facebook热门游戏前25强榜单整理的相关内容：

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* Zynga的《CityVille》本月下滑显著，流失了360多万的MAU，但目前仍有近9500万的MAU。

* 《Texas Hold’Em Poker》是Zynga 唯一两款MAU有所增长的游戏之一，该游戏在本月的MAU增加了54.404万。

* Digital Chocolate的《Millionaire City》的MAU虽然减少了47.5万，但还是超过《Treasure Isle》，进入前七名。

* 与原先大家所注意到的情况一样，LOLapps的《Ravenwood Fair》在本月的MAU增幅最大，增加了约370万，位居榜单的第11位。

* 排在《Ravenwood Fair》之后的是CrowdStar的《It Girl》，它的MAU增加了大约120万。

* 位于榜单第17位的是Gaia Online的《Monster Galaxy》，这是该游戏首次登上榜单。该游戏的MAU增加了150万左右，总数达68.64568万。

* 《Mall World》是本月榜单上的第2款“少女型游戏”。该游戏的开发商是50 Cubes，MAU总数为660万。

* Zynga本月另一款MAU有所增长的游戏是《YoVille》，该游戏的MAU增加了8.5374万。

* 位居榜单第24位的是wooga的《Monster World》，该游戏也是首次上榜，MAU增加了456.0623万，但用户总数仅为610万。（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译，转载请注明来源：游戏邦）

Top 25 Facebook Games for March 2011

Like last month, 16 of the 25 largest Facebook games by monthly active users have experienced user declines, with seven, including CityVille, steming from social developer Zynga. Many of these games were launched a year ago or earlier, and massive new games are not emerging to take their place, at least in terms of equivalent MAU numbers.

But before we get into the details, the other important thing to note is that while MAU shows total size, the daily active user count is a better measure of the popularity of a game with serious users, and the game’s ability to monetize through virtual goods. CityVille, for example, has been losing MAU but gaining DAU in the past month; Zynga has flat DAU overall versus a month ago, at 52.9 million today. (For details on these stats and much more, check out our AppData service, which tracks the traffic to top Facebook apps and developers.)

MAU numbers still provide valuable information about what new games are gaining significant numbers of new users. Ravenwood Fair, It Girl, and Mall World have done especially well. Moreover, two newcomers join the list from Gaia Online and wooga in the form of Monster Galaxy and Monster World, respectively.

Also, remember that the big trend in 2010 was a wide range of smaller games growing and figuring out how to monetize effectively, as we’ve covered before.

With all that, here are the highlights for the Top 25 Facebook Games for March 2011:

Zynga’s CityVille sees a significant drop this month, losing over 3.6 million monthly active users (MAU). Even with the decline, the game still boasts nearly 95 million MAU in total.

Texas Hold’Em Poker (Zynga Poker) marks one of only two Zynga apps to gain numbers this month with a growth of 544,040 MAU.

Millionaire City from Digital Chocolate surpasses Treasure Isle for the #7 spot, but still loses over 475,000 MAU.

As noted prior, Ravenwood Fair, from LOLapps continues its impressive climb up the charts with the highest gain this month. Growing by approximately 3.7 million MAU to come in at #11.

Right behind Ravenwood comes CrowdStar’s It Girl which grows by approximately 1.2 million MAU.

The #17 spot hosts our first newcomer to the list this week with Monster Galaxy from Gaia Online. The game grows by just shy of 1.5 million MAU for a total of 6,864,568.

Mall World is the second “girls-only” title on the list the month. From developer 50 Cubes, the game earns a total of 6.6 million MAU.

Zynga sees its second gain this month with YoVille which earns 85,374 MAU.

Coming in at #24 is the next newcomer to the top 25, Monster World from wooga. Gaining 456,0623 MAU, the title totals out at just shy of 6.1 million. （Source：Inside Social Games）