I track all things Facebook Instant Games related, its a new little obsession of mine. I went ahead and calculated how many games are in each genre out of the current crop of just under 3000 available games. Below is a list of Facebook game genres along with how many games are in each:
- Action – 577 games
- Puzzle – 1035 games
- Trivia & Word – 118 games
- Simulation – 150 games
- Board – 98 games
- Sports – 282 games
- Match 3 – 100 games
- Card – 64 games
- Slots – 43 games
- Runner – 260 games
- Strategy – 73 games
- Role Playing – 91 games
- MOBA – 4 games
- Builders – 15 games
- Bingo – 9 games
- Poker & Table – 34 games
- Card Battle – 4 games
Lets take a look at the list sorted by total MAU in those categories:
- Puzzle – 1035 games (49116400 total MAU – avarage per game is 47455)
- Sports – 282 games (44689600 total MAU – avarage per game is 158473)
- Trivia & Word – 118 games (41406500 total MAU – avarage per game is 350902)
- Action – 577 games (38617000 total MAU – avarage per game is 66927)
- Board – 98 games (17343200 total MAU – avarage per game is 176971)
- Simulation – 150 games (16033700 total MAU – avarage per game is 106891)
- Runner – 260 games (14430399 total MAU – avarage per game is 55501)
- Card – 64 games (10803200 total MAU – avarage per game is 168800)
- Match 3 – 100 games (6334800 total MAU – avarage per game is 63348)
- Role Playing – 91 games (4992400 total MAU – avarage per game is 54861)
- Strategy – 73 games (4511700 total MAU – avarage per game is 61804)
- Slots – 43 games (1562100 total MAU – avarage per game is 36327)
- Bingo – 9 games (1474800 total MAU – avarage per game is 163866)
- Poker & Table – 34 games (1464900 total MAU – avarage per game is 43085)
- Card Battle – 4 games (924500 total MAU – avarage per game is 231125)
- MOBA – 4 games (322000 total MAU – avarage per game is 80500)
- Builders – 15 games (193300 total MAU – avarage per game is 12886)
What can we ascertain from these figures? Well, Puzzle games seem to be the most popular amongst developers, unfortunately users do not share that view with a very low average MAU per game. Trivia & Word is the leading category in terms of of average MAU per game whilst having far fewer games has an average MAU many times greater.