Top Android game apps: Amazing Alex takes on Where's My Water?

[In this weekly column, Gamasutra rounds up the most popular paid and free gaming applications on Google Play as of today, with Where's My Water?, Amazing Alex, and Marble Saga currently ranking among the platform's top downloads.] This week's top paid titles are: 1. Where's My Water? (Disney, $0.99) 2. Amazing Alex (Rovio, $0.99) 3. Where's My Perry? (Disney, $0.99) 4. Cut the Rope (ZeptoLab, $0.99) 5. Draw Something (OMGPOP, $2.99) 6. Minecraft: Pocket Edition (Mojang, $6.99) 7. Angry Birds Space Premium (Rovio, $0.99) 8. Temple Run: Brave (Disney, $0.99) 9. Osmos HD (Hemisphere Games, $2.99) 10. Fruit Ninja (Halfbrick, $1.22) Rovio's Amazing Alex moves up to second place after premiering at third last week, as Disney's Where's My Water? remains Google Play's biggest-selling game app for the second week in a row. Hemisphere Games' Osmos HD returns to the top ten at ninth place, meanwhile, as Cut the Rope overtakes Draw Something to earn fourth place in today's results. Here are this week's top free Android game applications: 1. Temple Run (Imangi) 2. Angry Birds (Rovio) 3. Marble Saga (Itreegamer) 4. Plumber (Magma Mobile) 5. Angry Birds Space (Rovio) 6. Fruit Ninja Free (Halfbrick) 7. Bubble Shoot (Runnergames) 8. Logos Quiz (Bubble Co) 9. Sonic CD Lite (Sega) 10. Words With Friends Free (Newtoy) Itreegamer's PuzzLoop clone Marble Saga reports a surge in popularity this week, ranking alongside Temple Run and Angry Birds as one of Google Play's most-downloaded free apps. Magma Mobile's Plumber remains a popular pick at fourth after premiering at second place last week, while Runnergames' Bubble Shoot trails Fruit Ninja Free at seventh place.