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MapleStory

NEXON Korea Corporation · Nexon America Inc. · 2012-08-09

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualMassively MultiplayerRPGFree To Play

Franchise: MapleStory · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Aug 09, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Join over 260 million players worldwide in MapleStory, the world’s biggest 2D MMORPG adventure! Play now for free.

10,765
playing now
61%
positive of 15k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1,401
twitch viewers (latest)
50/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (54 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

10,765 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

MapleStory is a free-to-play, 2D, side-scrolling massively multiplayer online role-playing game, developed by South Korean company Wizet and published by Nexon. Several versions of the game are available for specific countries or regions, published by various companies.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 10,765 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,037 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~130/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
83583520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 323 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 835 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 152 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 336 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 33 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

12k6012026-08-06 21:00 — 8,965 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 10,439 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 9,779 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 8,904 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 11,123 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 10,058 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 9,230 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 11,408 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 9,916 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 9,219 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 9,665 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 9,159 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 8,059 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 9,462 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 9,139 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 8,590 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 9,899 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 9,292 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 8,794 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 9,706 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 8,189 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 7,824 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 10,222 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 8,627 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 7,122 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 10,043 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 7,720 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 7,978 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 10,765 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Attention

4792602026-05-28 — 287 pageviews2026-05-31 — 312 pageviews2026-06-03 — 332 pageviews2026-06-06 — 293 pageviews2026-06-09 — 347 pageviews2026-06-12 — 405 pageviews2026-06-15 — 407 pageviews2026-06-18 — 368 pageviews2026-06-21 — 377 pageviews2026-06-24 — 367 pageviews2026-06-27 — 291 pageviews2026-06-30 — 260 pageviews2026-07-03 — 326 pageviews2026-07-06 — 375 pageviews2026-07-09 — 369 pageviews2026-07-12 — 424 pageviews2026-07-15 — 427 pageviews2026-07-18 — 420 pageviews2026-07-21 — 428 pageviews2026-07-24 — 412 pageviews2026-07-27 — 479 pageviews2026-07-30 — 339 pageviews2026-08-02 — 312 pageviews2026-08-05 — 316 pageviews2026-08-08 — 314 pageviews2026-08-11 — 349 pageviews2026-08-14 — 300 pageviews2026-08-17 — 329 pageviews2026-08-20 — 310 pageviews2026-08-23 — 323 pageviews2026-08-25 — 321 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

12k9522026-08-17 06:12 — 1,914 viewers2026-08-17 15:12 — 11,750 viewers2026-08-21 08:12 — 4,276 viewers2026-08-22 06:12 — 2,692 viewers2026-08-23 08:12 — 1,772 viewers2026-08-25 14:12 — 5,837 viewers2026-08-26 09:12 — 1,862 viewers2026-08-26 19:15 — 2,831 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 2,579 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 1,408 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 1,291 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 1,471 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 3,196 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 3,006 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 1,642 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 1,485 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 1,528 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 1,725 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 1,013 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 1,891 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 2,349 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 1,981 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 2,912 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 2,769 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 952 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 1,980 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 2,276 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 1,730 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 2,751 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 1,270 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 1,780 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 2,127 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 1,114 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 1,811 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 1,848 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 1,984 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 1,918 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 1,775 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 1,401 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerMMOCo-opSteam Trading Cards

1 supported languages: English

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvEPvPCuteLootAnimeCo-opMMORPGPlatformerMultiplayerFree to Play

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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