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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) · Perspectives: Side view

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.

MapleStory is an Action, Adventure, Casual, Massively Multiplayer game released in 2012, free-to-play, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (61% of 15518 reviews).

13,719
playing now
61%
positive of 16k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
6,403
twitch viewers (latest)
46.1
viewers/channel (concentration)
50/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (54 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

13,719 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 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.

Trailer

MapleStory trailer thumbnail

MapleStory Cinematic Trailer

≈320,975 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 13,719 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 4% of 27,841 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

15k2762026-09-15 12:00 — 6,506 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 5,537 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 7,511 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 6,647 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 5,996 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 7,602 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 5,293 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 5,636 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 6,973 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 6,925 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 5,265 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 5,553 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 7,451 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 7,055 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 6,225 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 6,938 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 6,197 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 12,023 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 13,120 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 11,923 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 12,605 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 13,372 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 10,455 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 13,719 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
11k218Aug 2012Aug 2026Aug 2012 — avg 1,077 · peak 2,384Jan 2013 — avg 746 · peak 1,857Jun 2013 — avg 393 · peak 845Nov 2013 — avg 336 · peak 750Apr 2014 — avg 259 · peak 586Sep 2014 — avg 275 · peak 595Feb 2015 — avg 388 · peak 756Jul 2015 — avg 669 · peak 1,427Dec 2015 — avg 1,400 · peak 3,503May 2016 — avg 448 · peak 945Oct 2016 — avg 391 · peak 803Mar 2017 — avg 580 · peak 1,077Aug 2017 — avg 1,013 · peak 1,645Jan 2018 — avg 990 · peak 2,080Jun 2018 — avg 952 · peak 2,183Nov 2018 — avg 641 · peak 1,205Apr 2019 — avg 479 · peak 799Sep 2019 — avg 811 · peak 1,171Feb 2020 — avg 806 · peak 1,277Jul 2020 — avg 3,104 · peak 4,918Dec 2020 — avg 2,494 · peak 3,956May 2021 — avg 2,543 · peak 3,634Oct 2021 — avg 2,014 · peak 3,109Mar 2022 — avg 1,514 · peak 2,505Aug 2022 — avg 3,101 · peak 5,590Jan 2023 — avg 3,502 · peak 5,452Jun 2023 — avg 4,307 · peak 7,569Nov 2023 — avg 5,446 · peak 9,876Apr 2024 — avg 4,713 · peak 7,421Sep 2024 — avg 5,908 · peak 8,939Feb 2025 — avg 6,223 · peak 8,759Jul 2025 — avg 9,049 · peak 13,021Dec 2025 — avg 9,987 · peak 13,809May 2026 — avg 8,122 · peak 11,934Aug 2026 — avg 8,987 · peak 13,602
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
75752026-09-212026-10-152026-09-21: 9 new positive2026-09-21: 4 new negative2026-09-22: 3 new negative2026-09-23: 3 new negative2026-09-25: 2 new negative2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 1 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 3 new negative2026-09-30: 1 new positive2026-09-30: 3 new negative2026-10-01: 1 new positive2026-10-01: 3 new negative2026-10-02: 5 new positive2026-10-02: 6 new negative2026-10-03: 5 new positive2026-10-03: 4 new negative2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 19 new positive2026-10-07: 75 new negative2026-10-08: 12 new positive2026-10-08: 9 new negative2026-10-09: 10 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new negative2026-10-10: 5 new positive2026-10-10: 9 new negative2026-10-11: 7 new positive2026-10-11: 5 new negative2026-10-12: 7 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-13: 4 new positive2026-10-13: 3 new negative2026-10-14: 4 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative2026-10-15: 4 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

1.0k2762026-05-28 — 287 pageviews2026-06-01 — 309 pageviews2026-06-05 — 309 pageviews2026-06-09 — 347 pageviews2026-06-13 — 430 pageviews2026-06-17 — 379 pageviews2026-06-21 — 377 pageviews2026-06-25 — 349 pageviews2026-06-29 — 276 pageviews2026-07-03 — 326 pageviews2026-07-07 — 375 pageviews2026-07-11 — 404 pageviews2026-07-15 — 427 pageviews2026-07-19 — 358 pageviews2026-07-23 — 436 pageviews2026-07-27 — 479 pageviews2026-07-31 — 290 pageviews2026-08-04 — 326 pageviews2026-08-08 — 314 pageviews2026-08-12 — 363 pageviews2026-08-16 — 293 pageviews2026-08-20 — 310 pageviews2026-08-24 — 378 pageviews2026-08-28 — 336 pageviews2026-09-01 — 311 pageviews2026-09-05 — 332 pageviews2026-09-09 — 339 pageviews2026-09-13 — 293 pageviews2026-09-17 — 306 pageviews2026-09-21 — 320 pageviews2026-09-25 — 364 pageviews2026-09-29 — 297 pageviews2026-10-03 — 295 pageviews2026-10-07 — 1,007 pageviews2026-10-11 — 514 pageviews2026-10-14 — 493 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

58k4432026-10-01 07:34 — 1,140 viewers2026-10-01 19:34 — 959 viewers2026-10-02 07:34 — 1,024 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 2,174 viewers2026-10-03 07:34 — 1,269 viewers2026-10-03 19:34 — 1,886 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 1,038 viewers2026-10-04 19:34 — 1,848 viewers2026-10-05 07:34 — 949 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 917 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 514 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 25,538 viewers2026-10-07 00:35 — 58,496 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 13,438 viewers2026-10-07 13:34 — 7,497 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 10,484 viewers2026-10-08 03:34 — 6,910 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 4,337 viewers2026-10-08 20:34 — 8,182 viewers2026-10-09 03:12 — 5,065 viewers2026-10-09 09:12 — 3,314 viewers2026-10-09 19:34 — 5,989 viewers2026-10-10 02:34 — 9,586 viewers2026-10-10 09:12 — 5,114 viewers2026-10-10 20:35 — 7,484 viewers2026-10-11 03:12 — 10,695 viewers2026-10-11 09:12 — 1,763 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 7,785 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 6,984 viewers2026-10-12 10:12 — 1,670 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 8,571 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 5,945 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 4,063 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 7,951 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 6,400 viewers2026-10-14 14:12 — 6,265 viewers2026-10-14 23:34 — 5,337 viewers2026-10-15 07:12 — 4,395 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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