Head to head

AFK Journey vs MapleStory

AFK Journey

Live

1k – 5k daily

MapleStory

Live

30k – 110k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

January 2024 · 3 years ago

April 2003 · 23 years ago

Daily players

1k – 5k

30k – 110k

Estimated players

95k1.2%

85.1k1.6%

Available on

Windows
Android
iOS

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Isometric

Side View

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

AFK JourneyMapleStory

AFK Journey

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~94.7k	Up 0.5%
September 2026	~94.3k	Up 66%
August 2026	~57k	Up 19%
July 2026	~47.8k	—

MapleStory

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~84.8k	Up 6.9%
September 2026	~79.3k	Down 2.7%
August 2026	~81.5k	Down 0.2%
July 2026	~81.7k	—

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.

Steam concurrent players

AFK Journey: 520Down 7.0%
MapleStory: 12.9kUp 71%

MapleStory currently has about 25× as many peak concurrent Steam players as AFK Journey — 12,858 vs 520.

Discord members

AFK Journey: 178.8kDown 0.4%
MapleStory: 141.2kUp 9.0%

AFK Journey currently has about 1.3× as many Discord members as MapleStory — 178,833 vs 141,188.

Reddit members

AFK Journey: 106.6kUp 0.8%
MapleStory: 152.3kUp 0.6%

MapleStory currently has about 1.4× as many subreddit members as AFK Journey — 152,317 vs 106,593.

Twitch viewers

AFK Journey: 0Down 100%
MapleStory: 9.9kUp 367%

AFK Journey currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while MapleStory has 9,927.

YouTube subscribers

AFK Journey: 333k
MapleStory: 183kUp 0.5%

AFK Journey currently has about 1.8× as many YouTube subscribers as MapleStory — 333,000 vs 183,000.

How these estimates are made

AFK Journey

AFK Journey is estimated to have 1k – 5k players a day. Around 25k – 64k accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.

MapleStory

MapleStory is estimated to have 30k – 110k players a day. Around 290k – 750k accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.