Head to head

Dark and Light vs MapleStory

Dark and Light

Live

73 – 260 daily

MapleStory

Live

25k – 90k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

July 2017 · 9 years ago

April 2003 · 23 years ago

Daily players

73 – 260

25k – 90k

Estimated players

1.7k

82.4k1.5%

Available on

Windows

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Side View

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Dark and LightMapleStory

Dark and Light

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~1.7k	Up 14%
July 2026	~1.5k	—

MapleStory

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~82.6k	Up 1.2%
July 2026	~81.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Dark and Light: 29Up 16%
MapleStory: 10.3kDown 7.2%

MapleStory currently has about 356× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Dark and Light — 10,332 vs 29.

Twitch viewers

Dark and Light: 1
MapleStory: 6kDown 32%

MapleStory currently has about 5975× as many live Twitch viewers as Dark and Light — 5,975 vs 1.

YouTube subscribers

Dark and Light: 4.7k
MapleStory: 182k

MapleStory currently has about 38× as many YouTube subscribers as Dark and Light — 182,000 vs 4,740.

Discord members

Dark and Light: —
MapleStory: 127.9kUp 0.6%

MapleStory currently has 127,882 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Dark and Light.

Reddit members

Dark and Light: —
MapleStory: 149.1kUp 0.1%

MapleStory currently has 149,101 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Dark and Light.

How these estimates are made

Dark and Light

Dark and Light is estimated to have 73 – 260 players a day. Around 230k – 590k 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 25k – 90k players a day. Around 290k – 740k 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.