Head to head

Guild Wars vs MapleStory

Guild Wars

Live

MapleStory

Live

27k – 97k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 2005 · 21 years ago

April 2003 · 23 years ago

Daily players

No population data

27k – 97k

Estimated players

28k

81.3k3.4%

Available on

Windows

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Windows

Perspectives

Side View

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Guild WarsMapleStory

Guild Wars

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~28k	Up 4.8%
July 2026	~26.7k	—

MapleStory

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~82.5k	Up 1.0%
July 2026	~81.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Reddit members

Guild Wars: 65.2kUp 0.3%
MapleStory: 149.3kUp 0.1%

MapleStory currently has about 2.3× as many subreddit members as Guild Wars — 149,253 vs 65,202.

YouTube subscribers

Guild Wars: 215k
MapleStory: 182k

Guild Wars currently has about 1.2× as many YouTube subscribers as MapleStory — 215,000 vs 182,000.

Steam concurrent players

Guild Wars: —
MapleStory: 12kUp 1.5%

MapleStory currently has 11,954 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Guild Wars.

Discord members

Guild Wars: —
MapleStory: 128.1kUp 0.3%

MapleStory currently has 128,079 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Guild Wars.

Twitch viewers

Guild Wars: —
MapleStory: 6.9kDown 56%

MapleStory currently has 6,856 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Guild Wars.

How these estimates are made

Guild Wars

Guild Wars is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 450 – 1k 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 27k – 97k 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.