Head to head

MapleStory vs Piercing Blow

MapleStory

Live

34k – 120k daily

Piercing Blow

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 2003 · 23 years ago

November 2015 · 11 years ago

Daily players

34k – 120k

No population data

Estimated players

87.4k7.1%

1600.4%

Available on

Windows

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Windows

Perspectives

Side View

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

MapleStoryPiercing Blow

MapleStory

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~84.6k	Up 6.7%
September 2026	~79.3k	Down 2.7%
August 2026	~81.5k	Down 0.2%
July 2026	~81.7k	—

Piercing Blow

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~161
September 2026	~161
August 2026	~161	Up 0.6%
July 2026	~160	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

MapleStory: 13.8kUp 62%
Piercing Blow: 0Down 100%

MapleStory currently has 13,757 peak concurrent Steam players, while Piercing Blow has 0.

Discord members

MapleStory: 138.5kUp 6.9%
Piercing Blow: —

MapleStory currently has 138,454 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Piercing Blow.

Reddit members

MapleStory: 152.1kUp 0.6%
Piercing Blow: —

MapleStory currently has 152,116 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Piercing Blow.

Twitch viewers

MapleStory: 11.5kUp 584%
Piercing Blow: —

MapleStory currently has 11,527 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Piercing Blow.

YouTube subscribers

MapleStory: 183kUp 0.5%
Piercing Blow: —

MapleStory currently has 183,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Piercing Blow.

How these estimates are made

MapleStory

MapleStory is estimated to have 34k – 120k 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.

Piercing Blow

Piercing Blow is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 42k – 110k 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.