Head to head

MapleStory vs PlanetSide 2

MapleStory

Live

23k – 82k daily

PlanetSide 2

Live

1k – 5k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 2003 · 23 years ago

November 2012 · 14 years ago

Daily players

23k – 82k

1k – 5k

Estimated players

80k0.5%

26.8k

Available on

Windows

Windows
PlayStation

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Side View

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

MapleStoryPlanetSide 2

MapleStory

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~80.6k	Down 1.1%
August 2026	~81.5k	Down 0.2%
July 2026	~81.7k	—

PlanetSide 2

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~26.7k
August 2026	~26.7k	Up 12%
July 2026	~23.9k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

MapleStory: 9.9kDown 14%
PlanetSide 2: 448Up 45%

MapleStory currently has about 22× as many peak concurrent Steam players as PlanetSide 2 — 9,926 vs 448.

Discord members

MapleStory: 129.2kUp 1.5%
PlanetSide 2: —

MapleStory currently has 129,242 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for PlanetSide 2.

Reddit members

MapleStory: 149.9kUp 0.6%
PlanetSide 2: 91.5kUp 0.2%

MapleStory currently has about 1.6× as many subreddit members as PlanetSide 2 — 149,896 vs 91,541.

Twitch viewers

MapleStory: 2.3kDown 73%
PlanetSide 2: 43Up 207%

MapleStory currently has about 53× as many live Twitch viewers as PlanetSide 2 — 2,282 vs 43.

YouTube subscribers

MapleStory: 182k
PlanetSide 2: 98.4kDown 0.1%

MapleStory currently has about 1.8× as many YouTube subscribers as PlanetSide 2 — 182,000 vs 98,400.

How these estimates are made

MapleStory

MapleStory is estimated to have 23k – 82k 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.

PlanetSide 2

PlanetSide 2 is estimated to have 1k – 5k players a day. Around 1m – 3m 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.