Head to head

MapleStory vs Polywar

MapleStory

Live

17k – 60k daily

Polywar

Live

5 – 18 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 2003 · 23 years ago

December 2016 · 10 years ago

Daily players

17k – 60k

5 – 18

Estimated players

79.9k5.0%

530.9%

Available on

Windows

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Windows

Perspectives

Side View

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

MapleStoryPolywar

MapleStory

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

Polywar

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~54
August 2026	~54	Up 20%
July 2026	~45	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

MapleStory: 7.1kDown 37%
Polywar: 1Down 50%

MapleStory currently has about 7106× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Polywar — 7,106 vs 1.

Discord members

MapleStory: 129.6kUp 0.9%
Polywar: —

MapleStory currently has 129,642 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Polywar.

Reddit members

MapleStory: 151.6kUp 1.2%
Polywar: —

MapleStory currently has 151,608 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Polywar.

Twitch viewers

MapleStory: 1.8kDown 45%
Polywar: 0

MapleStory currently has 1,805 live Twitch viewers, while Polywar has 0.

YouTube subscribers

MapleStory: 182k
Polywar: —

MapleStory currently has 182,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Polywar.

How these estimates are made

MapleStory

MapleStory is estimated to have 17k – 60k 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.

Polywar

Polywar is estimated to have 5 – 18 players a day. Around 16k – 41k 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.