Head to head

MapleStory vs Project Ion

MapleStory

Live

20k – 71k daily

Project Ion

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 2003 · 23 years ago

November 2013 · 13 years ago

Daily players

20k – 71k

No population data

Estimated players

80.5k2.9%

—100%

Available on

Windows

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Windows

Perspectives

Side View

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

MapleStoryProject Ion

MapleStory

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~79.6k	Down 2.3%
August 2026	~81.5k	Down 0.2%
July 2026	~81.7k	—

Project Ion

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~1
August 2026	~1
July 2026	~1	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

MapleStory: 7.9kDown 19%
Project Ion: —

MapleStory currently has 7,886 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Project Ion.

Discord members

MapleStory: 129.5kUp 1.1%
Project Ion: —

MapleStory currently has 129,512 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Project Ion.

Reddit members

MapleStory: 151.4kUp 1.3%
Project Ion: —

MapleStory currently has 151,391 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Project Ion.

Twitch viewers

MapleStory: 4kDown 54%
Project Ion: 0Down 100%

MapleStory currently has 3,982 live Twitch viewers, while Project Ion has 0.

YouTube subscribers

MapleStory: 182k
Project Ion: —

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

How these estimates are made

MapleStory

MapleStory is estimated to have 20k – 71k 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.