Head to head

MapleStory vs Retrowave World

MapleStory

Live

20k – 69k daily

Retrowave World

Live

5 – 18 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 2003 · 23 years ago

May 2024 · 2 years ago

Daily players

20k – 69k

5 – 18

Estimated players

78.5k2.8%

7.2k0.6%

Available on

Windows

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Windows

Perspectives

Side View

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

MapleStoryRetrowave World

MapleStory

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~79.1k	Down 0.2%
September 2026	~79.3k	Down 2.7%
August 2026	~81.5k	Down 0.2%
July 2026	~81.7k	—

Retrowave World

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~7.1k	Down 0.5%
September 2026	~7.2k	Up 1.2%
August 2026	~7.1k	Up 3.7%
July 2026	~6.8k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

MapleStory: 7.6kDown 23%
Retrowave World: 0Down 100%

MapleStory currently has 7,614 peak concurrent Steam players, while Retrowave World has 0.

Discord members

MapleStory: 130.1kUp 0.7%
Retrowave World: 4.2kDown 0.5%

MapleStory currently has about 31× as many Discord members as Retrowave World — 130,142 vs 4,234.

Reddit members

MapleStory: 151.8kUp 1.2%
Retrowave World: —

MapleStory currently has 151,759 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Retrowave World.

Twitch viewers

MapleStory: 1.1kDown 57%
Retrowave World: 0

MapleStory currently has 1,056 live Twitch viewers, while Retrowave World has 0.

YouTube subscribers

MapleStory: 183kUp 0.5%
Retrowave World: 60.6kUp 1.2%

MapleStory currently has about 3× as many YouTube subscribers as Retrowave World — 183,000 vs 60,600.

How these estimates are made

MapleStory

MapleStory is estimated to have 20k – 69k 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.

Retrowave World

Retrowave World is estimated to have 5 – 18 players a day. Around 14k – 36k 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.