Head to head

MapleStory vs Runes of Legend

MapleStory

Live

19k – 67k daily

Runes of Legend

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 2003 · 23 years ago

November 2024 · 2 years ago

Daily players

19k – 67k

No population data

Estimated players

78.2k2.1%

4.3k0.6%

Available on

Windows

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Windows

Perspectives

Side View

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

MapleStoryRunes of Legend

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	—

Runes of Legend

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~4.3k	Down 0.7%
September 2026	~4.4k	Up 1.1%
August 2026	~4.3k	Up 0.4%
July 2026	~4.3k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

MapleStory: 7.6kDown 23%
Runes of Legend: —

MapleStory currently has 7,614 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Runes of Legend.

Discord members

MapleStory: 130.1kUp 0.7%
Runes of Legend: 19.5kUp 0.2%

MapleStory currently has about 6.7× as many Discord members as Runes of Legend — 130,142 vs 19,544.

Reddit members

MapleStory: 151.8kUp 1.2%
Runes of Legend: —

MapleStory currently has 151,763 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Runes of Legend.

Twitch viewers

MapleStory: 1.2kDown 52%
Runes of Legend: —

MapleStory currently has 1,176 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Runes of Legend.

YouTube subscribers

MapleStory: 183kUp 0.5%
Runes of Legend: —

MapleStory currently has 183,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Runes of Legend.

How these estimates are made

MapleStory

MapleStory is estimated to have 19k – 67k 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.

Runes of Legend

Runes of Legend is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 1k – 3k 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.