Head to head

MapleStory vs Sailaway III

MapleStory

Live

20k – 69k daily

Sailaway III

Live

90 – 320 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 2003 · 23 years ago

October 2024 · 2 years ago

Daily players

20k – 69k

90 – 320

Estimated players

78.5k2.8%

1120.8%

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Side View

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

MapleStorySailaway III

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	—

Sailaway III

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~111	Down 1.8%
September 2026	~113	Up 1.8%
August 2026	~111	Up 4.7%
July 2026	~106	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

MapleStory: 7.6kDown 23%
Sailaway III: 27Down 23%

MapleStory currently has about 282× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Sailaway III — 7,614 vs 27.

Discord members

MapleStory: 130.1kUp 0.7%
Sailaway III: —

MapleStory currently has 130,142 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Sailaway III.

Reddit members

MapleStory: 151.8kUp 1.2%
Sailaway III: —

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

Twitch viewers

MapleStory: 1.1kDown 57%
Sailaway III: 0

MapleStory currently has 1,056 live Twitch viewers, while Sailaway III has 0.

YouTube subscribers

MapleStory: 183kUp 0.5%
Sailaway III: 767Up 0.3%

MapleStory currently has about 239× as many YouTube subscribers as Sailaway III — 183,000 vs 767.

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.

Sailaway III

Sailaway III is estimated to have 90 – 320 players a day. Around 6k – 16k 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.