Head to head

MapleStory vs Sky: Children of the Light

MapleStory

Live

30k – 110k daily

Sky: Children of the Light

Live

12k – 43k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 2003 · 23 years ago

July 2019 · 7 years ago

Daily players

30k – 110k

12k – 43k

Estimated players

85.1k1.6%

202.3k1.9%

Available on

Windows

Windows
Android
iOS
PlayStation
Nintendo

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Side View

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

MapleStorySky: Children of the Light

MapleStory

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~84.8k	Up 6.9%
September 2026	~79.3k	Down 2.7%
August 2026	~81.5k	Down 0.2%
July 2026	~81.7k	—

Sky: Children of the Light

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~204.1k	Up 0.1%
September 2026	~203.8k	Up 0.4%
August 2026	~203.1k	Up 16%
July 2026	~175.2k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

MapleStory: 12.9kUp 71%
Sky: Children of the Light: 3.8kDown 29%

MapleStory currently has about 3.4× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Sky: Children of the Light — 12,858 vs 3,819.

Discord members

MapleStory: 141.2kUp 9.0%
Sky: Children of the Light: 653.4kUp 0.2%

Sky: Children of the Light currently has about 4.6× as many Discord members as MapleStory — 653,384 vs 141,188.

Reddit members

MapleStory: 152.3kUp 0.6%
Sky: Children of the Light: 69kUp 1.2%

MapleStory currently has about 2.2× as many subreddit members as Sky: Children of the Light — 152,317 vs 68,997.

Twitch viewers

MapleStory: 9.9kUp 367%
Sky: Children of the Light: 108Down 9.2%

MapleStory currently has about 92× as many live Twitch viewers as Sky: Children of the Light — 9,927 vs 108.

YouTube subscribers

MapleStory: 183kUp 0.5%
Sky: Children of the Light: 260kUp 0.8%

Sky: Children of the Light currently has about 1.4× as many YouTube subscribers as MapleStory — 260,000 vs 183,000.

How these estimates are made

MapleStory

MapleStory is estimated to have 30k – 110k players a day. Around 290k – 750k 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.

Sky: Children of the Light

Sky: Children of the Light is estimated to have 12k – 43k players a day. Around 440k – 1m 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.