Head to head

MapleStory vs Spiral Knights

MapleStory

Live

58k – 210k daily

Spiral Knights

Live

670 – 2k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 2003 · 24 years ago

April 2011 · 16 years ago

Daily players

58k – 210k

670 – 2k

Estimated players

95.4k0.9%

3.4k0.9%

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS
Linux

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Side View

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

MapleStorySpiral Knights

MapleStory

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~95.6k	Up 8.5%
October 2026	~88.2k	Up 11%
September 2026	~79.3k	Down 2.7%
August 2026	~81.5k	Down 0.2%
July 2026	~81.7k	—

Spiral Knights

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~3.4k
October 2026	~3.4k	Down 0.4%
September 2026	~3.4k	Down 0.2%
August 2026	~3.4k	Up 20%
July 2026	~2.9k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

MapleStory: 24.3kUp 204%
Spiral Knights: 211Down 8.7%

MapleStory currently has about 115× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Spiral Knights — 24,266 vs 211.

Discord members

MapleStory: 147.1kUp 13%
Spiral Knights: —

MapleStory currently has 147,094 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Spiral Knights.

Reddit members

MapleStory: 152.8kUp 0.7%
Spiral Knights: 6.2kUp 0.9%

MapleStory currently has about 25× as many subreddit members as Spiral Knights — 152,757 vs 6,157.

Twitch viewers

MapleStory: 4.7kUp 84%
Spiral Knights: 33Up 136%

MapleStory currently has about 141× as many live Twitch viewers as Spiral Knights — 4,655 vs 33.

YouTube subscribers

MapleStory: 183kUp 0.5%
Spiral Knights: 2.5kUp 0.4%

MapleStory currently has about 73× as many YouTube subscribers as Spiral Knights — 183,000 vs 2,500.

How these estimates are made

MapleStory

MapleStory is estimated to have 58k – 210k 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.

Spiral Knights

Spiral Knights is estimated to have 670 – 2k players a day. Around 420k – 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.