Head to head

MapleStory vs The Cycle: Frontier

MapleStory

Live

20k – 71k daily

The Cycle: Frontier

Live

3 – 9 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 2003 · 23 years ago

June 2022 · 4 years ago

Daily players

20k – 71k

3 – 9

Estimated players

79.5k1.2%

37.8k3.6%

Available on

Windows

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Windows

Perspectives

Side View

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

MapleStoryThe Cycle: Frontier

MapleStory

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~76.6k	Down 3.5%
September 2026	~79.3k	Down 2.7%
August 2026	~81.5k	Down 0.2%
July 2026	~81.7k	—

The Cycle: Frontier

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~35.4k	Down 3.6%
September 2026	~36.7k	Down 0.7%
August 2026	~37k
July 2026	~37k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

MapleStory: 9.3kDown 0.4%
The Cycle: Frontier: 2

MapleStory currently has about 4632× as many peak concurrent Steam players as The Cycle: Frontier — 9,264 vs 2.

Discord members

MapleStory: 129.7kUp 0.9%
The Cycle: Frontier: 106.2kDown 0.6%

MapleStory currently has about 1.2× as many Discord members as The Cycle: Frontier — 129,709 vs 106,191.

Reddit members

MapleStory: 151.7kUp 1.2%
The Cycle: Frontier: 17.7k

MapleStory currently has about 8.6× as many subreddit members as The Cycle: Frontier — 151,651 vs 17,677.

Twitch viewers

MapleStory: 1.4kDown 53%
The Cycle: Frontier: 64Down 74%

MapleStory currently has about 22× as many live Twitch viewers as The Cycle: Frontier — 1,410 vs 64.

YouTube subscribers

MapleStory: 182k
The Cycle: Frontier: 17.3k

MapleStory currently has about 11× as many YouTube subscribers as The Cycle: Frontier — 182,000 vs 17,300.

How these estimates are made

MapleStory

MapleStory is estimated to have 20k – 71k 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.

The Cycle: Frontier

The Cycle: Frontier is estimated to have 3 – 9 players a day. Around 720k – 2m 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.