Head to head

MapleStory vs Runes of Magic

MapleStory

Live

19k – 67k daily

Runes of Magic

Live

340 – 1k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 2003 · 23 years ago

March 2009 · 18 years ago

Daily players

19k – 67k

340 – 1k

Estimated players

80.1k0.4%

1.6k1.1%

Available on

Windows

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Windows

Perspectives

Side View

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

MapleStoryRunes of Magic

MapleStory

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~79.3k	Down 2.8%
August 2026	~81.5k	Down 0.2%
July 2026	~81.7k	—

Runes of Magic

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~1.7k	Up 2.7%
August 2026	~1.7k	Up 2.0%
July 2026	~1.6k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

MapleStory: 9kDown 4.8%
Runes of Magic: 130Down 7.1%

MapleStory currently has about 69× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Runes of Magic — 8,972 vs 130.

Discord members

MapleStory: 129.6kUp 1.0%
Runes of Magic: 3.8kDown 0.1%

MapleStory currently has about 34× as many Discord members as Runes of Magic — 129,592 vs 3,845.

Reddit members

MapleStory: 151.6kUp 1.2%
Runes of Magic: 643Up 1.7%

MapleStory currently has about 236× as many subreddit members as Runes of Magic — 151,567 vs 643.

Twitch viewers

MapleStory: 1.8kDown 44%
Runes of Magic: 0

MapleStory currently has 1,768 live Twitch viewers, while Runes of Magic has 0.

YouTube subscribers

MapleStory: 182k
Runes of Magic: 4.8k

MapleStory currently has about 38× as many YouTube subscribers as Runes of Magic — 182,000 vs 4,850.

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 Magic

Runes of Magic is estimated to have 340 – 1k players a day. Around 41k – 100k 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.