Head to head

MapleStory vs Shop Heroes

MapleStory

Live

21k – 74k daily

Shop Heroes

Live

170 – 580 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 2003 · 23 years ago

May 2015 · 11 years ago

Daily players

21k – 74k

170 – 580

Estimated players

77.6k3.0%

4000.4%

Available on

Windows

Browser
Windows
Android
iOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Side View

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

MapleStoryShop Heroes

MapleStory

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~79.7k	Down 2.3%
August 2026	~81.5k	Down 0.2%
July 2026	~81.7k	—

Shop Heroes

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~404	Down 0.5%
August 2026	~406
July 2026	~406	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

MapleStory: 9.6kDown 14%
Shop Heroes: 77Up 5.5%

MapleStory currently has about 125× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Shop Heroes — 9,618 vs 77.

Discord members

MapleStory: 129.4kUp 1.2%
Shop Heroes: —

MapleStory currently has 129,410 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Shop Heroes.

Reddit members

MapleStory: 151.2kUp 1.3%
Shop Heroes: —

MapleStory currently has 151,190 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Shop Heroes.

Twitch viewers

MapleStory: 2.6kDown 51%
Shop Heroes: 0

MapleStory currently has 2,648 live Twitch viewers, while Shop Heroes has 0.

YouTube subscribers

MapleStory: 182k
Shop Heroes: —

MapleStory currently has 182,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Shop Heroes.

How these estimates are made

MapleStory

MapleStory is estimated to have 21k – 74k 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.

Shop Heroes

Shop Heroes is estimated to have 170 – 580 players a day. Around 85k – 220k 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.