Nostalgia and comfort
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Still one of the coziest, most oddly satisfying time-sinks out there.”
Steam review · 66.7 h played ↗
MapleStory
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Mixed · 57%Mixed · 57%NEXON Korea Corporation2012MMORPG · 2D Platformer · Platformer
The verdict
A cute, deep 2D grind MMO with great nostalgia and music, but heavily monetized and overwhelming for newcomers. Skip it if you hate gacha, battle passes or long grinds.
Great for
Nostalgic returning players who enjoy long grinds, many classes, and watching numbers go up
Main risk
Predatory monetization (vac pet, battle passes, gacha) plus a publisher players distrust
What changed in the last 30 days
57 recent reviews
Recent negatives focus on the MapleStory Classic Founder's Pack pricing, action against private servers, nerfed pet rates, and AI portraits. Fairly confident, based on many recent reviews.
57 recent reviews
What players love
Satisfying grind and fast leveling
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“super fun chill game to relax and grind. if you like killing mobs, grinding levels, and hitting big numbers this games for you”
Steam review · 146.9 h played ↗
Many classes and deep systems
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“there's a lot of deep systems to learn and master over time”
Steam review · 1431.9 h played ↗
Cute, cozy art and music
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“It's a cozy game & one that I can enjoy in a laid back fashion without having to hurry through.”
Steam review · 11.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Nexon greed and poor communication
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“Nexon is one of the most out of touch companies when it comes to gamer feedback.”
Steam review · 3704.2 h played ↗
Predatory monetization and vac pet cost
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“this game realistically costs $70 USD and comes with a monthly subscription of $10 due to the requirement of a petite luna pet (vac pet)”
Steam review · 5905.1 h played ↗
Battle passes and gacha RNG
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“This is a casino disguised as a game.”
Steam review · 2210.2 h played ↗
Unskippable cutscenes and confusing onboarding
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Smashing my keyboard trying to skip 30 mins of dialog about stuff I hardly care about”
Steam review · 2.6 h played ↗
Long maintenance, bugs and crashes
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“game keeps craching when i switch characters or cjannels”
Steam review · 1404 h played ↗
Forced arrow keys, no controller support
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 negative reviews
“they give the options to change your keybinds to whatever you'd like except for your left and right movement keybinds”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported60 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 (64 bit)
ProcessorIntel® Core™ 2 Duo @ 3.0GHz or AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 @ 3.0GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce 9600 GT or ATI Radeon™ HD 5670
Storage60 GB available hard disk space or more
Recommended
OSWindows 10 (64 bit) or later
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i3 @ 4.0GHz or AMD Ryzen™ 3 @ 3.5GHz or higher
Memory8 GB RAM or more
GraphicsNvidia GTX 1050, AMD RX 570 or above
Storage60 GB or more available SSD space
OSWindows 10 (64 bit)
ProcessorIntel® Core™ 2 Duo @ 3.0GHz or AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 @ 3.0GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce 9600 GT or ATI Radeon™ HD 5670
Storage60 GB available hard disk space or more
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