Mobile game MapleStory: Idle RPGcreated by Nexon and Able Games, has seen impressive commercial results and player attention. According to Sensor Towerthe game’s cumulative revenue exceeded $100 million in just 45 days after its global release on November 6, 2025. During this time, the project also collected more than 3 million downloads, becoming the most profitable new idle-RPG of 2025 on the global market.
The key market for the game was South Korea: it accounted for 67% of total revenue and 37.8% of downloads. The US and Taiwan also made significant contributions, allowing the project to successfully combine a wide global audience with a high-profile one. Already based on the results of the starting 45 days, MapleStory: Idle RPG took second place in terms of income among all idle-RPGs of the year, second only to hits that have been on the market for a long time.
Analysts attribute the success to the popularity of the MapleStory franchise, an effective advertising campaign and atypically high player engagement. The average session duration reaches 12 minutes, and the number of entries into the game is about 7 times a day, which makes the project stand out from the genre.
