As an OG mapler since 2003 I was so excited and happy to come across this idle version of the original game!!! It is literally just like the original but made as an idle game, still same concept, classes, monsters, everything that made MapleStory what it is. Now yes you can play on your phone I have no issues I have an iPhone 17 Pro Max and have no issues. My son runs a Samsung Galaxy A15 now his I had to lower the settings, and his keyboard won’t come up to type. Otherwise no issues, no crashing, neither phone gets hot even after hours of being online in game. Definitely check if your phone or tablet can run it, there is other options like using your laptop/emulator type thing but over all the game play is just as I remembered but on an idle setting.I wish we had chairs and pets like back in MapleStory but that could change. Over all the servers run great, people are awesome once a while we get Diamond sellers in chat but can easily report and block them. There is still missions you can do and everything you remember from MapleStory. Lots of events and event for paying for costumes or cosmetics Nexon is nice with it not being to expensive, same with the memberships and battle passes and such so Nexon thank you and amazing job can’t wait to see more as the game grows and what more yall give us 😊

this game is a money sink: they charge you for literally everything, from cosmetics to gacha with DISGUSTING rates (how is a 0.01% rate without guarantee even legal? oh cuz the guarantee is behind $200 of battle pass.). even for an idle game, there’s nothing to do. if you download this game and play it for maybe 30 minutes, congratulations you’ve experienced the ENTIRE gameplay loop. It’s so boring people just run this on a separate device and let it auto 99.9% of the time. devs also had to issue a huge refund to the player base cuz they were gonna get sued due to false advertising on how a game mechanic worked. do I need to say more? rated 5 stars so this doesn’t get shadowbanned, but it probably still will.

I only play idle games on my mobile phone. If I want a normal gaming experience, I just use a different device. But when it comes to idle games, this one takes the cake. It is very engaging, and im now 3 months into my gameplay and can still easily find 30-45minutes of active game play in this idle game. Nostalgia for the MapleStory art style definitely adds to my enjoyment, but the gameplay is still solid. The game does have tons of microtransactions, but im free to play (maybe one day I’ll spend 5 or 10$) and still feel like my account progress is steady and rewarding. There are no mandatory ads, and do not throw ads in your face. Every day there are 5 ads you could watch to bolster that days progress, but it’s your own choosing, and they dont try to trick you into watching ads; very nice. I’d be very excited to see how they could enhance the social aspect by combining servers and channels, so you arent in a silo. And make account wide progress a game feature, such as having multiple characters on 1 account buffing each other. Maybe a new/additional companion system where you can select guild members, or your own alternative characters as companions too. This game is definitely staying on my phone for a long time to come.

Upon first starting this game I found myself impressed and immersed. The animations are crisp, monster and background designs beautiful, and I felt there was a ton of depth to the game. However, every day played since then has lessened my impression of this game. Once you figure out the few things to do as daily activities there is nothing else to do. It ends up being a super narrow idle game. You slowly gain equipment and skills that let you get to the next stage. That’s all there is to it. Maybe 3 minutes of gameplay to do every day. On top of that it absolutely wrecks my iPhone 17. It gets crazy hot and drains battery. It gets frequent LARGE updates which seems silly for a game with absolutely nothing to do- why is it so bloated? Worst is how the game caters to “whales” (people who blow obscene amounts of money on mobile games to eke out an advantage). If you want the game to progress slightly faster they will give you the option to purchase weapons and such directly for absurd prices. I’ve seen upwards of 70 dollars for job tickets. If you play this as a free player or player who puts in 5 or so dollars a month realize you will NEVER climb the leaderboards or make any sort of progression. It also seems silly to spend such large amounts of money on such a surface level game with nothing to do.