MapleStory M hits Steam with a new class and dungeon, but early player response is rough

Nexon has brought MapleStory M to PC through Steam, giving the side-scrolling mobile MMO a new storefront beyond phones and tablets. The Steam version is live now, and it launched alongside a content update that adds a new class, a new dungeon, and a handful of quality-of-life changes.

According to the Steam page, players can jump into the same mobile MMO experience on PC. Nexon also outlined the accompanying update in an official post, which includes the Kain class, the Hairos’ Seal dungeon, a new weapon quest, limited-time events, auto-equip, link skill recommendations, and boss scaling that adjusts more closely to party size.

Those additions haven’t done much to improve the game’s early reception on Steam. Initial user feedback has been sharply negative, with complaints centered on monetization and the quality of the PC release. Some players are also calling it a weak fit for the platform compared to a native PC MMO.

For anyone who hasn’t kept up with it, MapleStory M is the mobile version of Nexon’s long-running 2D MMORPG, built around side-scrolling combat, class progression, and a lot of the same Maple world and character appeal as the original. As a mobile game though, it has auto-play elements. This Steam release doesn’t appear to be a separate PC remake, but rather another way to access the existing mobile game.