MapleStory Universe Players Are Web3 Builders

• MapleStory Universe (MSU) surpassed 1.3 million monthly active wallets (MAW) in June.
• Players are building tools and systems using MSU’s open APIs.
• Other Web3 games like EVE Frontier and Illuvium are similarly opening up development access to their communities.

The MapleStory Universe (MSU) is off to a phenomenal start.

Just six weeks after launch, the game has seen steady user growth and increasing engagement from its community, with more than 1.36 million monthly active wallets now recorded, up from 600,000 in May.

This increase coincides with the project opening its API tools to players, who are now experimenting with various ways to interact with the game’s on-chain components.

Players are Builders

One of the coolest things about Web3 gaming is the ability for players to build, not just within the game, but around it.

In line with that vision, MSU has opened up its API to the public, allowing players to develop their own tools and systems that interact with the game.

According to MSU’s June 2025 ecosystem report , this decision has already sparked the development of new projects, with guild utilities and analytics dashboards leading the way.

NEXPACE COO, Keith Kim, explained to CCN that the developer is “approaching this in phases,” stating:

The idea isn’t far off from traditional game modding—but with formal support from the developers.

Players aren’t just tweaking existing mechanics; they’re creating new in-game content, designing third-party services, and building platforms that cater to the community’s evolving needs.

Other Web3 games are taking similar steps. EVE Frontier and Ragnarok Landverse, for instance, are also opening their infrastructure to player-builders, encouraging experimentation and user-driven development.

MSU describes this shift as part of its “Infinite IP Playground,” a concept focused on expanding the game beyond its original format.

As Kim explains, a key challenge in building this concept is balancing “creative flexibility and IP integrity,” he adds:

“On the technical front, it means designing secure, scalable APIs that support a broad spectrum of use cases from fan-made tools to full-scale Synergy Apps while establishing clear design standards and protocols that preserve the original MSU IP.”

It embraces what the team calls “metaplay”—letting players engage in the game’s mechanics and economy even without launching the game itself.

As an example, MSU notes players can now engage in core mechanics such as item enhancement directly through the web, without needing to log into the game. The MSU team writes :

“It represents a dramatic lowering of entry barriers. Suddenly, casual users who previously felt excluded from the game’s intensity can now participate in its core loop, anytime, anywhere.”

This will also see the MSU, amongst other things, expand non-fungible token (NFT) utility into tools for “storytelling, access, interaction,” and actively support user-generated ecosystems offering built-in incentives, interoperability, and visibility.

MapleStory N Grows

MapleStory N launched on May 15, 2025, and it has since more than doubled its monthly active wallets (MAW) from 600,633 in May to over 1.36 million.

Moreover, the game’s native token, NEXPACE (NXPC), has performed as intended, with players leveraging the tokens in-game, rather than being held passively.

This is gauged by “token velocity”, which is defined as the ratio of total transactions to circulating supply.

According to the MSU report, token velocity rose from 0.63 in May to 1.86 in June, meaning that each token circulating in the ecosystem was used 1.86 times on average during that period.

It highlights that over one-third of incoming tokens remain active within the MSU ecosystem instead of exiting.

Overall, the MSU reports that token liquidity, supply, and overall flows are stable, healthy.

That said, the NXPC token has taken a rather significant slide since its airdrop and token launch and is trading down 62.52% at $0.89 and currently commands a market cap of just over $162 million.