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Rastar Games' MapleStory IP Title Tops iOS and Google Play Free Charts on Launch Day in Japan
On February 26, 2025, MapleStory R: Evolution (Japanese: 『メイプルストーリーR：エボリューション』, Chinese: 《冒险岛R：进化》), an idle RPG independently developed by Rastar Games and officially licensed by NEXON Korea , launched in Japan. On its first day, the game soared to the top of both the iOS and Google Play free download charts, and by the second day, it had entered the top 20 of the iOS top-grossing games chart. As a legacy title built on the classic MapleStory IP, MapleStory R: Evolution is a carefully crafted idle adventure RPG that faithfully reproduces the original visuals while offering a laid-back one-handed gameplay experience designed around easy progression. Spanning over two decades, MapleStory has become a generational cultural icon, beloved by players born between 1985 and 2005. Since its debut in 2003, this legendary IP has continued to set industry records, amassing 180 million registered users worldwide and establishing a vast ecosystem. Its influence stretches from key Asian markets like China, Korea, and Japan to emerging markets in Europe and North America. With global revenue exceeding USD 5 billion, the IP continues to lead the MMORPG genre. As a cornerstone of Rastar Games global strategy, the MapleStory IP has been central to its efforts in premium game development and localized, cross-regional operations. Since entering into the IP partnership with NEXON, Rastar Games has launched localized versions of MapleStory games in regions such as Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and Southeast Asiawith impressive results. For example, MapleStory R ： Evolution launched in September 2021 across Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, hitting No. 1 in both iOS grossing and free app rankings in Taiwan within just five hours of release. It was later ranked No. 13 in Sensor Towers October 2021 chart for overseas revenue growth of Chinese mobile games. In July 2023, MapleStory R: Evolution launched in Southeast Asia, topping iOS free charts for 10 consecutive days across Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand, and ranking No. 1 in Singapores top-grossing charts. It again entered Sensor Towers overseas growth chart for Chinese mobile games in August 2023. Looking ahead, Rastar Games will continue to pursue a strategy of product serialization, international market expansion, and branded publishing. The company is committed to deepening its IP portfolio, maintaining a steady pipeline of high-quality titles, enhancing user experience, an
2025-03-06 -
Rastar Games Launches Full-Platform Open Beta for Self-Developed ＂MapleStory: Will of the Alliance＂
On January 24, the full-platform open beta for "MapleStory: Will of the Alliance," developed and published by Rastar Games with official authorization from NEXON, officially commenced. This new mobile game, designed for easy one-handed play, has generated significant anticipation among veteran players of the original "MapleStory" online game. Since the announcement of "MapleStory: Will of the Alliance," the game has been eagerly awaited by "MapleStory" enthusiasts, including top Chinese player Chesnougat (fondly referred to as "Tong C") and the top Korean player Pangeyo (fondly referred to as "Korea's No. 1 Adele"). Both players participated in the game's beta tests and gave it high praise. The open beta of "MapleStory: Will of the Alliance" is packed with features and offers high-quality gameplay. While it retains the classic maps and job systems of the original "MapleStory," it innovates with vertical screen operation and single-touch controls that allow players to perform various interactions easily. The new idle gameplay mode enables adventurers to earn rich resources even while offline. In a livestream, Chesnougat, who excels with the Thief class, and Pangeyo, who favors the Warrior class, expressed their excitement about the game. They highlighted how "MapleStory: Will of the Alliance" preserves the classic elements of "MapleStory" while providing a fresh and light gameplay experience. Their battles in the "Mask Party" battleground, which requires no equipment and focuses entirely on skill, showcased thrilling and intense clashes that delighted viewers. The game offers a variety of PVE content and simplified systems to meet players' needs for personalized equipment customization. It also features numerous casual gameplay options and fashionable items, allowing players to easily achieve their style goals. Recently, Rastar Games announced a partnership with Huawei Game Center to develop a HarmonyOS native version of "MapleStory: Will of the Alliance," infusing this classic IP with native power. In the future, Rastar Games will continue to deepen its IP resource reserves, maintain high-quality standards, and adhere to the strategic layout of " product serialization, market internationalization and distribution branding." The company is committed to enhancing user experience and product competitiveness, providing users with high-quality content services and immersive entertainment experiences.
2024-06-11 -
MapleStory R (Southeast Asia Version) was listed in Sensor Tower’s Top 20 Overseas Growth Ranking o
The latest data from Sensor Tower Store Information Platform shows that MapleStory R (Southeast Asia version), which is independently developed by Rastar Games and licensed by Korean NEXON’s Adventure Island IP, has been listed in the Top 20 Overseas Growth Ranking of China’s Mobile Games in August 2023, with a position of No. 14.
2023-09-25 -
Pre-download ranks the top of App store free list Full platform public beta of The Girl's Throne ope
The western fantasy ACGN Girl's mobile RPG game The Girl's Throne, developed and distributed by Rastar Games, officially opened the whole platform public beta on April 22, 2021. It is reported that The Girl's Throne has reached more than 3 million reservations on the whole platform before the official public beta, and won the top of the App store free list in a short time after the pre-download started on April 21. The Girl's Throne is a mobile role-playing game with a huge world outlook, full character image, changeable dress-up and gorgeous semi-automatic turn-based combat. Players can unlock the characters' exclusive stories by promoting the main story, address book newsletters and video calls, and obtaining exclusive clothes, so as to develop personal line stories. In terms of audio-visual quality, The Girl's Throne is equally surprising. Hundreds of exquisite hand-painted scenes and nearly 100 exquisite story illustrations in the game were written by international first-line painters such as Nishihara Isao (Japan), Kurano ユウ (Japan) and꿀강아지(Korea). At the same time, The Girl's Throne is dedicated to creating an immersive story experience by first-line voice actors at home and abroad. With the blessing of top painters and voice actors, The Girl's Throne will bring a gorgeous audio-visual feast for players. In addition to the huge story and famous painters and voice actors at home and abroad, The Girl's Throne also provides free dressing. There are thousands of exquisite clothing accessories in the game. Players can dress up multiple characters freely. With the new live2D physical engine, the game can bring vivid dressing effect in 2.5D. At the same time, the battle costumes can be freely matched and switched, and each costume has its own story CG. In the aspect of strategic combat, different skills can be matched in the game to deepen the pre-war strategy, so that the characters can adapt to various battles in different situations. Many SSR special costumes also have cool skill animation effects. At the same time, The Girls' Throne also provides a variety of casual games, through which players can obtain the materials needed for training. This game public beta will be installed with Chinese-Japanese bilingual dubbing and nine chapters of the main story. In order to thank the players for their support and companionship all the time, the game has prepared multiple benefits, and players can receive 80 magic stone gift packages +SSR boutique clo
2021-04-22 -
All-platform public beta of The Throne of Girl is released on April 22
The all-platform public beta of The Throne of Girl, a quadratic women RPG mobile game, which was developed and distributed by Rastar Games, was released on April 22. It has reached more than 2 million reservations on all platforms. The Throne of Girl is a mobile role-playing game with a huge world outlook, full character image, changeable dress-up and gorgeous semi-automatic turn-based combat. Its retro art style, huge voice actor team and immersive plot experience lead players into a beautiful world and start a legendary adventure. Hundreds of exquisite hand-painted scenes and nearly 100 exquisite story illustrations in The Throne of Girl are all drawn by top artists from China, Japan and South Korea, such as Nishihara Isao (Japan), Kurano (Japan) and Honeydogs (Korea). Meanwhile, The Throne of Girl is dedicated to creating an immersive story experience by first-line seiyuu at home and abroad. Japanese dubbing is performed by six teachers including KENN, Shimono Hiro, Suwabe Junichi, Sugiyama Noriaki, Hirakawa Daisuke and Kakihara Tetsuya, while Chinese dubbing is performed by Zhao Lu, Li Yuantao, Sun Ye, Shen Lei, Shen Dawei and Liu Beichen. With the supporting of top painters and voice actors, The Throne of Girl will bring a gorgeous audio-visual feast for players. In addition, The Throne of Girl also provides thousands of exquisite clothing accessories, which can be freely matched and switched, and each one has its own story CG. Players can customize their own images, and all the characters can be dynamically dressed in Live2d. Many SSR special costumes also have cool skill animation effects. In the aspect of strategic combat, different skills can be carried in the game by matching clothes to deepen the pre-war strategy, so that the characters can adapt to various battles in different situations. Moreover, a variety of casual games are provided in The Throne of Girl, through which players can get the materials needed for training.
2021-04-13