According to the firm on Thursday, first-quarter revenue rose 34 percent year-on-year to 152.2 billion yen ($963 million), while operating profit climbed 40 percent to 58.2 billion yen. Net income more than doubled, surging 118 percent to 57.2 billion yen.
For the second quarter, Nexon projected revenue of between 107 billion and 119.7 billion yen, a range spanning a 10 percent decline to 1 percent growth from a year earlier. Operating profit is forecast at 16.1 billion to 25.3 billion yen, with net income seen between 16.1 billion and 23.2 billion yen.
The game giant's 'MapleStory' franchise grew 42 percent from a year earlier, propelled by last year's global rollout of 'MapleStory: Idle RPG' and 'MapleStory Worlds'. The latter title jumped 79 percent on a Lunar New Year update in Taiwan, while the flagship 'MapleStory' rose 8 percent on Western momentum.
'ARC Raiders', launched in October by Nexon's Stockholm-based subsidiary Embark Studios, sold an additional 4.6 million copies in the quarter to cross 16 million in cumulative global sales just six months after release.
More than half of active users have logged over 100 hours, the company said, and the title collected five major industry honors, including the multiplayer prize at the BAFTA Games Awards 2026.
The combined pull of the two titles quadrupled Nexon's North American and European revenue and more than doubled sales in Southeast Asia and other markets, lifting total overseas revenue 59 percent for a quarterly record. Separately, the company renewed long-term publishing deals with Electronic Arts for 'EA Sports FC Online' in Korea and extended its agreement with Tencent for 'Dungeon & Fighter' PC in China by a decade.
"The global success of the MapleStory franchise and 'ARC Raiders' allowed us to deliver outstanding first-quarter results," Lee Jung-hun, chief executive of Nexon's Japan unit, said. "We will secure mid- to long-term growth momentum through stronger strategic partnerships and a solid pipeline of new titles."
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