Nexon is globally famous for pioneering and mastering the free-to-play, microtransaction-based business model for online PC and mobile games long before it became an industry standard. The company achieved massive acclaim for developing and publishing some of the longest-running, most historically significant massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) in the gaming industry, such as MapleStory and Dungeon & Fighter. Their early adoption of digital item sales and virtual economies fundamentally shaped the monetization strategies of modern online gaming.