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Black Desert cover art

Black Desert

Pearl Abyss · 2017-05-24

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureMassively MultiplayerRPGStrategy

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Jun 26, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Jun 26, 2025 (PlayStation 4), Jun 26, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Jun 26, 2025 (Xbox One), Dec 17, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Played by over 20 million Adventurers - Black Desert Online is an open-world, action MMORPG. Experience intense, action-packed combat, battle massive world bosses, fight alongside friends to siege and conquer castles, and train in professions such as fishing, trading, crafting, cooking, and more!

22,740
playing now
74%
positive of 94k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
13,907
twitch viewers (latest)
75/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (199 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.99
steam price (US)

22,740 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Black Desert Online is a 2015 sandbox-oriented fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Korean video game developer Pearl Abyss and originally published for Microsoft Windows in 2015. A mobile version titled Black Desert Mobile was initially released in Asia by early 2019, and worldwide in December 2019. The Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions, known simply as Black Desert and referred to as Black Desert Console, were released in 2019. The game is free-to-play in some parts of the world, but follows a buy-to-play business model in other editions, including the English-language editions.

Trailer

Black Desert trailer thumbnail

Black Desert - Official Console Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 22,740 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,742 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~343/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.3M–5.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 93,888 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2021-10-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 10 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 484 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 214 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 208 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 219 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 318 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 616 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 656 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 789 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,122 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 137 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,131 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,080 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 171 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 898 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 174 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 882 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 929 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 702 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 595 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 580 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 487 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 762 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 438 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 574 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 773 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 170 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 716 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 567 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 677 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 180 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 408 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 393 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 172 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 723 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 265 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,000 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 340 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 539 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 249 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 459 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 607 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 252 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 924 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 199 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 715 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 248 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 677 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 233 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 419 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 417 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 445 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 173 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 370 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 370 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 170 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 473 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 171 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 487 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 708 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 179 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 636 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 222 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 643 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 274 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 389 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 445 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 434 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 799 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 271 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 500 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 198 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 453 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 163 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 873 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 183 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 598 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 246 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 513 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 166 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 354 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 661 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 296 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 355 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 516 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 224 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 215 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 146 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 354 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 61 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

28k9.7k2026-08-06 21:00 — 23,812 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 19,035 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 23,000 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 25,098 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 20,304 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 24,364 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 26,334 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 21,001 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 25,849 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 26,590 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 19,410 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 22,963 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 24,602 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 19,289 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 23,023 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 23,828 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 20,144 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 24,604 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 28,328 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 20,629 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 21,390 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 25,618 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 22,413 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 23,378 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 26,616 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 21,968 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 9,671 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 25,253 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 22,740 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.002017-05-252026-08-262017-05-25 — best price $5.992017-10-02 — best price $9.992017-12-21 — best price $4.992018-02-19 — best price $9.992018-07-05 — best price $9.992018-11-14 — best price $4.992019-01-03 — best price $9.992019-05-24 — best price $4.992019-09-30 — best price $9.992019-12-19 — best price $3.992020-03-02 — best price $9.992020-09-03 — best price $2.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-03-03 — best price $0.002021-03-22 — best price $5.992021-09-01 — best price $9.992021-12-22 — best price $2.992022-05-18 — best price $4.992022-09-12 — best price $0.002022-11-22 — best price $0.992023-03-24 — best price $4.992023-08-19 — best price $4.992023-10-19 — best price $2.992023-11-21 — best price $0.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-07-25 — best price $9.992024-11-21 — best price $0.992025-02-19 — best price $0.992025-08-21 — best price $0.992025-11-27 — best price $9.992026-03-12 — best price $9.992026-06-11 — best price $0.992026-08-26 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4661922026-05-29 — 315 pageviews2026-06-01 — 299 pageviews2026-06-04 — 257 pageviews2026-06-07 — 320 pageviews2026-06-10 — 394 pageviews2026-06-13 — 387 pageviews2026-06-16 — 335 pageviews2026-06-19 — 299 pageviews2026-06-22 — 311 pageviews2026-06-25 — 308 pageviews2026-06-28 — 353 pageviews2026-07-01 — 407 pageviews2026-07-04 — 304 pageviews2026-07-07 — 311 pageviews2026-07-10 — 255 pageviews2026-07-13 — 232 pageviews2026-07-16 — 218 pageviews2026-07-19 — 264 pageviews2026-07-22 — 239 pageviews2026-07-25 — 202 pageviews2026-07-28 — 227 pageviews2026-07-31 — 266 pageviews2026-08-03 — 244 pageviews2026-08-06 — 271 pageviews2026-08-09 — 290 pageviews2026-08-12 — 325 pageviews2026-08-15 — 224 pageviews2026-08-18 — 257 pageviews2026-08-21 — 225 pageviews2026-08-24 — 242 pageviews2026-08-26 — 446 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

18k1.7k2026-08-16 16:12 — 8,107 viewers2026-08-17 01:12 — 4,887 viewers2026-08-17 10:12 — 3,708 viewers2026-08-17 19:12 — 5,796 viewers2026-08-18 12:12 — 3,815 viewers2026-08-19 01:12 — 3,679 viewers2026-08-19 10:12 — 2,613 viewers2026-08-19 23:12 — 6,147 viewers2026-08-20 09:12 — 1,688 viewers2026-08-21 03:12 — 2,201 viewers2026-08-21 13:12 — 5,840 viewers2026-08-22 02:12 — 4,119 viewers2026-08-22 15:12 — 5,282 viewers2026-08-23 03:12 — 1,879 viewers2026-08-23 13:12 — 6,241 viewers2026-08-23 22:12 — 5,726 viewers2026-08-24 13:12 — 5,284 viewers2026-08-24 23:12 — 4,995 viewers2026-08-25 13:12 — 6,157 viewers2026-08-26 06:12 — 2,370 viewers2026-08-26 16:12 — 6,855 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 8,671 viewers2026-08-27 07:12 — 3,131 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 10,599 viewers2026-08-27 16:12 — 3,595 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 9,166 viewers2026-08-28 08:12 — 2,011 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 11,267 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 10,869 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 5,930 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 9,774 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 11,927 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 7,281 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 11,371 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 13,907 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesPartial Controller Support3 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Thai, Turkish, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)25,1661%25
PS4 (PlayStation)10,1477%20
PS4 (PlayStation)9,5757%20
PS5 (PlayStation)1,46512%15
Xbox Series (Xbox)50011%14

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DRPGMagicActionMMORPGFantasyCraftingMedievalStrategyAdventure

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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