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Crimson Desert Enhanced cover art

Crimson Desert Enhanced

Pearl Abyss · 2026-03-19

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Mar 19, 2026 (PlayStation 5), Mar 19, 2026 (Mac), Mar 19, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 19, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S)

Crimson Desert is an open-world action-adventure set on the continent of Pywel. Join Kliff on his journey to rebuild the Greymane faction and to save the land from a looming threat. From vast wilderness and cities to ruins and the mysterious Abyss, forge your path through battles and discovery.

Crimson Desert Enhanced is an Action and Adventure game released in 2026, priced at $69.99, with a review sentiment of Very Positive (84% of 174,286 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

10,650
playing now
84%
positive of 177k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
208
twitch viewers (latest)
8.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
86/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
86/100
IGDB user rating (108 ratings)
4.31★
PlayStation Store rating (47,791 ratings)
79/100
opencritic · strong · 74% recommend · from 149 critics
83h
to beat · rushed 70h · completionist 738h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$69.99
steam price (US)

10,650 players in-game as of 2026-09-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Crimson Desert is a 2026 action-adventure game developed and published by Pearl Abyss. Originally planned as a prequel to Black Desert Online, the game evolved into a standalone title during development. It was released for macOS, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on March 19, 2026, with a Nintendo Switch 2 version planned for release in early 2027. It received generally positive reviews and sold three million copies within the first week of release.

Trailer

Crimson Desert Enhanced trailer thumbnail

Crimson Desert Enhanced Official Announcment Trailer

≈365,707 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 10,650 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6,419 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~802/week).
  • · Review velocity up 57% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (50,676 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 28,275 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-30

Tier history: thriving→healthy (Sep 30), cooling→thriving (Aug 27)

Estimated sales: 3.5M–8.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 177,102 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $50.39 at GamesPlanet US (2026-08-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $100.00 · on sale 35 of 36 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
38k38k20262026Week of 2026-03-19: 37,591 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 13,085 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 18,397 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 2,505 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 8,856 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 1,713 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 6,161 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 1,116 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 3,326 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 819 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 3,503 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 607 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 2,386 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 450 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 1,742 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 438 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 1,251 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 310 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 1,322 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 256 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 941 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 235 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 887 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 211 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 637 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 168 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 622 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 148 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 431 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 136 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 512 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 142 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 337 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 114 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 328 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 102 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 315 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 79 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 369 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 89 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 279 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 97 negativeWeek of 2026-08-13: 353 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 89 negativeWeek of 2026-08-20: 465 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 167 negativeWeek of 2026-08-27: 930 positiveWeek of 2026-08-27: 354 negativeWeek of 2026-09-03: 1,036 positiveWeek of 2026-09-03: 348 negativeWeek of 2026-09-10: 673 positiveWeek of 2026-09-10: 233 negativeWeek of 2026-09-17: 596 positiveWeek of 2026-09-17: 181 negativeWeek of 2026-09-24: 428 positiveWeek of 2026-09-24: 119 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2026-10-08: 193 positiveWeek of 2026-10-08: 46 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

33k9.7k2026-09-16 00:00 — 15,025 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 14,810 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 20,786 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 14,146 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 20,528 players2026-09-17 21:00 — 16,466 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 11,280 players2026-09-18 15:00 — 24,397 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 14,921 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 22,466 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 24,883 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 18,669 players2026-09-20 12:00 — 29,038 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 21,434 players2026-09-21 06:00 — 12,106 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 23,339 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 13,405 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 13,410 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 19,146 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 12,907 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 17,889 players2026-09-23 21:00 — 14,810 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 11,595 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 20,747 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 12,400 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 15,199 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 18,164 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 15,738 players2026-09-26 12:00 — 22,739 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 19,012 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 18,272 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 28,028 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 13,738 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 12,028 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 16,830 players2026-09-29 03:00 — 11,225 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 15,145 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 12,560 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 10,650 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
166k12kMar 2026Aug 2026Mar 2026 — avg 166,396 · peak 275,859Apr 2026 — avg 108,181 · peak 236,233May 2026 — avg 44,469 · peak 104,050Jun 2026 — avg 21,665 · peak 47,315Jul 2026 — avg 12,264 · peak 26,599Aug 2026 — avg 11,513 · peak 37,002
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#28#1002026-09-162026-09-302026-09-16 — #282026-09-17 — #282026-09-18 — #802026-09-19 — #862026-09-20 — #842026-09-21 — #832026-09-22 — #832026-09-23 — #842026-09-24 — #842026-09-25 — #862026-09-26 — #902026-09-27 — #952026-09-28 — #922026-09-29 — #922026-09-30 — #100
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
2232232026-09-172026-10-152026-09-17: 136 new positive2026-09-17: 19 new negative2026-09-18: 132 new positive2026-09-18: 32 new negative2026-09-19: 195 new positive2026-09-19: 20 new negative2026-09-20: 145 new positive2026-09-20: 22 new negative2026-09-21: 146 new positive2026-09-21: 32 new negative2026-09-22: 223 new positive2026-09-22: 50 new negative2026-09-23: 120 new positive2026-09-23: 27 new negative2026-09-24: 96 new positive2026-09-24: 27 new negative2026-09-25: 84 new positive2026-09-25: 22 new negative2026-09-26: 107 new positive2026-09-26: 35 new negative2026-09-27: 116 new positive2026-09-27: 22 new negative2026-09-28: 116 new positive2026-09-28: 16 new negative2026-09-29: 77 new positive2026-09-29: 10 new negative2026-09-30: 72 new positive2026-09-30: 17 new negative2026-10-01: 78 new positive2026-10-01: 11 new negative2026-10-02: 72 new positive2026-10-02: 20 new negative2026-10-03: 82 new positive2026-10-03: 24 new negative2026-10-04: 79 new positive2026-10-04: 22 new negative2026-10-05: 75 new positive2026-10-05: 27 new negative2026-10-06: 132 new positive2026-10-06: 32 new negative2026-10-07: 63 new positive2026-10-07: 8 new negative2026-10-08: 71 new positive2026-10-08: 7 new negative2026-10-09: 73 new positive2026-10-09: 8 new negative2026-10-10: 61 new positive2026-10-10: 22 new negative2026-10-11: 96 new positive2026-10-11: 26 new negative2026-10-12: 78 new positive2026-10-12: 10 new negative2026-10-13: 69 new positive2026-10-13: 10 new negative2026-10-14: 62 new positive2026-10-14: 13 new negative2026-10-15: 59 new positive2026-10-15: 11 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$100.00$54.992025-09-252026-08-132025-09-25 — best price $69.992025-11-05 — best price $54.992025-11-06 — best price $59.492025-11-07 — best price $69.992026-01-23 — best price $69.992026-03-04 — best price $81.362026-03-05 — best price $81.002026-03-06 — best price $80.952026-03-07 — best price $81.242026-03-08 — best price $80.812026-03-09 — best price $80.552026-03-10 — best price $81.252026-03-11 — best price $59.192026-03-12 — best price $80.582026-03-13 — best price $79.912026-03-15 — best price $79.952026-03-16 — best price $80.022026-03-17 — best price $69.992026-03-18 — best price $80.172026-03-19 — best price $80.112026-03-20 — best price $80.752026-03-22 — best price $80.752026-03-23 — best price $69.992026-03-24 — best price $80.972026-03-25 — best price $80.892026-03-26 — best price $80.682026-03-27 — best price $80.542026-04-22 — best price $69.992026-05-19 — best price $69.992026-05-26 — best price $62.992026-06-10 — best price $59.992026-06-11 — best price $66.992026-06-18 — best price $62.992026-06-26 — best price $62.992026-07-09 — best price $59.492026-08-12 — best price $60.002026-08-13 — best price $100.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3.2k9042026-05-29 — 2,362 pageviews2026-06-02 — 2,268 pageviews2026-06-06 — 2,127 pageviews2026-06-10 — 1,744 pageviews2026-06-14 — 2,039 pageviews2026-06-18 — 1,614 pageviews2026-06-22 — 1,702 pageviews2026-06-26 — 1,593 pageviews2026-06-30 — 1,588 pageviews2026-07-04 — 1,499 pageviews2026-07-08 — 1,591 pageviews2026-07-12 — 1,369 pageviews2026-07-16 — 1,202 pageviews2026-07-20 — 1,235 pageviews2026-07-24 — 1,126 pageviews2026-07-28 — 1,146 pageviews2026-08-01 — 1,277 pageviews2026-08-05 — 1,776 pageviews2026-08-09 — 1,578 pageviews2026-08-13 — 1,484 pageviews2026-08-17 — 1,321 pageviews2026-08-21 — 1,173 pageviews2026-08-25 — 2,146 pageviews2026-08-29 — 2,259 pageviews2026-09-02 — 1,582 pageviews2026-09-06 — 2,498 pageviews2026-09-10 — 1,673 pageviews2026-09-14 — 1,561 pageviews2026-09-18 — 1,322 pageviews2026-09-22 — 1,236 pageviews2026-09-26 — 1,154 pageviews2026-09-30 — 1,156 pageviews2026-10-04 — 1,264 pageviews2026-10-08 — 1,197 pageviews2026-10-12 — 1,200 pageviews2026-10-14 — 904 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1.2k202026-10-02 00:34 — 149 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 183 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 173 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 92 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 99 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 100 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 171 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 90 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 49 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 272 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 67 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 52 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 121 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 55 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 113 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 75 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 173 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 219 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 37 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 109 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 37 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 134 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 220 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 69 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 224 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 80 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 56 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 183 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 346 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 77 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 75 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 137 viewers2026-10-15 03:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-15 12:35 — 79 viewers2026-10-15 21:34 — 99 viewers2026-10-15 23:34 — 208 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
77.4%
earned "Novice Adventurer"
0.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCustom Volume ControlsGamepad RecommendedDualSense Controller SupportSave AnytimeStereo SoundSubtitle OptionsSurround Sound2 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese…

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2026-03-19, latest 2026-04-24 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)25,4111%34
PS5 (PlayStation)22,2195%35
Xbox Series, Windows (Xbox)5,4121%34

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.

Census log

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

Recent updates

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