Head to head

A Tale in the Desert vs DC Universe Online

A Tale in the Desert

Live

1 – 470 daily

DC Universe Online

Live

2k – 5k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

February 2003 · 24 years ago

January 2011 · 16 years ago

Daily players

1 – 470

2k – 5k

Estimated players

23.6k2.6%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

A Tale in the DesertDC Universe Online

A Tale in the Desert

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~21
August 2026	~21	Up 17%
July 2026	~18	—

DC Universe Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~24k	Down 0.6%
August 2026	~24.2k	Up 10%
July 2026	~21.9k	—

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.

Reddit members

A Tale in the Desert: 187
DC Universe Online: 30.9kUp 1.9%

DC Universe Online currently has about 165× as many subreddit members as A Tale in the Desert — 30,891 vs 187.

YouTube subscribers

A Tale in the Desert: 26
DC Universe Online: 109k

DC Universe Online currently has about 4192× as many YouTube subscribers as A Tale in the Desert — 109,000 vs 26.

Steam concurrent players

A Tale in the Desert: —
DC Universe Online: 609Down 0.3%

DC Universe Online currently has 609 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for A Tale in the Desert.

Discord members

A Tale in the Desert: —
DC Universe Online: 28.7kUp 1.4%

DC Universe Online currently has 28,710 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for A Tale in the Desert.

Twitch viewers

A Tale in the Desert: —
DC Universe Online: 38Down 30%

DC Universe Online currently has 38 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for A Tale in the Desert.

How these estimates are made

A Tale in the Desert

A Tale in the Desert is estimated to have 1 – 470 players a day. Around 1k – 110k accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.

DC Universe Online

DC Universe Online is estimated to have 2k – 5k players a day. Around 390k – 1m accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.