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Age of Empires: Online vs Black Desert

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Status

ACTIVE
ACTIVE

Released

August 2011 · 15 years ago
December 2014 · 12 years ago

Daily players

25 – 88
45k – 160k

Estimated players

3.4kDown 2.0%
90kDown 0.3%

Available on

  • Windows
  • Windows
  • PlayStation
  • Xbox

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Age of Empires: OnlineBlack Desert

Age of Empires: Online

Average monthly estimated players
MonthEstimated playersChange
November 2026~3.2kDown 0.9%
October 2026~3.3kUp 3.7%
September 2026~3.1kUp 1.0%
August 2026~3.1kUp 17%
July 2026~2.7k—

Black Desert

Average monthly estimated players
MonthEstimated playersChange
November 2026~87.1kDown 1.2%
October 2026~88.2kDown 1.4%
September 2026~89.4kDown 2.5%
August 2026~91.7kUp 2.9%
July 2026~89.1k—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Age of Empires: Online
9
Black Desert
15.2kDown 29%

Black Desert currently has about 1692× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Age of Empires: Online — 15,227 vs 9.

Discord members

Age of Empires: Online
9.5kDown 1.6%
Black Desert
95.1kDown 1.5%

Black Desert currently has about 10× as many Discord members as Age of Empires: Online — 95,057 vs 9,473.

Reddit members

Age of Empires: Online
2.6kUp 0.3%
Black Desert
270.2kUp 0.3%

Black Desert currently has about 104× as many subreddit members as Age of Empires: Online — 270,175 vs 2,606.

Twitch viewers

Age of Empires: Online
5Down 50%
Black Desert
8.9kUp 0.9%

Black Desert currently has about 1786× as many live Twitch viewers as Age of Empires: Online — 8,928 vs 5.

YouTube subscribers

Age of Empires: Online
2.8k
Black Desert
81.2kUp 0.1%

Black Desert currently has about 29× as many YouTube subscribers as Age of Empires: Online — 81,200 vs 2,830.

How these estimates are made

Age of Empires: Online

Age of Empires: Online is estimated to have 25 – 88 players a day. Around 17k – 44k 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.

Black Desert

Black Desert is estimated to have 45k – 160k players a day. Around 1m – 3m 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.

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