Head to head

ArcheAge vs Black Desert

ArcheAge

Live

5 – 18 daily

Black Desert

Live

66k – 230k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

January 2013 · 14 years ago

December 2014 · 12 years ago

Daily players

5 – 18

66k – 230k

Estimated players

5.6k0.3%

92.6k1.4%

Available on

Windows

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

ArcheAgeBlack Desert

ArcheAge

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~5.6k	Up 2.7%
July 2026	~5.5k	—

Black Desert

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~91.7k	Up 2.9%
July 2026	~89.1k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

ArcheAge: 3
Black Desert: 24.5kDown 5.3%

Black Desert currently has about 8171× as many peak concurrent Steam players as ArcheAge — 24,512 vs 3.

Reddit members

ArcheAge: 41.8kUp 0.2%
Black Desert: 268.3kUp 0.6%

Black Desert currently has about 6.4× as many subreddit members as ArcheAge — 268,266 vs 41,778.

Twitch viewers

ArcheAge: 299Up 382%
Black Desert: 13.7kDown 14%

Black Desert currently has about 46× as many live Twitch viewers as ArcheAge — 13,687 vs 299.

YouTube subscribers

ArcheAge: 6.9kDown 0.1%
Black Desert: 80.8kUp 0.5%

Black Desert currently has about 12× as many YouTube subscribers as ArcheAge — 80,800 vs 6,930.

Discord members

ArcheAge: —
Black Desert: 96.8k

Black Desert currently has 96,804 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for ArcheAge.

How these estimates are made

ArcheAge

ArcheAge is estimated to have 5 – 18 players a day. Around 150k – 390k 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 66k – 230k 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.