Head to head

Black Desert Mobile vs Phantasy Star Online

Black Desert Mobile

Live

40 – 19k daily

Phantasy Star Online

Live

15 – 7k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2019 · 7 years ago

December 2000 · 26 years ago

Daily players

40 – 19k

15 – 7k

Estimated players

14.8k

176%

Available on

Android
iOS

Platforms

—

Perspectives

Isometric

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Black Desert MobilePhantasy Star Online

Black Desert Mobile

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~14.8k	Up 0.6%
September 2026	~14.7k	Up 0.4%
August 2026	~14.7k	Up 0.6%
July 2026	~14.6k	—

Phantasy Star Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~2
September 2026	~2	Down 50%
August 2026	~4	—

Community breakdown

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

Reddit members

Black Desert Mobile: 30.8kUp 0.2%
Phantasy Star Online: —

Black Desert Mobile currently has 30,802 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Phantasy Star Online.

Twitch viewers

Black Desert Mobile: 1Down 75%
Phantasy Star Online: 0Down 100%

Black Desert Mobile currently has 1 live Twitch viewers, while Phantasy Star Online has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Black Desert Mobile: 101kUp 1.0%
Phantasy Star Online: —

Black Desert Mobile currently has 101,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Phantasy Star Online.

How these estimates are made

Black Desert Mobile

Black Desert Mobile is estimated to have 40 – 19k players a day. Around 21k – 2m 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.

Phantasy Star Online

Phantasy Star Online is estimated to have 15 – 7k players a day. Around 12k – 1m 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.