Head to head

Black Desert Online vs Elsword

Black Desert Online

Released

~320k daily · 190k – 530k

Last measured Nov 14, 2026

Elsword

Released

~1.4k daily · 820 – 2.3k

Last measured Nov 14, 2026

VerdictBlack Desert Online has ~229× Elsword's daily players (~320k vs ~1.4k, as of Nov 14, 2026).

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

Released

July 2015 · 11 years ago

March 2019 · 8 years ago

Est. daily players

~320k190k – 530k0.2% this weekMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 14, 2026

~1.4k820 – 2.3k11% this weekMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 14, 2026

Available on

PlayStation
Windows
Xbox

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

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Player activity

Estimated daily players (central estimate) for both games.

Black Desert OnlineElsword

Monthly history: Collecting data since Nov 5, 2026. The table appears once there are two calendar months to compare.

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side. Collected since Nov 5, 2026.

Steam concurrent players

Black Desert Online: 17.3kDown 4.5% past week
Elsword: 61Up 17% past week

Black Desert Online currently has about 284× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Elsword — 17,331 vs 61.

Discord members

Black Desert Online: 94.8kDown 0.2% past week
Elsword: 25.2k

Black Desert Online currently has about 3.8× as many Discord members as Elsword — 94,827 vs 25,204.

Reddit members

Black Desert Online: 270.4k
Elsword: 22.8k

Black Desert Online currently has about 12× as many subreddit members as Elsword — 270,427 vs 22,781.

Twitch viewers

Black Desert Online: 14.2kUp 20% past week
Elsword: 55Down 11% past week

Black Desert Online currently has about 259× as many live Twitch viewers as Elsword — 14,227 vs 55.

YouTube subscribers

Black Desert Online: 44k
Elsword: 70.4k

Elsword currently has about 1.6× as many YouTube subscribers as Black Desert Online — 70,400 vs 44,000.

How these estimates are made

Black Desert Online

We estimate that about 320,000 people play Black Desert Online on a typical day (most likely between 190,000 and 530,000), based on data from Nov 14, 2026. Around 5,000,000 accounts (between 3,300,000 and 7,600,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: medium — Steam covers part of the player base, or several community signals agree.

Elsword

We estimate that about 1,400 people play Elsword on a typical day (most likely between 820 and 2,300), based on data from Nov 14, 2026. Around 230,000 accounts (between 80,000 and 540,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: medium — Steam covers part of the player base, or several community signals agree.

How we estimate