Head to head

Black Desert Online vs Eve Online

Black Desert Online

Released

~340k daily · 200k – 580k

Last measured Nov 8, 2026

Eve Online

Released

~79k daily · 47k – 130k

Last measured Nov 8, 2026

VerdictBlack Desert Online has ~4.3× Eve Online's daily players (~340k vs ~79k, as of Nov 8, 2026).

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

Released

July 2015 · 11 years ago

May 2003 · 24 years ago

Est. daily players

~340k200k – 580kMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 8, 2026

~79k47k – 130kMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 8, 2026

Available on

PlayStation
Windows
Xbox

Linux
macOS
Windows

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Estimated daily players (central estimate) for both games.

Black Desert OnlineEve Online

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: 16.8k
Eve Online: 4.5k

Black Desert Online currently has about 3.7× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Eve Online — 16,812 vs 4,527.

Discord members

Black Desert Online: 95k
Eve Online: 52.5k

Black Desert Online currently has about 1.8× as many Discord members as Eve Online — 95,012 vs 52,506.

Reddit members

Black Desert Online: 270.3k
Eve Online: 224.9k

Black Desert Online currently has about 1.2× as many subreddit members as Eve Online — 270,320 vs 224,919.

Twitch viewers

Black Desert Online: 8.5k
Eve Online: 805

Black Desert Online currently has about 11× as many live Twitch viewers as Eve Online — 8,490 vs 805.

YouTube subscribers

Black Desert Online: 44k
Eve Online: 238k

Eve Online currently has about 5.4× as many YouTube subscribers as Black Desert Online — 238,000 vs 44,000.

How these estimates are made

Black Desert Online

We estimate that about 340,000 people play Black Desert Online on a typical day (most likely between 200,000 and 580,000), based on data from Nov 8, 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.

Eve Online

We estimate that about 79,000 people play Eve Online on a typical day (most likely between 47,000 and 130,000), based on data from Nov 8, 2026. Around 2,900,000 accounts (between 1,900,000 and 4,400,000) 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