Head to head

Black Desert Online vs EverQuest

Black Desert Online

Released

~290k daily · 170k – 490k

Last measured Nov 12, 2026

EverQuest

Released

~5.4k daily · 3.2k – 9.1k

Last measured Nov 12, 2026

VerdictBlack Desert Online has ~54× EverQuest's daily players (~290k vs ~5.4k, as of Nov 12, 2026).

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

Released

July 2015 · 11 years ago

March 1999 · 28 years ago

Est. daily players

~290k170k – 490k13% this weekMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 12, 2026

~5.4k3.2k – 9.1k5.5% this weekMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 12, 2026

Available on

PlayStation
Windows
Xbox

macOS
Windows

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Third Person

Player activity

Estimated daily players (central estimate) for both games.

Black Desert OnlineEverQuest

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: 13.3kDown 18% past week
EverQuest: 249Up 11% past week

Black Desert Online currently has about 53× as many peak concurrent Steam players as EverQuest — 13,275 vs 249.

Discord members

Black Desert Online: 94.9k
EverQuest: 16.7kDown 0.1% past week

Black Desert Online currently has about 5.7× as many Discord members as EverQuest — 94,941 vs 16,689.

Reddit members

Black Desert Online: 270.4k
EverQuest: 31.9k

Black Desert Online currently has about 8.5× as many subreddit members as EverQuest — 270,383 vs 31,861.

Twitch viewers

Black Desert Online: 3.4kDown 66% past week
EverQuest: 54Up 86% past week

Black Desert Online currently has about 62× as many live Twitch viewers as EverQuest — 3,369 vs 54.

YouTube subscribers

Black Desert Online: 44k
EverQuest: —

Black Desert Online currently has 44,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for EverQuest.

How these estimates are made

Black Desert Online

We estimate that about 290,000 people play Black Desert Online on a typical day (most likely between 170,000 and 490,000), based on data from Nov 12, 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.

EverQuest

We estimate that about 5,400 people play EverQuest on a typical day (most likely between 3,200 and 9,100), based on data from Nov 12, 2026. Around 410,000 accounts (between 270,000 and 630,000) 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