Head to head

Black Desert Online vs NW2Online

Black Desert Online

Released

~320k daily · 190k – 530k

Last measured Nov 9, 2026

NW2Online

Released

~230 daily · 53 – 680

Last measured Nov 9, 2026

VerdictBlack Desert Online has ~1391× NW2Online's daily players (~320k vs ~230, as of Nov 9, 2026).

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

Released

July 2015 · 11 years ago

October 2010 · 16 years ago

Est. daily players

~320k190k – 530kMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 9, 2026

~23053 – 680Medium confidence · Last measured Nov 9, 2026

Available on

PlayStation
Windows
Xbox

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Estimated daily players (central estimate) for both games.

Black Desert OnlineNW2Online

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: 16.3kUp 13% past week
NW2Online: —

Black Desert Online currently has 16,282 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for NW2Online.

Discord members

Black Desert Online: 95k
NW2Online: 9.8k

Black Desert Online currently has about 9.7× as many Discord members as NW2Online — 94,968 vs 9,792.

Reddit members

Black Desert Online: 270.3k
NW2Online: —

Black Desert Online currently has 270,336 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for NW2Online.

Twitch viewers

Black Desert Online: 8.5kUp 81% past week
NW2Online: —

Black Desert Online currently has 8,534 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for NW2Online.

YouTube subscribers

Black Desert Online: 44k
NW2Online: 3.9k

Black Desert Online currently has about 11× as many YouTube subscribers as NW2Online — 44,000 vs 3,850.

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 9, 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.

NW2Online

We estimate that about 230 people play NW2Online on a typical day (most likely between 53 and 680), based on data from Nov 9, 2026. Around 53,000 accounts (between 18,000 and 120,000) have played it at some point. NW2Online publishes no Steam player data, so the estimate is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. Confidence: medium — Steam covers part of the player base, or several community signals agree.

How we estimate