Head to head

Black Desert Online vs Pax Dei

Black Desert Online

Released

~290k daily · 170k – 490k

Last measured Nov 12, 2026

Pax Dei

Released

~5k daily · 3.6k – 6.9k

Last measured Nov 12, 2026

VerdictBlack Desert Online has ~58× Pax Dei's daily players (~290k vs ~5k, as of Nov 12, 2026).

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

Released

July 2015 · 11 years ago

October 2025 · 1 year ago

Est. daily players

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

~5k3.6k – 6.9k19% this weekHigh confidence · Last measured Nov 12, 2026

Available on

PlayStation
Windows
Xbox

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Third Person

Player activity

Estimated daily players (central estimate) for both games.

Black Desert OnlinePax Dei

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
Pax Dei: 732Down 40% past week

Black Desert Online currently has about 18× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Pax Dei — 13,275 vs 732.

Discord members

Black Desert Online: 94.9k
Pax Dei: 61.2kDown 0.2% past week

Black Desert Online currently has about 1.6× as many Discord members as Pax Dei — 94,941 vs 61,164.

Reddit members

Black Desert Online: 270.4k
Pax Dei: 10.3k

Black Desert Online currently has about 26× as many subreddit members as Pax Dei — 270,383 vs 10,338.

Twitch viewers

Black Desert Online: 3.4kDown 66% past week
Pax Dei: 21Down 62% past week

Black Desert Online currently has about 160× as many live Twitch viewers as Pax Dei — 3,369 vs 21.

YouTube subscribers

Black Desert Online: 44k
Pax Dei: 14.6k

Black Desert Online currently has about 3× as many YouTube subscribers as Pax Dei — 44,000 vs 14,600.

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.

Pax Dei

We estimate that about 5,000 people play Pax Dei on a typical day (most likely between 3,600 and 6,900), based on data from Nov 12, 2026. Around 240,000 accounts (between 190,000 and 310,000) 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: high — measured from a full day of Steam data, for a game played mainly on Steam.

How we estimate