Head to head

Black Desert vs BlackShot

Black Desert

Live

43k – 150k daily

BlackShot

Live

68 – 240 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago

May 2016 · 10 years ago

Daily players

43k – 150k

68 – 240

Estimated players

88.4k0.6%

5k1.7%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Black DesertBlackShot

Black Desert

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~88k	Down 1.5%
September 2026	~89.4k	Down 2.5%
August 2026	~91.7k	Up 2.9%
July 2026	~89.1k	—

BlackShot

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~5k	Up 2.2%
September 2026	~4.9k	Up 1.2%
August 2026	~4.8k	Up 0.6%
July 2026	~4.8k	—

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.

Steam concurrent players

Black Desert: 13.8kDown 28%
BlackShot: 22Down 8.3%

Black Desert currently has about 626× as many peak concurrent Steam players as BlackShot — 13,775 vs 22.

Discord members

Black Desert: 95.1kDown 1.5%
BlackShot: 18kUp 0.4%

Black Desert currently has about 5.3× as many Discord members as BlackShot — 95,120 vs 18,015.

Reddit members

Black Desert: 270.1kUp 0.3%
BlackShot: —

Black Desert currently has 270,126 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for BlackShot.

Twitch viewers

Black Desert: 5.6kDown 34%
BlackShot: 0Down 100%

Black Desert currently has 5,593 live Twitch viewers, while BlackShot has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Black Desert: 81.2kUp 0.1%
BlackShot: 7.5kUp 0.3%

Black Desert currently has about 11× as many YouTube subscribers as BlackShot — 81,200 vs 7,480.

How these estimates are made

Black Desert

Black Desert is estimated to have 43k – 150k players a day. Around 1m – 3m accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.

BlackShot

BlackShot is estimated to have 68 – 240 players a day. Around 73k – 190k accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.