Head to head

Black Desert vs Blade & Soul Heroes

Black Desert

Live

57k – 200k daily

Blade & Soul Heroes

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago

September 2025 · 1 year ago

Daily players

57k – 200k

No population data

Estimated players

89.1k3.4%

722

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows
Android
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Black DesertBlade & Soul Heroes

Black Desert

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~89.5k	Down 2.4%
August 2026	~91.7k	Up 2.9%
July 2026	~89.1k	—

Blade & Soul Heroes

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~724	Down 1.1%
August 2026	~732	Down 1.6%
July 2026	~744	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Black Desert: 22.9kDown 10%
Blade & Soul Heroes: 0Down 100%

Black Desert currently has 22,868 peak concurrent Steam players, while Blade & Soul Heroes has 0.

Discord members

Black Desert: 96.7k
Blade & Soul Heroes: 1.6kDown 2.6%

Black Desert currently has about 62× as many Discord members as Blade & Soul Heroes — 96,696 vs 1,550.

Reddit members

Black Desert: 269.2kUp 0.4%
Blade & Soul Heroes: —

Black Desert currently has 269,191 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Blade & Soul Heroes.

Twitch viewers

Black Desert: 10.6kDown 37%
Blade & Soul Heroes: —

Black Desert currently has 10,625 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Blade & Soul Heroes.

YouTube subscribers

Black Desert: 81kUp 0.2%
Blade & Soul Heroes: 2.5kDown 0.4%

Black Desert currently has about 33× as many YouTube subscribers as Blade & Soul Heroes — 81,000 vs 2,480.

How these estimates are made

Black Desert

Black Desert is estimated to have 57k – 200k 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.

Blade & Soul Heroes

Blade & Soul Heroes is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 26k – 66k 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.