Head to head

Black Desert vs Blade & Soul Neo

Black Desert

Live

48k – 170k daily

Blade & Soul Neo

Live

140 – 500 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago

March 2025 · 2 years ago

Daily players

48k – 170k

140 – 500

Estimated players

88.7k4.0%

14.1k0.4%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Black DesertBlade & Soul Neo

Black Desert

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~88.5k	Down 0.9%
September 2026	~89.4k	Down 2.5%
August 2026	~91.7k	Up 2.9%
July 2026	~89.1k	—

Blade & Soul Neo

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~13.9k	Up 0.2%
September 2026	~13.8k	Up 1.5%
August 2026	~13.6k	Up 9.7%
July 2026	~12.4k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Black Desert: 18.4kDown 13%
Blade & Soul Neo: 56Down 60%

Black Desert currently has about 328× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Blade & Soul Neo — 18,393 vs 56.

Discord members

Black Desert: 96.3kDown 0.5%
Blade & Soul Neo: 23.4kDown 1.6%

Black Desert currently has about 4.1× as many Discord members as Blade & Soul Neo — 96,333 vs 23,367.

Reddit members

Black Desert: 269.7kUp 0.3%
Blade & Soul Neo: —

Black Desert currently has 269,745 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Blade & Soul Neo.

Twitch viewers

Black Desert: 12.3kUp 31%
Blade & Soul Neo: 33Down 65%

Black Desert currently has about 372× as many live Twitch viewers as Blade & Soul Neo — 12,264 vs 33.

YouTube subscribers

Black Desert: 81.2kUp 0.4%
Blade & Soul Neo: 65.5k

Black Desert currently has about 1.2× as many YouTube subscribers as Blade & Soul Neo — 81,200 vs 65,500.

How these estimates are made

Black Desert

Black Desert is estimated to have 48k – 170k 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 Neo

Blade & Soul Neo is estimated to have 140 – 500 players a day. Around 30k – 77k 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.