Head to head

Black Desert vs Champions Online

Black Desert

Live

63k – 220k daily

Champions Online

Live

310 – 1k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago

September 2009 · 17 years ago

Daily players

63k – 220k

310 – 1k

Estimated players

89.4k2.0%

4.6k2.0%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows
Linux

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Black DesertChampions Online

Black Desert

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~91.8k	Up 3.0%
July 2026	~89.1k	—

Champions Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~4.6k	Down 0.4%
July 2026	~4.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Black Desert: 26.7kUp 36%
Champions Online: 118Up 6.3%

Black Desert currently has about 227× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Champions Online — 26,733 vs 118.

Discord members

Black Desert: 96.7kUp 0.4%
Champions Online: 2.7kUp 0.5%

Black Desert currently has about 36× as many Discord members as Champions Online — 96,712 vs 2,713.

Reddit members

Black Desert: 267.8kUp 0.5%
Champions Online: 1.8kUp 0.5%

Black Desert currently has about 145× as many subreddit members as Champions Online — 267,810 vs 1,841.

Twitch viewers

Black Desert: 18.1kUp 108%
Champions Online: 0Down 100%

Black Desert currently has 18,077 live Twitch viewers, while Champions Online has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Black Desert: 80.7kUp 0.5%
Champions Online: 30.8k

Black Desert currently has about 2.6× as many YouTube subscribers as Champions Online — 80,700 vs 30,800.

How these estimates are made

Black Desert

Black Desert is estimated to have 63k – 220k 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.

Champions Online

Champions Online is estimated to have 310 – 1k players a day. Around 99k – 250k 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.