Head to head

Black Desert vs Cubic Castles

Black Desert

Live

70k – 250k daily

Cubic Castles

Live

70 – 250 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago

August 2014 · 12 years ago

Daily players

70k – 250k

70 – 250

Estimated players

91.3k2.6%

6130.2%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Browser
Windows
Android
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Black DesertCubic Castles

Black Desert

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~92.1k	Up 3.4%
July 2026	~89.1k	—

Cubic Castles

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~614
July 2026	~614	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Black Desert: 28.8kUp 2.7%
Cubic Castles: 27Down 6.9%

Black Desert currently has about 1066× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Cubic Castles — 28,790 vs 27.

Discord members

Black Desert: 96.6kUp 0.4%
Cubic Castles: —

Black Desert currently has 96,568 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Cubic Castles.

Reddit members

Black Desert: 267.5kUp 0.1%
Cubic Castles: —

Black Desert currently has 267,493 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Cubic Castles.

Twitch viewers

Black Desert: 24.2kUp 11%
Cubic Castles: 0

Black Desert currently has 24,219 live Twitch viewers, while Cubic Castles has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Black Desert: 80.6kUp 0.1%
Cubic Castles: 1.3k

Black Desert currently has about 62× as many YouTube subscribers as Cubic Castles — 80,600 vs 1,310.

How these estimates are made

Black Desert

Black Desert is estimated to have 70k – 250k 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.

Cubic Castles

Cubic Castles is estimated to have 70 – 250 players a day. Around 97k – 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.