Head to head

Black Desert vs Dragon Nest

Black Desert

Live

55k – 200k daily

Dragon Nest

Live

28 – 97 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago

March 2010 · 17 years ago

Daily players

55k – 200k

28 – 97

Estimated players

86.3k1.3%

7k7.7%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Black DesertDragon Nest

Black Desert

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~89.8k	Down 2.0%
August 2026	~91.7k	Up 2.9%
July 2026	~89.1k	—

Dragon Nest

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~7.1k	Up 4.6%
August 2026	~6.8k	Up 2.5%
July 2026	~6.6k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Black Desert: 20.1kDown 20%
Dragon Nest: 8Down 20%

Black Desert currently has about 2518× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Dragon Nest — 20,147 vs 8.

Discord members

Black Desert: 96.7kUp 0.1%
Dragon Nest: 17.5kUp 2.7%

Black Desert currently has about 5.5× as many Discord members as Dragon Nest — 96,747 vs 17,511.

Reddit members

Black Desert: 268.9kUp 0.4%
Dragon Nest: 10.5kUp 0.6%

Black Desert currently has about 26× as many subreddit members as Dragon Nest — 268,950 vs 10,464.

Twitch viewers

Black Desert: 4.8kDown 72%
Dragon Nest: 1Down 50%

Black Desert currently has about 4826× as many live Twitch viewers as Dragon Nest — 4,826 vs 1.

YouTube subscribers

Black Desert: 81kUp 0.4%
Dragon Nest: 11.2k

Black Desert currently has about 7.2× as many YouTube subscribers as Dragon Nest — 81,000 vs 11,200.

How these estimates are made

Black Desert

Black Desert is estimated to have 55k – 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.

Dragon Nest

Dragon Nest is estimated to have 28 – 97 players a day. Around 57k – 150k 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.