Head to head

Black Desert vs Dune: Awakening

Black Desert

Live

65k – 230k daily

Dune: Awakening

Live

16k – 57k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago

June 2025 · 1 year ago

Daily players

65k – 230k

16k – 57k

Estimated players

90.3k2.4%

100.8k5.6%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows
PlayStation

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Black DesertDune: Awakening

Black Desert

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

Dune: Awakening

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~104.4k	Down 0.9%
July 2026	~105.3k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Black Desert: 22.3kUp 13%
Dune: Awakening: 3.3kDown 45%

Black Desert currently has about 6.8× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Dune: Awakening — 22,304 vs 3,266.

Discord members

Black Desert: 96.6kUp 0.3%
Dune: Awakening: 202.2kDown 0.6%

Dune: Awakening currently has about 2.1× as many Discord members as Black Desert — 202,165 vs 96,642.

Reddit members

Black Desert: 267.6kUp 0.4%
Dune: Awakening: 105.1kUp 0.6%

Black Desert currently has about 2.5× as many subreddit members as Dune: Awakening — 267,604 vs 105,124.

Twitch viewers

Black Desert: 8.2kDown 6.1%
Dune: Awakening: 351Down 25%

Black Desert currently has about 23× as many live Twitch viewers as Dune: Awakening — 8,174 vs 351.

YouTube subscribers

Black Desert: 80.6kUp 0.4%
Dune: Awakening: 180k

Dune: Awakening currently has about 2.2× as many YouTube subscribers as Black Desert — 180,000 vs 80,600.

How these estimates are made

Black Desert

Black Desert is estimated to have 65k – 230k 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.

Dune: Awakening

Dune: Awakening is estimated to have 16k – 57k 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.