Head to head

Black Desert vs Faces of War

Black Desert

Live

46k – 160k daily

Faces of War

Live

25 – 88 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago

September 2006 · 20 years ago

Daily players

46k – 160k

25 – 88

Estimated players

89.8k2.8%

1.3k0.1%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Black DesertFaces of War

Black Desert

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~88.3k	Down 1.2%
September 2026	~89.4k	Down 2.5%
August 2026	~91.7k	Up 2.9%
July 2026	~89.1k	—

Faces of War

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~1.3k	Up 1.2%
September 2026	~1.3k	Up 0.3%
August 2026	~1.3k	Up 1.8%
July 2026	~1.3k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Black Desert: 16.2kDown 20%
Faces of War: 6Down 50%

Black Desert currently has about 2697× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Faces of War — 16,182 vs 6.

Discord members

Black Desert: 96.3kDown 0.5%
Faces of War: —

Black Desert currently has 96,317 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Faces of War.

Reddit members

Black Desert: 269.8kUp 0.3%
Faces of War: —

Black Desert currently has 269,761 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Faces of War.

Twitch viewers

Black Desert: 11.4kUp 30%
Faces of War: 0Down 100%

Black Desert currently has 11,380 live Twitch viewers, while Faces of War has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Black Desert: 81.2kUp 0.4%
Faces of War: 11.8kUp 2.6%

Black Desert currently has about 6.9× as many YouTube subscribers as Faces of War — 81,200 vs 11,800.

How these estimates are made

Black Desert

Black Desert is estimated to have 46k – 160k 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.

Faces of War

Faces of War is estimated to have 25 – 88 players a day. Around 33k – 85k 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.