Head to head

Black Desert vs Grand Chase

Black Desert

Live

48k – 170k daily

Grand Chase

Live

11k – 38k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago

August 2003 · 23 years ago

Daily players

48k – 170k

11k – 38k

Estimated players

89.4k2.0%

18.1k6.1%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows
Android
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Side View

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Black DesertGrand Chase

Black Desert

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~88.6k	Down 0.9%
September 2026	~89.4k	Down 2.5%
August 2026	~91.7k	Up 2.9%
July 2026	~89.1k	—

Grand Chase

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~18.1k	Down 0.8%
September 2026	~18.2k	Up 3.3%
August 2026	~17.6k	Up 3.1%
July 2026	~17.1k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Black Desert: 17.7kDown 25%
Grand Chase: 4kDown 40%

Black Desert currently has about 4.4× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Grand Chase — 17,702 vs 4,011.

Discord members

Black Desert: 96.5kDown 0.3%
Grand Chase: 37.8kUp 2.1%

Black Desert currently has about 2.6× as many Discord members as Grand Chase — 96,514 vs 37,836.

Reddit members

Black Desert: 269.4kUp 0.4%
Grand Chase: 22.6kUp 0.6%

Black Desert currently has about 12× as many subreddit members as Grand Chase — 269,366 vs 22,597.

Twitch viewers

Black Desert: 4kDown 66%
Grand Chase: 0Down 100%

Black Desert currently has 3,952 live Twitch viewers, while Grand Chase has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Black Desert: 81.1kUp 0.2%
Grand Chase: 5.9kUp 2.4%

Black Desert currently has about 14× as many YouTube subscribers as Grand Chase — 81,100 vs 5,930.

How these estimates are made

Black Desert

Black Desert is estimated to have 48k – 170k 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.

Grand Chase

Grand Chase is estimated to have 11k – 38k players a day. Around 450k – 1m 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.