Head to head

Black Desert vs Perfect World

Black Desert

Live

41k – 150k daily

Perfect World

Live

8 – 4k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago

July 2005 · 21 years ago

Daily players

41k – 150k

8 – 4k

Estimated players

87.4k0.3%

6711.0%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Black DesertPerfect World

Black Desert

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~88k	Down 1.5%
September 2026	~89.4k	Down 2.5%
August 2026	~91.7k	Up 2.9%
July 2026	~89.1k	—

Perfect World

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~674	Up 0.1%
September 2026	~673	Up 0.4%
August 2026	~670	Up 3.1%
July 2026	~650	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Black Desert: 15kDown 24%
Perfect World: —

Black Desert currently has 15,038 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Perfect World.

Discord members

Black Desert: 95.1kDown 1.5%
Perfect World: 2.1kDown 2.2%

Black Desert currently has about 45× as many Discord members as Perfect World — 95,147 vs 2,112.

Reddit members

Black Desert: 270.1kUp 0.3%
Perfect World: 1.2kUp 2.0%

Black Desert currently has about 217× as many subreddit members as Perfect World — 270,116 vs 1,245.

Twitch viewers

Black Desert: 9.5kUp 25%
Perfect World: 20Down 96%

Black Desert currently has about 475× as many live Twitch viewers as Perfect World — 9,501 vs 20.

YouTube subscribers

Black Desert: 81.2kUp 0.1%
Perfect World: —

Black Desert currently has 81,200 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Perfect World.

How these estimates are made

Black Desert

Black Desert is estimated to have 41k – 150k 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.

Perfect World

Perfect World is estimated to have 8 – 4k players a day. Around 5k – 480k accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.