Head to head
Black Desert vs Persist Online
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- PlayStation
- Xbox
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
Categories
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Black Desert
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~90k | Down 1.8% |
| August 2026 | ~91.7k | Up 2.9% |
| July 2026 | ~89.1k | — |
Persist Online
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~1.8k | Up 8.1% |
| August 2026 | ~1.7k | Down 1.2% |
| July 2026 | ~1.7k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- Black Desert
- 21.1kDown 24%
- Persist Online
- —
Black Desert currently has 21,094 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Persist Online.
Discord members
- Black Desert
- 96.8kUp 0.3%
- Persist Online
- 6kUp 11%
Black Desert currently has about 16× as many Discord members as Persist Online — 96,806 vs 6,007.
Reddit members
- Black Desert
- 268.8kUp 0.5%
- Persist Online
- 44Up 13%
Black Desert currently has about 6109× as many subreddit members as Persist Online — 268,808 vs 44.
Twitch viewers
- Black Desert
- 8.3kDown 58%
- Persist Online
- —
Black Desert currently has 8,338 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Persist Online.
YouTube subscribers
- Black Desert
- 80.9kUp 0.4%
- Persist Online
- 753Up 3.9%
Black Desert currently has about 107× as many YouTube subscribers as Persist Online — 80,900 vs 753.
How these estimates are made
Black Desert
Black Desert is estimated to have 60k – 210k 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.
Persist Online
Persist Online is estimated to have 4 – 2k players a day. Around 3k – 270k 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.
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