Head to head

Black Desert vs PlanetSide 2

Black Desert

Live

57k – 200k daily

PlanetSide 2

Live

1k – 4k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago

November 2012 · 14 years ago

Daily players

57k – 200k

1k – 4k

Estimated players

87.6k2.8%

26.7k

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows
PlayStation

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Black DesertPlanetSide 2

Black Desert

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~89.5k	Down 2.4%
August 2026	~91.7k	Up 2.9%
July 2026	~89.1k	—

PlanetSide 2

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~26.8k
August 2026	~26.7k	Up 12%
July 2026	~23.9k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Black Desert: 19.9kDown 22%
PlanetSide 2: 389Down 9.3%

Black Desert currently has about 51× as many peak concurrent Steam players as PlanetSide 2 — 19,928 vs 389.

Discord members

Black Desert: 96.7k
PlanetSide 2: —

Black Desert currently has 96,696 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for PlanetSide 2.

Reddit members

Black Desert: 269.2kUp 0.4%
PlanetSide 2: 91.7kUp 0.2%

Black Desert currently has about 2.9× as many subreddit members as PlanetSide 2 — 269,177 vs 91,706.

Twitch viewers

Black Desert: 10.6kDown 37%
PlanetSide 2: 15Down 72%

Black Desert currently has about 708× as many live Twitch viewers as PlanetSide 2 — 10,625 vs 15.

YouTube subscribers

Black Desert: 81kUp 0.2%
PlanetSide 2: 98.4kDown 0.1%

PlanetSide 2 currently has about 1.2× as many YouTube subscribers as Black Desert — 98,400 vs 81,000.

How these estimates are made

Black Desert

Black Desert is estimated to have 57k – 200k 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.

PlanetSide 2

PlanetSide 2 is estimated to have 1k – 4k 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.