Head to head

Black Desert vs Runes of Legend

Black Desert

Live

53k – 190k daily

Runes of Legend

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago

November 2024 · 2 years ago

Daily players

53k – 190k

No population data

Estimated players

90.8k1.7%

4.4k1.0%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Black DesertRunes of Legend

Black Desert

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~90.4k	Down 1.4%
August 2026	~91.7k	Up 2.9%
July 2026	~89.1k	—

Runes of Legend

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~4.4k	Up 1.6%
August 2026	~4.3k	Up 0.4%
July 2026	~4.3k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Black Desert: 20.4kDown 29%
Runes of Legend: —

Black Desert currently has 20,437 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Runes of Legend.

Discord members

Black Desert: 96.8kUp 0.3%
Runes of Legend: 19.5kUp 0.8%

Black Desert currently has about 5× as many Discord members as Runes of Legend — 96,802 vs 19,523.

Reddit members

Black Desert: 268.8kUp 0.5%
Runes of Legend: —

Black Desert currently has 268,846 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Runes of Legend.

Twitch viewers

Black Desert: 9.4kDown 61%
Runes of Legend: —

Black Desert currently has 9,395 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Runes of Legend.

YouTube subscribers

Black Desert: 80.9kUp 0.4%
Runes of Legend: —

Black Desert currently has 80,900 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Runes of Legend.

How these estimates are made

Black Desert

Black Desert is estimated to have 53k – 190k 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.

Runes of Legend

Runes of Legend is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 1k – 3k 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.