Head to head

Black Desert vs Runescape

Black Desert

Live

45k – 160k daily

Runescape

Live

8k – 27k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago

January 2001 · 26 years ago

Daily players

45k – 160k

8k – 27k

Estimated players

90k0.3%

111.6k0.7%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Browser
Windows
Android
macOS
Linux
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Black DesertRunescape

Black Desert

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~85.8k	Down 2.6%
October 2026	~88.2k	Down 1.4%
September 2026	~89.4k	Down 2.5%
August 2026	~91.7k	Up 2.9%
July 2026	~89.1k	—

Runescape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~109k	Down 0.4%
October 2026	~109.4k	Up 2.0%
September 2026	~107.3k	Down 0.8%
August 2026	~108.1k	Up 1.2%
July 2026	~106.8k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Black Desert: 14.2kDown 34%
Runescape: 2.7kUp 8.9%

Black Desert currently has about 5.4× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Runescape — 14,234 vs 2,660.

Discord members

Black Desert: 95.1kDown 1.5%
Runescape: 127.7kDown 0.5%

Runescape currently has about 1.3× as many Discord members as Black Desert — 127,728 vs 95,052.

Reddit members

Black Desert: 270.2kUp 0.3%
Runescape: 410.2kUp 1.1%

Runescape currently has about 1.5× as many subreddit members as Black Desert — 410,226 vs 270,173.

Twitch viewers

Black Desert: 7.5kDown 16%
Runescape: 810Down 96%

Black Desert currently has about 9.2× as many live Twitch viewers as Runescape — 7,456 vs 810.

YouTube subscribers

Black Desert: 81.2kUp 0.1%
Runescape: 267kUp 0.8%

Runescape currently has about 3.3× as many YouTube subscribers as Black Desert — 267,000 vs 81,200.

How these estimates are made

Black Desert

Black Desert is estimated to have 45k – 160k 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.

Runescape

Runescape is estimated to have 8k – 27k players a day. Around 470k – 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.