Head to head

Black Desert vs Strife

Black Desert

Live

66k – 230k daily

Strife

Live

8 – 26 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago

May 2015 · 11 years ago

Daily players

66k – 230k

8 – 26

Estimated players

90.8k2.3%

1.2k

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows
macOS
Linux

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Black DesertStrife

Black Desert

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~91.6k	Up 2.8%
July 2026	~89.1k	—

Strife

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~1.2k
July 2026	~1.2k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Black Desert: 21.1kUp 7.3%
Strife: 0Down 100%

Black Desert currently has 21,125 peak concurrent Steam players, while Strife has 0.

Discord members

Black Desert: 96.8kUp 0.5%
Strife: —

Black Desert currently has 96,762 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Strife.

Reddit members

Black Desert: 268kUp 0.6%
Strife: —

Black Desert currently has 267,998 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Strife.

Twitch viewers

Black Desert: 10.7kUp 23%
Strife: 0

Black Desert currently has 10,683 live Twitch viewers, while Strife has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Black Desert: 80.8kUp 0.6%
Strife: 7kDown 0.1%

Black Desert currently has about 12× as many YouTube subscribers as Strife — 80,800 vs 6,990.

How these estimates are made

Black Desert

Black Desert is estimated to have 66k – 230k 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.

Strife

Strife is estimated to have 8 – 26 players a day. Around 110k – 280k 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.