Head to head

Black Desert vs The Secret World

Black Desert

Live

61k – 210k daily

The Secret World

Live

120 – 420 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago

July 2012 · 14 years ago

Daily players

61k – 210k

120 – 420

Estimated players

92k0.3%

19.7k

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Black DesertThe Secret World

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	—

The Secret World

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~19.7k
August 2026	~19.7k	Up 1.5%
July 2026	~19.4k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Black Desert: 19.5kDown 20%
The Secret World: 44Down 17%

Black Desert currently has about 444× as many peak concurrent Steam players as The Secret World — 19,534 vs 44.

Discord members

Black Desert: 96.8kUp 0.8%
The Secret World: —

Black Desert currently has 96,809 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for The Secret World.

Reddit members

Black Desert: 268.5kUp 0.6%
The Secret World: 7.7kUp 0.2%

Black Desert currently has about 35× as many subreddit members as The Secret World — 268,451 vs 7,662.

Twitch viewers

Black Desert: 5.7kDown 67%
The Secret World: 9

Black Desert currently has about 635× as many live Twitch viewers as The Secret World — 5,718 vs 9.

YouTube subscribers

Black Desert: 80.9kUp 0.5%
The Secret World: 180k

The Secret World currently has about 2.2× as many YouTube subscribers as Black Desert — 180,000 vs 80,900.

How these estimates are made

Black Desert

Black Desert is estimated to have 61k – 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.

The Secret World

The Secret World is estimated to have 120 – 420 players a day. Around 190k – 480k 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.