Head to head

Black Desert vs The Sims Online

Black Desert

Live

57k – 200k daily

The Sims Online

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago

December 2002 · 24 years ago

Daily players

57k – 200k

No population data

Estimated players

87.6k2.8%

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Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Black DesertThe Sims Online

Black Desert

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~89.4k	Down 2.5%
August 2026	~91.7k	Up 2.9%
July 2026	~89.1k	—

The Sims Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~1	—
August 2026	—	—
July 2026	—	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Black Desert: 18.7kDown 27%
The Sims Online: —

Black Desert currently has 18,741 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for The Sims Online.

Discord members

Black Desert: 96.7k
The Sims Online: —

Black Desert currently has 96,696 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for The Sims Online.

Reddit members

Black Desert: 269.2kUp 0.4%
The Sims Online: —

Black Desert currently has 269,174 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for The Sims Online.

Twitch viewers

Black Desert: 6.8kDown 60%
The Sims Online: 0

Black Desert currently has 6,786 live Twitch viewers, while The Sims Online has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Black Desert: 81kUp 0.2%
The Sims Online: —

Black Desert currently has 81,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for The Sims Online.

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.