Head to head

Black Desert vs Trove

Black Desert

Live

48k – 170k daily

Trove

Live

1k – 5k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago

July 2015 · 11 years ago

Daily players

48k – 170k

1k – 5k

Estimated players

88.7k4.0%

33.7k4.3%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows
macOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Black DesertTrove

Black Desert

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~88.4k	Down 1.1%
September 2026	~89.4k	Down 2.5%
August 2026	~91.7k	Up 2.9%
July 2026	~89.1k	—

Trove

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~32.9k	Up 1.7%
September 2026	~32.4k	Up 0.4%
August 2026	~32.3k	Up 1.5%
July 2026	~31.8k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Black Desert: 14.7kDown 30%
Trove: 392Down 42%

Black Desert currently has about 38× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Trove — 14,722 vs 392.

Discord members

Black Desert: 96.4kDown 0.5%
Trove: 40.3kDown 0.6%

Black Desert currently has about 2.4× as many Discord members as Trove — 96,352 vs 40,266.

Reddit members

Black Desert: 269.7kUp 0.3%
Trove: 49.3kUp 0.2%

Black Desert currently has about 5.5× as many subreddit members as Trove — 269,743 vs 49,334.

Twitch viewers

Black Desert: 12.3kUp 31%
Trove: 14Down 13%

Black Desert currently has about 876× as many live Twitch viewers as Trove — 12,264 vs 14.

YouTube subscribers

Black Desert: 81.2kUp 0.4%
Trove: 65.6kUp 4.3%

Black Desert currently has about 1.2× as many YouTube subscribers as Trove — 81,200 vs 65,600.

How these estimates are made

Black Desert

Black Desert is estimated to have 48k – 170k 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.

Trove

Trove is estimated to have 1k – 5k 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.