Head to head

Black Desert vs Viking Rise

Black Desert

Live

73k – 260k daily

Viking Rise

Live

2k – 7k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago

March 2023 · 3 years ago

Daily players

73k – 260k

2k – 7k

Estimated players

93.9k1.0%

69k0.6%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows
Android
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Black DesertViking Rise

Black Desert

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

Viking Rise

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~68.9k	Up 15%
July 2026	~59.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Black Desert: 20.7kUp 4.9%
Viking Rise: 597Down 24%

Black Desert currently has about 35× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Viking Rise — 20,654 vs 597.

Discord members

Black Desert: 96.8kUp 0.5%
Viking Rise: 263.4k

Viking Rise currently has about 2.7× as many Discord members as Black Desert — 263,408 vs 96,760.

Reddit members

Black Desert: 267.9kUp 0.6%
Viking Rise: —

Black Desert currently has 267,917 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Viking Rise.

Twitch viewers

Black Desert: 12.1kUp 40%
Viking Rise: 2Down 95%

Black Desert currently has about 6075× as many live Twitch viewers as Viking Rise — 12,149 vs 2.

YouTube subscribers

Black Desert: 80.7kUp 0.5%
Viking Rise: 111kUp 0.9%

Viking Rise currently has about 1.4× as many YouTube subscribers as Black Desert — 111,000 vs 80,700.

How these estimates are made

Black Desert

Black Desert is estimated to have 73k – 260k 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.

Viking Rise

Viking Rise is estimated to have 2k – 7k players a day. Around 27k – 70k 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.