Head to head

Black Desert vs WildStar

Black Desert

Live

60k – 210k daily

WildStar

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago

June 2014 · 12 years ago

Daily players

60k – 210k

No population data

Estimated players

89.3k2.7%

11k

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Black DesertWildStar

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	—

WildStar

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~11k
August 2026	~11k	Up 5.2%
July 2026	~10.4k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Black Desert: 20kDown 19%
WildStar: 0Down 100%

Black Desert currently has 19,971 peak concurrent Steam players, while WildStar has 0.

Discord members

Black Desert: 96.6kDown 0.1%
WildStar: —

Black Desert currently has 96,610 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for WildStar.

Reddit members

Black Desert: 269.2kUp 0.4%
WildStar: 27kUp 0.1%

Black Desert currently has about 10× as many subreddit members as WildStar — 269,232 vs 27,006.

Twitch viewers

Black Desert: 6.3kDown 56%
WildStar: 0

Black Desert currently has 6,278 live Twitch viewers, while WildStar has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Black Desert: 81kUp 0.2%
WildStar: 77.6kDown 0.1%

Black Desert and WildStar are nearly even on YouTube subscribers — 81,000 vs 77,600.

How these estimates are made

Black Desert

Black Desert is estimated to have 60k – 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.

WildStar

WildStar is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 110k – 290k 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.