Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Massively Multiplayer / Strategy games.
BidKing is currently the more played game: 14,693 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 8,808 for Black Desert — about 1.7× more players. Black Desert counters with better Steam reviews: 74% positive vs 33%. Across all tracked metrics, Black Desert leads 7 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Black Desert has had the higher daily player count for the last 13 days — BidKing last led on Jul 3, 2026.
Days tracked
39
Current streak
13 days
Black Desert
Lead changes
2
Closest gap
2%
Jul 3, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 39 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | BidKing | Black Desert |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 14,693 | 8,808 |
| 24-hour peak | 14,693 | 19,560 |
| 7-day average | 8,804 | 17,370 |
| 30-day average | 11,160 | 16,274 |
| 30-day trend | −27% | −2% |
| Peak (tracked) | 26,806 | 21,184 |
| Steam reviews | 33% positive | 74% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 12% positive | 56% positive |
| Total reviews | 22,500 | 93,474 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | — | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Apr 14, 2026 | May 23, 2017 |
| Price | — | $9.99 |
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| Month | BidKing | Black Desert | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 18,367 | 19,554 |
| May 2026 | 16,900 | 26,806 | 17,962 | 20,753 |
| Jun 2026 | 13,652 | 26,321 | 16,324 | 20,478 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 10,006 | 19,321 | 16,278 | 21,184 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
BidKing currently has more players: 14,693 concurrent players on Steam vs 8,808 for Black Desert — about 1.7× more players.
Over the last 30 days BidKing averaged 11,160 concurrent players and Black Desert averaged 16,274. By that measure Black Desert is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 39 days Coilr has tracked both games, BidKing had the higher daily average on 1 day, most recently on Jul 3, 2026. Black Desert has led for the last 13 days.
By Steam review score, Black Desert rates higher: 74% positive across 93,474 reviews vs 33% across 22,500 for BidKing. BidKing has the larger player base right now (14,693 vs 8,808 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
BidKing averaged 11,160 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 27% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 26,806.
Black Desert averaged 16,274 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 21,184.