Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Strategy games.
Black Desert is currently the more played game: 16,080 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 9,510 for Bloons TD 6 — about 1.7× more players. Bloons TD 6 counters with better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 74%. Across all tracked metrics, Black Desert leads 6 of 10.
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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 46 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
46
Current streak
46 days
Black Desert
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
7%
Jul 3, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 46 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Black Desert | Bloons TD 6 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 16,080 | 9,510 |
| 24-hour peak | 18,696 | 9,510 |
| 7-day average | 16,954 | 7,759 |
| 30-day average | 16,371 | 9,171 |
| 30-day trend | −1% | +15% |
| Peak (tracked) | 21,184 | 14,971 |
| Steam reviews | 74% positive | 97% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 61% positive | 97% positive |
| Total reviews | 93,551 | 390,992 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~2,000,000 |
| Release date | May 23, 2017 | Dec 16, 2018 |
| Price | $9.99 | $13.99 |
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| Month | Black Desert | Bloons TD 6 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 18,367 | 19,554 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 17,962 | 20,753 | 8,191 | 10,733 |
| Jun 2026 | 16,326 | 20,437 | 8,127 | 12,539 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 16,480 | 21,184 | 9,347 | 14,971 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Black Desert currently has more players: 16,080 concurrent players on Steam vs 9,510 for Bloons TD 6 — about 1.7× more players.
Over the last 30 days Black Desert averaged 16,371 concurrent players and Bloons TD 6 averaged 9,171. By that measure Black Desert is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Black Desert has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 46 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Bloons TD 6 rates higher: 97% positive across 390,992 reviews vs 74% across 93,551 for Black Desert. Black Desert has the larger player base right now (16,080 vs 9,510 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Black Desert averaged 16,371 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 21,184.
Bloons TD 6 averaged 9,171 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 15% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 14,971.