Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Strategy games.
Black Desert is currently the more played game: 13,947 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 9,568 for Cities: Skylines — about 46% more players. Cities: Skylines counters with better Steam reviews: 93% positive vs 74%.
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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 80 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
80
Current streak
80 days
Black Desert
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
28%
Jul 3, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 80 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Black Desert | Cities: Skylines |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 13,947 | 9,568 |
| 24-hour peak | 19,560 | 9,957 |
| 7-day average | 17,371 | 7,756 |
| 30-day average | 16,261 | 8,346 |
| 30-day trend | −2% | +6% |
| Peak (tracked) | 21,184 | 14,280 |
| Steam reviews | 74% positive | 93% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 56% positive | 90% positive |
| Total reviews | 93,474 | 290,278 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | May 23, 2017 | Mar 9, 2015 |
| Price | $9.99 | $29.99 |
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| Month | Black Desert | Cities: Skylines | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 18,367 | 19,554 | 6,993 | 9,026 |
| May 2026 | 17,962 | 20,753 | 7,520 | 12,056 |
| Jun 2026 | 16,324 | 20,478 | 8,303 | 14,280 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 16,244 | 21,184 | 8,009 | 13,440 |
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: 13,947 concurrent players on Steam vs 9,568 for Cities: Skylines — about 46% more players.
Over the last 30 days Black Desert averaged 16,261 concurrent players and Cities: Skylines averaged 8,346. 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 80 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Cities: Skylines rates higher: 93% positive across 290,278 reviews vs 74% across 93,474 for Black Desert. Black Desert has the larger player base right now (13,947 vs 9,568 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Black Desert averaged 16,261 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 21,184.
Cities: Skylines averaged 8,346 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 6% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 14,280.