Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes.
Black Desert is currently the more played game: 27,896 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 7,859 for Eternal Return — about 4× more players. Eternal Return counters with better Steam reviews: 76% positive vs 74%. Eternal Return is free to play, while Black Desert costs $0.99 (−90%). Across all tracked metrics, Black Desert leads 6 of 8.
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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 17 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
17
Current streak
17 days
Black Desert
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
44%
Jul 23, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 17 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Black Desert | Eternal Return |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 27,896 | 7,859 |
| 24-hour peak | 27,896 | 19,245 |
| 7-day average | 20,528 | 10,968 |
| 30-day average | 17,879 | 8,740 |
| 30-day trend | +12% | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 27,896 | 24,990 |
| Steam reviews | 74% positive | 76% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 62% positive | 68% positive |
| Total reviews | 93,623 | 70,251 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | May 24, 2017 | Jul 19, 2023 |
| Price | $0.99 (−90%) | Free to play |
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| Month | Black Desert | Eternal Return | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 18,367 | 19,554 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 17,962 | 20,753 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 16,332 | 20,437 | — | — |
| Jul 2026 | 17,209 | 25,328 | 8,200 | 24,990 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 23,558 | 27,896 | 10,694 | 19,409 |
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: 27,896 concurrent players on Steam vs 7,859 for Eternal Return — about 4× more players.
Over the last 30 days Black Desert averaged 17,879 concurrent players and Eternal Return averaged 8,740. 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 17 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Eternal Return rates higher: 76% positive across 70,251 reviews vs 74% across 93,623 for Black Desert. Black Desert has the larger player base right now (27,896 vs 7,859 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Black Desert averaged 17,879 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 12% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 27,896.