Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are RPG games.
Black Desert is currently the more played game: 17,012 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 13,451 for Fallout 4 — about 26% more players. Fallout 4 counters with better Steam reviews: 81% 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 86 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
86
Current streak
86 days
Black Desert
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
6%
Jul 3, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 86 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Black Desert | Fallout 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 17,012 | 13,451 |
| 24-hour peak | 18,447 | 13,611 |
| 7-day average | 16,945 | 11,301 |
| 30-day average | 16,369 | 10,913 |
| 30-day trend | −1% | +6% |
| Peak (tracked) | 21,184 | 17,301 |
| Steam reviews | 74% positive | 81% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 61% positive | 83% positive |
| Total reviews | 93,551 | 426,577 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | May 23, 2017 | Nov 8, 2015 |
| Price | $9.99 | $19.99 |
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| Month | Black Desert | Fallout 4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 18,367 | 19,554 | 11,732 | 13,926 |
| May 2026 | 17,962 | 20,753 | 10,898 | 14,354 |
| Jun 2026 | 16,326 | 20,437 | 10,342 | 16,099 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 16,486 | 21,184 | 11,070 | 17,301 |
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: 17,012 concurrent players on Steam vs 13,451 for Fallout 4 — about 26% more players.
Over the last 30 days Black Desert averaged 16,369 concurrent players and Fallout 4 averaged 10,913. 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 86 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Fallout 4 rates higher: 81% positive across 426,577 reviews vs 74% across 93,551 for Black Desert. Black Desert has the larger player base right now (17,012 vs 13,451 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Black Desert averaged 16,369 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 21,184.
Fallout 4 averaged 10,913 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 6% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 17,301.