Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Grim Dawn is currently the more played game: 22,677 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 20,278 for Black Desert — a similar number of players. Grim Dawn also has the better Steam reviews: 94% positive vs 74%. Across all tracked metrics, Grim Dawn leads 8 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Grim Dawn has had the higher daily player count for the last 2 days — Black Desert last led on Jul 23, 2026.
Days tracked
48
Current streak
2 days
Grim Dawn
Lead changes
1
Closest gap
1%
Jul 24, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 48 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Black Desert | Grim Dawn |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 20,278 | 22,677 |
| 24-hour peak | 20,484 | 26,294 |
| 7-day average | 16,846 | 9,043 |
| 30-day average | 16,558 | 5,415 |
| 30-day trend | +2% | +86% |
| Peak (tracked) | 21,184 | 26,294 |
| Steam reviews | 74% positive | 94% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 61% positive | 91% positive |
| Total reviews | 93,551 | 107,489 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | May 24, 2017 | Feb 25, 2016 |
| Price | $9.99 | $24.99 |
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| Month | Black Desert | Grim Dawn | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 18,367 | 19,554 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 17,962 | 20,753 | 2,842 | 2,912 |
| Jun 2026 | 16,333 | 20,437 | 3,060 | 6,107 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 16,573 | 21,184 | 5,837 | 26,294 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Grim Dawn currently has more players: 22,677 concurrent players on Steam vs 20,278 for Black Desert — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days Black Desert averaged 16,558 concurrent players and Grim Dawn averaged 5,415. By that measure Black Desert is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 48 days Coilr has tracked both games, Black Desert had the higher daily average on 46 days, most recently on Jul 23, 2026. Grim Dawn has led for the last 2 days.
By Steam review score, Grim Dawn rates higher: 94% positive across 107,489 reviews vs 74% across 93,551 for Black Desert. Grim Dawn has the larger player base right now (22,677 vs 20,278 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Black Desert averaged 16,558 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 21,184.
Grim Dawn averaged 5,415 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 86% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 26,294.