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Black Desert vs IdleOn
Black Desert is the more played game right now: 16,574 players on Steam against 12,389 for IdleOn, about 34% more players. Black Desert has been ahead for 83 days straight.
IdleOn counters with better Steam reviews: 77% positive vs 73%. IdleOn is free to play, while Black Desert costs $9.99. Across all tracked metrics, Black Desert leads 8 of 10.
Players over time
Live Steam player counts, read every 10 minutes. Both are Adventure / Massively Multiplayer games.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 180h in Black Desert and 265h in IdleOn. Connect your Steam account and this row fills in with your own hours instead — then keeps tracking both, so you can see which one you are actually still playing.
Black Desert
180h
average of 80 members
IdleOn
265h
average of 26 members
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Black Desert
16,409IdleOn
11,766Daily averages · latest day · Black Desert, 39% ahead of IdleOn
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Read every 10 minutes · methodology
These are Steam players only. A game that also runs on its own launcher, a storefront of its own or on console has players this number cannot see, so read it as a comparison of Steam audiences rather than of total ones.
Head-to-head record
Black Desert has had the higher daily player count for the last 83 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Black Desert led 83 daysIdleOn led 0 days
- Days tracked
- 83
- Current streak
- 83 days
- Black Desert
- Lead changes
- 0
- Closest gap
- 14%
- Sep 3, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's own Steam readings), compared on the 83 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day.
Side by side
Every number Coilr has for both games. The better figure in each row is in green.
| Metric | Black Desert | IdleOn |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 16,574 | 12,389 |
| 24-hour peak | 18,888 | 13,124 |
| 7-day average | 16,695 | 11,220 |
| 30-day average | 18,259 | 11,841 |
| 30-day trend | −12% | −14% |
| Peak (tracked) | 29,349 | 19,173 |
| Steam reviews | 73% positive | 77% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 66% positive | 70% positive |
| Total reviews | 94,687 | 30,032 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~1,000,000 |
| Release date | May 24, 2017 | Nov 6, 2025 |
| Price | $9.99 | Free to play |
Players by month
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (readings every few minutes for the biggest games, hourly averages beyond 30 days).
| Month | Black Desert | IdleOn | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 18,367 | 19,554 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 17,962 | 20,753 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 16,332 | 20,437 | — | — |
| Jul 2026 | 17,243 | 25,328 | 7,486 | 8,222 |
| Aug 2026 | 22,521 | 29,349 | 11,240 | 19,173 |
| Sep 2026 | 19,883 | 26,130 | 13,301 | 17,554 |
| Oct 2026 (so far) | 17,291 | 22,277 | 11,428 | 14,443 |
Frequently asked
Which has more players, Black Desert or IdleOn?
Black Desert currently has more players: 16,574 concurrent players on Steam vs 12,389 for IdleOn, about 34% more players.
Is Black Desert bigger than IdleOn on Steam?
Over the last 30 days Black Desert averaged 18,259 concurrent players and IdleOn averaged 11,841. By that measure Black Desert is currently the bigger game.
Has IdleOn ever had more players than Black Desert?
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 83 days both games have been tracked.
Is Black Desert better than IdleOn?
By Steam review score, IdleOn rates higher: 77% positive across 30,032 reviews vs 73% across 94,687 for Black Desert. Black Desert has the larger player base right now (16,574 vs 12,389 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Is Black Desert growing or declining on Steam?
Black Desert averaged 18,259 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 12% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 29,349.
Is IdleOn growing or declining on Steam?
IdleOn averaged 11,841 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 14% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 19,173.
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