Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Black Desert is currently the more played game: 13,569 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 10,026 for No Man's Sky — about 35% more players. No Man's Sky counters with better Steam reviews: 85% positive vs 74%. No Man's Sky is currently 60% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Black Desert leads 5 of 9.
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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 71 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
71
Current streak
71 days
Black Desert
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
7%
Jun 11, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 71 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Black Desert | No Man's Sky |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 13,569 | 10,026 |
| 24-hour peak | 19,254 | 10,234 |
| 7-day average | 16,973 | 8,783 |
| 30-day average | 16,375 | 9,549 |
| 30-day trend | −1% | −31% |
| Peak (tracked) | 21,184 | 26,197 |
| Steam reviews | 74% positive | 85% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 61% positive | 90% positive |
| Total reviews | 93,551 | 412,087 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | May 23, 2017 | Aug 12, 2016 |
| Price | $9.99 | $23.99 (−60%) |
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| Month | Black Desert | No Man's Sky | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 18,367 | 19,554 | 12,944 | 17,194 |
| May 2026 | 17,962 | 20,753 | 8,880 | 10,545 |
| Jun 2026 | 16,326 | 20,437 | 12,838 | 26,197 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 16,469 | 21,184 | 9,472 | 16,251 |
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: 13,569 concurrent players on Steam vs 10,026 for No Man's Sky — about 35% more players.
Over the last 30 days Black Desert averaged 16,375 concurrent players and No Man's Sky averaged 9,549. 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 71 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, No Man's Sky rates higher: 85% positive across 412,087 reviews vs 74% across 93,551 for Black Desert. Black Desert has the larger player base right now (13,569 vs 10,026 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Black Desert averaged 16,375 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 21,184.
No Man's Sky averaged 9,549 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 31% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 26,197.