Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are RPG games.
Project Zomboid is currently the more played game: 27,850 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 17,213 for Black Desert — about 1.6× more players. Project Zomboid also has the better Steam reviews: 94% positive vs 74%. Across all tracked metrics, Project Zomboid leads 10 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Project Zomboid has had the higher daily player count for the last 45 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
45
Current streak
45 days
Project Zomboid
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
22%
Jun 9, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 45 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Black Desert | Project Zomboid |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 17,213 | 27,850 |
| 24-hour peak | 19,905 | 33,549 |
| 7-day average | 17,169 | 26,879 |
| 30-day average | 16,499 | 26,583 |
| 30-day trend | ±0% | +6% |
| Peak (tracked) | 21,184 | 40,732 |
| Steam reviews | 74% positive | 94% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 56% positive | 91% positive |
| Total reviews | 93,474 | 460,282 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | May 23, 2017 | Nov 7, 2013 |
| Price | $9.99 | $19.99 |
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| Month | Black Desert | Project Zomboid | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 18,367 | 19,554 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 17,962 | 20,753 | 26,844 | 38,458 |
| Jun 2026 | 16,328 | 20,478 | 24,873 | 38,508 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 16,608 | 21,184 | 27,422 | 40,732 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Project Zomboid currently has more players: 27,850 concurrent players on Steam vs 17,213 for Black Desert — about 1.6× more players.
Over the last 30 days Black Desert averaged 16,499 concurrent players and Project Zomboid averaged 26,583. By that measure Project Zomboid is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Project Zomboid has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 45 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Project Zomboid rates higher: 94% positive across 460,282 reviews vs 74% across 93,474 for Black Desert. Project Zomboid has the larger player base right now (27,850 vs 17,213 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Black Desert averaged 16,499 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 21,184.
Project Zomboid averaged 26,583 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 6% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 40,732.