Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Strategy games.
Black Desert is currently the more played game: 8,808 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 8,210 for Slay the Spire — a similar number of players. Slay the Spire counters with better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 74%. Across all tracked metrics, Black Desert leads 6 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 39 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
39
Current streak
39 days
Black Desert
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
27%
Jul 3, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 39 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Black Desert | Slay the Spire |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 8,808 | 8,210 |
| 24-hour peak | 19,560 | 10,455 |
| 7-day average | 17,370 | 7,776 |
| 30-day average | 16,274 | 8,509 |
| 30-day trend | −2% | −3% |
| Peak (tracked) | 21,184 | 15,650 |
| Steam reviews | 74% positive | 97% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 56% positive | 95% positive |
| Total reviews | 93,474 | 216,051 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | May 23, 2017 | Jan 22, 2019 |
| Price | $9.99 | $24.99 |
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| Month | Black Desert | Slay the Spire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 18,367 | 19,554 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 17,962 | 20,753 | 9,434 | 15,650 |
| Jun 2026 | 16,324 | 20,478 | 8,811 | 15,610 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 16,278 | 21,184 | 8,047 | 13,362 |
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: 8,808 concurrent players on Steam vs 8,210 for Slay the Spire — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days Black Desert averaged 16,274 concurrent players and Slay the Spire averaged 8,509. 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 39 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Slay the Spire rates higher: 97% positive across 216,051 reviews vs 74% across 93,474 for Black Desert. Black Desert has the larger player base right now (8,808 vs 8,210 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Black Desert averaged 16,274 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 21,184.
Slay the Spire averaged 8,509 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 3% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 15,650.