Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes.
Black Desert is currently the more played game: 19,181 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 16,467 for Soundpad — about 16% more players. Soundpad counters with better Steam reviews: 96% positive vs 74%. Across all tracked metrics, Black Desert leads 6 of 10.
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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 17 days — Soundpad last led on Jul 3, 2026.
Days tracked
43
Current streak
17 days
Black Desert
Lead changes
6
Closest gap
<1%
Jun 25, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 43 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Black Desert | Soundpad |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 19,181 | 16,467 |
| 24-hour peak | 20,015 | 17,364 |
| 7-day average | 17,174 | 13,288 |
| 30-day average | 16,501 | 13,553 |
| 30-day trend | ±0% | −5% |
| Peak (tracked) | 21,184 | 21,472 |
| Steam reviews | 74% positive | 96% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 56% positive | 96% positive |
| Total reviews | 93,474 | 102,725 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~2,000,000 |
| Release date | May 23, 2017 | Sep 29, 2017 |
| Price | $9.99 | $4.99 |
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| Month | Black Desert | Soundpad | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 18,367 | 19,554 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 17,962 | 20,753 | 15,202 | 21,472 |
| Jun 2026 | 16,328 | 20,478 | 13,981 | 20,338 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 16,597 | 21,184 | 13,539 | 18,674 |
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: 19,181 concurrent players on Steam vs 16,467 for Soundpad — about 16% more players.
Over the last 30 days Black Desert averaged 16,501 concurrent players and Soundpad averaged 13,553. By that measure Black Desert is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 43 days Coilr has tracked both games, Soundpad had the higher daily average on 3 days, most recently on Jul 3, 2026. Black Desert has led for the last 17 days.
By Steam review score, Soundpad rates higher: 96% positive across 102,725 reviews vs 74% across 93,474 for Black Desert. Black Desert has the larger player base right now (19,181 vs 16,467 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Black Desert averaged 16,501 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 21,184.
Soundpad averaged 13,553 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 5% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 21,472.