Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Terraria is currently the more played game: 27,774 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 19,211 for Black Desert — about 45% more players. Terraria also has the better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 74%. Across all tracked metrics, Terraria leads 10 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Terraria has had the higher daily player count for the last 82 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
82
Current streak
82 days
Terraria
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
2%
Apr 24, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 82 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Black Desert | Terraria |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 19,211 | 27,774 |
| 24-hour peak | 20,082 | 39,405 |
| 7-day average | 17,350 | 31,193 |
| 30-day average | 16,312 | 30,105 |
| 30-day trend | −2% | +16% |
| Peak (tracked) | 21,184 | 49,184 |
| Steam reviews | 74% positive | 97% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 56% positive | 97% positive |
| Total reviews | 93,474 | 1,535,914 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | May 23, 2017 | May 15, 2011 |
| Price | $9.99 | $9.99 |
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| Month | Black Desert | Terraria | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 18,367 | 19,554 | 21,712 | 27,427 |
| May 2026 | 17,962 | 20,753 | 24,837 | 41,678 |
| Jun 2026 | 16,328 | 20,478 | 26,841 | 46,899 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 16,387 | 21,184 | 31,779 | 49,184 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Terraria currently has more players: 27,774 concurrent players on Steam vs 19,211 for Black Desert — about 45% more players.
Over the last 30 days Black Desert averaged 16,312 concurrent players and Terraria averaged 30,105. By that measure Terraria is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Terraria has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 82 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Terraria rates higher: 97% positive across 1,535,914 reviews vs 74% across 93,474 for Black Desert. Terraria has the larger player base right now (27,774 vs 19,211 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Black Desert averaged 16,312 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 21,184.
Terraria averaged 30,105 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 16% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 49,184.