Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
tModLoader is currently the more played game: 29,108 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 16,260 for Black Desert — about 1.8× more players. tModLoader also has the better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 74%. tModLoader is free to play, while Black Desert costs $9.99. Across all tracked metrics, tModLoader leads 9 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
tModLoader has had the higher daily player count for the last 43 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
43
Current streak
43 days
tModLoader
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
15%
May 28, 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 | tModLoader |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 16,260 | 29,108 |
| 24-hour peak | 20,493 | 39,024 |
| 7-day average | 17,281 | 26,766 |
| 30-day average | 16,485 | 26,993 |
| 30-day trend | +1% | +6% |
| Peak (tracked) | 21,184 | 45,639 |
| Steam reviews | 74% positive | 97% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 56% positive | 97% positive |
| Total reviews | 93,474 | 374,578 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | — |
| Release date | May 23, 2017 | May 15, 2020 |
| Price | $9.99 | Free to play |
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| Month | Black Desert | tModLoader | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 18,367 | 19,554 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 17,962 | 20,753 | 27,063 | 44,468 |
| Jun 2026 | 16,328 | 20,478 | 25,861 | 45,639 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 16,486 | 21,184 | 27,043 | 42,804 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
tModLoader currently has more players: 29,108 concurrent players on Steam vs 16,260 for Black Desert — about 1.8× more players.
Over the last 30 days Black Desert averaged 16,485 concurrent players and tModLoader averaged 26,993. By that measure tModLoader is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: tModLoader has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 43 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, tModLoader rates higher: 97% positive across 374,578 reviews vs 74% across 93,474 for Black Desert. tModLoader has the larger player base right now (29,108 vs 16,260 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Black Desert averaged 16,485 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 21,184.
tModLoader averaged 26,993 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 6% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 45,639.