Black Desert — Who recommends this game?

Lifetime gross spend

$30.65Mest

grossAtFullPrice $30.65M · promo blend

Net to developer

$19.74Mest

after Valve / VAT / refunds

Lifetime units

3,068,357▼ 99.8%

0 / day median · launch

Launch window · 30d

$00% of LTD

0 units · $0.00 ASP

Confidence

medium±18%

Based on 61,987 reviews collected over 8.9 years; balanced multi-language audience; non-Early-Access.

01 Revenue · monthly

Gross consumer spend USD

Gross

02 Lifetime breakdown

Launch window vs tail · units & spend

30 days launch window

Launch · units

00.0%

Tail · units

3.1M

3,068,357100.0%

Launch · gross

$00.0%

Tail · gross

$30.65M

$30.65M100.0%

Net to dev

$19.74M

$19.74M64.4%

01 Like Score

qualityScore = Σ inbound · log₁₀(reviews+1) · positive% · rank-bonus

Tier S · ▲ 82 7d

DCBAS ●

Inbound

3,643

Σ log₁₀(R+1)

118

Avg pos%

78%

→ 3,436

Score history · 30d retention

2,104 (14d ago)3,436 (now)

02 Top inbound contributors

Games whose “More Like This” lists rank Black Desert · 3,643 inbound · top 10 shown

qualityScore 3,436

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition210K reviews · 94% pos · Bethesda Game Studios · 2016

+5.0

Mount & Blade: Warband134K reviews · 97% pos · TaleWorlds Entertainment · 2010

+5.0

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim181K reviews · 94% pos · Bethesda Game Studios · 2011

+4.9

Hogwarts Legacy268K reviews · 89% pos · Avalanche Software · 2023

+4.8

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord224K reviews · 87% pos · TaleWorlds Entertainment · 2022

+4.7

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009)42K reviews · 94% pos · Bethesda Game Studios · 2009

+4.3

The Elder Scrolls® Online133K reviews · 82% pos · ZeniMax Online Studios · 2017

+4.2

Crimson Desert98K reviews · 83% pos · Pearl Abyss · 2026

+4.1

FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE38K reviews · 88% pos · Square Enix · 2022

+4.0

Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen37K reviews · 88% pos · Capcom · 2016

+4.0

+ 14 more inbound gamesLong tail · ranks across catalog

+47.1

03 Black Desert’s “More like this”

Outbound MLT · 30 games

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#1AION 2

0%0

#2FINAL FANTASY XIV Online

86%77K

#3Scars of Honor

0%0

#4The Elder Scrolls® Online

0%0

Review score

6/ 9

Mostly Positive

% positive

73.1%cohort 71%

45,315 pos · 16,677 neg

Total reviews

62Ktracked

61,992 crawled

Velocity · 30d

0 / dayest

1 this month

Steam-purchase rate

26.1%flat

73.9% free / EA / key

01 Language distribution

Reviewer interface language · count, share of total, share positive

29 languages · top 12 shown

ENEnglish

48.6%30,15670%

RURussian

12.0%7,43572%

ESSpanish

7.0%4,35382%

TRTurkish

6.3%3,92875%

PTBrazilian Portuguese

6.2%3,81884%

DEGerman

4.0%2,50473%

FRFrench

2.9%1,82578%

PLPolish

2.6%1,60980%

ZHSimplified Chinese

1.8%1,11859%

THThai

1.2%75284%

TWTraditional Chinese

1.1%67459%

ESLatin American Spanish

1.0%59475%

02 Reviews by playtime

Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket

0-1h 4,822

31%positive

7.8% of reviewsrefund window

1-10h 15,662

64%positive

25.3% of reviews

10-100h 18,626

82%positive

30.0% of reviews

100h+ 22,882

81%positive

36.9% of reviews

03 Monthly timeline

Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch

Positive 45,315Negative 16,677

2.5k1.9k1.3k6300

20·1021·0722·0423·0123·1024·0725·0426·0126·05

04 Breakdowns

Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive

61,992 reviews

Free product

21,136/ 61,992

34.1% of total69% positive

Early access

0/ 61,992

0.0% of total— no data

Key activation

24,651/ 61,992

39.8% of total70% positive

Steam Deck

29/ 61,992

0.0% of total66% positive

Steam purchase

16,205/ 61,992

26.1% of total73% positive

Recommended

45,315/ 61,992

73.1% of total— votedUp

Not recommended

16,677/ 61,992

26.9% of total— votedDown

Reviews crawled

61,992/ 61,992

100.0% of total73% positive

61,987 reviews · 75% positive

Detailed reviewer overlap is being computed. Check back soon.