Black Desert
Played by over 20 million Adventurers - Black Desert Online is an open-world, action MMORPG. Experience intense, action-packed combat, battle massive world bosses, fight alongside friends to siege and conquer castles, and train in professions such as fishing, trading, crafting, cooking, and more!
- Released
- 2014
- Developer
- Pearl Abyss
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- 80
- Steam Deck
- unknown
- Download
- 80 GB
What is Black Desert?
Played by over 20 million Adventurers - Black Desert Online is an open-world, action MMORPG. Experience intense, action-packed combat, battle massive world bosses, fight alongside friends to siege and conquer castles, and train in professions such as fishing, trading, crafting, cooking, and more!
Description as published by the developer on its own store page, read 30 August 2026. It is marketing copy, not our assessment.
The record
| First released | 1 January 2014 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Pearl Abyss |
| Publisher | Pearl Abyss |
| Platforms | PlayStation 5 |
| Genres | Role-Playing |
| Languages | 11 supported |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q15095106, seeded 30 August 2026. Store data from Steam, read 30 August 2026.
How was Black Desert received?
Method. Player figures are Steam's own totals for the PC version, read 30 August 2026. The Metacritic score is the one Steam publishes on its store page and can lag the site itself. Metacritic page. Neither is our opinion. We have not published a review of this game.
Accessibility
Seeing
None declared
Hearing
None declared
Input
- Partial Controller Support
Difficulty
None declared
Method. Features the publisher declared on its own store page. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
What does it support?
| Capability | Support |
|---|---|
| Controller | partial support |
| Cloud saves | No |
| Cross-platform play | No |
| Mod support | No official workshop |
| Online play | Yes |
| In-game purchases | Yes |
| Steam Deck | unknown |
| Download size | 80 GB |
| Add-on content | 3 DLC listed |
| Age gate | None |
Content descriptors
- Some nudity or sexual content
- General mature content
Method. Read from the publisher's Steam listing on 30 August 2026. Describes the PC version. Console versions differ.
What does it cost?
Steam price in US dollars, read 30 August 2026. Prices move hourly and vary by region. Check the current price.
Problems players report
We read the 298 most recent negative Steam reviews of Black Desert on 30 August 2026 looking for recurring complaints. Nothing came up often enough to report: no theme was mentioned by more than 3% of them. That is not a claim that the game is bug-free, only that the people who disliked it were not agreeing about why.
Games like Black Desert
24 games overlap with Black Desert on the tags Steam players applied to it, on genre, and on theme. The closest are Guild Wars 2, Knight Online and Middle-earth: Shadow of War.
Common questions about Black Desert
What platforms is Black Desert on?
Black Desert is available on PlayStation 5. It first released in 2014.
How much does Black Desert cost?
$9.99 on Steam in the United States, read on 30 August 2026. Prices move often and vary by region, so check the store before buying.
Do players recommend Black Desert?
74% of 94,179 Steam reviews are positive, which Steam rates Mostly Positive. That is players rating it, not our review. We have not published a review of this game.
What is the Metacritic score for Black Desert?
80 out of 100 for the PC version, as published on the game's own Steam store page. Steam can lag Metacritic by a few points.
How big is the Black Desert download?
80 GB on PC, from the storage requirement on its Steam listing. Console versions differ.
Who made Black Desert?
Black Desert was developed by Pearl Abyss and published by Pearl Abyss.