Rank 01- $19.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
- Deck Verified
- 2017
Games like Black Desert
- 24 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
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- Released: 2017
- Developer: Pearl Abyss
- Price: $9.99checked Nov 3
- 72% of 35,523 reviews
- Genres: Action, Strategy, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, RPG
- Metacritic 80
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Challenging
- Punishing
- Combat system
- Gear progression
- Lifeskills
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About Black Desert
The closest matches to Black Desert: The Elder Scrolls® Online, Guild Wars 2®, Lost Ark, Throne and Liberty, and New World: Aeternum. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Black Desert is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Elder Scrolls® Online, Guild Wars 2® and Lost Ark — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging and punishing, and single out its combat system and gear progression. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Black Desert is an open-world action MMORPG developed by Pearl Abyss, released in 2017 at $9.99. The game features combat-systems with emphasis on tactical-positioning-matters according to players, alongside extensive gear-progression and lifeskills spanning fishing, trading, crafting, and cooking. PvP-battles form a core part of the experience, with large-scale sieges and castle conquests available. Players describe the game as challenging and punishing, with reviewers highlighting the strategic depth of its combat mechanics. Set in a fantasy open world, the title achieved a 72% positive rating from over 35,000 Steam reviews, with Metacritic scoring it 80. The game is not currently supported on Steam Deck.
About 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!
Is Black Desert worth buying?
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 72% of 35,523 Steam reviews are positive.
- Last 30 days: 65% positive across 208 new reviews, in line with its all-time score.
- Price: $9.99 (checked Nov 9).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 120 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 46 h before turning negative, so complaints are about the long run, not the first hours.
- Not supported on Steam Deck.
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“"cash cow for devs and a hamster wheel for the addicted" Not Recommended – Even after thousands of hours. This game pretends to welcome new players, but the reality is brutal: you’re 10 years late to the party. A new player grinding 800m/h…”
“after nearly 6,000hrs (about 4,000hrs are not AFK) this game has ruined both the MMO and Sandbox aspects for the game, there is no fun or creativity left to be had, i used to love this game used to enjoy it, but now its just a dead pile of…”
People who play it also play: The Elder Scrolls® Online, Guild Wars 2®, Lost Ark
Frequently asked about Black Desert
Can I run it?
Does Black Desert work on Steam Deck?
Black Desert is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Black Desert cost?
Black Desert is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Black Desert have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Black Desert supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
What games are most similar to Black Desert?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Black Desert are The Elder Scrolls® Online, Guild Wars 2®, Lost Ark.
Who developed Black Desert?
Black Desert was developed by Pearl Abyss.