One-off purchase
Crimson Desert cost to play
What Crimson Desert costs in the UK: the Standard and Deluxe editions, the Deluxe Pack and the Charting the Unknown expansion, plus Steam player count.
Crimson Desert gameplay, images and trailer
© Pearl Abyss Corp., Crimson Desert official media
The short version
- From £54.99: Cheapest standard price: Crimson Desert (Steam UK)
- Play in your browser: Crimson Desert free demo on Twitch, Browser (Twitch, no download)
- One-off price: Bought once; no store currency or random items on this page
- 69.5 h to beat: Main story: 69.5 hours (HowLongToBeat)
- 79p an hour: £54.99 ÷ 69.5 hours (main story)
- 38k Steam peak: Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts)
- PEGI 18: Age rating
- Released
- 19 March 2026
- Developer
- Pearl Abyss
- Platforms
- PC, Mac, PS5, Xbox Series X|S
- Age rating
- PEGI 18
- Genre
- Action, Open world
- Modes
- Single-player
On this page
Crimson Desert player count
Concurrent players on Steam, from Steam Charts, read 28 Oct 2026.
- Players now
- 38,087
- Steam, 1 Nov 2026
- Peak, last 30 days
- 24,407
- Peak, Sept 2026
- 44,164
- 20,076 on average
- Change vs Aug 2026
- +19%
- monthly peak
- All-time peak
- 275,859
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Is Crimson Desert dead?
No. Crimson Desert peaked at 44,164 players at once on Steam in September 2026, with 20,076 playing at any moment on average. Peaks are down 72% on the three months before. These are Steam players only; people playing on Mac, PS5, Xbox Series X|S or other PC stores aren't counted, so the real number is higher.
| Month | Average | Peak | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 20,076 | 44,164 | +19.4% |
| August 2026 | 11,513 | 37,002 | +39.1% |
| July 2026 | 12,264 | 26,599 | −43.8% |
| June 2026 | 21,665 | 47,315 | −54.5% |
| May 2026 | 44,469 | 104,050 | −56.0% |
| April 2026 | 108,181 | 236,233 | −14.4% |
| March 2026 | 166,396 | 275,859 | – |
Crimson Desert demo
An official way to play Crimson Desert without buying it. Each comes from the publisher or store page linked under it, with the date we checked.
- Play in your browserPlay free in your browser on Twitch
Crimson Desert free demo on Twitch
Browser (Twitch, no download)
20 minutes of the game streamed to your browser by Amazon GameLift Streams. Twitch marks it as for mature audiences.
Source: twitch.tv, checked 9 Nov 2026
What Crimson Desert costs to play
| Item | Price | Per | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crimson Desert (Steam UK) | £54.99 | game | store.steampowered.com Checked 3 Oct 2026 |
| Crimson Desert Deluxe Edition (Steam UK) | £64.99 | game | store.steampowered.com Checked 3 Oct 2026 |
| Crimson Desert – Deluxe Pack (Steam UK) | £10.99 | pack | store.steampowered.com Checked 3 Oct 2026 |
| Charting the Unknown expansion (Steam UK) | £19.99 | expansion | store.steampowered.com Checked 1 Nov 2026 |
| Crimson Desert (PlayStation Store UK) | £54.99 | game | store.playstation.com Checked 3 Oct 2026 |
| Crimson Desert Deluxe Edition (PlayStation Store UK) | £64.99 | game | store.playstation.com Checked 3 Oct 2026 |
Is Crimson Desert on Game Pass or PS Plus?
Not in these catalogues when we checked.
- Xbox Game Pass UltimateNot includedNoxbox.com, checked 28 Oct 2026
- PlayStation Plus Extra (and Premium)Not includedNostore.playstation.com, checked 28 Oct 2026
How long is Crimson Desert?
Crimson Desert takes about 69.5 hours to finish the main story, and about 256 hours to complete everything.
- Main story69.5 h
- Main + extras138 h
- Completionist256 h
Cost per hour (main story)
79p
£54.99 on Steam UK ÷ 69.5 h
Source: HowLongToBeat, read 28 Oct 2026. Your time will vary with difficulty and play style.
How Crimson Desert is rated
GamesChart Score
80.6, #630 of 3,236 rated games
#10 of 2026 · #146 of the 2020s · #416 in Adventure · #417 on Xbox
Critics
Players
Built from 121,784 ratings across 3 of 5 sources (no Wikidata or RAWG rating). Critics and players count 50/50. Ratings pulled 5 November 2026.
Where it sits in the ranking
- #629
Kid Icarus: Uprising2012 · Sora80.6 - #630
Crimson Desert Enhanced2026 · Pearl Abyss80.6 - #631
The Blood of Dawnwalker2026 · Rebel Wolves80.6
Crimson Desert questions
How much does Crimson Desert cost in the UK?
Crimson Desert (Steam UK): £54.99. Crimson Desert Deluxe Edition (Steam UK): £64.99. Crimson Desert (PlayStation Store UK): £54.99. Prices checked 3 October 2026.
Is Crimson Desert free to play?
No. Crimson Desert is not free to play: you buy the game to play it. You can try it without buying through the official browser demo on this page.
Is there a Crimson Desert demo?
Yes. Crimson Desert free demo on Twitch (Browser (Twitch, no download)): 20 minutes of the game streamed to your browser by Amazon GameLift Streams. Twitch marks it as for mature audiences. Checked 9 November 2026 on the official pages linked in the Try it free section.
Is Crimson Desert on Game Pass?
No. Crimson Desert wasn't in Xbox Game Pass Ultimate when we checked on 28 October 2026. Catalogues change every month.
Is Crimson Desert on PS Plus?
No. Crimson Desert wasn't in PlayStation Plus Extra (and Premium) when we checked on 28 October 2026. Catalogues change every month.
How long is Crimson Desert?
Main story: about 69.5 hours. Main + extras: about 138 hours. Completionist: about 256 hours (HowLongToBeat). At £54.99, that's 79p per hour (main story).
What age rating is Crimson Desert?
Crimson Desert is rated PEGI 18.
How many people play Crimson Desert?
Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts): 38,087, checked 1 November 2026. Its all-time Steam peak is 275,859.
What is Crimson Desert's all-time Steam peak?
275,859 concurrent players on Steam, the highest Steam Charts has recorded for Crimson Desert (read 28 October 2026). The peak in the last 30 days was 24,407. Players on other stores and consoles aren't counted.
Is Crimson Desert dead?
No. Crimson Desert peaked at 44,164 players at once on Steam in September 2026, with 20,076 playing at any moment on average. Peaks are down 72% on the three months before. These are Steam players only; people playing on Mac, PS5, Xbox Series X|S or other PC stores aren't counted, so the real number is higher.
Do these Crimson Desert player numbers include consoles?
No. The player counts on this page are Steam only (Steam Charts, read 28 October 2026). People playing on Mac, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, through Game Pass or on other PC stores aren't counted, and publishers rarely publish those figures.
Who makes Crimson Desert?
Crimson Desert is developed by Pearl Abyss.
Crimson Desert is Pearl Abyss's single-player open-world game, released on 19 March 2026. It is sold at a one-off price with fixed add-ons. We found no in-game currency or random items, so this page covers cost and player numbers.
How it plays
Crimson Desert is a single-player open-world action-adventure set on the continent of Pywel. You play Kliff, who sets out to find the scattered survivors of his Greymane faction after a night ambush by the rival Black Bears, and to rebuild it. Two more playable characters, Oongka and Damiane, join later, each with their own combat style, skills and weapons.
Pearl Abyss describes a world of plains, forests, deserts, mountains, cities and ruins that you can explore freely, along with the Abyss, a realm in the sky. You travel on mounts from horses to a dragon and mechs, climb cliffs and walls and glide from them.
Combat mixes weapon skills such as swords, spears, greatswords and axes with punches, kicks and grapples, chained together with slides, dodges and counters, against enemies and bosses in duels and large battles. Between fights you can upgrade the Greymane camp, gather resources, cook, fish and hunt.
What it costs
On both Steam UK and the PlayStation Store UK the Standard Edition costs £54.99 and the Deluxe Edition £64.99. The Deluxe Pack on its own costs £10.99 on Steam, and the PlayStation Store listed it at £10.63 on the day we checked. So buying the Standard Edition and the pack separately costs about £1 more on Steam than the Deluxe Edition.
The first expansion, Charting the Unknown, came out on 29 October 2026 and costs £19.99 on Steam UK (checked 1 November). The PlayStation Store listed the same £19.99 pre-order price when we checked on 3 October. Steam now lists the game as Crimson Desert Enhanced.
Players
The 30-day peak on Steam Charts was 38,087 concurrent players on 1 November 2026, set in the days after Charting the Unknown came out, against an all-time peak of 275,859. PlayStation, Xbox and Epic players aren't counted.
How we checked
Prices are the Steam UK and PlayStation Store UK listings, read on 3 October 2026, at standard price. Player figures are from Steam Charts on the same day. The gameplay description is based on the publisher's Steam store page.
Card art and page images: screenshots from the Crimson Desert official media page, used under the Pearl Abyss Fan Content Guidelines. © Pearl Abyss Corp. All Rights Reserved. Crimson Desert and Pearl Abyss are trademarks of Pearl Abyss Corp. This is unofficial content which contains copyrighted materials and IP from Pearl Abyss, and is not official/endorsed content. GamesChart is not endorsed by or affiliated with Pearl Abyss Corp. Further page images: screenshots from Pearl Abyss's Crimson Desert Steam store page.
Official links: crimsondesert.pearlabyss.com · Steam
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