Without a doubt, one of 2026's biggest success stories in gaming is Crimson Desert, the long-awaited open-world fantasy action RPG from Black Desert Online developer Pearl Abyss that finally launched after being announced seven years ago. Though it opened to a rather mixed reception, several quick and large updates have ironed out many of its issues, and it's grown into quite a popular title.
Indeed, the massive title now enjoys a "Very Positive" rating on Steam, with 86% of its 51,616 user reviews awarding it a blue thumbs up of approval. It also peaked at 276,261 concurrent players on Valve's PC gaming platform alone — and earlier this month, it hit a very impressive milestone of 5 million copies sold globally across Xbox, PC, and PS5.
