Crimson Desert arguably stands as one of the biggest new games of 2026, and new quarterly financial reports from developer Pearl Abyss help solidify that – it's so big, in fact, that the developers are potentially cooking up some DLC for it.
In a new earnings letter covering its quarterly financial performance, Pearl Abyss reveals that Crimson Desert has actually earned the company a record quarterly revenue, raking in around $180 million on its own.
Compared to Black Desert Online's own revenue this quarter of just around $40 million or so, that's quite a figure – and Pearl Abyss knows it. Throughout the letter, the studio comments on its open-world game's "successful launch."
