The hype around Crimson Desert is rising day by day. The new open-world adventure from the creators of Black Desert is climbing the top lists on Steam higher and is leaving even major new releases behind.
How is the hype manifesting on Steam? Crimson Desert is climbing higher in the list of bestsellers on Steam. This ranks the 100 currently best-selling games by total revenue. Meanwhile, the open-world adventure from Pearl Abyss (Black Desert) has worked its way up to the 6th place.
For comparison: The recently launched extraction shooter Marathon from Bungie (Destiny) cannot maintain its place in the top 5 despite strong reviews (88 percent positive on Steam) and falls back to 7th place, behind Crimson Desert.
The developers at Pearl Abyss can also be pleased with many wishlist entries on Steam. With 148,479, Crimson Desert has worked its way up to 5th place on steamdb.info.
“The hype is really real!”
How is the community reacting? The high ranking of Crimson Desert in the bestseller list is currently being commented on in several discussions on Reddit.
- Feed-Your-Fish writes on Reddit: “Man, I hope this game hits a home run. I’ve been looking forward to something BIG to play for so long.”
- New_Cockroach_505 explains on Reddit as well: “I’m super excited for this game, but I have a feeling that this community will be totally poisoned with positivity after the release.”
- iChieftain22 reminds on Reddit: “Even Digital Foundry said they shot three great videos for Resident Evil 9 that had decent views, and then shot a video for Crimson Desert that went absolutely viral. The hype is really real!”
- Caosnight expresses a theory on Reddit: “I suspect that the increase in pre-orders is due to the confirmed console specifications, which have led many people who were hesitant to purchase the game to pre-order it for PC because they fear the game may not be optimized.”
Caosnight refers to the specifications for Crimson Desert for PC, consoles, Mac, and ASUS Rog Ally X that were released last night (March 10, 2026). You can find all the details here: Crimson Desert on PS5: The specs confirm what many have feared
What do I need to know about Crimson Desert ? The open-world action-adventure from the creators of Black Desert will be released on March 19, 2026, for PC, PS5, and Xbox. You can expect a pure single-player experience with a wonderfully old-school Buy2Play payment model (buy once, play everything, no microtransactions), a huge world, and plenty of content.
In the game, you will take on the role of a mercenary named Kliff, who fights to reclaim his lost homeland in the world of Pywel. Later, you will also gain access to 2 additional playable characters: the agile fighter Damiane and the giant Oongka. You can find all the other details in our big overview of Crimson Desert.
