Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Indie / Simulation games.
Sons Of The Forest is currently the more played game: 10,264 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 7,427 for American Truck Simulator — about 38% more players. American Truck Simulator counters with better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 88%. American Truck Simulator is currently 75% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Sons Of The Forest leads 7 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Sons Of The Forest has had the higher daily player count for the last 3 days — American Truck Simulator last led on Apr 30, 2026.
Days tracked
16
Current streak
3 days
Sons Of The Forest
Lead changes
1
Closest gap
2%
Jul 19, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 16 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | American Truck Simulator | Sons Of The Forest |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 7,427 | 10,264 |
| 24-hour peak | 10,789 | 16,677 |
| 7-day average | 8,378 | 12,558 |
| 30-day average | 8,378 | 15,479 |
| 30-day trend | — | ±0% |
| Peak (tracked) | 10,789 | 39,805 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 88% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 96% positive | 90% positive |
| Total reviews | 193,988 | 314,557 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~2,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Feb 2, 2016 | Feb 21, 2024 |
| Price | $4.99 (−75%) | $29.99 |
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| Month | American Truck Simulator | Sons Of The Forest | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 8,398 | 9,631 | 5,710 | 7,600 |
| May 2026 | — | — | 4,882 | 8,619 |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | 15,007 | 39,805 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 8,380 | 10,789 | 16,769 | 36,491 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Sons Of The Forest currently has more players: 10,264 concurrent players on Steam vs 7,427 for American Truck Simulator — about 38% more players.
Over the last 30 days American Truck Simulator averaged 8,378 concurrent players and Sons Of The Forest averaged 15,479. By that measure Sons Of The Forest is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 16 days Coilr has tracked both games, American Truck Simulator had the higher daily average on 13 days, most recently on Apr 30, 2026. Sons Of The Forest has led for the last 3 days.
By Steam review score, American Truck Simulator rates higher: 97% positive across 193,988 reviews vs 88% across 314,557 for Sons Of The Forest. Sons Of The Forest has the larger player base right now (10,264 vs 7,427 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Sons Of The Forest averaged 15,479 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 39,805.