Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Indie / Simulation games.
American Truck Simulator is currently the more played game: 7,835 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 3,964 for The Forest — about 2.0× more players. American Truck Simulator is currently 75% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, American Truck Simulator leads 6 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
American Truck Simulator has had the higher daily player count for the last 17 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
17
Current streak
17 days
American Truck Simulator
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
36%
Jul 18, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 17 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | American Truck Simulator | The Forest |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 7,835 | 3,964 |
| 24-hour peak | 10,752 | 6,908 |
| 7-day average | 8,408 | 5,106 |
| 30-day average | 8,408 | 6,720 |
| 30-day trend | — | −14% |
| Peak (tracked) | 10,789 | 19,013 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 96% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 96% positive | 94% positive |
| Total reviews | 193,988 | 678,190 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~2,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Feb 2, 2016 | Apr 29, 2018 |
| Price | $4.99 (−75%) | $19.99 |
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| Month | American Truck Simulator | The Forest | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 8,398 | 9,631 | 3,029 | 4,011 |
| May 2026 | — | — | 3,009 | 4,779 |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | 7,452 | 19,013 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 8,416 | 10,789 | 6,875 | 12,662 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
American Truck Simulator currently has more players: 7,835 concurrent players on Steam vs 3,964 for The Forest — about 2.0× more players.
Over the last 30 days American Truck Simulator averaged 8,408 concurrent players and The Forest averaged 6,720. By that measure American Truck Simulator is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: American Truck Simulator has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 17 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, American Truck Simulator rates higher: 97% positive across 193,988 reviews vs 96% across 678,190 for The Forest. American Truck Simulator has the larger player base right now (7,835 vs 3,964 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
The Forest averaged 6,720 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 14% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 19,013.