Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Racing / Simulation games.
BeamNG.drive is currently the more played game: 18,447 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 7,340 for Forza Horizon 5 — about 3× more players. BeamNG.drive also has the better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 89%. Across all tracked metrics, BeamNG.drive leads 9 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
BeamNG.drive has had the higher daily player count for the last 50 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
50
Current streak
50 days
BeamNG.drive
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
47%
Jun 13, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 50 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | BeamNG.drive | Forza Horizon 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 18,447 | 7,340 |
| 24-hour peak | 26,418 | 9,677 |
| 7-day average | 19,472 | 6,893 |
| 30-day average | 19,351 | 7,462 |
| 30-day trend | +1% | −16% |
| Peak (tracked) | 31,518 | 17,582 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 89% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 97% positive | 91% positive |
| Total reviews | 403,609 | 277,401 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | May 28, 2015 | Nov 7, 2021 |
| Price | $24.99 | $59.99 |
Full stats: BeamNG.drive · Forza Horizon 5 · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | BeamNG.drive | Forza Horizon 5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 20,559 | 31,518 | 9,772 | 16,551 |
| Jun 2026 | 19,067 | 30,117 | 8,188 | 17,582 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 19,436 | 29,705 | 7,263 | 14,071 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
BeamNG.drive currently has more players: 18,447 concurrent players on Steam vs 7,340 for Forza Horizon 5 — about 3× more players.
Over the last 30 days BeamNG.drive averaged 19,351 concurrent players and Forza Horizon 5 averaged 7,462. By that measure BeamNG.drive is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: BeamNG.drive has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 50 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, BeamNG.drive rates higher: 97% positive across 403,609 reviews vs 89% across 277,401 for Forza Horizon 5. BeamNG.drive has the larger player base right now (18,447 vs 7,340 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
BeamNG.drive averaged 19,351 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 31,518.
Forza Horizon 5 averaged 7,462 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 16% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 17,582.