Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Indie / Simulation games.
BidKing is currently the more played game: 11,040 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 4,982 for The Forest — about 2.2× more players. The Forest counters with better Steam reviews: 96% positive vs 33%. Across all tracked metrics, BidKing leads 5 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
BidKing 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
BidKing
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
10%
Jul 9, 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 | BidKing | The Forest |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 11,040 | 4,982 |
| 24-hour peak | 12,990 | 7,027 |
| 7-day average | 8,511 | 5,392 |
| 30-day average | 10,831 | 6,742 |
| 30-day trend | −27% | −14% |
| Peak (tracked) | 26,806 | 19,013 |
| Steam reviews | 33% positive | 96% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 12% positive | 94% positive |
| Total reviews | 22,684 | 678,190 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | — | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Apr 14, 2026 | Apr 29, 2018 |
| Price | — | $19.99 |
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| Month | BidKing | The Forest | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 3,029 | 4,011 |
| May 2026 | 16,900 | 26,806 | 3,009 | 4,779 |
| Jun 2026 | 13,652 | 26,321 | 7,452 | 19,013 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 9,784 | 19,321 | 6,977 | 12,662 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
BidKing currently has more players: 11,040 concurrent players on Steam vs 4,982 for The Forest — about 2.2× more players.
Over the last 30 days BidKing averaged 10,831 concurrent players and The Forest averaged 6,742. By that measure BidKing is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: BidKing 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, The Forest rates higher: 96% positive across 678,190 reviews vs 33% across 22,684 for BidKing. BidKing has the larger player base right now (11,040 vs 4,982 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
BidKing averaged 10,831 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 27% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 26,806.
The Forest averaged 6,742 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 14% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 19,013.