Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Simulation games.
Sons Of The Forest is currently the more played game: 8,610 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 7,788 for Cities: Skylines — a similar number of players. Cities: Skylines counters with better Steam reviews: 93% positive vs 88%. Across all tracked metrics, Sons Of The Forest leads 6 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 42 days — Cities: Skylines last led on Jun 4, 2026.
Days tracked
82
Current streak
42 days
Sons Of The Forest
Lead changes
1
Closest gap
4%
Jun 25, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 82 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Cities: Skylines | Sons Of The Forest |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 7,788 | 8,610 |
| 24-hour peak | 9,957 | 16,519 |
| 7-day average | 7,765 | 15,174 |
| 30-day average | 8,351 | 15,588 |
| 30-day trend | +6% | −1% |
| Peak (tracked) | 14,280 | 39,805 |
| Steam reviews | 93% positive | 88% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 90% positive | 89% positive |
| Total reviews | 290,278 | 313,410 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Mar 9, 2015 | Feb 21, 2024 |
| Price | $29.99 | $29.99 |
Full stats: Cities: Skylines · Sons Of The Forest · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Cities: Skylines | Sons Of The Forest | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 6,993 | 9,026 | 5,710 | 7,600 |
| May 2026 | 7,520 | 12,056 | 4,882 | 8,619 |
| Jun 2026 | 8,303 | 14,280 | 15,008 | 39,805 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 8,001 | 13,440 | 17,709 | 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: 8,610 concurrent players on Steam vs 7,788 for Cities: Skylines — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days Cities: Skylines averaged 8,351 concurrent players and Sons Of The Forest averaged 15,588. By that measure Sons Of The Forest is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 82 days Coilr has tracked both games, Cities: Skylines had the higher daily average on 40 days, most recently on Jun 4, 2026. Sons Of The Forest has led for the last 42 days.
By Steam review score, Cities: Skylines rates higher: 93% positive across 290,278 reviews vs 88% across 313,410 for Sons Of The Forest. Sons Of The Forest has the larger player base right now (8,610 vs 7,788 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Cities: Skylines averaged 8,351 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 6% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 14,280.
Sons Of The Forest averaged 15,588 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 39,805.