Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
The Forest is currently the more played game: 4,384 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 2,715 for Detroit: Become Human — about 1.6× more players. Across all tracked metrics, The Forest leads 7 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
The Forest has had the higher daily player count for the last 15 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
15
Current streak
15 days
The Forest
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
11%
Apr 20, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 15 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Detroit: Become Human | The Forest |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 2,715 | 4,384 |
| 24-hour peak | 6,485 | 6,908 |
| 7-day average | 4,267 | 5,160 |
| 30-day average | 4,267 | 6,722 |
| 30-day trend | — | −14% |
| Peak (tracked) | 6,485 | 19,013 |
| Steam reviews | 96% positive | 96% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 98% positive | 94% positive |
| Total reviews | 254,706 | 678,190 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~2,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Jun 18, 2020 | Apr 29, 2018 |
| Price | $39.99 | $19.99 |
Full stats: Detroit: Become Human · The Forest · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Detroit: Become Human | The Forest | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 2,190 | 2,848 | 3,029 | 4,011 |
| May 2026 | 2,498 | 2,498 | 3,009 | 4,779 |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | 7,452 | 19,013 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 4,246 | 6,485 | 6,903 | 12,662 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
The Forest currently has more players: 4,384 concurrent players on Steam vs 2,715 for Detroit: Become Human — about 1.6× more players.
Over the last 30 days Detroit: Become Human averaged 4,267 concurrent players and The Forest averaged 6,722. By that measure The Forest is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: The Forest has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 15 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Detroit: Become Human rates higher: 96% positive across 254,706 reviews vs 96% across 678,190 for The Forest. The Forest has the larger player base right now (4,384 vs 2,715 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
The Forest averaged 6,722 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 14% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 19,013.