Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Escape the Backrooms is currently the more played game: 10,036 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 8,514 for Forza Horizon 5 — about 18% more players. Across all tracked metrics, Escape the Backrooms leads 6 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Escape the Backrooms 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
Escape the Backrooms
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
12%
Jun 1, 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 | Escape the Backrooms | Forza Horizon 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 10,036 | 8,514 |
| 24-hour peak | 13,028 | 9,014 |
| 7-day average | 7,380 | 5,863 |
| 30-day average | 7,380 | 6,988 |
| 30-day trend | −39% | −20% |
| Peak (tracked) | 25,652 | 17,582 |
| Steam reviews | 90% positive | 89% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 88% positive | 90% positive |
| Total reviews | 155,759 | 277,886 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~2,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Oct 23, 2025 | Nov 7, 2021 |
| Price | $9.99 | $59.99 |
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| Month | Escape the Backrooms | Forza Horizon 5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | — | — | 9,772 | 16,551 |
| Jun 2026 | 12,067 | 25,652 | 8,193 | 17,582 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 7,412 | 14,079 | 6,889 | 14,071 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Escape the Backrooms currently has more players: 10,036 concurrent players on Steam vs 8,514 for Forza Horizon 5 — about 18% more players.
Over the last 30 days Escape the Backrooms averaged 7,380 concurrent players and Forza Horizon 5 averaged 6,988. By that measure Escape the Backrooms is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Escape the Backrooms 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, Escape the Backrooms rates higher: 90% positive across 155,759 reviews vs 89% across 277,886 for Forza Horizon 5. Escape the Backrooms has the larger player base right now (10,036 vs 8,514 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Escape the Backrooms averaged 7,380 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 39% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 25,652.
Forza Horizon 5 averaged 6,988 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 20% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 17,582.