Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Indie games.
Sons Of The Forest is currently the more played game: 7,547 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 5,517 for Escape the Backrooms — about 37% more players. Escape the Backrooms counters with better Steam reviews: 90% positive vs 88%. Across all tracked metrics, Sons Of The Forest leads 9 of 10.
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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 9 days — Escape the Backrooms last led on Jun 5, 2026.
Days tracked
14
Current streak
9 days
Sons Of The Forest
Lead changes
1
Closest gap
<1%
Jun 5, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 14 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Escape the Backrooms | Sons Of The Forest |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 5,517 | 7,547 |
| 24-hour peak | 13,083 | 13,915 |
| 7-day average | 7,450 | 11,127 |
| 30-day average | 7,450 | 15,353 |
| 30-day trend | −38% | +1% |
| Peak (tracked) | 25,652 | 39,805 |
| Steam reviews | 90% positive | 88% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 88% positive | 90% positive |
| Total reviews | 155,759 | 314,557 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~2,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Oct 23, 2025 | Feb 21, 2024 |
| Price | $9.99 | $29.99 |
Full stats: Escape the Backrooms · Sons Of The Forest · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Escape the Backrooms | Sons Of The Forest | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 5,710 | 7,600 |
| May 2026 | — | — | 4,882 | 8,619 |
| Jun 2026 | 12,067 | 25,652 | 15,007 | 39,805 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 7,460 | 14,079 | 16,072 | 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: 7,547 concurrent players on Steam vs 5,517 for Escape the Backrooms — about 37% more players.
Over the last 30 days Escape the Backrooms averaged 7,450 concurrent players and Sons Of The Forest averaged 15,353. By that measure Sons Of The Forest is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 14 days Coilr has tracked both games, Escape the Backrooms had the higher daily average on 5 days, most recently on Jun 5, 2026. Sons Of The Forest has led for the last 9 days.
By Steam review score, Escape the Backrooms rates higher: 90% positive across 155,759 reviews vs 88% across 314,557 for Sons Of The Forest. Sons Of The Forest has the larger player base right now (7,547 vs 5,517 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Escape the Backrooms averaged 7,450 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 38% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 25,652.
Sons Of The Forest averaged 15,353 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 39,805.