Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Monster Hunter: World is currently the more played game: 8,014 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 4,937 for Forza Horizon 5 — about 1.6× more players. Across all tracked metrics, Monster Hunter: World leads 8 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Monster Hunter: World has had the higher daily player count for the last 48 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
48
Current streak
48 days
Monster Hunter: World
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
11%
May 28, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 48 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Forza Horizon 5 | Monster Hunter: World |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 4,937 | 8,014 |
| 24-hour peak | 10,082 | 27,620 |
| 7-day average | 6,569 | 16,730 |
| 30-day average | 7,352 | 20,126 |
| 30-day trend | −17% | +2% |
| Peak (tracked) | 17,582 | 51,005 |
| Steam reviews | 89% positive | 89% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 91% positive | 88% positive |
| Total reviews | 277,401 | 512,786 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Nov 7, 2021 | Aug 7, 2018 |
| Price | $59.99 | $29.99 |
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| Month | Forza Horizon 5 | Monster Hunter: World | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 9,772 | 16,551 | 8,419 | 11,801 |
| Jun 2026 | 8,189 | 17,582 | 21,098 | 51,005 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 7,185 | 14,071 | 18,231 | 40,291 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Monster Hunter: World currently has more players: 8,014 concurrent players on Steam vs 4,937 for Forza Horizon 5 — about 1.6× more players.
Over the last 30 days Forza Horizon 5 averaged 7,352 concurrent players and Monster Hunter: World averaged 20,126. By that measure Monster Hunter: World is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Monster Hunter: World has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 48 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Forza Horizon 5 rates higher: 89% positive across 277,401 reviews vs 89% across 512,786 for Monster Hunter: World. Monster Hunter: World has the larger player base right now (8,014 vs 4,937 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Forza Horizon 5 averaged 7,352 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 17% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 17,582.
Monster Hunter: World averaged 20,126 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 51,005.