Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Forza Horizon 5 is currently the more played game: 7,340 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 6,963 for The Elder Scrolls® Online — a similar number of players. Forza Horizon 5 also has the better Steam reviews: 89% positive vs 81%. Across all tracked metrics, Forza Horizon 5 leads 5 of 8.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
The Elder Scrolls® Online has had the higher daily player count for the last 21 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
21
Current streak
21 days
The Elder Scrolls® Online
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
5%
Jun 29, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 21 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Forza Horizon 5 | The Elder Scrolls® Online |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 7,340 | 6,963 |
| 24-hour peak | 9,677 | 11,643 |
| 7-day average | 6,893 | 7,951 |
| 30-day average | 7,462 | 9,594 |
| 30-day trend | −16% | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 17,582 | 15,420 |
| Steam reviews | 89% positive | 81% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 91% positive | 73% positive |
| Total reviews | 277,401 | 160,773 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Nov 7, 2021 | May 22, 2017 |
| Price | $59.99 | $19.99 |
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| Month | Forza Horizon 5 | The Elder Scrolls® Online | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 9,772 | 16,551 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 8,188 | 17,582 | 9,779 | 15,420 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 7,263 | 14,071 | 9,296 | 14,097 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Forza Horizon 5 currently has more players: 7,340 concurrent players on Steam vs 6,963 for The Elder Scrolls® Online — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days Forza Horizon 5 averaged 7,462 concurrent players and The Elder Scrolls® Online averaged 9,594. By that measure The Elder Scrolls® Online is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: The Elder Scrolls® Online has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 21 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Forza Horizon 5 rates higher: 89% positive across 277,401 reviews vs 81% across 160,773 for The Elder Scrolls® Online. Forza Horizon 5 has the larger player base right now (7,340 vs 6,963 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Forza Horizon 5 averaged 7,462 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 16% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 17,582.