Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Simulation games.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel is currently the more played game: 13,816 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 7,340 for Forza Horizon 5 — about 1.9× more players. Forza Horizon 5 counters with better Steam reviews: 89% positive vs 72%. Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel is free to play, while Forza Horizon 5 costs $59.99. Across all tracked metrics, Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel leads 5 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel has had the higher daily player count for the last 50 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
50
Current streak
50 days
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
21%
May 30, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 50 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Forza Horizon 5 | Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 7,340 | 13,816 |
| 24-hour peak | 9,677 | 18,586 |
| 7-day average | 6,893 | 13,308 |
| 30-day average | 7,462 | 12,809 |
| 30-day trend | −16% | −19% |
| Peak (tracked) | 17,582 | 37,152 |
| Steam reviews | 89% positive | 72% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 91% positive | 54% positive |
| Total reviews | 277,401 | 99,876 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | — |
| Release date | Nov 7, 2021 | Jan 17, 2022 |
| Price | $59.99 | Free to play |
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| Month | Forza Horizon 5 | Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 9,772 | 16,551 | 12,789 | 18,121 |
| Jun 2026 | 8,188 | 17,582 | 15,048 | 37,152 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 7,263 | 14,071 | 12,024 | 25,317 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel currently has more players: 13,816 concurrent players on Steam vs 7,340 for Forza Horizon 5 — about 1.9× more players.
Over the last 30 days Forza Horizon 5 averaged 7,462 concurrent players and Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel averaged 12,809. By that measure Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 50 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Forza Horizon 5 rates higher: 89% positive across 277,401 reviews vs 72% across 99,876 for Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel. Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel has the larger player base right now (13,816 vs 7,340 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.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel averaged 12,809 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 19% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 37,152.