Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Indie games.
The Forest is currently the more played game: 3,730 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 3,617 for Hades — a similar number of players. Hades counters with better Steam reviews: 98% positive vs 96%. Across all tracked metrics, The Forest leads 7 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
The Forest has had the higher daily player count for the last 38 days — Hades last led on Apr 25, 2026.
Days tracked
42
Current streak
38 days
The Forest
Lead changes
1
Closest gap
18%
Jul 16, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 42 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Hades | The Forest |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 3,617 | 3,730 |
| 24-hour peak | 5,230 | 6,450 |
| 7-day average | 4,692 | 6,293 |
| 30-day average | 4,274 | 6,818 |
| 30-day trend | — | −15% |
| Peak (tracked) | 8,285 | 19,013 |
| Steam reviews | 98% positive | 96% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 96% positive | 95% positive |
| Total reviews | 306,007 | 677,425 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Sep 17, 2020 | Apr 29, 2018 |
| Price | $24.99 | $19.99 |
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| Month | Hades | The Forest | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 5,240 | 5,991 | 3,029 | 4,011 |
| May 2026 | — | — | 3,009 | 4,779 |
| Jun 2026 | 3,277 | 7,884 | 7,451 | 19,013 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 5,031 | 8,285 | 7,301 | 12,662 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
The Forest currently has more players: 3,730 concurrent players on Steam vs 3,617 for Hades — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days Hades averaged 4,274 concurrent players and The Forest averaged 6,818. By that measure The Forest is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 42 days Coilr has tracked both games, Hades had the higher daily average on 4 days, most recently on Apr 25, 2026. The Forest has led for the last 38 days.
By Steam review score, Hades rates higher: 98% positive across 306,007 reviews vs 96% across 677,425 for The Forest. The Forest has the larger player base right now (3,730 vs 3,617 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
The Forest averaged 6,818 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 15% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 19,013.