Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Sons Of The Forest is currently the more played game: 14,251 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 9,985 for Hollow Knight — about 43% more players. Hollow Knight counters with better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 88%. Across all tracked metrics, Sons Of The Forest leads 6 of 9.
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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 38 days — Hollow Knight last led on May 22, 2026.
Days tracked
47
Current streak
38 days
Sons Of The Forest
Lead changes
2
Closest gap
3%
Apr 24, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 47 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Hollow Knight | Sons Of The Forest |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 9,985 | 14,251 |
| 24-hour peak | 11,526 | 16,519 |
| 7-day average | 9,692 | 15,982 |
| 30-day average | 8,421 | 15,656 |
| 30-day trend | — | ±0% |
| Peak (tracked) | 14,456 | 39,863 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 88% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 94% positive | 89% positive |
| Total reviews | 551,398 | 313,410 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Feb 23, 2017 | Feb 21, 2024 |
| Price | $14.99 | $29.99 |
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| Month | Hollow Knight | Sons Of The Forest | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 4,723 | 4,785 | 5,710 | 7,600 |
| May 2026 | 5,053 | 6,514 | 4,882 | 8,619 |
| Jun 2026 | 6,948 | 13,164 | 14,982 | 39,863 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 9,744 | 14,456 | 18,124 | 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: 14,251 concurrent players on Steam vs 9,985 for Hollow Knight — about 43% more players.
Over the last 30 days Hollow Knight averaged 8,421 concurrent players and Sons Of The Forest averaged 15,656. By that measure Sons Of The Forest is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 47 days Coilr has tracked both games, Hollow Knight had the higher daily average on 7 days, most recently on May 22, 2026. Sons Of The Forest has led for the last 38 days.
By Steam review score, Hollow Knight rates higher: 97% positive across 551,398 reviews vs 88% across 313,410 for Sons Of The Forest. Sons Of The Forest has the larger player base right now (14,251 vs 9,985 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Sons Of The Forest averaged 15,656 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 39,863.