Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Adventure / Indie games.
Sons Of The Forest is currently the more played game: 8,610 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 7,077 for Raft — about 22% more players. Raft counters with better Steam reviews: 93% 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 42 days — Raft last led on Jun 4, 2026.
Days tracked
47
Current streak
42 days
Sons Of The Forest
Lead changes
1
Closest gap
13%
Jun 4, 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 | Raft | Sons Of The Forest |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 7,077 | 8,610 |
| 24-hour peak | 12,944 | 16,519 |
| 7-day average | 8,886 | 15,174 |
| 30-day average | 8,948 | 15,588 |
| 30-day trend | +24% | −1% |
| Peak (tracked) | 22,403 | 39,805 |
| Steam reviews | 93% positive | 88% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 88% positive | 89% positive |
| Total reviews | 375,082 | 313,410 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Jun 19, 2022 | Feb 21, 2024 |
| Price | $19.99 | $29.99 |
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| Month | Raft | Sons Of The Forest | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 5,710 | 7,600 |
| May 2026 | 7,884 | 8,403 | 4,882 | 8,619 |
| Jun 2026 | 7,527 | 21,429 | 15,008 | 39,805 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 9,942 | 22,403 | 17,709 | 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: 8,610 concurrent players on Steam vs 7,077 for Raft — about 22% more players.
Over the last 30 days Raft averaged 8,948 concurrent players and Sons Of The Forest averaged 15,588. By that measure Sons Of The Forest is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 47 days Coilr has tracked both games, Raft had the higher daily average on 5 days, most recently on Jun 4, 2026. Sons Of The Forest has led for the last 42 days.
By Steam review score, Raft rates higher: 93% positive across 375,082 reviews vs 88% across 313,410 for Sons Of The Forest. Sons Of The Forest has the larger player base right now (8,610 vs 7,077 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Raft averaged 8,948 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 24% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 22,403.
Sons Of The Forest averaged 15,588 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 39,805.