Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Sons Of The Forest is currently the more played game: 15,612 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 14,176 for Resident Evil 4 — a similar number of players. Resident Evil 4 counters with better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 88%. Across all tracked metrics, Sons Of The Forest leads 8 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Resident Evil 4 has had the higher daily player count for the last 1 day — Sons Of The Forest last led on Jul 18, 2026.
Days tracked
14
Current streak
1 day
Resident Evil 4
Lead changes
2
Closest gap
3%
Jul 19, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 14 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Resident Evil 4 | Sons Of The Forest |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 14,176 | 15,612 |
| 24-hour peak | 14,495 | 16,677 |
| 7-day average | 10,441 | 12,329 |
| 30-day average | 10,389 | 15,485 |
| 30-day trend | −31% | +1% |
| Peak (tracked) | 27,387 | 39,805 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 88% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 98% positive | 90% positive |
| Total reviews | 266,241 | 314,557 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Mar 23, 2023 | Feb 21, 2024 |
| Price | $39.99 | $29.99 |
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| Month | Resident Evil 4 | Sons Of The Forest | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 19,227 | 19,227 | 5,710 | 7,600 |
| May 2026 | — | — | 4,882 | 8,619 |
| Jun 2026 | 14,169 | 27,387 | 15,007 | 39,805 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 10,204 | 14,495 | 16,670 | 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: 15,612 concurrent players on Steam vs 14,176 for Resident Evil 4 — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days Resident Evil 4 averaged 10,389 concurrent players and Sons Of The Forest averaged 15,485. By that measure Sons Of The Forest is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 14 days Coilr has tracked both games, Sons Of The Forest had the higher daily average on 11 days, most recently on Jul 18, 2026. Resident Evil 4 has led for the last 1 day.
By Steam review score, Resident Evil 4 rates higher: 97% positive across 266,241 reviews vs 88% across 314,557 for Sons Of The Forest. Sons Of The Forest has the larger player base right now (15,612 vs 14,176 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Resident Evil 4 averaged 10,389 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 31% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 27,387.
Sons Of The Forest averaged 15,485 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 39,805.