Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Resident Evil 4 is currently the more played game: 8,303 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 2,805 for The Forest — about 3× more players. Across all tracked metrics, Resident Evil 4 leads 7 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 16 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
16
Current streak
16 days
Resident Evil 4
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
5%
Jun 23, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 16 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Resident Evil 4 | The Forest |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 8,303 | 2,805 |
| 24-hour peak | 13,036 | 6,383 |
| 7-day average | 9,851 | 4,929 |
| 30-day average | 9,828 | 6,660 |
| 30-day trend | −34% | −14% |
| Peak (tracked) | 27,387 | 19,013 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 96% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 98% positive | 94% positive |
| Total reviews | 266,241 | 678,190 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Mar 23, 2023 | Apr 29, 2018 |
| Price | $39.99 | $19.99 |
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| Month | Resident Evil 4 | The Forest | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 19,227 | 19,227 | 3,029 | 4,011 |
| May 2026 | — | — | 3,009 | 4,779 |
| Jun 2026 | 14,169 | 27,387 | 7,452 | 19,013 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 9,692 | 14,895 | 6,734 | 12,662 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Resident Evil 4 currently has more players: 8,303 concurrent players on Steam vs 2,805 for The Forest — about 3× more players.
Over the last 30 days Resident Evil 4 averaged 9,828 concurrent players and The Forest averaged 6,660. By that measure Resident Evil 4 is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Resident Evil 4 has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 16 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Resident Evil 4 rates higher: 97% positive across 266,241 reviews vs 96% across 678,190 for The Forest. Resident Evil 4 has the larger player base right now (8,303 vs 2,805 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Resident Evil 4 averaged 9,828 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 34% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 27,387.
The Forest averaged 6,660 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 14% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 19,013.