Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Indie games.
Sons Of The Forest is currently the more played game: 17,078 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 14,690 for Schedule I, about 16% more players. Sons Of The Forest has been ahead for 7 days straight, and has led on 52 days of the 100 days Coilr has tracked both games. Schedule I counters with better Steam reviews: 98% positive vs 88%. Sons Of The Forest is currently 70% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Sons Of The Forest leads 5 of 9.
These are Steam players only. A game that also runs on its own launcher, a storefront of its own or on console has players this number cannot see, so read it as a comparison of Steam audiences rather than of total ones.
Coilr members average 22.6h in Schedule I and 21.8h in Sons Of The Forest. Connect your Steam account and this row fills in with your own hours instead — then keeps tracking both, so you can see which one you are actually still playing.

Schedule I
22.6h
average of 52 members

Sons Of The Forest
21.8h
average of 57 members
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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 7 days. Schedule I last led on Aug 31, 2026.
Days tracked
100
Current streak
7 days
Sons Of The Forest
Lead changes
3
Closest gap
<1%
Jun 25, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 100 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Schedule I | Sons Of The Forest |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 14,690 | 17,078 |
| 24-hour peak | 16,226 | 25,660 |
| 7-day average | 9,181 | 13,864 |
| 30-day average | 9,874 | 8,013 |
| 30-day trend | −13% | −20% |
| Peak (tracked) | 24,921 | 39,805 |
| Steam reviews | 98% positive | 88% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 95% positive | 89% positive |
| Total reviews | 314,971 | 318,659 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Mar 24, 2025 | Feb 22, 2024 |
| Price | $19.99 | $8.99 (−70%) |
Full stats: Schedule I · Sons Of The Forest · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Schedule I | Sons Of The Forest | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 5,710 | 7,600 |
| May 2026 | 10,783 | 17,119 | 4,882 | 8,619 |
| Jun 2026 | 9,668 | 21,808 | 15,012 | 39,805 |
| Jul 2026 | 11,742 | 24,921 | 13,586 | 36,316 |
| Aug 2026 | 10,898 | 22,842 | 6,498 | 12,371 |
| Sep 2026 (so far) | 9,219 | 16,226 | 13,993 | 29,825 |
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: 17,078 concurrent players on Steam vs 14,690 for Schedule I, about 16% more players.
Over the last 30 days Schedule I averaged 9,874 concurrent players and Sons Of The Forest averaged 8,013. By that measure Schedule I is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 100 days Coilr has tracked both games, Schedule I had the higher daily average on 48 days, most recently on Aug 31, 2026. Sons Of The Forest has led for the last 7 days.
By Steam review score, Schedule I rates higher: 98% positive across 314,971 reviews vs 88% across 318,659 for Sons Of The Forest. Sons Of The Forest has the larger player base right now (17,078 vs 14,690 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Schedule I averaged 9,874 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 13% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 24,921.
Sons Of The Forest averaged 8,013 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 20% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 39,805.