Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Indie games.
Sons Of The Forest is currently the more played game: 8,610 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 8,210 for Slay the Spire — a similar number of players. Slay the Spire 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
Sons Of The Forest has had the higher daily player count for the last 22 days — Slay the Spire last led on Jun 24, 2026.
Days tracked
47
Current streak
22 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 47 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Slay the Spire | Sons Of The Forest |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 8,210 | 8,610 |
| 24-hour peak | 10,455 | 16,519 |
| 7-day average | 7,776 | 15,174 |
| 30-day average | 8,509 | 15,588 |
| 30-day trend | −3% | −1% |
| Peak (tracked) | 15,650 | 39,805 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 88% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 95% positive | 89% positive |
| Total reviews | 216,051 | 313,410 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Jan 22, 2019 | Feb 21, 2024 |
| Price | $24.99 | $29.99 |
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| Month | Slay the Spire | Sons Of The Forest | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 5,710 | 7,600 |
| May 2026 | 9,434 | 15,650 | 4,882 | 8,619 |
| Jun 2026 | 8,811 | 15,610 | 15,008 | 39,805 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 8,047 | 13,362 | 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 8,210 for Slay the Spire — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days Slay the Spire averaged 8,509 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, Slay the Spire had the higher daily average on 6 days, most recently on Jun 24, 2026. Sons Of The Forest has led for the last 22 days.
By Steam review score, Slay the Spire rates higher: 97% positive across 216,051 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 8,210 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Slay the Spire averaged 8,509 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 3% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 15,650.
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.