Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Sons Of The Forest is currently the more played game: 13,279 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 11,371 for The Elder Scrolls® Online — about 17% more players. Sons Of The Forest also has the better Steam reviews: 88% positive vs 81%. Across all tracked metrics, Sons Of The Forest leads 9 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 14 days — The Elder Scrolls® Online last led on Jun 25, 2026.
Days tracked
22
Current streak
14 days
Sons Of The Forest
Lead changes
4
Closest gap
<1%
Jun 23, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 22 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Sons Of The Forest | The Elder Scrolls® Online |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 13,279 | 11,371 |
| 24-hour peak | 15,506 | 11,611 |
| 7-day average | 13,702 | 8,347 |
| 30-day average | 15,471 | 9,508 |
| 30-day trend | −1% | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 39,805 | 15,420 |
| Steam reviews | 88% positive | 81% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 89% positive | 71% positive |
| Total reviews | 313,410 | 160,891 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Feb 21, 2024 | May 22, 2017 |
| Price | $29.99 | $19.99 |
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| Month | Sons Of The Forest | The Elder Scrolls® Online | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 5,710 | 7,600 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 4,882 | 8,619 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 15,007 | 39,805 | 9,779 | 15,420 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 17,187 | 36,491 | 9,177 | 14,097 |
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: 13,279 concurrent players on Steam vs 11,371 for The Elder Scrolls® Online — about 17% more players.
Over the last 30 days Sons Of The Forest averaged 15,471 concurrent players and The Elder Scrolls® Online averaged 9,508. By that measure Sons Of The Forest is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 22 days Coilr has tracked both games, The Elder Scrolls® Online had the higher daily average on 3 days, most recently on Jun 25, 2026. Sons Of The Forest has led for the last 14 days.
By Steam review score, Sons Of The Forest rates higher: 88% positive across 313,410 reviews vs 81% across 160,891 for The Elder Scrolls® Online. Sons Of The Forest has the larger player base right now (13,279 vs 11,371 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Sons Of The Forest averaged 15,471 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 39,805.