Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Simulation games.
Sons Of The Forest is currently the more played game: 8,610 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 7,808 for World of Warships — a similar number of players. Sons Of The Forest also has the better Steam reviews: 88% positive vs 76%. World of Warships is free to play, while Sons Of The Forest costs $29.99. 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 — World of Warships last led on Jun 24, 2026.
Days tracked
48
Current streak
22 days
Sons Of The Forest
Lead changes
3
Closest gap
13%
Jun 25, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 48 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Sons Of The Forest | World of Warships |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 8,610 | 7,808 |
| 24-hour peak | 16,519 | 10,639 |
| 7-day average | 15,174 | 7,502 |
| 30-day average | 15,588 | 9,130 |
| 30-day trend | −1% | −67% |
| Peak (tracked) | 39,805 | 62,328 |
| Steam reviews | 88% positive | 76% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 89% positive | 67% positive |
| Total reviews | 313,410 | 155,481 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Feb 21, 2024 | Nov 14, 2017 |
| Price | $29.99 | Free to play |
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| Month | Sons Of The Forest | World of Warships | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 5,710 | 7,600 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 4,882 | 8,619 | 11,851 | 40,557 |
| Jun 2026 | 15,008 | 39,805 | 19,913 | 62,328 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 17,709 | 36,491 | 7,118 | 13,164 |
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 7,808 for World of Warships — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days Sons Of The Forest averaged 15,588 concurrent players and World of Warships averaged 9,130. By that measure Sons Of The Forest is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 48 days Coilr has tracked both games, World of Warships had the higher daily average on 14 days, most recently on Jun 24, 2026. Sons Of The Forest has led for the last 22 days.
By Steam review score, Sons Of The Forest rates higher: 88% positive across 313,410 reviews vs 76% across 155,481 for World of Warships. Sons Of The Forest has the larger player base right now (8,610 vs 7,808 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
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.
World of Warships averaged 9,130 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 67% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 62,328.