Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Indie / Simulation games.
Tabletop Simulator is currently the more played game: 6,070 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 5,495 for The Forest — a similar number of players. Across all tracked metrics, Tabletop Simulator leads 6 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Tabletop Simulator has had the higher daily player count for the last 24 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
24
Current streak
24 days
Tabletop Simulator
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
24%
Jul 20, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 24 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Tabletop Simulator | The Forest |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 6,070 | 5,495 |
| 24-hour peak | 9,455 | 6,383 |
| 7-day average | 6,813 | 4,866 |
| 30-day average | 6,813 | 6,635 |
| 30-day trend | — | −14% |
| Peak (tracked) | 11,564 | 19,013 |
| Steam reviews | 96% positive | 96% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 95% positive | 94% positive |
| Total reviews | 73,753 | 678,190 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~2,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Jun 5, 2015 | Apr 29, 2018 |
| Price | $19.99 | $19.99 |
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| Month | Tabletop Simulator | The Forest | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 9,521 | 11,564 | 3,029 | 4,011 |
| May 2026 | 10,043 | 11,194 | 3,009 | 4,779 |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | 7,452 | 19,013 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 6,828 | 10,959 | 6,691 | 12,662 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Tabletop Simulator currently has more players: 6,070 concurrent players on Steam vs 5,495 for The Forest — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days Tabletop Simulator averaged 6,813 concurrent players and The Forest averaged 6,635. By that measure Tabletop Simulator is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Tabletop Simulator has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 24 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Tabletop Simulator rates higher: 96% positive across 73,753 reviews vs 96% across 678,190 for The Forest. Tabletop Simulator has the larger player base right now (6,070 vs 5,495 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
The Forest averaged 6,635 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 14% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 19,013.