Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Indie games.
The Forest is currently the more played game: 3,730 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 2,837 for Vampire Survivors — about 31% more players. Vampire Survivors counters with better Steam reviews: 98% positive vs 96%. Vampire Survivors is currently 20% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, The Forest leads 7 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
The Forest has had the higher daily player count for the last 38 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
38
Current streak
38 days
The Forest
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
27%
Jun 23, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 38 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | The Forest | Vampire Survivors |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 3,730 | 2,837 |
| 24-hour peak | 6,450 | 3,763 |
| 7-day average | 6,293 | 3,215 |
| 30-day average | 6,818 | 3,582 |
| 30-day trend | −15% | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 19,013 | 7,256 |
| Steam reviews | 96% positive | 98% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 95% positive | 97% positive |
| Total reviews | 677,425 | 263,957 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Apr 29, 2018 | Oct 20, 2022 |
| Price | $19.99 | $3.99 (−20%) |
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| Month | The Forest | Vampire Survivors | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 3,029 | 4,011 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 3,009 | 4,779 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 7,451 | 19,013 | 4,165 | 7,256 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 7,301 | 12,662 | 3,402 | 5,291 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
The Forest currently has more players: 3,730 concurrent players on Steam vs 2,837 for Vampire Survivors — about 31% more players.
Over the last 30 days The Forest averaged 6,818 concurrent players and Vampire Survivors averaged 3,582. By that measure The Forest is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: The Forest has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 38 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Vampire Survivors rates higher: 98% positive across 263,957 reviews vs 96% across 677,425 for The Forest. The Forest has the larger player base right now (3,730 vs 2,837 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
The Forest averaged 6,818 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 15% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 19,013.