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The Forest

Released Apr 30, 2018 · early access since May 30, 2014 · Steam app 242760

Prices from €2.50

Right now

Steam players since we started tracking · updated 17:05 UTC

Playing now

8,240

at 17:05 UTC

24-hour peak

9,363

All-time peak

109,242

monthly peak, Dec 2024

24h change

+37%

average vs the day before

Twitch viewers

live on Twitch

Best price

€2.50

key shop

Players over time

Log scale

Latest: 8,240 players
Peak · 48h: 9,363 players
Average · 48h: 5,056 players
Lowest · 48h: 2,289 players

Oct 28, 2026, 5:05 PM: 8,240 players

What stands out

+10%Players since 18:00 UTC, our first reading in the last 24 hours.
1Twitch viewers for every 100 players on Steam.
9,363Today’s peak was 14% above the current count.

All-time peak

109,242

Highest monthly peak on record, in Dec 2024. The most we have counted ourselves since Oct 27, 2026 is 9,363.

Month by month

Average: how many were playing at the same time at an average moment of the month. Peak: the most at once. Steam players since mid-2012, or since the game came out.

Month	Average players	Change from the month before	Peak players
2026
Octoberfrom Oct 27, 2026	5,179	+16%+707	9,363
September	4,472	+33%+1,105	13,287
August	3,367	-43%-2,497	5,771
July	5,864	-21%-1,518	12,567
June	7,382	+121%+4,045	18,764
May	3,337	-20%-824	6,038
April	4,161	-23%-1,270	9,710
March	5,431	+32%+1,327	17,153
February	4,104	-43%-3,154	8,096
January	7,258	+1.5%+106	19,789
2025
December	7,152	+29%+1,608	19,761
November	5,544	-12%-724	17,842

Show all 150 months

Month	Average players	Change from the month before	Peak players
2025
October	6,268	+79%+2,757	19,176
September	3,511	-19%-797	11,507
August	4,308	-50%-4,347	7,574
July	8,655	+74%+3,667	20,285
June	4,988	+24%+956	19,616
May	4,032	-16%-776	7,913
April	4,808	-42%-3,522	10,815
March	8,330	+11%+849	27,358
February	7,481	-65%-14,006	17,030
January	21,487	-23%-6,498	89,585
2024
Decemberbest month	27,985	+84%+12,770	109,242
November	15,215	+160%+9,358	78,537
October	5,857	+62%+2,233	71,719
September	3,624	-17%-731	7,756
August	4,355	-42%-3,183	7,808
July	7,538	+6.9%+483	18,099
June	7,055	+78%+3,100	26,411
May	3,955	+3.6%+139	23,500
April	3,816	-48%-3,457	8,446
March	7,273	+69%+2,976	29,097
February	4,297	-43%-3,251	9,145
January	7,548	-28%-2,947	21,490
2023
December	10,495	-14%-1,704	29,332
November	12,199	-7.4%-969	51,095
October	13,168	+329%+10,096	76,107
September	3,072	-14%-487	6,022
August	3,559	-18%-781	6,120
July	4,340	+20%+710	7,181
June	3,630	+7.1%+240	6,045
May	3,390	-29%-1,395	6,392
April	4,785	-58%-6,551	12,396
March	11,336	-7.8%-963	28,580
February	12,299	-38%-7,552	31,864
January	19,851	+14%+2,512	48,677
2022
December	17,339	-3.3%-585	49,783
November	17,924	+72%+7,510	73,218
October	10,414	+68%+4,197	74,816
September	6,217	-54%-7,274	12,925
August	13,491	-3.8%-538	47,545
July	14,029	+34%+3,544	41,631
June	10,485	-21%-2,829	40,122
May	13,314	+132%+7,563	66,829
April	5,751	-1.4%-81	11,894
March	5,832	-43%-4,480	10,529
February	10,312	-18%-2,227	33,109
January	12,539	+17%+1,818	34,172
2021
December	10,721	+13%+1,199	26,467
November	9,522	+74%+4,059	39,049
October	5,463	+20%+921	36,688
September	4,542	-22%-1,307	8,708
August	5,849	-43%-4,452	9,593
July	10,301	+22%+1,866	27,317
June	8,435	+9%+696	25,557
May	7,739	-37%-4,528	25,808
April	12,267	+87%+5,702	63,683
March	6,565	-44%-5,181	11,806
February	11,746	-13%-1,813	31,612
January	13,559	+28%+2,997	32,817
2020
December	10,562	+26%+2,166	29,909
November	8,396	+85%+3,853	25,440
October	4,543	+7%+297	20,294
September	4,246	-13%-641	7,633
August	4,887	-38%-2,935	7,906
July	7,822	+40%+2,247	16,117
June	5,575	-10%-652	16,215
May	6,227	-18%-1,359	11,583
April	7,586	-18%-1,649	16,351
March	9,235	+37%+2,510	27,977
February	6,725	-6.5%-470	15,596
January	7,195	+13%+830	19,189
2019
December	6,365	+39%+1,789	15,029
November	4,576	+24%+877	10,848
October	3,699	-24%-1,187	8,309
September	4,886	+28%+1,060	17,275
August	3,826	-29%-1,572	6,834
July	5,398	+24%+1,044	12,098
June	4,354	+17%+640	11,432
May	3,714	+1.3%+46	7,482
April	3,668	-15%-642	7,637
March	4,310	-32%-2,026	8,634
February	6,336	-25%-2,115	17,363
January	8,451	+3.1%+255	18,954
2018
December	8,196	+62%+3,125	20,925
November	5,071	+31%+1,192	13,137
October	3,879	+1.2%+44	10,482
September	3,835	-13%-592	7,588
August	4,427	-42%-3,256	7,873
July	7,683	-18%-1,632	17,613
June	9,315	-24%-2,990	21,553
May	12,305	+235%+8,631	25,577
April	3,674	-8.6%-344	15,745
March	4,018	-22%-1,152	7,626
February	5,170	-4.4%-236	11,253
January	5,406	+6.2%+314	11,300
2017
December	5,092	+34%+1,296	12,249
November	3,796	+14%+468	8,865
October	3,328	+13%+391	8,243
September	2,937	-14%-486	6,115
August	3,423	-20%-862	5,978
July	4,285	+30%+979	7,707
June	3,306	+24%+638	7,873
May	2,668	-4.4%-122	5,707
April	2,790	-12%-370	5,468
March	3,160	-32%-1,514	7,030
February	4,674	-42%-3,341	11,106
January	8,015	+55%+2,853	18,273
2016
December	5,162	+83%+2,336	16,972
November	2,826	+29%+633	6,941
October	2,193	-9.6%-233	4,826
September	2,426	-13%-378	5,077
August	2,804	-18%-629	4,932
July	3,433	+9.1%+286	7,888
June	3,147	+27%+676	7,430
May	2,471	+7.6%+174	5,120
April	2,297	-8.7%-220	4,767
March	2,517	-17%-512	4,793
February	3,029	+8%+223	6,306
January	2,806	+35%+721	6,245
2015
December	2,085	+30%+481	4,962
November	1,604	+3.4%+53	3,788
October	1,551	+3.8%+57	3,240
September	1,494	-23%-455	3,686
August	1,949	+30%+448	4,060
July	1,501	-10%-174	3,421
June	1,675	+84%+765	4,689
May	910	-2.4%-22	1,990
April	932	-18%-207	2,241
March	1,139	-25%-373	3,194
February	1,512	-19%-356	3,215
January	1,868	+5.7%+100	4,809
2014
December	1,768	+50%+588	3,891
November	1,180	+44%+362	4,640
October	818	+13%+91	2,918
September	727	-36%-404	1,875
August	1,131	-22%-323	3,121
July	1,454	-40%-986	4,725
June	2,440	+159%+1,497	6,673
May	943	—	5,722

Players since 2014

Each bar is one month: how many people were playing at the same time, on average. The line above is the month’s peak, the most at once.

Busiest month: 27,985 players on average; December 2024
All-time peak: 109,242 players at once; December 2024
Last 12 months: -44.8%; 5,362 players on average, against 9,721 the year before

September 2026: 4,472 players on average, peak 13,287 · Point at a bar for its numbers.

average players (bars)
peak players (line)

Average and peak concurrent Steam players per month. The month in progress is in the table above.

#26 most played on Steam in May 2018
Launched in May 2014: up to 2,440 players on average in its first three months · 910 a year later: 37% of its launch crowd
Usually busiest in January: 51% above its trend, over 11 years

Prices

EUR · checked 17:09 UTC · IsThereAnyDeal · GG.deals

Best official price now

€3.35

cheapest named store: Steam €3.35

Key shops

€2.50

On Steam

€3.35

Lowest ever

€1.67

Wait for a sale

The best official price, €3.35, is 101% above the lowest ever (€1.67). Key shops are €0.85 cheaper.

Lowest ever €1.67
Key shops €2.50
Best official €3.35
Steam €3.35

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On Twitch

Live viewers and channels, hourly averages in the last 24 hours

viewers now

258

peak hour, last 24 h

live channels

viewers per channel

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About the game

Release date: Apr 30, 2018
Early access: May 30, 2014
All-time peak reached: Dec 2024 · 109,242
Tracked by PixelKrypt since: Oct 27, 2026
Steam app id: 242760

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