Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Massively Multiplayer / RPG games.
Path of Exile 2 is currently the more played game: 36,688 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 10,657 for Albion Online — about 3× more players. Albion Online counters with better Steam reviews: 78% positive vs 75%. Albion Online is free to play, while Path of Exile 2 costs $29.99. Across all tracked metrics, Path of Exile 2 leads 8 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Path of Exile 2 has had the higher daily player count for the last 17 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
17
Current streak
17 days
Path of Exile 2
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
69%
Jul 30, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 17 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Albion Online | Path of Exile 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 10,657 | 36,688 |
| 24-hour peak | 10,995 | 36,866 |
| 7-day average | 7,695 | 26,062 |
| 30-day average | 7,655 | 48,570 |
| 30-day trend | — | −70% |
| Peak (tracked) | 11,286 | 421,464 |
| Steam reviews | 78% positive | 75% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 75% positive | 80% positive |
| Total reviews | 92,879 | 223,774 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~2,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | May 16, 2018 | Dec 6, 2024 |
| Price | Free to play | $29.99 |
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| Month | Albion Online | Path of Exile 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 9,411 | 9,411 | 212,870 | 421,464 |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | 173,992 | 351,885 |
| Jul 2026 | 7,638 | 11,286 | 53,074 | 125,870 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 8,215 | 11,006 | 28,461 | 36,866 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Path of Exile 2 currently has more players: 36,688 concurrent players on Steam vs 10,657 for Albion Online — about 3× more players.
Over the last 30 days Albion Online averaged 7,655 concurrent players and Path of Exile 2 averaged 48,570. By that measure Path of Exile 2 is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Path of Exile 2 has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 17 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Albion Online rates higher: 78% positive across 92,879 reviews vs 75% across 223,774 for Path of Exile 2. Path of Exile 2 has the larger player base right now (36,688 vs 10,657 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Path of Exile 2 averaged 48,570 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 70% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 421,464.