Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Path of Exile 2 is currently the more played game: 31,228 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 26,360 for ARK: Survival Evolved — about 18% more players. ARK: Survival Evolved counters with better Steam reviews: 83% positive vs 75%. Across all tracked metrics, Path of Exile 2 leads 5 of 8.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Path of Exile 2 has had the higher daily player count for the last 58 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
58
Current streak
58 days
Path of Exile 2
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
19%
May 28, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 58 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | ARK: Survival Evolved | Path of Exile 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 26,360 | 31,228 |
| 24-hour peak | 29,357 | 43,472 |
| 7-day average | 19,586 | 33,175 |
| 30-day average | 19,317 | 64,079 |
| 30-day trend | +4% | −65% |
| Peak (tracked) | 32,239 | 421,464 |
| Steam reviews | 83% positive | 75% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 82% positive | 82% positive |
| Total reviews | 773,557 | 223,292 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 27, 2017 | Dec 6, 2024 |
| Price | $14.99 | $29.99 |
Full stats: ARK: Survival Evolved · Path of Exile 2 · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | ARK: Survival Evolved | Path of Exile 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 13,269 | 17,759 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 14,448 | 27,709 | 212,870 | 421,464 |
| Jun 2026 | 18,624 | 32,239 | 173,988 | 351,885 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 19,398 | 30,082 | 57,634 | 125,870 |
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: 31,228 concurrent players on Steam vs 26,360 for ARK: Survival Evolved — about 18% more players.
Over the last 30 days ARK: Survival Evolved averaged 19,317 concurrent players and Path of Exile 2 averaged 64,079. 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 58 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, ARK: Survival Evolved rates higher: 83% positive across 773,557 reviews vs 75% across 223,292 for Path of Exile 2. Path of Exile 2 has the larger player base right now (31,228 vs 26,360 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
ARK: Survival Evolved averaged 19,317 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 4% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 32,239.
Path of Exile 2 averaged 64,079 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 65% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 421,464.