Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Path of Exile is currently the more played game: 8,784 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 8,642 for Arma 3 — a similar number of players. Path of Exile is free to play, while Arma 3 costs $29.99. Across all tracked metrics, Arma 3 leads 6 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Path of Exile has had the higher daily player count for the last 1 day — Arma 3 last led on Jul 20, 2026.
Days tracked
52
Current streak
1 day
Path of Exile
Lead changes
3
Closest gap
1%
Jul 21, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 52 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Arma 3 | Path of Exile |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 8,642 | 8,784 |
| 24-hour peak | 9,231 | 8,784 |
| 7-day average | 6,671 | 4,802 |
| 30-day average | 6,999 | 6,310 |
| 30-day trend | +1% | +55% |
| Peak (tracked) | 14,375 | 21,728 |
| Steam reviews | 90% positive | 89% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 88% positive | 85% positive |
| Total reviews | 294,155 | 247,887 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Sep 11, 2013 | Oct 22, 2013 |
| Price | $29.99 | Free to play |
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| Month | Arma 3 | Path of Exile | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 6,428 | 8,017 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 8,689 | 9,376 | 5,427 | 6,988 |
| Jun 2026 | 6,979 | 14,375 | 5,557 | 21,728 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 6,881 | 13,465 | 5,172 | 10,274 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Path of Exile currently has more players: 8,784 concurrent players on Steam vs 8,642 for Arma 3 — a similar number of players.
Over the last 30 days Arma 3 averaged 6,999 concurrent players and Path of Exile averaged 6,310. By that measure Arma 3 is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 52 days Coilr has tracked both games, Arma 3 had the higher daily average on 44 days, most recently on Jul 20, 2026. Path of Exile has led for the last 1 day.
By Steam review score, Arma 3 rates higher: 90% positive across 294,155 reviews vs 89% across 247,887 for Path of Exile. Path of Exile has the larger player base right now (8,784 vs 8,642 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Arma 3 averaged 6,999 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 14,375.
Path of Exile averaged 6,310 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 55% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 21,728.