Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Black Desert is currently the more played game: 16,080 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 10,399 for Path of Exile — about 1.5× more players. Path of Exile counters with better Steam reviews: 89% positive vs 74%. Path of Exile is free to play, while Black Desert costs $9.99. Across all tracked metrics, Path of Exile leads 6 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Black Desert has had the higher daily player count for the last 27 days — Path of Exile last led on Jun 26, 2026.
Days tracked
47
Current streak
27 days
Black Desert
Lead changes
2
Closest gap
5%
Jun 27, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 47 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Black Desert | Path of Exile |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 16,080 | 10,399 |
| 24-hour peak | 18,696 | 10,516 |
| 7-day average | 16,954 | 5,716 |
| 30-day average | 16,371 | 6,519 |
| 30-day trend | −1% | +62% |
| Peak (tracked) | 21,184 | 21,728 |
| Steam reviews | 74% positive | 89% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 61% positive | 85% positive |
| Total reviews | 93,551 | 247,887 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | May 23, 2017 | Oct 22, 2013 |
| Price | $9.99 | Free to play |
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| Month | Black Desert | Path of Exile | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 18,367 | 19,554 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 17,962 | 20,753 | 5,427 | 6,988 |
| Jun 2026 | 16,326 | 20,437 | 5,557 | 21,728 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 16,480 | 21,184 | 5,302 | 10,516 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Black Desert currently has more players: 16,080 concurrent players on Steam vs 10,399 for Path of Exile — about 1.5× more players.
Over the last 30 days Black Desert averaged 16,371 concurrent players and Path of Exile averaged 6,519. By that measure Black Desert is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 47 days Coilr has tracked both games, Path of Exile had the higher daily average on 1 day, most recently on Jun 26, 2026. Black Desert has led for the last 27 days.
By Steam review score, Path of Exile rates higher: 89% positive across 247,887 reviews vs 74% across 93,551 for Black Desert. Black Desert has the larger player base right now (16,080 vs 10,399 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Black Desert averaged 16,371 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 21,184.
Path of Exile averaged 6,519 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 62% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 21,728.