Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Path of Exile 2 is currently the more played game: 36,664 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 27,859 for Black Desert — about 32% more players. Black Desert is currently 90% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Path of Exile 2 leads 9 of 10.
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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 56 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
56
Current streak
56 days
Path of Exile 2
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
8%
Jul 31, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 56 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Black Desert | Path of Exile 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 27,859 | 36,664 |
| 24-hour peak | 27,859 | 36,866 |
| 7-day average | 20,521 | 26,057 |
| 30-day average | 17,877 | 48,592 |
| 30-day trend | +11% | −70% |
| Peak (tracked) | 27,859 | 421,464 |
| Steam reviews | 74% positive | 75% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 62% positive | 80% positive |
| Total reviews | 93,623 | 223,774 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | May 24, 2017 | Dec 6, 2024 |
| Price | $0.99 (−90%) | $29.99 |
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| Month | Black Desert | Path of Exile 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 18,367 | 19,554 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 17,962 | 20,753 | 212,870 | 421,464 |
| Jun 2026 | 16,332 | 20,437 | 173,992 | 351,885 |
| Jul 2026 | 17,209 | 25,328 | 53,074 | 125,870 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 23,248 | 27,859 | 27,874 | 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: 36,664 concurrent players on Steam vs 27,859 for Black Desert — about 32% more players.
Over the last 30 days Black Desert averaged 17,877 concurrent players and Path of Exile 2 averaged 48,592. 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 56 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Path of Exile 2 rates higher: 75% positive across 223,774 reviews vs 74% across 93,623 for Black Desert. Path of Exile 2 has the larger player base right now (36,664 vs 27,859 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Black Desert averaged 17,877 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 11% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 27,859.
Path of Exile 2 averaged 48,592 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 70% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 421,464.