Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Free To Play / Indie games.
Path of Exile is currently the more played game: 161,118 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 137,897 for Bongo Cat — about 17% more players. Bongo Cat counters with better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 89%. Across all tracked metrics, Bongo Cat leads 5 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Bongo Cat has had the higher daily player count for the last 55 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
55
Current streak
55 days
Bongo Cat
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
74%
Jul 24, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 55 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Bongo Cat | Path of Exile |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 137,897 | 161,118 |
| 24-hour peak | 161,747 | 187,116 |
| 7-day average | 153,501 | 10,461 |
| 30-day average | 152,933 | 7,655 |
| 30-day trend | +3% | +94% |
| Peak (tracked) | 187,909 | 187,116 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 89% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 96% positive | 85% positive |
| Total reviews | 106,728 | 247,887 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | — | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Mar 4, 2025 | Oct 22, 2013 |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
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| Month | Bongo Cat | Path of Exile | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 151,538 | 176,523 | 5,427 | 6,988 |
| Jun 2026 | 148,278 | 181,148 | 5,555 | 21,728 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 154,638 | 187,909 | 6,718 | 187,116 |
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: 161,118 concurrent players on Steam vs 137,897 for Bongo Cat — about 17% more players.
Over the last 30 days Bongo Cat averaged 152,933 concurrent players and Path of Exile averaged 7,655. By that measure Bongo Cat is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Bongo Cat has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 55 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Bongo Cat rates higher: 97% positive across 106,728 reviews vs 89% across 247,887 for Path of Exile. Path of Exile has the larger player base right now (161,118 vs 137,897 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Bongo Cat averaged 152,933 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 3% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 187,909.
Path of Exile averaged 7,655 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 94% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 187,116.