Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Hollow Knight is currently the more played game: 8,756 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 5,639 for Path of Exile — about 1.6× more players. Hollow Knight also has the better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 89%. Path of Exile is free to play, while Hollow Knight costs $14.99. Across all tracked metrics, Hollow Knight leads 7 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Hollow Knight has had the higher daily player count for the last 18 days — Path of Exile last led on Jun 29, 2026.
Days tracked
41
Current streak
18 days
Hollow Knight
Lead changes
4
Closest gap
6%
Jun 30, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 41 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Hollow Knight | Path of Exile |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 8,756 | 5,639 |
| 24-hour peak | 11,368 | 5,995 |
| 7-day average | 9,297 | 4,034 |
| 30-day average | 8,609 | 6,074 |
| 30-day trend | +38% | +48% |
| Peak (tracked) | 14,456 | 21,728 |
| Steam reviews | 97% positive | 89% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 94% positive | 85% positive |
| Total reviews | 551,398 | 247,779 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Feb 23, 2017 | Oct 22, 2013 |
| Price | $14.99 | Free to play |
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| Month | Hollow Knight | Path of Exile | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 4,723 | 4,785 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 5,053 | 6,514 | 5,427 | 6,988 |
| Jun 2026 | 6,953 | 13,164 | 5,557 | 21,728 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 9,588 | 14,456 | 5,040 | 10,274 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Hollow Knight currently has more players: 8,756 concurrent players on Steam vs 5,639 for Path of Exile — about 1.6× more players.
Over the last 30 days Hollow Knight averaged 8,609 concurrent players and Path of Exile averaged 6,074. By that measure Hollow Knight is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 41 days Coilr has tracked both games, Path of Exile had the higher daily average on 5 days, most recently on Jun 29, 2026. Hollow Knight has led for the last 18 days.
By Steam review score, Hollow Knight rates higher: 97% positive across 551,398 reviews vs 89% across 247,779 for Path of Exile. Hollow Knight has the larger player base right now (8,756 vs 5,639 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Hollow Knight averaged 8,609 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 38% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 14,456.
Path of Exile averaged 6,074 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 48% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 21,728.