Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Path of Exile 2 is currently the more played game: 32,970 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 23,466 for Hunt: Showdown 1896 — about 41% more players. Hunt: Showdown 1896 is currently 60% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Path of Exile 2 leads 8 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 61 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
61
Current streak
61 days
Path of Exile 2
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
39%
May 28, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 61 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Hunt: Showdown 1896 | Path of Exile 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 23,466 | 32,970 |
| 24-hour peak | 28,969 | 43,472 |
| 7-day average | 16,049 | 33,115 |
| 30-day average | 16,273 | 63,964 |
| 30-day trend | −9% | −66% |
| Peak (tracked) | 42,690 | 421,464 |
| Steam reviews | 74% positive | 75% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 70% positive | 82% positive |
| Total reviews | 275,904 | 223,292 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 27, 2019 | Dec 6, 2024 |
| Price | $11.99 (−60%) | $29.99 |
Full stats: Hunt: Showdown 1896 · Path of Exile 2 · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Hunt: Showdown 1896 | Path of Exile 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 10,496 | 13,611 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 16,260 | 31,426 | 212,870 | 421,464 |
| Jun 2026 | 17,826 | 42,690 | 173,988 | 351,885 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 16,257 | 33,550 | 57,518 | 125,870 |
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: 32,970 concurrent players on Steam vs 23,466 for Hunt: Showdown 1896 — about 41% more players.
Over the last 30 days Hunt: Showdown 1896 averaged 16,273 concurrent players and Path of Exile 2 averaged 63,964. 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 61 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Path of Exile 2 rates higher: 75% positive across 223,292 reviews vs 74% across 275,904 for Hunt: Showdown 1896. Path of Exile 2 has the larger player base right now (32,970 vs 23,466 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Hunt: Showdown 1896 averaged 16,273 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 9% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 42,690.
Path of Exile 2 averaged 63,964 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 66% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 421,464.