Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Path of Exile 2 is currently the more played game: 58,107 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 7,919 for Monster Hunter: World, about 7× more players. Path of Exile 2 has been ahead for 103 days straight. Monster Hunter: World counters with better Steam reviews: 89% positive vs 75%. Monster Hunter: World is currently 74% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Path of Exile 2 leads 7 of 10.
These are Steam players only. A game that also runs on its own launcher, a storefront of its own or on console has players this number cannot see, so read it as a comparison of Steam audiences rather than of total ones.
Coilr members average 89.2h in Monster Hunter: World and 116h in Path of Exile 2. Connect your Steam account and this row fills in with your own hours instead — then keeps tracking both, so you can see which one you are actually still playing.

Monster Hunter: World
89.2h
average of 60 members

Path of Exile 2
116h
average of 41 members
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Path of Exile 2 has had the higher daily player count for the last 103 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
103
Current streak
103 days
Path of Exile 2
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
18%
Aug 27, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 103 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Monster Hunter: World | Path of Exile 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 7,919 | 58,107 |
| 24-hour peak | 25,378 | 100,169 |
| 7-day average | 12,592 | 82,054 |
| 30-day average | 12,974 | 39,763 |
| 30-day trend | −19% | −8% |
| Peak (tracked) | 50,687 | 421,464 |
| Steam reviews | 89% positive | 75% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 91% positive | 81% positive |
| Total reviews | 516,373 | 225,312 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 8, 2018 | Dec 6, 2024 |
| Price | $7.79 (−74%) | $29.99 |
Full stats: Monster Hunter: World · Path of Exile 2 · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Monster Hunter: World | Path of Exile 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 8,419 | 11,801 | 212,870 | 421,464 |
| Jun 2026 | 21,104 | 50,687 | 173,992 | 351,885 |
| Jul 2026 | 17,152 | 40,029 | 53,084 | 125,664 |
| Aug 2026 | 14,185 | 30,810 | 19,180 | 36,992 |
| Sep 2026 (so far) | 12,264 | 25,378 | 60,496 | 147,624 |
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: 58,107 concurrent players on Steam vs 7,919 for Monster Hunter: World, about 7× more players.
Over the last 30 days Monster Hunter: World averaged 12,974 concurrent players and Path of Exile 2 averaged 39,763. 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 103 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Monster Hunter: World rates higher: 89% positive across 516,373 reviews vs 75% across 225,312 for Path of Exile 2. Path of Exile 2 has the larger player base right now (58,107 vs 7,919 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Monster Hunter: World averaged 12,974 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 19% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 50,687.
Path of Exile 2 averaged 39,763 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 8% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 421,464.