Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Free To Play games.
Path of Exile is currently the more played game: 94,806 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 50,463 for Overwatch® — about 1.9× more players. Path of Exile also has the better Steam reviews: 89% positive vs 31%. Across all tracked metrics, Path of Exile leads 6 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Path of Exile has had the higher daily player count for the last 3 days — Overwatch® last led on Jul 24, 2026.
Days tracked
58
Current streak
3 days
Path of Exile
Lead changes
1
Closest gap
15%
Jul 24, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 58 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Overwatch® | Path of Exile |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 50,463 | 94,806 |
| 24-hour peak | 59,509 | 154,153 |
| 7-day average | 46,548 | 44,277 |
| 30-day average | 50,938 | 15,195 |
| 30-day trend | −17% | +239% |
| Peak (tracked) | 101,777 | 187,116 |
| Steam reviews | 31% positive | 89% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 53% positive | 88% positive |
| Total reviews | 413,948 | 248,283 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | — | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 10, 2023 | Oct 23, 2013 |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
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| Month | Overwatch® | Path of Exile | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 62,374 | 78,575 | 5,427 | 6,988 |
| Jun 2026 | 60,417 | 101,777 | 5,555 | 21,728 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 49,841 | 75,510 | 16,048 | 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: 94,806 concurrent players on Steam vs 50,463 for Overwatch® — about 1.9× more players.
Over the last 30 days Overwatch® averaged 50,938 concurrent players and Path of Exile averaged 15,195. By that measure Overwatch® is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 58 days Coilr has tracked both games, Overwatch® had the higher daily average on 55 days, most recently on Jul 24, 2026. Path of Exile has led for the last 3 days.
By Steam review score, Path of Exile rates higher: 89% positive across 248,283 reviews vs 31% across 413,948 for Overwatch®. Path of Exile has the larger player base right now (94,806 vs 50,463 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Overwatch® averaged 50,938 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 17% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 101,777.
Path of Exile averaged 15,195 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 239% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 187,116.