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: 155,135 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 59,864 for Team Fortress 2 — about 3× more players. Team Fortress 2 counters with better Steam reviews: 91% positive vs 89%. Across all tracked metrics, Team Fortress 2 leads 6 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Path of Exile has had the higher daily player count for the last 1 day — Team Fortress 2 last led on Jul 24, 2026.
Days tracked
56
Current streak
1 day
Path of Exile
Lead changes
1
Closest gap
26%
Jul 24, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 56 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Path of Exile | Team Fortress 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 155,135 | 59,864 |
| 24-hour peak | 187,116 | 61,884 |
| 7-day average | 24,733 | 50,338 |
| 30-day average | 11,036 | 44,908 |
| 30-day trend | +186% | −4% |
| Peak (tracked) | 187,116 | 71,002 |
| Steam reviews | 89% positive | 91% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 88% positive | 94% positive |
| Total reviews | 248,283 | 1,243,318 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~50,000,000 |
| Release date | Oct 23, 2013 | Oct 10, 2007 |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
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| Month | Path of Exile | Team Fortress 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 44,663 | 52,995 |
| May 2026 | 5,427 | 6,988 | 48,944 | 59,895 |
| Jun 2026 | 5,555 | 21,728 | 44,536 | 61,030 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 10,996 | 187,116 | 46,828 | 71,002 |
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: 155,135 concurrent players on Steam vs 59,864 for Team Fortress 2 — about 3× more players.
Over the last 30 days Path of Exile averaged 11,036 concurrent players and Team Fortress 2 averaged 44,908. By that measure Team Fortress 2 is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 56 days Coilr has tracked both games, Team Fortress 2 had the higher daily average on 55 days, most recently on Jul 24, 2026. Path of Exile has led for the last 1 day.
By Steam review score, Team Fortress 2 rates higher: 91% positive across 1,243,318 reviews vs 89% across 248,283 for Path of Exile. Path of Exile has the larger player base right now (155,135 vs 59,864 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Path of Exile averaged 11,036 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 186% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 187,116.
Team Fortress 2 averaged 44,908 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 4% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 71,002.