Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
The Elder Scrolls® Online is currently the more played game: 10,643 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 8,431 for Path of Exile — about 26% more players. Path of Exile counters with better Steam reviews: 89% positive vs 81%. Path of Exile is free to play, while The Elder Scrolls® Online costs $19.99. Across all tracked metrics, Path of Exile leads 5 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
The Elder Scrolls® Online has had the higher daily player count for the last 14 days — Path of Exile last led on Jun 29, 2026.
Days tracked
26
Current streak
14 days
The Elder Scrolls® Online
Lead changes
2
Closest gap
9%
Jun 30, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 26 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Path of Exile | The Elder Scrolls® Online |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 8,431 | 10,643 |
| 24-hour peak | 8,431 | 12,499 |
| 7-day average | 4,774 | 8,650 |
| 30-day average | 6,304 | 9,211 |
| 30-day trend | +55% | — |
| Peak (tracked) | 21,728 | 15,420 |
| Steam reviews | 89% positive | 81% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 85% positive | 71% positive |
| Total reviews | 247,887 | 160,891 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Oct 22, 2013 | May 22, 2017 |
| Price | Free to play | $19.99 |
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| Month | Path of Exile | The Elder Scrolls® Online | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 5,427 | 6,988 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 5,557 | 21,728 | 9,779 | 15,420 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 5,149 | 10,274 | 9,005 | 14,097 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
The Elder Scrolls® Online currently has more players: 10,643 concurrent players on Steam vs 8,431 for Path of Exile — about 26% more players.
Over the last 30 days Path of Exile averaged 6,304 concurrent players and The Elder Scrolls® Online averaged 9,211. By that measure The Elder Scrolls® Online is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 26 days Coilr has tracked both games, Path of Exile had the higher daily average on 4 days, most recently on Jun 29, 2026. The Elder Scrolls® Online has led for the last 14 days.
By Steam review score, Path of Exile rates higher: 89% positive across 247,887 reviews vs 81% across 160,891 for The Elder Scrolls® Online. The Elder Scrolls® Online has the larger player base right now (10,643 vs 8,431 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Path of Exile averaged 6,304 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 55% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 21,728.