Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Adventure / Free To Play games.
Path of Exile is currently the more played game: 104,118 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 53,662 for VRChat — about 1.9× more players. Path of Exile also has the better Steam reviews: 89% positive vs 75%. Across all tracked metrics, Path of Exile leads 7 of 9.
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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 9 days — VRChat last led on Jul 24, 2026.
Days tracked
64
Current streak
9 days
Path of Exile
Lead changes
1
Closest gap
16%
Jul 24, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 64 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Path of Exile | VRChat |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 104,118 | 53,662 |
| 24-hour peak | 105,669 | 63,448 |
| 7-day average | 84,476 | 47,572 |
| 30-day average | 31,398 | 46,081 |
| 30-day trend | +442% | +3% |
| Peak (tracked) | 187,116 | 67,961 |
| Steam reviews | 89% positive | 75% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 84% positive | 73% positive |
| Total reviews | 248,752 | 266,366 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Oct 23, 2013 | Feb 1, 2017 |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
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| Month | Path of Exile | VRChat | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 45,459 | 46,885 |
| May 2026 | 5,427 | 6,988 | 48,748 | 63,918 |
| Jun 2026 | 5,564 | 21,708 | 44,864 | 67,961 |
| Jul 2026 | 26,620 | 187,116 | 45,188 | 63,948 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 79,450 | 105,669 | 54,432 | 63,448 |
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: 104,118 concurrent players on Steam vs 53,662 for VRChat — about 1.9× more players.
Over the last 30 days Path of Exile averaged 31,398 concurrent players and VRChat averaged 46,081. By that measure VRChat is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 64 days Coilr has tracked both games, VRChat had the higher daily average on 55 days, most recently on Jul 24, 2026. Path of Exile has led for the last 9 days.
By Steam review score, Path of Exile rates higher: 89% positive across 248,752 reviews vs 75% across 266,366 for VRChat. Path of Exile has the larger player base right now (104,118 vs 53,662 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Path of Exile averaged 31,398 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 442% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 187,116.
VRChat averaged 46,081 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 3% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 67,961.