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: 152,798 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 63,294 for War Thunder — about 2.4× more players. Path of Exile also has the better Steam reviews: 89% positive vs 71%. Across all tracked metrics, Path of Exile leads 6 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 2 days — War Thunder last led on Jul 24, 2026.
Days tracked
58
Current streak
2 days
Path of Exile
Lead changes
1
Closest gap
24%
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 | Path of Exile | War Thunder |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 152,798 | 63,294 |
| 24-hour peak | 155,147 | 82,970 |
| 7-day average | 39,659 | 50,314 |
| 30-day average | 14,221 | 50,551 |
| 30-day trend | +230% | +4% |
| Peak (tracked) | 187,116 | 87,498 |
| Steam reviews | 89% positive | 71% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 88% positive | 64% positive |
| Total reviews | 248,283 | 769,667 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Oct 23, 2013 | Aug 15, 2013 |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
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| Month | Path of Exile | War Thunder | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 36,359 | 48,046 |
| May 2026 | 5,427 | 6,988 | 45,258 | 81,132 |
| Jun 2026 | 5,555 | 21,728 | 49,212 | 87,498 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 15,178 | 187,116 | 49,795 | 82,970 |
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: 152,798 concurrent players on Steam vs 63,294 for War Thunder — about 2.4× more players.
Over the last 30 days Path of Exile averaged 14,221 concurrent players and War Thunder averaged 50,551. By that measure War Thunder is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 58 days Coilr has tracked both games, War Thunder had the higher daily average on 56 days, most recently on Jul 24, 2026. Path of Exile has led for the last 2 days.
By Steam review score, Path of Exile rates higher: 89% positive across 248,283 reviews vs 71% across 769,667 for War Thunder. Path of Exile has the larger player base right now (152,798 vs 63,294 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Path of Exile averaged 14,221 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 230% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 187,116.
War Thunder averaged 50,551 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 4% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 87,498.