Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Free To Play games.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel is currently the more played game: 10,755 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 3,998 for Path of Exile — about 3× more players. Path of Exile counters with better Steam reviews: 89% positive vs 72%. Across all tracked metrics, Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel leads 5 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel has had the higher daily player count for the last 23 days — Path of Exile last led on Jun 28, 2026.
Days tracked
52
Current streak
23 days
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
Lead changes
2
Closest gap
5%
Jun 29, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 52 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Path of Exile | Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 3,998 | 10,755 |
| 24-hour peak | 8,400 | 18,378 |
| 7-day average | 4,647 | 12,814 |
| 30-day average | 6,286 | 12,263 |
| 30-day trend | +55% | −23% |
| Peak (tracked) | 21,728 | 37,152 |
| Steam reviews | 89% positive | 72% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 85% positive | 54% positive |
| Total reviews | 247,887 | 100,025 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | — |
| Release date | Oct 22, 2013 | Jan 17, 2022 |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
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| Month | Path of Exile | Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | 5,427 | 6,988 | 12,789 | 18,121 |
| Jun 2026 | 5,557 | 21,728 | 15,048 | 37,152 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 5,122 | 10,274 | 12,256 | 25,317 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel currently has more players: 10,755 concurrent players on Steam vs 3,998 for Path of Exile — about 3× more players.
Over the last 30 days Path of Exile averaged 6,286 concurrent players and Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel averaged 12,263. By that measure Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel is currently the bigger game.
Yes. Across the 52 days Coilr has tracked both games, Path of Exile had the higher daily average on 3 days, most recently on Jun 28, 2026. Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel has led for the last 23 days.
By Steam review score, Path of Exile rates higher: 89% positive across 247,887 reviews vs 72% across 100,025 for Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel. Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel has the larger player base right now (10,755 vs 3,998 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Path of Exile averaged 6,286 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 55% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 21,728.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel averaged 12,263 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 23% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 37,152.