Head to head

Dark and Light vs Path of Exile 2

Dark and Light

Live

100 – 360 daily

Path of Exile 2

Live

45k – 160k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

July 2017 · 9 years ago

December 2024 · 2 years ago

Daily players

100 – 360

45k – 160k

Estimated players

1.7k0.2%

75.2k3.1%

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS
PlayStation

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Dark and LightPath of Exile 2

Dark and Light

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~1.7k	Up 0.1%
September 2026	~1.7k
August 2026	~1.7k	Up 14%
July 2026	~1.5k	—

Path of Exile 2

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~79.2k	Down 24%
September 2026	~103.8k	Up 30%
August 2026	~79.8k	Up 101%
July 2026	~39.7k	—

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.

Steam concurrent players

Dark and Light: 38Up 31%
Path of Exile 2: 17kDown 68%

Path of Exile 2 currently has about 447× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Dark and Light — 17,003 vs 38.

Twitch viewers

Dark and Light: 0Down 100%
Path of Exile 2: 1.2kDown 83%

Dark and Light currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while Path of Exile 2 has 1,197.

YouTube subscribers

Dark and Light: 4.7k
Path of Exile 2: 431kUp 0.2%

Path of Exile 2 currently has about 91× as many YouTube subscribers as Dark and Light — 431,000 vs 4,730.

How these estimates are made

Dark and Light

Dark and Light is estimated to have 100 – 360 players a day. Around 230k – 590k accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.

Path of Exile 2

Path of Exile 2 is estimated to have 45k – 160k players a day. Around 3m – 7m accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.