Head to head

Eve Online vs Path of Exile

Eve Online

Live

12k – 44k daily

Path of Exile

Live

160k – 580k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

May 2003 · 23 years ago

October 2013 · 13 years ago

Daily players

12k – 44k

160k – 580k

Estimated players

67.8k1.6%

303.2k2.7%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox
macOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Eve OnlinePath of Exile

Eve Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~66.9k	Up 0.8%
July 2026	~66.4k	—

Path of Exile

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~307k	Up 4.7%
July 2026	~293.3k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Eve Online: 3.6kDown 26%
Path of Exile: 44.2kDown 48%

Path of Exile currently has about 12× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Eve Online — 44,220 vs 3,595.

Discord members

Eve Online: 50.2kUp 0.3%
Path of Exile: 263.5k

Path of Exile currently has about 5.2× as many Discord members as Eve Online — 263,519 vs 50,223.

Reddit members

Eve Online: 221.2kUp 0.1%
Path of Exile: 1.1mUp 0.2%

Path of Exile currently has about 4.9× as many subreddit members as Eve Online — 1,079,249 vs 221,185.

Twitch viewers

Eve Online: 1.4kDown 2.5%
Path of Exile: 21.1kDown 55%

Path of Exile currently has about 15× as many live Twitch viewers as Eve Online — 21,057 vs 1,382.

YouTube subscribers

Eve Online: 226kUp 0.4%
Path of Exile: 426k

Path of Exile currently has about 1.9× as many YouTube subscribers as Eve Online — 426,000 vs 226,000.

How these estimates are made

Eve Online

Eve Online is estimated to have 12k – 44k players a day. Around 640k – 2m 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

Path of Exile is estimated to have 160k – 580k players a day. Around 3m – 8m 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.