Head to head

Guild Wars 2 vs Path of Exile

Guild Wars 2

Live

13k – 46k daily

Path of Exile

Live

160k – 580k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2012 · 14 years ago

October 2013 · 13 years ago

Daily players

13k – 46k

160k – 580k

Estimated players

86.5k0.4%

303.2k2.7%

Available on

Windows
macOS

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox
macOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Guild Wars 2Path of Exile

Guild Wars 2

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~85.9k	Up 14%
July 2026	~75.2k	—

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

Guild Wars 2: 4.4kDown 22%
Path of Exile: 44.2kDown 48%

Path of Exile currently has about 10× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Guild Wars 2 — 44,220 vs 4,365.

Discord members

Guild Wars 2: 47.7k
Path of Exile: 263.5k

Path of Exile currently has about 5.5× as many Discord members as Guild Wars 2 — 263,519 vs 47,736.

Reddit members

Guild Wars 2: 425.1kUp 0.1%
Path of Exile: 1.1mUp 0.2%

Path of Exile currently has about 2.5× as many subreddit members as Guild Wars 2 — 1,079,249 vs 425,115.

Twitch viewers

Guild Wars 2: 1.1kDown 46%
Path of Exile: 21.1kDown 55%

Path of Exile currently has about 19× as many live Twitch viewers as Guild Wars 2 — 21,057 vs 1,105.

YouTube subscribers

Guild Wars 2: 215k
Path of Exile: 426k

Path of Exile currently has about 2× as many YouTube subscribers as Guild Wars 2 — 426,000 vs 215,000.

How these estimates are made

Guild Wars 2

Guild Wars 2 is estimated to have 13k – 46k players a day. Around 490k – 1m 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.