Head to head

Heavy Metal Machines vs Path of Exile 2

Heavy Metal Machines

Live

25 – 88 daily

Path of Exile 2

Live

39k – 140k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

September 2018 · 8 years ago

December 2024 · 2 years ago

Daily players

25 – 88

39k – 140k

Estimated players

422

74.2k1.3%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows
macOS
PlayStation

Platforms

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Heavy Metal MachinesPath of Exile 2

Heavy Metal Machines

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~421	Up 0.7%
September 2026	~418
August 2026	~418
July 2026	~418	—

Path of Exile 2

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~78.1k	Down 25%
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

Heavy Metal Machines: 9Up 50%
Path of Exile 2: 9.4kDown 77%

Path of Exile 2 currently has about 1042× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Heavy Metal Machines — 9,379 vs 9.

Reddit members

Heavy Metal Machines: 223Up 0.5%
Path of Exile 2: —

Heavy Metal Machines currently has 223 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Path of Exile 2.

Twitch viewers

Heavy Metal Machines: 0
Path of Exile 2: 943Down 76%

Heavy Metal Machines currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while Path of Exile 2 has 943.

YouTube subscribers

Heavy Metal Machines: —
Path of Exile 2: 431k

Path of Exile 2 currently has 431,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Heavy Metal Machines.

How these estimates are made

Heavy Metal Machines

Heavy Metal Machines is estimated to have 25 – 88 players a day. Around 90k – 230k 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 39k – 140k 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.