Head to head

Minecraft vs Path of Exile

Minecraft

Live

2k – 1m daily

Path of Exile

Live

360 – 170k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2016 · 10 years ago

October 2013 · 13 years ago

Daily players

2k – 1m

360 – 170k

Estimated players

1.8m1.0%

186.1k0.3%

Available on

Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Nintendo
PlayStation
Windows
Xbox

macOS
PlayStation
Windows
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

MinecraftPath of Exile

Minecraft

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~4.3m	Up 132%
July 2026	~1.9m	Down 2.9%
June 2026	~1.9m	Down 1.3%
May 2026	~1.9m	—

Path of Exile

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~240.7k	Up 30%
July 2026	~185.1k	Down 2.9%
June 2026	~190.6k	Up 26%
May 2026	~150.8k	—

Community breakdown

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

Discord members

Minecraft: 4.2mUp 2.1%
Path of Exile: 262.4kUp 0.2%

Minecraft currently has about 16× as many Discord members as Path of Exile — 4,212,810 vs 262,422.

Reddit members

Minecraft: 8.8mUp 0.9%
Path of Exile: 1.1mUp 1.4%

Minecraft currently has about 8.1× as many subreddit members as Path of Exile — 8,791,469 vs 1,085,820.

How these estimates are made

Minecraft

Minecraft is estimated to have 2k – 1m players a day. Around 350k – 34m accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.

Path of Exile

Path of Exile is estimated to have 360 – 170k players a day. Around 95k – 9m accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.