Head to head

Old School RuneScape vs Path of Exile

Old School RuneScape

Live

4k – 15k daily

Path of Exile

Live

13k – 45k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

February 2013 · 14 years ago

October 2013 · 13 years ago

Daily players

4k – 15k

13k – 45k

Estimated players

270.3k

270.4k0.1%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Android
iOS

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox
macOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Old School RuneScapePath of Exile

Old School RuneScape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~266.6k	Up 2.2%
September 2026	~260.8k	Up 0.7%
August 2026	~259k	Up 17%
July 2026	~220.9k	—

Path of Exile

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~267.1k
September 2026	~267.2k	Down 7.5%
August 2026	~288.8k	Down 1.5%
July 2026	~293.3k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Old School RuneScape: 1.7kUp 15%
Path of Exile: 4.1kDown 39%

Path of Exile currently has about 2.5× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Old School RuneScape — 4,132 vs 1,653.

Discord members

Old School RuneScape: 282.2kUp 1.2%
Path of Exile: 262.6kDown 0.9%

Old School RuneScape and Path of Exile are nearly even on Discord members — 282,163 vs 262,627.

Reddit members

Old School RuneScape: 1.4mUp 0.6%
Path of Exile: 1.1mUp 0.1%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 1.3× as many subreddit members as Path of Exile — 1,424,511 vs 1,085,497.

Twitch viewers

Old School RuneScape: 8.1kUp 24%
Path of Exile: 936Up 212%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 8.7× as many live Twitch viewers as Path of Exile — 8,137 vs 936.

YouTube subscribers

Old School RuneScape: 268kUp 0.8%
Path of Exile: 432kUp 0.2%

Path of Exile currently has about 1.6× as many YouTube subscribers as Old School RuneScape — 432,000 vs 268,000.

How these estimates are made

Old School RuneScape

Old School RuneScape is estimated to have 4k – 15k players a day. Around 370k – 960k 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 13k – 45k 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.