Head to head

Path of Exile 2 vs Rust

Path of Exile 2

Live

340k – 1m daily

Rust

Live

340k – 1m daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2024 · 2 years ago

February 2018 · 9 years ago

Daily players

340k – 1m

Estimated players

142.1k79%

555.9k2.1%

Available on

Windows
macOS
PlayStation

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

Isometric

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Path of Exile 2Rust

Path of Exile 2

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~112.6k	Up 41%
August 2026	~79.8k	Up 101%
July 2026	~39.7k	—

Rust

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~532.2k	Down 1.3%
August 2026	~539.2k	Down 1.0%
July 2026	~544.6k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Path of Exile 2: 70.6kUp 140%
Rust: 64.7kDown 60%

Path of Exile 2 and Rust are nearly even on peak concurrent Steam players — 70,634 vs 64,721.

Twitch viewers

Path of Exile 2: 23.4kUp 681%
Rust: 92.5kDown 62%

Rust currently has about 4× as many live Twitch viewers as Path of Exile 2 — 92,520 vs 23,408.

YouTube subscribers

Path of Exile 2: 430kUp 0.9%
Rust: 206k

Path of Exile 2 currently has about 2.1× as many YouTube subscribers as Rust — 430,000 vs 206,000.

Discord members

Path of Exile 2: —
Rust: 807.3kUp 0.9%

Rust currently has 807,333 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Path of Exile 2.

Reddit members

Path of Exile 2: —
Rust: 709kUp 0.3%

Rust currently has 709,019 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Path of Exile 2.

How these estimates are made

Path of Exile 2

Path of Exile 2 is estimated to have 340k – 1m 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.

Rust

Rust is estimated to have 340k – 1m players a day. Around 13m – 34m 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.