Head to head

EverQuest II vs Path of Exile

EverQuest II

Live

600 – 2k daily

Path of Exile

Live

18k – 64k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

November 2004 · 22 years ago

October 2013 · 13 years ago

Daily players

600 – 2k

18k – 64k

Estimated players

2k0.4%

260.9k0.3%

Available on

Windows

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox
macOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

EverQuest IIPath of Exile

EverQuest II

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~2k	Up 0.6%
August 2026	~2k	Down 0.3%
July 2026	~2k	—

Path of Exile

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~267.3k	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

EverQuest II: 132Down 49%
Path of Exile: 4.6kDown 83%

Path of Exile currently has about 35× as many peak concurrent Steam players as EverQuest II — 4,557 vs 132.

Reddit members

EverQuest II: 9.4kUp 0.7%
Path of Exile: 1.1mUp 0.1%

Path of Exile currently has about 115× as many subreddit members as EverQuest II — 1,084,143 vs 9,405.

Twitch viewers

EverQuest II: 12Down 56%
Path of Exile: 1.5kDown 62%

Path of Exile currently has about 123× as many live Twitch viewers as EverQuest II — 1,473 vs 12.

YouTube subscribers

EverQuest II: 6.4k
Path of Exile: 431kUp 0.5%

Path of Exile currently has about 67× as many YouTube subscribers as EverQuest II — 431,000 vs 6,400.

Discord members

EverQuest II: —
Path of Exile: 265kUp 0.4%

Path of Exile currently has 264,963 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for EverQuest II.

How these estimates are made

EverQuest II

EverQuest II is estimated to have 600 – 2k players a day. Around 71k – 180k 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 18k – 64k 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.