Head to head

Path of Exile vs Runes of Magic

Path of Exile

Live

22k – 78k daily

Runes of Magic

Live

340 – 1k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2013 · 13 years ago

March 2009 · 18 years ago

Daily players

22k – 78k

340 – 1k

Estimated players

261.6k1.7%

1.7k0.6%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox
macOS

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Isometric

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Path of ExileRunes of Magic

Path of Exile

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~268.4k	Down 7.0%
August 2026	~288.8k	Down 1.5%
July 2026	~293.3k	—

Runes of Magic

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~1.7k	Up 3.3%
August 2026	~1.7k	Up 2.0%
July 2026	~1.6k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Path of Exile: 8.4kDown 78%
Runes of Magic: 131Down 9.7%

Path of Exile currently has about 64× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Runes of Magic — 8,435 vs 131.

Discord members

Path of Exile: 265kUp 0.6%
Runes of Magic: 3.8k

Path of Exile currently has about 69× as many Discord members as Runes of Magic — 265,031 vs 3,841.

Reddit members

Path of Exile: 1.1mUp 0.2%
Runes of Magic: 642Up 1.9%

Path of Exile currently has about 1688× as many subreddit members as Runes of Magic — 1,083,843 vs 642.

Twitch viewers

Path of Exile: 1.6kDown 66%
Runes of Magic: 0Down 100%

Path of Exile currently has 1,585 live Twitch viewers, while Runes of Magic has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Path of Exile: 430kUp 0.9%
Runes of Magic: 4.8k

Path of Exile currently has about 89× as many YouTube subscribers as Runes of Magic — 430,000 vs 4,850.

How these estimates are made

Path of Exile

Path of Exile is estimated to have 22k – 78k 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.

Runes of Magic

Runes of Magic is estimated to have 340 – 1k players a day. Around 41k – 100k 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.