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Path of Exile 2

Grinding Gear Games · 2024-12-06

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ActionAdventureMassively MultiplayerRPGEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Dec 06, 2024 (Mac), Dec 06, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 06, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 06, 2024 (PlayStation 5)

Path of Exile 2 is a next generation Action RPG from Grinding Gear Games, featuring co-op for up to six players. Set years after the original Path of Exile, you will return to the dark world of Wraeclast and seek to end the corruption that is spreading.

Path of Exile 2 is an Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, RPG game released in 2024, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 20,000,000 .. 50,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive (75% of 224218 reviews) sentiment.

25,807
playing now
75%
positive of 225k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000,000–50,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
6,611
twitch viewers (latest)
88/100
IGDB user rating (208 ratings)
88/100
opencritic · mighty · 100% recommend
49h
to beat · rushed 4h · completionist 8h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

25,807 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Path of Exile 2 is an upcoming action role-playing video game developed and published by Grinding Gear Games. A sequel to Path of Exile (2013), the game was released as a paid early access title for Windows, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S on December 6, 2024, and is set to be released in full in 2026.

Trailer

Path of Exile 2 trailer thumbnail

Path of Exile 2 - Full 1.0 Release Date Reveal Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Thriving
  • · 25,807 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 8,629 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,079/week).
  • · Review velocity up 63% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (45,174 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 4.5M–10M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 224,937 total reviews — how this is computed.

Featured in Valve's Top Releases of December 2024 (#7)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
37k37k20242026Week of 2024-12-06: 37,030 positiveWeek of 2024-12-06: 8,144 negativeWeek of 2024-12-13: 12,959 positiveWeek of 2024-12-13: 3,311 negativeWeek of 2024-12-20: 7,699 positiveWeek of 2024-12-20: 2,358 negativeWeek of 2024-12-27: 5,752 positiveWeek of 2024-12-27: 1,803 negativeWeek of 2025-01-03: 5,263 positiveWeek of 2025-01-03: 1,385 negativeWeek of 2025-01-10: 4,265 positiveWeek of 2025-01-10: 1,059 negativeWeek of 2025-01-17: 3,597 positiveWeek of 2025-01-17: 974 negativeWeek of 2025-01-24: 2,463 positiveWeek of 2025-01-24: 903 negativeWeek of 2025-01-31: 1,987 positiveWeek of 2025-01-31: 750 negativeWeek of 2025-02-07: 1,152 positiveWeek of 2025-02-07: 425 negativeWeek of 2025-02-14: 1,331 positiveWeek of 2025-02-14: 365 negativeWeek of 2025-02-21: 981 positiveWeek of 2025-02-21: 291 negativeWeek of 2025-02-28: 783 positiveWeek of 2025-02-28: 258 negativeWeek of 2025-03-07: 517 positiveWeek of 2025-03-07: 203 negativeWeek of 2025-03-14: 537 positiveWeek of 2025-03-14: 181 negativeWeek of 2025-03-21: 482 positiveWeek of 2025-03-21: 150 negativeWeek of 2025-03-28: 764 positiveWeek of 2025-03-28: 283 negativeWeek of 2025-04-04: 2,728 positiveWeek of 2025-04-04: 6,656 negativeWeek of 2025-04-11: 1,646 positiveWeek of 2025-04-11: 2,650 negativeWeek of 2025-04-18: 844 positiveWeek of 2025-04-18: 1,800 negativeWeek of 2025-04-25: 579 positiveWeek of 2025-04-25: 699 negativeWeek of 2025-05-02: 439 positiveWeek of 2025-05-02: 561 negativeWeek of 2025-05-09: 353 positiveWeek of 2025-05-09: 279 negativeWeek of 2025-05-16: 268 positiveWeek of 2025-05-16: 239 negativeWeek of 2025-05-23: 209 positiveWeek of 2025-05-23: 190 negativeWeek of 2025-05-30: 210 positiveWeek of 2025-05-30: 183 negativeWeek of 2025-06-06: 269 positiveWeek of 2025-06-06: 174 negativeWeek of 2025-06-13: 190 positiveWeek of 2025-06-13: 309 negativeWeek of 2025-06-20: 131 positiveWeek of 2025-06-20: 113 negativeWeek of 2025-06-27: 131 positiveWeek of 2025-06-27: 111 negativeWeek of 2025-07-04: 134 positiveWeek of 2025-07-04: 81 negativeWeek of 2025-07-11: 169 positiveWeek of 2025-07-11: 105 negativeWeek of 2025-07-18: 126 positiveWeek of 2025-07-18: 83 negativeWeek of 2025-07-25: 129 positiveWeek of 2025-07-25: 84 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2025-08-08: 133 positiveWeek of 2025-08-08: 76 negativeWeek of 2025-08-15: 267 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 105 negativeWeek of 2025-08-22: 470 positiveWeek of 2025-08-22: 95 negativeWeek of 2025-08-29: 2,022 positiveWeek of 2025-08-29: 995 negativeWeek of 2025-09-05: 1,247 positiveWeek of 2025-09-05: 607 negativeWeek of 2025-09-12: 880 positiveWeek of 2025-09-12: 379 negativeWeek of 2025-09-19: 664 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 234 negativeWeek of 2025-09-26: 701 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 205 negativeWeek of 2025-10-03: 550 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 184 negativeWeek of 2025-10-10: 415 positiveWeek of 2025-10-10: 116 negativeWeek of 2025-10-17: 455 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 87 negativeWeek of 2025-10-24: 363 positiveWeek of 2025-10-24: 99 negativeWeek of 2025-10-31: 278 positiveWeek of 2025-10-31: 79 negativeWeek of 2025-11-07: 169 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-11-14: 165 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-11-21: 2,645 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 139 negativeWeek of 2025-11-28: 1,575 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 76 negativeWeek of 2025-12-05: 428 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 92 negativeWeek of 2025-12-12: 1,352 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 527 negativeWeek of 2025-12-19: 709 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 337 negativeWeek of 2025-12-26: 594 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 289 negativeWeek of 2026-01-02: 565 positiveWeek of 2026-01-02: 736 negativeWeek of 2026-01-09: 455 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 191 negativeWeek of 2026-01-16: 303 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 116 negativeWeek of 2026-01-23: 294 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 134 negativeWeek of 2026-01-30: 245 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 116 negativeWeek of 2026-02-06: 282 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 81 negativeWeek of 2026-02-13: 190 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 80 negativeWeek of 2026-02-20: 242 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 78 negativeWeek of 2026-02-27: 170 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 69 negativeWeek of 2026-03-06: 232 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 84 negativeWeek of 2026-03-13: 149 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 55 negativeWeek of 2026-03-20: 148 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 54 negativeWeek of 2026-03-27: 121 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-04-03: 140 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 63 negativeWeek of 2026-04-10: 142 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-04-17: 150 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-04-24: 123 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2026-05-08: 325 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 87 negativeWeek of 2026-05-15: 289 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 65 negativeWeek of 2026-05-22: 485 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 92 negativeWeek of 2026-05-29: 2,344 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 868 negativeWeek of 2026-06-05: 1,731 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 626 negativeWeek of 2026-06-12: 1,351 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 451 negativeWeek of 2026-06-19: 900 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 382 negativeWeek of 2026-06-26: 629 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 234 negativeWeek of 2026-07-03: 537 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 158 negativeWeek of 2026-07-10: 559 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 118 negativeWeek of 2026-07-17: 366 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 108 negativeWeek of 2026-07-24: 395 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 84 negativeWeek of 2026-07-31: 281 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 53 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

31k11k2026-08-06 16:00 — 25,273 players2026-08-07 04:00 — 15,648 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 25,964 players2026-08-08 04:00 — 18,682 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 29,367 players2026-08-09 04:00 — 19,420 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 30,839 players2026-08-10 04:00 — 15,327 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 24,852 players2026-08-11 04:00 — 15,119 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 23,907 players2026-08-12 04:00 — 14,557 players2026-08-12 16:00 — 22,493 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 13,525 players2026-08-13 16:00 — 21,946 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 13,906 players2026-08-14 16:00 — 23,054 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 16,469 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 25,661 players2026-08-16 04:00 — 16,944 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 27,470 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 13,537 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 22,383 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 13,166 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 21,384 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 12,869 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 20,749 players2026-08-20 04:00 — 12,146 players2026-08-20 16:00 — 19,726 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 12,114 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 20,318 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 18,209 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 11,048 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 21,181 players2026-08-29 06:00 — 14,046 players2026-08-29 18:00 — 23,984 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 14,943 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 25,807 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#79#992026-08-062026-08-302026-08-06 — #992026-08-07 — #992026-08-08 — #992026-08-09 — #992026-08-10 — #992026-08-11 — #992026-08-12 — #912026-08-13 — #852026-08-14 — #852026-08-15 — #922026-08-16 — #942026-08-17 — #952026-08-18 — #912026-08-19 — #912026-08-20 — #952026-08-21 — #972026-08-22 — #992026-08-28 — #912026-08-29 — #792026-08-30 — #79
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
63632026-08-092026-08-292026-08-09: 31 new positive2026-08-10: 35 new positive2026-08-10: 1 new negative2026-08-12: 36 new positive2026-08-12: 2 new negative2026-08-14: 57 new positive2026-08-14: 3 new negative2026-08-15: 49 new positive2026-08-17: 36 new positive2026-08-17: 3 new negative2026-08-19: 31 new positive2026-08-19: 1 new negative2026-08-21: 34 new positive2026-08-21: 3 new negative2026-08-27: 63 new positive2026-08-27: 2 new negative2026-08-29: 51 new positive2026-08-29: 8 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

2.0k2502026-05-13 — 502 pageviews2026-05-16 — 366 pageviews2026-05-19 — 454 pageviews2026-05-22 — 460 pageviews2026-05-25 — 576 pageviews2026-05-28 — 657 pageviews2026-05-31 — 1,690 pageviews2026-06-03 — 1,118 pageviews2026-06-06 — 982 pageviews2026-06-09 — 864 pageviews2026-06-12 — 740 pageviews2026-06-15 — 806 pageviews2026-06-18 — 541 pageviews2026-06-21 — 548 pageviews2026-06-24 — 433 pageviews2026-06-27 — 395 pageviews2026-06-30 — 418 pageviews2026-07-03 — 537 pageviews2026-07-06 — 456 pageviews2026-07-09 — 587 pageviews2026-07-12 — 446 pageviews2026-07-15 — 313 pageviews2026-07-18 — 309 pageviews2026-07-21 — 331 pageviews2026-07-24 — 440 pageviews2026-07-27 — 395 pageviews2026-07-30 — 353 pageviews2026-08-02 — 333 pageviews2026-08-05 — 312 pageviews2026-08-08 — 281 pageviews2026-08-11 — 349 pageviews2026-08-14 — 286 pageviews2026-08-17 — 278 pageviews2026-08-20 — 297 pageviews2026-08-23 — 273 pageviews2026-08-24 — 267 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

150k6612026-08-17 19:12 — 4,586 viewers2026-08-20 22:12 — 16,008 viewers2026-08-25 19:12 — 11,088 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 2,162 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 1,149 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 661 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 706 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 1,274 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 6,766 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 150,123 viewers2026-08-27 22:12 — 47,535 viewers2026-08-28 00:12 — 11,734 viewers2026-08-28 02:12 — 9,456 viewers2026-08-28 04:12 — 6,720 viewers2026-08-28 06:12 — 6,933 viewers2026-08-28 08:12 — 8,311 viewers2026-08-28 10:12 — 6,915 viewers2026-08-28 12:12 — 10,783 viewers2026-08-28 14:12 — 7,600 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 9,734 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 10,941 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 4,968 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 1,907 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 1,570 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 2,022 viewers2026-08-29 12:12 — 2,262 viewers2026-08-29 15:12 — 6,254 viewers2026-08-29 17:12 — 6,811 viewers2026-08-29 19:12 — 5,998 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 3,011 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 1,796 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 1,599 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 3,154 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 5,013 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 6,611 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerMMOCo-opOnline Co-opFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support9 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGLootActionMMORPGAdventureIsometricAction RPGSouls-likeMultiplayerDark Fantasy

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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