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Path of Exile

Grinding Gear Games · 2013-10-23

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ActionAdventureIndieMassively MultiplayerRPGFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 23, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 14, 2017 (Xbox One), Mar 26, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Sep 18, 2020 (Mac), Sep 18, 2024 (PlayStation 5)

You are an Exile, struggling to survive on the dark continent of Wraeclast, as you fight to earn power that will allow you to exact your revenge against those who wronged you. Path of Exile is an online Action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. The game is completely free and will never be pay-to-win.

Path of Exile is an Action, Adventure, Indie, and Massively Multiplayer game released in 2013, priced at free-to-play, with a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 249160 reviews) and an owner estimate of 20,000,000 .. 50,000,000.

3,202
playing now
89%
positive of 250k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000,000–50,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
608
twitch viewers (latest)
60.8
viewers/channel (concentration)
78/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (490 ratings)
5
Nexus mods (2.7k downloads)
4.14★
PlayStation Store rating (39,123 ratings)
54h
to beat · rushed 27h · completionist 200h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

3,202 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Path of Exile is a 2013 free-to-play action role-playing video game developed and published by Grinding Gear Games. Following an open beta phase, the game was released for Microsoft Windows in October 23, 2013. A version for Xbox One was released in August 2017, and a PlayStation 4 version was released in March 2019.

Trailer

Path of Exile trailer thumbnail

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 3,202 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7,593 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~949/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 28,080 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.00 at Chrono.gg (2016-06-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 9 of 9 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9.5k9.5k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 1,015 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 173 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 718 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 786 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1,020 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 718 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 635 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 723 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 564 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 8,135 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 193 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1,612 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 252 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 906 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 546 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 767 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 171 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 537 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 558 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 7,594 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 440 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 7,290 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 263 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 423 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 488 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 894 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7,903 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 212 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 9,537 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 439 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4,781 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 284 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2,620 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 161 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4,756 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 342 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3,299 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 296 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2,062 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3,300 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 258 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2,634 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 217 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,488 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2,484 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 212 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1,953 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 188 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3,165 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,341 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3,557 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 342 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2,384 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 290 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,667 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 230 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3,228 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 717 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2,221 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 296 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,130 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,762 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 679 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,882 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2,005 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 996 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 230 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,850 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 245 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2,509 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 256 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,031 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,061 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,923 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 260 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,008 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 715 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,563 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 265 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,261 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 208 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,007 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 175 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,674 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3,951 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 856 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,544 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 675 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 238 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,226 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,423 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 278 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,088 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 193 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 751 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,089 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2,629 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 444 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,236 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,178 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,260 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2,517 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 243 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,715 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 190 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,124 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2,463 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2,533 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 380 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,944 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 245 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,062 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 147 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,559 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,689 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 293 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 798 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 722 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,882 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 238 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2,124 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 412 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,043 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 727 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,903 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2,083 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 303 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 963 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 463 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 961 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 330 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 857 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 163 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 607 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 195 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 493 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,719 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,291 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,196 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 207 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 799 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 621 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 796 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,860 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 300 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 789 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 578 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 607 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,406 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 439 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 784 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 576 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 458 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,095 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 208 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 855 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 241 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 421 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 15 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

10k2.9k2026-09-16 04:00 — 5,020 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 6,105 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 9,097 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 5,783 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 5,335 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 8,392 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 4,661 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 4,733 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 8,833 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 5,361 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 3,924 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 6,323 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 4,920 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 4,020 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 7,319 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 5,182 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 2,881 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 4,570 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 6,066 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 3,823 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 4,109 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 6,041 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 3,202 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
77k3.9kOct 2013Aug 2026Oct 2013 — avg 19,347 · peak 34,371Feb 2014 — avg 6,004 · peak 11,782Jun 2014 — avg 3,901 · peak 6,713Oct 2014 — avg 5,840 · peak 10,832Feb 2015 — avg 5,474 · peak 9,982Jun 2015 — avg 4,032 · peak 6,689Oct 2015 — avg 5,820 · peak 11,805Feb 2016 — avg 5,954 · peak 10,241Jun 2016 — avg 11,734 · peak 26,111Oct 2016 — avg 11,994 · peak 23,384Feb 2017 — avg 10,794 · peak 18,905Jun 2017 — avg 10,100 · peak 18,274Oct 2017 — avg 14,871 · peak 31,448Feb 2018 — avg 12,816 · peak 27,843Jun 2018 — avg 42,051 · peak 95,824Oct 2018 — avg 19,521 · peak 39,108Feb 2019 — avg 14,213 · peak 33,488Jun 2019 — avg 48,491 · peak 113,258Oct 2019 — avg 14,907 · peak 31,634Feb 2020 — avg 17,582 · peak 41,010Jun 2020 — avg 30,079 · peak 125,432Oct 2020 — avg 38,437 · peak 75,814Feb 2021 — avg 46,920 · peak 90,539Jun 2021 — avg 13,293 · peak 28,019Oct 2021 — avg 25,924 · peak 148,447Feb 2022 — avg 48,633 · peak 158,140Jun 2022 — avg 28,235 · peak 55,119Oct 2022 — avg 11,638 · peak 28,030Feb 2023 — avg 21,206 · peak 35,314Jun 2023 — avg 16,931 · peak 27,340Oct 2023 — avg 23,262 · peak 49,133Feb 2024 — avg 19,361 · peak 38,693Jun 2024 — avg 7,913 · peak 14,873Oct 2024 — avg 11,954 · peak 24,283Feb 2025 — avg 19,060 · peak 91,948Jun 2025 — avg 50,856 · peak 178,443Oct 2025 — avg 6,409 · peak 184,633Feb 2026 — avg 10,968 · peak 40,662Jun 2026 — avg 5,521 · peak 21,689Aug 2026 — avg 40,243 · peak 105,574
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
15152026-09-162026-10-062026-09-16: 15 new positive2026-09-16: 1 new negative2026-09-18: 3 new positive2026-09-18: 2 new negative2026-09-19: 11 new positive2026-09-19: 3 new negative2026-09-20: 6 new positive2026-09-20: 1 new negative2026-09-21: 6 new positive2026-09-21: 2 new negative2026-09-24: 6 new positive2026-09-25: 13 new positive2026-09-26: 7 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 4 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 9 new positive2026-10-02: 6 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new negative2026-10-06: 15 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.00$0.002015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $0.002016-06-12 — best price $9.002020-09-16 — best price $0.002026-08-26 — best price $0.002026-09-02 — best price $0.002026-09-09 — best price $0.002026-09-16 — best price $0.002026-09-23 — best price $0.002026-09-29 — best price $0.002026-09-30 — best price $0.002026-10-07 — best price $0.002026-10-14 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6111922026-05-14 — 280 pageviews2026-05-18 — 262 pageviews2026-05-22 — 284 pageviews2026-05-26 — 315 pageviews2026-05-30 — 611 pageviews2026-06-03 — 503 pageviews2026-06-07 — 413 pageviews2026-06-11 — 365 pageviews2026-06-15 — 423 pageviews2026-06-19 — 295 pageviews2026-06-23 — 279 pageviews2026-06-27 — 264 pageviews2026-07-01 — 228 pageviews2026-07-05 — 348 pageviews2026-07-09 — 401 pageviews2026-07-13 — 297 pageviews2026-07-17 — 385 pageviews2026-07-21 — 368 pageviews2026-07-25 — 446 pageviews2026-07-29 — 326 pageviews2026-08-02 — 285 pageviews2026-08-06 — 286 pageviews2026-08-10 — 277 pageviews2026-08-14 — 255 pageviews2026-08-18 — 276 pageviews2026-08-22 — 268 pageviews2026-08-26 — 515 pageviews2026-08-30 — 297 pageviews2026-09-03 — 230 pageviews2026-09-07 — 237 pageviews2026-09-11 — 252 pageviews2026-09-15 — 320 pageviews2026-09-19 — 291 pageviews2026-09-23 — 267 pageviews2026-09-27 — 381 pageviews2026-10-01 — 244 pageviews2026-10-05 — 207 pageviews2026-10-09 — 192 pageviews2026-10-13 — 198 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2.1k72026-10-01 16:34 — 216 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 106 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 175 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 153 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 231 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 111 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 325 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 193 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 157 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 359 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 260 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 614 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 140 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 1,167 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 382 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 130 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 416 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 65 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 105 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 940 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 623 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 1,966 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 710 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 621 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 369 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 270 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 435 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 909 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 236 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 972 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 110 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 207 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 836 viewers2026-10-15 04:34 — 103 viewers2026-10-15 13:34 — 293 viewers2026-10-15 15:34 — 608 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
48.6%
earned "Mercy Killing"
15.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards6 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 6 DLC released, first 2026-07-16 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)129,0550%127
PS4 (PlayStation)23,0662%48
Xbox One (Xbox)13,2381%82
PS5 (PlayStation)2,71910%48

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RPGLootActionMMORPGIsometricAction RPGMultiplayerDark FantasyFree to PlayOnline Co-Op

Census log

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

Recent updates

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