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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)

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.

17,313
playing now
89%
positive of 250k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000,000–50,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2,453
twitch viewers (latest)
78/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (490 ratings)
54h
to beat · rushed 27h · completionist 200h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

17,313 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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
  • · 17,313 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7,549 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~944/week).
  • · Review velocity down 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 10,710 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 1 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9.5k9.5k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 996 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 652 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 80 negativeWeek 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: 376 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 105 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

74k5.6k2026-08-06 21:00 — 71,013 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 74,038 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 57,912 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 34,551 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 51,636 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 32,966 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 50,707 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 32,787 players2026-08-14 21:00 — 51,454 players2026-08-15 09:00 — 39,269 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 52,007 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 39,383 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 48,821 players2026-08-17 09:00 — 27,247 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 42,056 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 26,401 players2026-08-18 21:00 — 38,920 players2026-08-19 09:00 — 24,481 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 36,829 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 23,408 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 34,729 players2026-08-21 09:00 — 22,937 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 35,191 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 27,730 players2026-08-22 21:00 — 36,333 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 28,567 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 32,786 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 18,714 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 28,378 players2026-08-25 09:00 — 17,924 players2026-08-25 21:00 — 26,323 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 16,772 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 22,109 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 17,020 players2026-08-27 22:00 — 20,989 players2026-08-28 10:00 — 17,034 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 22,148 players2026-08-29 10:00 — 20,805 players2026-08-29 22:00 — 22,775 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 17,313 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#54#972026-08-122026-08-302026-08-12 — #542026-08-13 — #542026-08-14 — #542026-08-15 — #562026-08-16 — #562026-08-17 — #602026-08-18 — #622026-08-19 — #622026-08-20 — #662026-08-21 — #682026-08-22 — #712026-08-23 — #782026-08-24 — #812026-08-25 — #842026-08-26 — #842026-08-27 — #872026-08-28 — #912026-08-29 — #942026-08-30 — #97
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
47472026-08-132026-08-292026-08-13: 47 new positive2026-08-13: 5 new negative2026-08-14: 32 new positive2026-08-14: 10 new negative2026-08-15: 33 new positive2026-08-15: 12 new negative2026-08-16: 27 new positive2026-08-16: 9 new negative2026-08-17: 21 new positive2026-08-17: 8 new negative2026-08-20: 17 new positive2026-08-20: 2 new negative2026-08-21: 15 new positive2026-08-21: 6 new negative2026-08-22: 20 new positive2026-08-22: 2 new negative2026-08-23: 19 new positive2026-08-23: 3 new negative2026-08-24: 10 new positive2026-08-24: 4 new negative2026-08-25: 18 new positive2026-08-25: 8 new negative2026-08-26: 18 new positive2026-08-26: 4 new negative2026-08-27: 20 new positive2026-08-27: 2 new negative2026-08-29: 20 new positive2026-08-29: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

6392282026-05-14 — 280 pageviews2026-05-17 — 256 pageviews2026-05-20 — 256 pageviews2026-05-23 — 278 pageviews2026-05-26 — 315 pageviews2026-05-29 — 625 pageviews2026-06-01 — 551 pageviews2026-06-04 — 494 pageviews2026-06-07 — 413 pageviews2026-06-10 — 427 pageviews2026-06-13 — 360 pageviews2026-06-16 — 473 pageviews2026-06-19 — 295 pageviews2026-06-22 — 404 pageviews2026-06-25 — 271 pageviews2026-06-28 — 262 pageviews2026-07-01 — 228 pageviews2026-07-04 — 273 pageviews2026-07-07 — 441 pageviews2026-07-10 — 352 pageviews2026-07-13 — 297 pageviews2026-07-16 — 413 pageviews2026-07-19 — 264 pageviews2026-07-22 — 346 pageviews2026-07-25 — 446 pageviews2026-07-28 — 358 pageviews2026-07-31 — 326 pageviews2026-08-03 — 291 pageviews2026-08-06 — 286 pageviews2026-08-09 — 259 pageviews2026-08-12 — 318 pageviews2026-08-15 — 237 pageviews2026-08-18 — 276 pageviews2026-08-21 — 247 pageviews2026-08-24 — 246 pageviews2026-08-25 — 476 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

11k7242026-08-16 16:12 — 8,849 viewers2026-08-16 22:12 — 6,523 viewers2026-08-17 04:12 — 5,194 viewers2026-08-17 10:12 — 3,369 viewers2026-08-17 16:12 — 8,375 viewers2026-08-17 22:12 — 6,498 viewers2026-08-18 05:12 — 2,643 viewers2026-08-18 11:12 — 2,672 viewers2026-08-18 17:12 — 4,110 viewers2026-08-18 23:12 — 6,676 viewers2026-08-19 06:12 — 2,051 viewers2026-08-19 19:12 — 5,895 viewers2026-08-20 01:12 — 3,892 viewers2026-08-20 10:12 — 2,852 viewers2026-08-20 20:12 — 7,685 viewers2026-08-21 06:12 — 2,378 viewers2026-08-21 20:12 — 5,630 viewers2026-08-24 06:12 — 2,351 viewers2026-08-24 22:12 — 4,092 viewers2026-08-25 21:12 — 5,530 viewers2026-08-26 19:34 — 5,227 viewers2026-08-26 23:12 — 4,179 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 2,266 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 1,807 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 4,708 viewers2026-08-27 23:12 — 3,671 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 724 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 1,143 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 3,302 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 5,478 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 1,793 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 2,134 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 2,743 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 4,332 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 1,384 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 1,776 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 2,453 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

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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Similarity via IGDB.

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