How many copies did Path of Exile sell?

15.8M to 25.7M copies, based on its 250k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Path of Exile make?

Path of Exile is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Path of Exile?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 15.8M–25.7M; from 250k reviews (Very Positive)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid Path of Exile and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Path of Exile's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 402k–1.1M

best case 7.4M (Path of Exile 2)

Games like Path of Exile

A typical game among these

≈ 402k–1.1M copies

≈ $1.8M–$3.1M after Steam's cut

from ~10k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Fantasy (3 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Path of Exile 2 at ≈ 5.6M–9.1M copies, ≈ $46.4M–$124.6M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Fantasy (3 of 8) and Souls-like (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action RPG + Hack and Slash, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry MMORPG + Isometric + Action RPG; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2024, and 1 of the 8 shipped in the last two years.

How these numbers were worked out

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

Copies come from each game's reviews times a sales-per-review rate that falls with release age, from about 31 for the most recent game here to about 79 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Path of Exile 2 2024	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.1M 23x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $46.4M–$124.6M after Steam's cut $84.3M–$191.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	227k reviews Mostly Positive	Action RPGHack and Slash
Little Witch Nobeta 2022	Est. copies ≈ 249k–405k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.1M before Steam's cut	$24.99	10k reviews Very Positive	CuteFunny
Enclave 2013	Est. copies ≈ 420k–682k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.1M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.8M before Steam's cut	$9.99	7k reviews Mostly Positive	RPGAction
Mountain 2014	Est. copies ≈ 912k–1.5M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $248k–$668k after Steam's cut $452k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$0.99	16k reviews Very Positive	SimulationIndie
Garfield Kart 2015	Est. copies ≈ 691k–1.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $948k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before Steam's cut	$4.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Cult ClassicCombat Racing
Stoneshard: Prologue 2018	Est. copies ≈ 108k–176k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Very Positive	RPGAdventure
Risen 3 - Titan Lords 2014	Est. copies ≈ 363k–591k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	6k reviews Mostly Positive	RPGOpen World
Lords Of The Fallen™ 2014 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $9.6M–$25.9M after Steam's cut $17.5M–$39.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	21k reviews Mixed	Souls-likeDark Fantasy