Is Path of Exile free to play?

Yes. Path of Exile is free to play, so indielist reports its Steam reviews and catalog data without publishing paid-copy or revenue estimates.

Who published Path of Exile?

Path of Exile was published by Grinding Gear Games, developed by Grinding Gear Games. See Grinding Gear Games's full catalogue and submission status on indielist.

When was Path of Exile released?

Path of Exile was released in 2013.

How many reviews does Path of Exile have on Steam?

Path of Exile has 1,027 Steam reviews, of which 89% are positive.

Is Path of Exile worth playing?

Steam players rate Path of Exile 89% positive across 1,027 reviews. indielist doesn't score games editorially; it surfaces public review sentiment and catalog facts so you can judge reception and reach yourself.

Path of Exile

Oct 23, 2013 Action Free to play

Developer Grinding Gear Games Publisher Grinding Gear Games

Profile updated Jul 2026

Dark fantasy action RPG with hack-and-slash combat and loot-driven progression, positioned as a free-to-play action indie game. Released in 2013, Path of Exile has 1,027 Steam reviews at 89% positive and is developed and published by Grinding Gear Games.

Path of Exile is a 2013 Action game developed by Grinding Gear Games and published by Grinding Gear Games. On Steam it has gathered 1,027 player reviews, 89% of them positive, which counts as a very positive reception among indie titles in the Action category. The game is available on mac, windows, and is free to play. The pairing of developer Grinding Gear Games with publisher Grinding Gear Games is one of the studio-publisher relationships indielist tracks, letting players find comparable games and letting developers and investors study how Action projects reach the market. Because Path of Exile is free to play, indielist does not convert its review count into paid copies or revenue; this page reports reception and catalog facts instead. Within indielist's catalog of indie games mapped to their studios, publishers, and funding, Path of Exile can be compared against similar Action titles and benchmarked on review counts and public reception.

Reviews

1,027

Positive

89%

Steam appid

238960

Engine

Unknown

Players (snapshot)

8,128

Historical snapshot · 2026-07-23 14:20 UTC

Paid sales estimate unavailable

This game is free to play. Steam reviews measure reception, not paid copies, so indielist does not publish unit-sales or revenue estimates for it.

Platforms

macwindows

Frequently asked questions

Is Path of Exile free to play?: Yes. Path of Exile is free to play, so indielist reports its Steam reviews and catalog data without publishing paid-copy or revenue estimates.
Who developed Path of Exile?: Path of Exile was developed by Grinding Gear Games and published by Grinding Gear Games.
Who published Path of Exile?: Path of Exile was published by Grinding Gear Games, developed by Grinding Gear Games. See Grinding Gear Games's full catalogue and submission status on indielist.
When was Path of Exile released?: Path of Exile was released in 2013.
How many reviews does Path of Exile have on Steam?: Path of Exile has 1,027 Steam reviews, of which 89% are positive.
Is Path of Exile worth playing?: Steam players rate Path of Exile 89% positive across 1,027 reviews. indielist doesn't score games editorially; it surfaces public review sentiment and catalog facts so you can judge reception and reach yourself.

Players looking for games like Path of Exile can compare it on indielist against semantically similar Action titles such as Last Epoch, Grim Dawn, Torchlight II, Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr, ranked by shared tags and genre rather than by ad spend. On the developer side, Grinding Gear Games's other releases and Grinding Gear Games's wider catalog are one click away, letting developers benchmark where Path of Exile sits among a studio's body of work and how its publisher's portfolio performs. Because indielist maps studios, publishers, games, and funding into one connected graph, the same Path of Exile page serves three audiences at once: players hunting their next Action game, developers studying how comparable projects were positioned and received, and investors tracing which teams and labels are active in the space. A machine-readable markdown mirror of this page is published at the same path with a .md suffix for AI assistants, and its review, price, and catalog figures are refreshed on a schedule rather than frozen at launch.

Matched from shared Steam tags and primary genre. Review count breaks ties; it is not a personal recommendation score.