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Fight corruption across Wraeclast in an isometric action RPG, defeating bosses, collecting gear, and shaping a skill-driven build.
Released 06 Dec 2024
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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.
Developed by Grinding Gear Games · Published by Grinding Gear Games









Set years after the original Path of Exile, the game sends you into Wraeclast, where corruption is spreading through the land and threatening its people. Explore its dark environments, battle monsters, and uncover what lies behind the growing danger.
Fight in real-time isometric combat, using skills, movement, and positioning against groups of enemies and bosses with distinct attack patterns. Gather weapons, armor, and other equipment as you travel, and take on the campaign alongside up to five other players in online co-op.
Choose from character classes and specialisations, then shape your build with active skill gems, support gems, and a large passive skill tree. After the campaign, explore endgame areas and maps, face more bosses and encounters, and use specialised passive trees to adjust the challenges and rewards.
Players who enjoy the game often highlight its weighty combat, demanding boss fights, and the satisfaction of refining a character build until its skills and equipment work together. Reviews also praise the dark presentation and the excitement of finding useful gear. Some players find the complexity, difficulty, or progression frustrating, so these strengths do not land the same way for everyone.
Path of Exile 2 is a next generation Action RPG from Grinding Gear Games, featuring co-op for up to six players. Path of Exile 2 takes place in the land of Wraeclast, a dark continent populated by unique cultures, ancient secrets, and monstrous dangers. A sinister threat, long thought destroyed, has begun creeping back on the edge of civilisation, driving people mad and sickening the land with Corruption.
Path of Exile 2 features a brand new campaign with six acts, 100 distinct environments, 600 monsters and 100 bosses.
Twelve Character Classes
Path of Exile 2 features twelve character classes, two for every combination of Strength, Dexterity and Intelligence. While each of the class variants focuses on a different playstyle, they're just a starting point. You can combine skills from many classes together to create your ideal character build.
Each of the twelve character classes has its own three Ascendancy specialisations, resulting in a total of 36 Ascendancy Classes to pick between.
New Skill Gem System
Path of Exile 2 features 240 Skill Gems that grant devastating active skills and 200 Support Gems that modify their behaviour. Combine these together to create your perfect build.
This is the next generation of Path of Exile's famous skill system. Support Gems are now socketed directly into Skill Gems, removing many of the frustrations present in the old system while maintaining all the previous depth. It's now possible to six-link every skill your character uses.
Dual-specialise your Passive Skill Tree
Path of Exile's iconic Passive Skill Tree has made a return, with 1,500 skills that allow you to completely customise your gameplay experience. It now features Dual Specialisation, the ability to allocate some passive skill points to two different sets of skills. They engage whenever the appropriate weapon or skill type is used. For example, you can have some points allocated to both daggers and traps, or ice and lightning, and as you swap between attacks, the appropriate skill points will apply. This lets you specialise in multiple areas without opportunity cost.
Uncover All-new Items
Path of Exile 2 features 700 equipment base types and every single one has its own unique item you can find. You can augment your arsenal with new weapons such as Spears, Crossbows and Flails, as well as supplementary items like Focuses, Traps and redesigned Sceptres.
Encounter Unique Bosses
In Path of Exile 2, every area of the Campaign contains a boss encounter. There's over a hundred bosses to fight as you make your way through the Acts and they all have unique mechanics to learn.
Explore a New Endgame
Completing the campaign is just the beginning. The endgame in Path of Exile 2 includes countless areas in different biomes, powerful crafting, challenging bosses, unique encounters and much more. Unlock new paths and explore further into the world.
As you progress through the endgame, you will gain access to special passive trees that can boost the rewards of your maps and change the way the various endgame mechanics work. These trees will make your maps more rewarding but also more difficult.
Path of Exile 2 introduces sequels to several leagues from Path of Exile. While their mechanics are familiar, the monsters, bosses, rewards and progression are all new.
Fair-To-Play. Never Pay-To-Win.
Path of Exile 2 is a separate game to the original Path of Exile. We will continue to offer expansions for both games going forward. They will never be "pay to win". Purchases are shared between the two games.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Players | 1–6 |
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| Multiplayer | Path of Exile 2 supports single-player and co-op for up to six players. The store features list MMO and Online Co-op, and player reviews report native local co-op on PC with a shared screen, seamless party play, and six-player parties. The provided information does not explicitly confirm PvP, drop-in/drop-out, LAN, or split-screen. |
| Multiplayer & mods | No information about mods or multiplayer mod support is provided. |
| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 9 listed on Steam |
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| Website | Official website |