2024 is almost over, but were still getting major releases, and it seems theyre all doing spectacular well. Yesterday,Marvel Rivalsattracted players in droves on the first day of its release, and today, were seeing a similar pattern for the long-awaitedPath of Exile 2, Grinding Gear Games action RPG, which launched in early access today.As per SteamDB, at the time of writing,Path of Exile 2has seen a peak of 459,263 players on Steam on day one of its release. Thats instantly more than twice as high as the all-time peak of the originalPath of Exile, which stands at 229,337 concurrent players.As Grinding Gear Games warned ahead of the games release,Path of Exile 2is also currently facing severe server overcrowding, with large masses of players having to wait in long queues to be able to get in the game. The studio will obviously be working to ease those issues, though it should be interesting to see how the games player engagement numbers fare over the coming days. With the weekend coming up, it wouldnt be surprising to see it continue to climb higher.Path of Exile 2is currently available in early access for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. Read our review of its early access release through here.