In the ARPG Last Epoch, a new season has just started, attracting numerous players on Steam – but they may not stay long.
What kind of game is this? The PoE competitor Last Epoch launched its 3rd season on August 21, 2025. In Beneath Ancient Skies, players are taken into prehistoric jungles, hunting the deadly Rift Beast. In addition to new content, there are also a bunch of revisions, as you can see in the patch notes on the official site.
Previously, the action-packed trailer thrilled Last Epoch fans, but at the same time, the studio’s acquisition by the publisher Krafton caused concern.
Decent ARPG or Hidden Gem?
How is Last Epoch doing at the moment? Currently, Last Epoch has nearly 65,000 simultaneous players on Steam. This is more than the combined competition from Diablo 4 and Path of Exile 1 and 2, which currently each sit at around 10 to 12,000 players.
These are just the numbers from Steam, where Diablo 4 has never been as strong as through its own launcher; nevertheless, Last Epoch is currently holding its own. After all, the ARPG saw a player increase of 1,415% with the season start, after averaging only about 2,600 people playing at the same time (via SteamDB).
How is the season received? The feedback for Season 3 has been mixed so far. 74% of the reviews submitted from August 21 to 23 are positive. Players particularly lament the lack of build diversity: Although Last Epoch theoretically offers numerous options, only a few builds are truly suited for the tougher content. Anyone wanting to play their favorite build or experiment will find little enjoyment.
Overall, Season 3 seems to change too little; one player bemoans that the developers would prefer to add colorful dinosaurs rather than address the fundamental issues of the game. For another player, however, too much is changing. They criticize the entire seasonal model: For one month, everything feels good, and in the next, you have a completely different game from what you originally paid for.
The positive comments range from “nice ARPG to keep me entertained until the next season of Diablo 4 or PoE” to “an utterly underrated hidden gem and actually much better than Diablo 4.”
Last Epoch seems to appeal primarily to players who find the extremely complex skill system of Path of Exile too much, yet also view Diablo as being too simple. Whether this is enough to establish the ARPG as a serious contender in the long term remains to be seen.
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