Path of Exile is an online action RPG from New Zealand studio Grinding Gear Games. You play an exile washed up on the grim continent of Wraeclast and fight your way through the story acts. Towns and trade are shared with everyone, while combat areas are generated for you or your party.
The draw is character building. Skills sit in gems socketed into gear and modified by support gems, and every class shares one passive tree with hundreds of nodes. There is no gold: currency orbs act as money and also craft items. Every few months a new league starts with fresh mechanics and a clean economy.
It suits players who enjoy theorycrafting, trading and the league-start race. Newcomers need guides, and paid stash tabs are nearly essential. The sequel, Path of Exile 2, is a separate game.
