Rust
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
- Developer
- Facepunch Studios
- Released
- Feb 8, 2018
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, RPG
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Metacritic
- 69 ↗
- Website
- rust.facepunch.com ↗
How many people are playing Rust?
Rust had 67,147 concurrent players on Steam at the latest hourly reading, Nov 2, 2026, 23:00 UTC, down 8.0% from 73,011 a day earlier. As of Nov 2, 2026, 23:00 UTC, it ranks #11 of the 502 games tracked here, up 2 places from #13 a day earlier.
The highest count recorded here since tracking began on Sep 5, 2026 is 161,574, on Oct 3, 2026; the latest reading is 42% of that.
Over the last four weeks, Rust has been busiest during the evening in Europe and East Asia, with the busiest hour around 18:00 UTC. That's when its players play, not necessarily where they live.
Insights
What the hourly counts say about when it's played and how updates land.
Recent Rust updates
The change in average players in the week after each update, compared with the week before.
- Oct 1, 2026 Regular update LIVESTOCK ↗ ▲ +29% 74,634 → 96,593 avg players
- Sep 3, 2026 Regular update BREACH AND CLEAR ↗ Not tracked the week before
- Aug 6, 2026 Regular update POWER TRIP ↗ Not tracked the week before
- Jul 2, 2026 Regular update COMMON GROUND ↗ Not tracked the week before
- Jun 4, 2026 Regular update BUILT DIFFERENT ↗ Not tracked the week before
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