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Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades

RUST LTD. · 2026-07-04

Steam

ActionSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 05, 2016 (SteamVR)

Do you like hot dogs? How about horseshoes? Hand grenades? (everyone likes hand grenades) Anyway, we've got all that, and guns. SO MANY GUNS. So if you like ordnance, meat, and far too many groan-worthy puns, this is the VR sandbox game for you.

223
playing now
97%
positive of 24k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

223 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 223 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,255 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~157/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 10,910 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 477k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 23,862 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $19.99 at Steam (2016-04-05)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
54354320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 429 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 473 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 395 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 543 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 487 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 402 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 413 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 367 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 395 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 377 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 398 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 483 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 463 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 398 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 300 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2951262026-08-06 21:00 — 219 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 179 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 149 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 224 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 195 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 171 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 258 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 198 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 183 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 289 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 172 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 170 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 215 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 184 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 187 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 182 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 178 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 179 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 295 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 167 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 132 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 210 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 222 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 162 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 216 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 182 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 134 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 184 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 254 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 223 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Twitch viewers

302026-08-26 19:15 — 3 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
7.6%
earned "First One’s Free"
0.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerTracked Controller SupportVR OnlyVR SupportFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7830%34

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

VRFPSFunnyActionComedyAmericaPhysicsSandboxShooterModdable

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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