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Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades

RUST LTD. · 2026-07-04

Steam

ActionSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

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.

Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades is a 2026 Action, Simulation game priced at $19.99, with an Overwhelmingly Positive sentiment (97% of 23925 reviews) and an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000.

85
playing now
97%
positive of 24k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
33
Nexus mods (42k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)

85 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 85 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 3% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 479k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 23,957 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

289802026-09-15 12:00 — 109 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 182 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 160 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 152 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 219 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 187 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 80 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 198 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 238 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 162 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 159 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 192 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 136 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 166 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 218 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 124 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 113 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 193 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 165 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 172 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 289 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 186 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 85 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3950Mar 2016Aug 2026Mar 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1Jul 2016 — avg 29 · peak 78Nov 2016 — avg 28 · peak 72Mar 2017 — avg 46 · peak 122Jul 2017 — avg 58 · peak 193Nov 2017 — avg 69 · peak 211Mar 2018 — avg 75 · peak 193Jul 2018 — avg 122 · peak 271Nov 2018 — avg 167 · peak 495Mar 2019 — avg 167 · peak 381Jul 2019 — avg 282 · peak 5,184Nov 2019 — avg 216 · peak 568Mar 2020 — avg 254 · peak 614Jul 2020 — avg 271 · peak 491Nov 2020 — avg 283 · peak 512Mar 2021 — avg 359 · peak 668Jul 2021 — avg 349 · peak 696Nov 2021 — avg 325 · peak 687Mar 2022 — avg 328 · peak 754Jul 2022 — avg 292 · peak 503Nov 2022 — avg 246 · peak 552Mar 2023 — avg 261 · peak 591Jul 2023 — avg 252 · peak 437Nov 2023 — avg 240 · peak 444Mar 2024 — avg 244 · peak 503Jul 2024 — avg 232 · peak 441Nov 2024 — avg 234 · peak 493Mar 2025 — avg 210 · peak 389Jul 2025 — avg 203 · peak 362Nov 2025 — avg 195 · peak 348Mar 2026 — avg 180 · peak 349Jul 2026 — avg 240 · peak 555Aug 2026 — avg 189 · peak 310
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Twitch viewers

902026-10-01 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-02 02:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-02 03:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-02 04:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-02 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 14:34 — 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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