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Rust cover art

Rust

Facepunch Studios · 2018-02-08

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieMassively MultiplayerRPG

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Feb 08, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 08, 2018 (Mac)

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.

Rust is an Action, Adventure, Indie and Massively Multiplayer game released in 2018, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 20,000,000 .. 50,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 1,389,836 reviews).

117,294
playing now
87%
positive of 1.4M reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000,000–50,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
89,130
twitch viewers (latest)
78/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (273 ratings)
67/100
opencritic · fair · 32% recommend
516h
to beat · rushed 416h · completionist 3206h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

117,294 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Rust is a 2018 multiplayer survival video game developed by Facepunch Studios. It was first released in early access in December 2013 and received its full release in February 2018. Rust is available on Windows and macOS. Console versions for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One developed in conjunction with Double Eleven were released in May 2021. Native versions for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S were released in June 2025. Rust was initially created as a clone of DayZ, a popular mod for ARMA 2, with crafting elements akin to those in Minecraft.

Trailer

Rust trailer thumbnail

Rust - Official Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Thriving
  • · 117,294 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 100,172 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12,522/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 35M–84M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,394,603 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.79 at Humble Store (2016-05-10) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 9 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
30k30k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 2,707 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 818 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3,665 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 936 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1,595 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 415 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1,213 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 389 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1,246 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 335 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2,056 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 950 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2,190 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 908 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1,499 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 451 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1,097 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 308 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1,291 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 382 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 6,601 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 740 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2,209 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 627 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2,065 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 596 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1,968 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 574 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1,692 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 410 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1,450 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 398 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1,382 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 417 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 10,895 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2,050 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 14,504 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,974 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1,646 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 450 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1,283 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 307 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3,282 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 361 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 21,115 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,354 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 16,966 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2,992 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 11,852 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,297 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 8,643 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 889 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 10,432 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,166 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 9,752 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,221 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 8,489 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 915 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 8,249 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 873 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 10,803 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,089 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 7,126 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 792 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 6,074 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 601 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6,928 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 591 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 11,677 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 885 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 11,828 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,090 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 29,516 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2,509 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 17,921 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,386 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 13,012 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,109 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 10,843 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 981 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 11,515 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,236 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 13,950 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,618 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 17,930 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2,105 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 12,404 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,424 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9,612 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,190 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9,282 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,125 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 15,209 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,225 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 12,287 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,443 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 15,062 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,809 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 11,416 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,339 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 9,499 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,866 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 9,049 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,252 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 8,235 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,514 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 10,583 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2,543 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 10,358 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,733 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 10,352 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,554 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7,043 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,056 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7,215 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,108 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 11,665 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,270 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 10,773 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,519 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 12,809 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,677 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8,614 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,218 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 9,650 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,311 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8,285 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,162 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 9,623 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,376 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10,262 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,592 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 11,715 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,931 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8,555 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,455 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6,697 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,081 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7,554 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,198 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 15,394 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,467 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 12,334 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2,090 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12,150 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,883 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9,031 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,392 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9,547 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,579 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 8,824 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,482 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8,658 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,445 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 11,840 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,900 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 11,892 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,991 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9,300 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,441 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6,733 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,093 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10,280 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,498 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 15,526 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,634 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 18,865 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2,439 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16,124 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2,224 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 13,517 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2,061 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 13,156 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2,143 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8,759 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,384 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 9,337 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,715 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7,340 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,448 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9,054 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,814 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9,298 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,915 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6,398 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,236 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9,844 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2,207 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 15,021 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,822 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13,181 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2,221 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12,703 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2,092 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12,307 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2,203 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 9,812 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,771 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8,324 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,717 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9,677 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2,058 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9,090 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2,298 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8,610 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2,108 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,910 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 390 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

183k54k2026-08-06 16:00 — 92,756 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 98,264 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 147,886 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 142,384 players2026-08-09 04:00 — 92,117 players2026-08-09 19:00 — 155,577 players2026-08-10 10:00 — 100,211 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 94,345 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 139,028 players2026-08-12 07:00 — 73,682 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 103,879 players2026-08-13 13:00 — 113,983 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 74,003 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 138,184 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 97,901 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 86,890 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 131,474 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 67,362 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 105,782 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 109,349 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 58,283 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 115,294 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 82,556 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 83,957 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 133,144 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 79,510 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 110,768 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 117,950 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 56,471 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 123,661 players2026-08-25 10:00 — 84,209 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 65,734 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 107,324 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 65,987 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 88,083 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 115,028 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 66,009 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 119,002 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 98,852 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 117,294 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#17#282026-08-062026-08-302026-08-06 — #172026-08-07 — #172026-08-08 — #172026-08-09 — #172026-08-10 — #172026-08-11 — #172026-08-12 — #172026-08-13 — #222026-08-14 — #252026-08-15 — #232026-08-16 — #232026-08-17 — #242026-08-18 — #262026-08-19 — #252026-08-20 — #252026-08-21 — #272026-08-22 — #252026-08-23 — #252026-08-24 — #272026-08-25 — #272026-08-26 — #272026-08-27 — #272026-08-28 — #282026-08-29 — #282026-08-30 — #28
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
6286282026-08-072026-08-302026-08-07: 628 new positive2026-08-07: 132 new negative2026-08-08: 318 new positive2026-08-08: 71 new negative2026-08-09: 295 new positive2026-08-09: 95 new negative2026-08-10: 250 new positive2026-08-10: 69 new negative2026-08-11: 259 new positive2026-08-11: 81 new negative2026-08-12: 246 new positive2026-08-12: 89 new negative2026-08-14: 215 new positive2026-08-14: 59 new negative2026-08-15: 231 new positive2026-08-15: 90 new negative2026-08-16: 197 new positive2026-08-16: 75 new negative2026-08-17: 179 new positive2026-08-17: 64 new negative2026-08-18: 293 new positive2026-08-18: 74 new negative2026-08-19: 277 new positive2026-08-19: 66 new negative2026-08-20: 182 new positive2026-08-20: 66 new negative2026-08-21: 216 new positive2026-08-21: 72 new negative2026-08-22: 186 new positive2026-08-22: 48 new negative2026-08-23: 172 new positive2026-08-23: 62 new negative2026-08-24: 145 new positive2026-08-24: 64 new negative2026-08-25: 173 new positive2026-08-25: 56 new negative2026-08-26: 156 new positive2026-08-26: 51 new negative2026-08-27: 174 new positive2026-08-27: 30 new negative2026-08-28: 155 new positive2026-08-28: 68 new negative2026-08-29: 233 new positive2026-08-29: 69 new negative2026-08-30: 181 new positive2026-08-30: 53 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$0.002015-01-012026-08-122015-01-01 — best price $19.992016-01-04 — best price $19.992016-05-10 — best price $6.792016-07-07 — best price $59.992016-07-13 — best price $59.992016-12-06 — best price $9.992017-10-26 — best price $9.992017-12-21 — best price $9.992018-06-21 — best price $8.742018-10-29 — best price $17.492018-12-20 — best price $17.492019-06-25 — best price $8.742019-11-10 — best price $23.442019-12-16 — best price $23.442020-02-01 — best price $39.992020-07-09 — best price $39.992020-12-01 — best price $39.992021-01-11 — best price $39.992021-05-27 — best price $26.792021-10-28 — best price $26.792021-12-22 — best price $26.792022-06-23 — best price $19.992022-10-25 — best price $26.792022-12-22 — best price $26.792023-05-16 — best price $26.792023-11-21 — best price $26.792024-01-04 — best price $39.992024-04-22 — best price $39.992024-07-11 — best price $39.992024-10-08 — best price $39.992024-12-04 — best price $39.992025-02-08 — best price $39.992025-04-01 — best price $39.992025-07-10 — best price $39.992025-10-06 — best price $39.992026-01-05 — best price $39.992026-03-26 — best price $39.992026-07-09 — best price $39.992026-08-12 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6902912026-05-28 — 690 pageviews2026-05-31 — 416 pageviews2026-06-03 — 335 pageviews2026-06-06 — 376 pageviews2026-06-09 — 394 pageviews2026-06-12 — 381 pageviews2026-06-15 — 378 pageviews2026-06-18 — 345 pageviews2026-06-21 — 340 pageviews2026-06-24 — 328 pageviews2026-06-27 — 320 pageviews2026-06-30 — 382 pageviews2026-07-03 — 365 pageviews2026-07-06 — 430 pageviews2026-07-09 — 440 pageviews2026-07-12 — 373 pageviews2026-07-15 — 349 pageviews2026-07-18 — 437 pageviews2026-07-21 — 410 pageviews2026-07-24 — 407 pageviews2026-07-27 — 433 pageviews2026-07-30 — 383 pageviews2026-08-02 — 503 pageviews2026-08-05 — 463 pageviews2026-08-08 — 422 pageviews2026-08-11 — 367 pageviews2026-08-14 — 291 pageviews2026-08-17 — 304 pageviews2026-08-20 — 584 pageviews2026-08-23 — 431 pageviews2026-08-25 — 415 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

93k9512026-08-16 16:12 — 4,420 viewers2026-08-17 05:12 — 2,792 viewers2026-08-17 14:12 — 8,998 viewers2026-08-18 10:12 — 2,558 viewers2026-08-21 09:12 — 2,560 viewers2026-08-23 05:12 — 1,967 viewers2026-08-23 14:12 — 3,492 viewers2026-08-24 13:12 — 6,702 viewers2026-08-25 06:12 — 2,692 viewers2026-08-25 16:12 — 3,863 viewers2026-08-26 11:12 — 2,177 viewers2026-08-26 19:34 — 6,119 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 951 viewers2026-08-27 11:12 — 10,471 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 15,758 viewers2026-08-27 20:12 — 2,787 viewers2026-08-28 02:12 — 3,126 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 20,545 viewers2026-08-28 11:12 — 24,802 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 38,900 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 9,660 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 8,826 viewers2026-08-29 06:12 — 79,573 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 86,189 viewers2026-08-29 15:12 — 82,326 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 22,923 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 9,242 viewers2026-08-30 08:12 — 81,745 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 91,789 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 89,130 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
72.8%
earned "Visit a Road"
27.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam Workshop5 DLC

24 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)147,0720%102
PS4 (PlayStation)53,44730%32
PS5 (PlayStation)12,5942%32

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

FPSPvPCo-opActionNuditySandboxShooterBuildingCraftingSurvival

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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