How many people are playing Rust right now?

Rust has 110,990 players on Steam right now, with a 24-hour peak of 140,596 and an all-time peak of 259,646 on Jan 2025.

What is the all-time peak player count of Rust?

259,646 concurrent players on Jan 2025.

When was Rust released on Steam?

Rust was released on Steam on 8 Feb 2018.

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Rust DLC · SteamPeaks

Rust

GameApp ID 252,490by Facepunch StudiosReleased 8 Feb 2018

Windows · macOSEngine —

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App ID252,490

Release date8 Feb 2018

Engine—

Install size57.5 GB

TypeGame

Last update4 Sep 2026

Steam DeckUnsupported

DLC4

DeveloperFacepunch Studios

Changenumber38,664,445

Price$39.99

Packages0

PublisherFacepunch Studios

SystemsWindows · macOS

Followers1,326,169

Depots3

Rust

Facepunch Studios
Released 8 Feb 2018·App 252490

Steam user reviews

Very Positive

86.7%· 1.4M reviews

Recent Very Positive · 87%

SteamPeaks Rating

87.0 Very positive

Recent 30 days 86.7

How it works

Playing now

110,990

−26,082 vs. yesterday

43%of peak

All-time peak

259,646

Jan 2025

Child apps

DLC

6 items

#		Type	Release
1	Rust - Staging BranchApp ID 700580	beta	—
2	Rust - Instruments PackApp ID 1174370	dlc	5 Dec 2019
3	Rust Sunburn PackApp ID 1353060	dlc	9 Jul 2020
4	Rust Voice Props PackApp ID 1670430	dlc	1 Jul 2021
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