How many people are playing Rust right now?

Rust has 74,114 players on Steam right now, with a 24-hour peak of 103,714 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

GameApp ID 252,490by Facepunch StudiosReleased 8 Feb 2018

Playing now

74,114

All-time peak

259,646

11:16 UTC · 29 Oct 2026steampeaks.com

Windows · macOSEngine —

App ID252,490

Release date8 Feb 2018

Engine—

Install size58.9 GB

TypeGame

Last update22 Oct 2026

Steam DeckUnsupported

DLC4

DeveloperFacepunch Studios

Changenumber40,139,619

Price$19.99

Packages1

PublisherFacepunch Studios

SystemsWindows · macOS

Followers1,335,246

Depots3

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Rust

Facepunch Studios
Released 8 Feb 2018·App 252490

Steam user reviews

Very Positive

86.7%· 1.4M reviews

Recent Very Positive · 81%

SteamPeaks Rating

87.0 Very positive

Recent 30 days 79.7

How it works

Playing now

74,114

−2,330 vs. yesterday

29%of peak

All-time peak

259,646

Jan 2025

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22 Oct 2026

18:12:13NewsHALLOWEEN 2026———Steam news

Steam news · published 22 Oct 2026, 18:12:13 UTC

HALLOWEEN 2026

HALLOWEEN EVENT The yearly Halloween event is now enabled! Once roughly every two in-game days, the Candy Hunt event will begin. You'll have 3 minutes to collect as much candy as you can, then top 3 players are given special loot bags as a reward. These candies and loot bags can be opened for various types of loot, ranging from scrap, all the way up to an M249! If you don't make the podium, tha…

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18:05:58PICSPublic manifest changed—~12—#40,139,619

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