How many people are playing Rust right now?

Rust has 59,012 players on Steam right now, with a 24-hour peak of 107,435 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.

Status

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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 update8 Sep 2026

Steam DeckUnsupported

DLC4

DeveloperFacepunch Studios

Changenumber38,735,767

Price$39.99

Packages0

PublisherFacepunch Studios

SystemsWindows · macOS

Followers1,326,169

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 · 87%

SteamPeaks Rating

87.0 Very positive

Recent 30 days 86.7

How it works

Playing now

59,012

−2,971 vs. yesterday

23%of peak

All-time peak

259,646

Jan 2025

Every change SteamPeaks has recorded · decoded, with the original values

Update history

35 events

All35 Changelists10 Builds12 Store13

AreaAll Branches Depots Store Assets Launch options

Rust Update History · SteamPeaks

5 Sep 20263 events

15:06:034 days agoChangelist38,629,469 · store metadata~2

Change	Key	Before	After
Store · 2
changed	Store tagcommon.store_tags.10	Action19	Nudity6650
changed	Store tagcommon.store_tags.11	Nudity6650	Action19

2 of 2 keys shown · changelist 38,629,469

06:52:205 days agoStoreplatforms ["mac","windows"] → ["windows","mac"]

00:51:205 days agoStoreplatforms ["mac","windows"] → ["windows","mac"]