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Airmen vs Rust

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Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE
ACTIVE

Released

July 2017 · 9 years ago
February 2018 · 9 years ago

Daily players

2 – 1k
550 – 260k

Estimated players

394Down 4.8%
284k

Available on

  • Windows
  • Linux
  • macOS
  • PlayStation
  • Windows
  • Xbox

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

AirmenRust

Airmen

Average monthly estimated players
MonthEstimated playersChange
November 2026~505Up 26%
July 2026~401Down 1.2%
June 2026~406Up 1404%
May 2026~27—

Rust

Average monthly estimated players
MonthEstimated playersChange
November 2026~341.9kUp 21%
July 2026~282.8kDown 1.3%
June 2026~286.5kUp 308%
May 2026~70.2k—

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.

Reddit members

Airmen
267
Rust
712.8kUp 1.1%

Rust currently has about 2670× as many subreddit members as Airmen — 712,764 vs 267.

Discord members

Airmen
—
Rust
812.6kUp 2.8%

Rust currently has 812,637 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Airmen.

How these estimates are made

Airmen

Airmen is estimated to have 2 – 1k players a day. Around 2k – 200k accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.

Rust

Rust is estimated to have 550 – 260k players a day. Around 130k – 12m accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.

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