Head to head

APB Reloaded vs Rust

APB Reloaded

Live

660 – 2k daily

Rust

Live

370k – 1m daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2011 · 15 years ago

February 2018 · 9 years ago

Daily players

660 – 2k

370k – 1m

Estimated players

7.2k0.3%

529.8k0.7%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

APB ReloadedRust

APB Reloaded

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~7.2k	Down 1.7%
September 2026	~7.3k	Up 0.2%
August 2026	~7.3k	Up 18%
July 2026	~6.2k	—

Rust

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~525.3k
September 2026	~525k	Down 2.6%
August 2026	~539.2k	Down 1.0%
July 2026	~544.6k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

APB Reloaded: 102Down 51%
Rust: 75.8kDown 48%

Rust currently has about 743× as many peak concurrent Steam players as APB Reloaded — 75,787 vs 102.

Discord members

APB Reloaded: 7.8kUp 0.3%
Rust: 811.7kUp 0.6%

Rust currently has about 104× as many Discord members as APB Reloaded — 811,738 vs 7,834.

Reddit members

APB Reloaded: 4.4kUp 0.4%
Rust: 711.6kUp 0.4%

Rust currently has about 160× as many subreddit members as APB Reloaded — 711,568 vs 4,439.

Twitch viewers

APB Reloaded: 0Down 100%
Rust: 7.3kDown 61%

APB Reloaded currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while Rust has 7,265.

YouTube subscribers

APB Reloaded: 6.4k
Rust: 207kUp 0.5%

Rust currently has about 32× as many YouTube subscribers as APB Reloaded — 207,000 vs 6,430.

How these estimates are made

APB Reloaded

APB Reloaded is estimated to have 660 – 2k players a day. Around 610k – 2m accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.

Rust

Rust is estimated to have 370k – 1m players a day. Around 13m – 34m accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.