Head to head

APB Reloaded vs Rust

APB Reloaded

Live

600 – 2k daily

Rust

Live

270k – 950k 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

600 – 2k

270k – 950k

Estimated players

7.1k2.1%

520.9k2.6%

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
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
September 2026	~524.5k	Down 2.7%
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: 223Down 10%
Rust: 94.8kDown 26%

Rust currently has about 425× as many peak concurrent Steam players as APB Reloaded — 94,848 vs 223.

Discord members

APB Reloaded: 7.8kDown 1.6%
Rust: 811.3kUp 0.8%

Rust currently has about 104× as many Discord members as APB Reloaded — 811,335 vs 7,838.

Reddit members

APB Reloaded: 4.4kUp 0.4%
Rust: 711kUp 0.4%

Rust currently has about 160× as many subreddit members as APB Reloaded — 710,998 vs 4,432.

Twitch viewers

APB Reloaded: 64Down 14%
Rust: 13kUp 10%

Rust currently has about 204× as many live Twitch viewers as APB Reloaded — 13,045 vs 64.

YouTube subscribers

APB Reloaded: 6.4k
Rust: 206k

Rust currently has about 32× as many YouTube subscribers as APB Reloaded — 206,000 vs 6,430.

How these estimates are made

APB Reloaded

APB Reloaded is estimated to have 600 – 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 270k – 950k 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.