Head to head

Apex Legends vs Rust

Apex Legends

Released

~1.2m daily · 830k – 1.6m

Last measured Nov 6, 2026

Rust

Released

~800k daily · 570k – 1.1m

Last measured Nov 6, 2026

VerdictApex Legends has about 50% more daily players than Rust (~1.2m vs ~800k, as of Nov 6, 2026). Their estimated ranges overlap, so the gap is uncertain.

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

Released

February 2019 · 8 years ago

February 2018 · 9 years ago

Est. daily players

~1.2m830k – 1.6mMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 6, 2026

~800k570k – 1.1mHigh confidence · Last measured Nov 6, 2026

Available on

Nintendo
PlayStation
Windows
Xbox

Linux
macOS
PlayStation
Windows
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

First Person

First Person

Player activity

Estimated daily players (central estimate) for both games.

Apex LegendsRust

Monthly history: Collecting data since Nov 5, 2026. The table appears once there are two calendar months to compare.

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side. Collected since Nov 5, 2026.

Steam concurrent players

Apex Legends: 84.4k
Rust: 105.5k

Rust currently has about 1.2× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Apex Legends — 105,460 vs 84,383.

Discord members

Apex Legends: 886.7k
Rust: 813.1k

Apex Legends and Rust are nearly even on Discord members — 886,671 vs 813,073.

Reddit members

Apex Legends: 3.1m
Rust: 712.8k

Apex Legends currently has about 4.3× as many subreddit members as Rust — 3,055,131 vs 712,834.

Twitch viewers

Apex Legends: 22.9k
Rust: 11.3k

Apex Legends currently has about 2× as many live Twitch viewers as Rust — 22,857 vs 11,264.

YouTube subscribers

Apex Legends: 2.7m
Rust: 207k

Apex Legends currently has about 13× as many YouTube subscribers as Rust — 2,740,000 vs 207,000.

How these estimates are made

Apex Legends

We estimate that about 1,200,000 people play Apex Legends on a typical day (most likely between 830,000 and 1,600,000), based on data from Nov 6, 2026. Around 17,000,000 accounts (between 13,000,000 and 22,000,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: medium — Steam covers part of the player base, or several community signals agree.

Rust

We estimate that about 800,000 people play Rust on a typical day (most likely between 570,000 and 1,100,000), based on data from Nov 6, 2026. Around 20,000,000 accounts (between 16,000,000 and 26,000,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: high — measured from a full day of Steam data, for a game played mainly on Steam.

How we estimate