Head to head

Astral Guardians vs Rust

Astral Guardians

Released

~420 daily · 97 – 1.2k

Last measured Nov 8, 2026

Rust

Released

~760k daily · 550k – 1.1m

Last measured Nov 8, 2026

VerdictRust has ~1810× Astral Guardians's daily players (~760k vs ~420, as of Nov 8, 2026). Astral Guardians's estimate is low confidence: read the gap as an order of magnitude.

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

Released

August 2020 · 6 years ago

February 2018 · 9 years ago

Est. daily players

~42097 – 1.2kLow confidence · Last measured Nov 8, 2026

~760k550k – 1.1mHigh confidence · Last measured Nov 8, 2026

Available on

Android
iOS

Linux
macOS
PlayStation
Windows
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

Isometric

First Person

Player activity

Estimated daily players (central estimate) for both games.

Astral GuardiansRust

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

Astral Guardians: —
Rust: 77.9k

Rust currently has 77,935 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Astral Guardians.

Discord members

Astral Guardians: —
Rust: 813.7k

Rust currently has 813,655 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Astral Guardians.

Reddit members

Astral Guardians: —
Rust: 712.9k

Rust currently has 712,902 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Astral Guardians.

Twitch viewers

Astral Guardians: —
Rust: 2.8k

Rust currently has 2,822 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Astral Guardians.

YouTube subscribers

Astral Guardians: —
Rust: 207k

Rust currently has 207,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Astral Guardians.

How these estimates are made

Astral Guardians

We estimate that about 420 people play Astral Guardians on a typical day (most likely between 97 and 1,200), based on data from Nov 8, 2026. Around 65,000 accounts (between 22,000 and 150,000) have played it at some point. Astral Guardians publishes no Steam player data, so the estimate is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. Confidence: low — a community-size model, not a measurement.

Rust

We estimate that about 760,000 people play Rust on a typical day (most likely between 550,000 and 1,100,000), based on data from Nov 8, 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