Head to head

CreativeDestruction vs Rust

CreativeDestruction

Live

3 – 9 daily

Rust

Live

340k – 1m daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2018 · 8 years ago

February 2018 · 9 years ago

Daily players

3 – 9

340k – 1m

Estimated players

16k

555.9k2.1%

Available on

Windows
Android
iOS

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

CreativeDestructionRust

CreativeDestruction

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~16k
August 2026	~16k	Up 1.4%
July 2026	~15.8k	—

Rust

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~533k	Down 1.2%
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

CreativeDestruction: 0
Rust: 67.3kDown 59%

CreativeDestruction currently has 0 peak concurrent Steam players, while Rust has 67,259.

Twitch viewers

CreativeDestruction: 0
Rust: 114.6kDown 53%

CreativeDestruction currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while Rust has 114,645.

YouTube subscribers

CreativeDestruction: 142k
Rust: 206k

Rust currently has about 1.5× as many YouTube subscribers as CreativeDestruction — 206,000 vs 142,000.

Discord members

CreativeDestruction: —
Rust: 807.3kUp 0.9%

Rust currently has 807,333 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for CreativeDestruction.

Reddit members

CreativeDestruction: —
Rust: 709kUp 0.3%

Rust currently has 709,033 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for CreativeDestruction.

How these estimates are made

CreativeDestruction

CreativeDestruction is estimated to have 3 – 9 players a day. Around 330k – 850k 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 340k – 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.