Head to head
Danger is Near vs Rust
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
- PlayStation
- Xbox
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Danger is Near
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~6 | |
| September 2026 | ~6 | |
| August 2026 | ~6 | Up 20% |
| July 2026 | ~5 | — |
Rust
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~529k | Up 0.8% |
| 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.
Discord members
- Danger is Near
- 23Up 9.5%
- Rust
- 811.9kUp 0.6%
Rust currently has about 35300× as many Discord members as Danger is Near — 811,897 vs 23.
YouTube subscribers
- Danger is Near
- 4
- Rust
- 207kUp 0.5%
Rust currently has about 51750× as many YouTube subscribers as Danger is Near — 207,000 vs 4.
Steam concurrent players
- Danger is Near
- —
- Rust
- 124kDown 16%
Rust currently has 123,994 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Danger is Near.
Reddit members
- Danger is Near
- —
- Rust
- 711.6kUp 0.4%
Rust currently has 711,597 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Danger is Near.
Twitch viewers
- Danger is Near
- —
- Rust
- 10.9kDown 41%
Rust currently has 10,935 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Danger is Near.
How these estimates are made
Danger is Near
Danger is Near is estimated to have 0 – 32 players a day. Around 76 – 11k accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.
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.