Head to head

Dune: Awakening vs Rust

Dune: Awakening

Live

39k – 140k daily

Rust

Live

290k – 1m daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

June 2025 · 1 year ago

February 2018 · 9 years ago

Daily players

39k – 140k

290k – 1m

Estimated players

108.2k1.2%

502.2k0.4%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Dune: AwakeningRust

Dune: Awakening

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~110.4k	Up 1.8%
September 2026	~108.4k	Up 3.7%
August 2026	~104.6k	Down 0.7%
July 2026	~105.3k	—

Rust

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~517.2k	Down 1.5%
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.

Steam concurrent players

Dune: Awakening: 10.5kUp 52%
Rust: 61.6kDown 54%

Rust currently has about 5.8× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Dune: Awakening — 61,603 vs 10,537.

Discord members

Dune: Awakening: 209.4kUp 3.9%
Rust: 811.9kUp 0.6%

Rust currently has about 3.9× as many Discord members as Dune: Awakening — 811,897 vs 209,380.

Reddit members

Dune: Awakening: 115kUp 8.8%
Rust: 711.7kUp 0.4%

Rust currently has about 6.2× as many subreddit members as Dune: Awakening — 711,671 vs 114,990.

Twitch viewers

Dune: Awakening: 710Up 126%
Rust: 3.3kDown 97%

Rust currently has about 4.6× as many live Twitch viewers as Dune: Awakening — 3,283 vs 710.

YouTube subscribers

Dune: Awakening: 180k
Rust: 207kUp 0.5%

Rust currently has about 1.2× as many YouTube subscribers as Dune: Awakening — 207,000 vs 180,000.

How these estimates are made

Dune: Awakening

Dune: Awakening is estimated to have 39k – 140k players a day. Around 1m – 3m 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 290k – 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.