Head to head
Ember Sword vs Rust
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Browser
- Windows
- macOS
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
- PlayStation
- Xbox
Categories
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Ember Sword
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | ~14.2k | Up 18% |
| July 2026 | ~12.1k | — |
Rust
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | ~551.2k | Up 1.2% |
| July 2026 | ~544.6k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Discord members
- Ember Sword
- 57.5kDown 0.2%
- Rust
- 803.3kUp 0.3%
Rust currently has about 14× as many Discord members as Ember Sword — 803,343 vs 57,541.
YouTube subscribers
- Ember Sword
- 12.5kDown 0.8%
- Rust
- 206k
Rust currently has about 16× as many YouTube subscribers as Ember Sword — 206,000 vs 12,500.
Steam concurrent players
- Ember Sword
- —
- Rust
- 79.9kDown 49%
Rust currently has 79,886 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Ember Sword.
Reddit members
- Ember Sword
- —
- Rust
- 707.6k
Rust currently has 707,618 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Ember Sword.
Twitch viewers
- Ember Sword
- —
- Rust
- 11.5kDown 96%
Rust currently has 11,519 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Ember Sword.
How these estimates are made
Ember Sword
Ember Sword is estimated to have 28 – 13k players a day. Around 12k – 1m 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 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.