Head to head

Eve Online vs Rust

Eve Online

Live

13k – 47k daily

Rust

Live

380k – 1m daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

May 2003 · 23 years ago

February 2018 · 9 years ago

Daily players

13k – 47k

380k – 1m

Estimated players

67.4k

534.4k0.6%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Eve OnlineRust

Eve Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~67.6k	Down 0.4%
September 2026	~67.9k	Up 1.7%
August 2026	~66.8k	Up 0.7%
July 2026	~66.4k	—

Rust

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~534.8k	Up 1.9%
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

Eve Online: 5.7kUp 9.0%
Rust: 148.9kUp 6.0%

Rust currently has about 26× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Eve Online — 148,908 vs 5,652.

Discord members

Eve Online: 52.1kUp 1.9%
Rust: 811.7kUp 0.6%

Rust currently has about 16× as many Discord members as Eve Online — 811,738 vs 52,120.

Reddit members

Eve Online: 223.7kUp 0.6%
Rust: 711.6kUp 0.4%

Rust currently has about 3.2× as many subreddit members as Eve Online — 711,553 vs 223,715.

Twitch viewers

Eve Online: 1.4kDown 53%
Rust: 37.8kUp 98%

Rust currently has about 26× as many live Twitch viewers as Eve Online — 37,785 vs 1,434.

YouTube subscribers

Eve Online: 233kUp 1.7%
Rust: 207kUp 0.5%

Eve Online and Rust are nearly even on YouTube subscribers — 233,000 vs 207,000.

How these estimates are made

Eve Online

Eve Online is estimated to have 13k – 47k players a day. Around 640k – 2m 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 380k – 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.