Head to head

H1Z1 vs Rust

H1Z1

Live

93 – 44k daily

Rust

Live

340k – 1m daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

January 2015 · 12 years ago

February 2018 · 9 years ago

Daily players

93 – 44k

340k – 1m

Estimated players

12.3k

512.6k14%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

H1Z1Rust

H1Z1

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~12.3k
July 2026	~12.3k	—

Rust

Average monthly estimated players
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.

Reddit members

H1Z1: 50.1k
Rust: 707.6k

Rust currently has about 14× as many subreddit members as H1Z1 — 707,618 vs 50,110.

Twitch viewers

H1Z1: 45Down 79%
Rust: 11.5kDown 96%

Rust currently has about 256× as many live Twitch viewers as H1Z1 — 11,519 vs 45.

YouTube subscribers

H1Z1: 73k
Rust: 206k

Rust currently has about 2.8× as many YouTube subscribers as H1Z1 — 206,000 vs 73,000.

Steam concurrent players

H1Z1: —
Rust: 79.9kDown 49%

Rust currently has 79,886 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for H1Z1.

Discord members

H1Z1: —
Rust: 803.3kUp 0.3%

Rust currently has 803,343 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for H1Z1.

How these estimates are made

H1Z1

H1Z1 is estimated to have 93 – 44k players a day. Around 35k – 4m 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.