Head to head
Heavy Metal Machines vs Rust
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- PlayStation
- Xbox
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
- PlayStation
- Xbox
Categories
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Heavy Metal Machines
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | ~421 | |
| October 2026 | ~421 | Up 0.7% |
| September 2026 | ~418 | |
| August 2026 | ~418 | |
| July 2026 | ~418 | — |
Rust
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | ~515.8k | Down 2.7% |
| October 2026 | ~530.2k | Up 1.0% |
| 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
- Heavy Metal Machines
- 0Down 100%
- Rust
- 53.2kDown 64%
Heavy Metal Machines currently has 0 peak concurrent Steam players, while Rust has 53,193.
Reddit members
- Heavy Metal Machines
- 223Up 0.5%
- Rust
- 712.7kUp 0.2%
Rust currently has about 3196× as many subreddit members as Heavy Metal Machines — 712,691 vs 223.
Twitch viewers
- Heavy Metal Machines
- 11Up 175%
- Rust
- 5.3kDown 86%
Rust currently has about 484× as many live Twitch viewers as Heavy Metal Machines — 5,324 vs 11.
Discord members
- Heavy Metal Machines
- —
- Rust
- 812.6kUp 0.1%
Rust currently has 812,612 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Heavy Metal Machines.
YouTube subscribers
- Heavy Metal Machines
- —
- Rust
- 207k
Rust currently has 207,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Heavy Metal Machines.
How these estimates are made
Heavy Metal Machines
Heavy Metal Machines is estimated to have 15 – 53 players a day. Around 90k – 230k 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 250k – 870k 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.
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