Head to head
New World: Aeternum vs Rust
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- PlayStation
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
- PlayStation
- Xbox
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
New World: Aeternum
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | ~94.4k | Down 0.9% |
| September 2026 | ~95.3k | Down 0.1% |
| August 2026 | ~95.4k | Down 0.5% |
| July 2026 | ~95.9k | — |
Rust
| 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
- New World: Aeternum
- 321Down 55%
- Rust
- 61.6kDown 54%
Rust currently has about 192× as many peak concurrent Steam players as New World: Aeternum — 61,603 vs 321.
Discord members
- New World: Aeternum
- 66.3kDown 1.8%
- Rust
- 811.9kUp 0.6%
Rust currently has about 12× as many Discord members as New World: Aeternum — 811,897 vs 66,285.
Reddit members
- New World: Aeternum
- 306.2k
- Rust
- 711.7kUp 0.4%
Rust currently has about 2.3× as many subreddit members as New World: Aeternum — 711,671 vs 306,238.
Twitch viewers
- New World: Aeternum
- 84Down 86%
- Rust
- 3.3kDown 97%
Rust currently has about 39× as many live Twitch viewers as New World: Aeternum — 3,283 vs 84.
YouTube subscribers
- New World: Aeternum
- 145k
- Rust
- 207kUp 0.5%
Rust currently has about 1.4× as many YouTube subscribers as New World: Aeternum — 207,000 vs 145,000.
How these estimates are made
New World: Aeternum
New World: Aeternum is estimated to have 1k – 4k players a day. Around 4m – 9m 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.
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