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NuclearCraft vs Rust

VerdictRust has ~1595× NuclearCraft's daily players (~590k vs ~370, as of Nov 10, 2026).

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Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

Released
Released

Released

August 2014 · 12 years ago
February 2018 · 9 years ago

Est. daily players

~37086 – 1.1kMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 10, 2026
~590k420k – 820kDown 48% this weekHigh confidence · Last measured Nov 10, 2026

Available on

  • Linux
  • macOS
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • macOS
  • PlayStation
  • Windows
  • Xbox

Player activity

Estimated daily players (central estimate) for both games.

NuclearCraftRust

Monthly history: Collecting data since Nov 5, 2026. The table appears once there are two calendar months to compare.

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side. Collected since Nov 5, 2026.

Discord members

NuclearCraft
8.5k
Rust
814k

Rust currently has about 96× as many Discord members as NuclearCraft — 813,951 vs 8,519.

YouTube subscribers

NuclearCraft
7.6k
Rust
207k

Rust currently has about 27× as many YouTube subscribers as NuclearCraft — 207,000 vs 7,620.

Steam concurrent players

NuclearCraft
—
Rust
102.1kDown 27% past week

Rust currently has 102,127 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for NuclearCraft.

Reddit members

NuclearCraft
—
Rust
713k

Rust currently has 713,015 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for NuclearCraft.

Twitch viewers

NuclearCraft
—
Rust
7.2kDown 69% past week

Rust currently has 7,208 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for NuclearCraft.

How these estimates are made

NuclearCraft

We estimate that about 370 people play NuclearCraft on a typical day (most likely between 86 and 1,100), based on data from Nov 10, 2026. Around 79,000 accounts (between 27,000 and 180,000) have played it at some point. NuclearCraft publishes no Steam player data, so the estimate is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. Confidence: medium — Steam covers part of the player base, or several community signals agree.

Rust

We estimate that about 590,000 people play Rust on a typical day (most likely between 420,000 and 820,000), based on data from Nov 10, 2026. Around 20,000,000 accounts (between 16,000,000 and 26,000,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: high — measured from a full day of Steam data, for a game played mainly on Steam.

How we estimate

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