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Rust

Direct comparison between Population Zero and Rust. View their social activity, release status, platform availability, and other key details.

Game Status

Status

Active

Population Zero status is active.

Status

Active

Rust status is active.

Estimated Daily Players

Estimated Daily Players

~100 thousand

We estimate that Rust has currently around 100k players daily.

Rust is a well-known multiplayer survival game, released in 2018 by Facepunch Studios. It maintains high popularity on platforms like Steam due to frequent updates, Twitch presence, and a strong PvP-focused community. It typically sees tens of thousands of concurrent players, so 100,000 daily players is a reasonable estimate for 2024.

Social Score

Social activity comparison between Population Zero and Rust. Data includes social media activity, community discussions, and online mentions tracked over time.

Social score for Population Zero

MonthSocial ScoreChange
December 2021~30.0%
November 2021~30.0%
October 2021~350.0%
September 2021~260.0%
August 2021~5

Social score for Rust

MonthSocial ScoreChange
January 2026~49.8k33.3%
December 2025~74.7k3.9%
November 2025~71.9k4.5%
October 2025~75.3k47.0%
September 2025~51.2k

Game Age

Age

6 years ago

Population Zero was released in May 2020 (6 years ago).

Age

8 years ago

Rust was released in February 2018 (8 years ago).

Platforms

Population Zero is available on 1 platform.

Rust is available on 5 platforms.

Player Perspectives

Population Zero offers 1 player perspective.

Rust offers 1 player perspective.

Developers

Population Zero has 1 developer.

Rust has 1 developer.

Publishers

Population Zero has 1 publisher.

Rust has 2 publishers.

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