Head to head
Powerline.io vs Rust
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Browser
- Android
- iOS
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
- PlayStation
- Xbox
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Powerline.io
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~261 | |
| August 2026 | ~261 | Up 0.4% |
| July 2026 | ~260 | — |
Rust
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~529.8k | Down 1.8% |
| 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.
Reddit members
- Powerline.io
- 1.1kUp 0.3%
- Rust
- 709.5kUp 0.3%
Rust currently has about 636× as many subreddit members as Powerline.io — 709,496 vs 1,116.
Steam concurrent players
- Powerline.io
- —
- Rust
- 124.4kDown 10%
Rust currently has 124,351 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Powerline.io.
Discord members
- Powerline.io
- —
- Rust
- 808.6kUp 0.8%
Rust currently has 808,591 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Powerline.io.
Twitch viewers
- Powerline.io
- —
- Rust
- 8.3kDown 34%
Rust currently has 8,310 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Powerline.io.
YouTube subscribers
- Powerline.io
- —
- Rust
- 206k
Rust currently has 206,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Powerline.io.
How these estimates are made
Powerline.io
Powerline.io is estimated to have 12 – 6k players a day. Around 7k – 650k 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 320k – 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.