Head to head
Primal Earth vs Rust
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
- PlayStation
- Xbox
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Primal Earth
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~539 | Up 0.4% |
| August 2026 | ~537 | Up 0.4% |
| July 2026 | ~535 | — |
Rust
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~529.5k | 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.
YouTube subscribers
- Primal Earth
- 5.4kUp 0.6%
- Rust
- 206k
Rust currently has about 38× as many YouTube subscribers as Primal Earth — 206,000 vs 5,390.
Steam concurrent players
- Primal Earth
- —
- Rust
- 128kDown 5.9%
Rust currently has 128,024 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Primal Earth.
Discord members
- Primal Earth
- —
- Rust
- 808.6kUp 0.8%
Rust currently has 808,591 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Primal Earth.
Reddit members
- Primal Earth
- —
- Rust
- 709.4kUp 0.3%
Rust currently has 709,449 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Primal Earth.
Twitch viewers
- Primal Earth
- —
- Rust
- 10.1kDown 26%
Rust currently has 10,133 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Primal Earth.
How these estimates are made
Primal Earth
Primal Earth is estimated to have 13 – 6k players a day. Around 7k – 660k 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 310k – 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.