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Prime World: Classic vs Rust

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Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE
ACTIVE

Released

June 2025 · 1 year ago
February 2018 · 9 years ago

Daily players

78 – 270
320k – 1m

Estimated players

480Down 5.2%
535.1kDown 4.7%

Available on

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

Perspectives

Developers

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Prime World: ClassicRust

Prime World: Classic

Average monthly estimated players
MonthEstimated playersChange
September 2026~476Up 3.5%
August 2026~460Up 20%
July 2026~382

Rust

Average monthly estimated players
MonthEstimated playersChange
September 2026~529.8kDown 1.8%
August 2026~539.2kDown 1.0%
July 2026~544.6k

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.

Steam concurrent players

Prime World: Classic
26Down 28%
Rust
124.4kDown 10%

Rust currently has about 4783× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Prime World: Classic — 124,351 vs 26.

Discord members

Prime World: Classic
1.8kDown 1.1%
Rust
808.6kUp 0.8%

Rust currently has about 457× as many Discord members as Prime World: Classic — 808,591 vs 1,771.

Twitch viewers

Prime World: Classic
0
Rust
8.3kDown 34%

Prime World: Classic currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while Rust has 8,310.

YouTube subscribers

Prime World: Classic
21
Rust
206k

Rust currently has about 9810× as many YouTube subscribers as Prime World: Classic — 206,000 vs 21.

Reddit members

Prime World: Classic
Rust
709.5kUp 0.3%

Rust currently has 709,508 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Prime World: Classic.

How these estimates are made

Prime World: Classic

Prime World: Classic is estimated to have 78 – 270 players a day. Around 12k – 32k 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 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.

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