Head to head
Puzzle Pirates vs Rust
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
- PlayStation
- Xbox
Categories
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Puzzle Pirates
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | ~2.3k | Up 6.1% |
| October 2026 | ~2.2k | Up 4.2% |
| September 2026 | ~2.1k | Up 3.0% |
| August 2026 | ~2k | Up 1.7% |
| July 2026 | ~2k | — |
Rust
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | ~510.6k | Down 3.7% |
| October 2026 | ~530.2k | Up 1.0% |
| September 2026 | ~525k | Down 2.6% |
| 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.
Steam concurrent players
- Puzzle Pirates
- 264Down 4.0%
- Rust
- 47.5kDown 69%
Rust currently has about 180× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Puzzle Pirates — 47,454 vs 264.
Discord members
- Puzzle Pirates
- 5.1kUp 6.8%
- Rust
- 812.4k
Rust currently has about 160× as many Discord members as Puzzle Pirates — 812,369 vs 5,085.
Reddit members
- Puzzle Pirates
- 3.8kUp 4.1%
- Rust
- 712.6kUp 0.2%
Rust currently has about 186× as many subreddit members as Puzzle Pirates — 712,636 vs 3,838.
Twitch viewers
- Puzzle Pirates
- 7Up 133%
- Rust
- 5.9kDown 88%
Rust currently has about 839× as many live Twitch viewers as Puzzle Pirates — 5,876 vs 7.
YouTube subscribers
- Puzzle Pirates
- —
- Rust
- 207kUp 0.5%
Rust currently has 207,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Puzzle Pirates.
How these estimates are made
Puzzle Pirates
Puzzle Pirates is estimated to have 950 – 3k players a day. Around 57k – 150k 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 300k – 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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