Head to head

Riders of Icarus vs Rust

Riders of Icarus

Live

3 – 9 daily

Rust

Live

280k – 990k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

July 2016 · 10 years ago

February 2018 · 9 years ago

Daily players

3 – 9

280k – 990k

Estimated players

1.7k

534.6k5.0%

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Riders of IcarusRust

Riders of Icarus

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~1.7k
August 2026	~1.7k
July 2026	~1.7k	—

Rust

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~528.5k	Down 2.0%
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

Riders of Icarus: 0Down 100%
Rust: 56.2kDown 58%

Riders of Icarus currently has 0 peak concurrent Steam players, while Rust has 56,181.

Reddit members

Riders of Icarus: 1.6kUp 0.1%
Rust: 709.6kUp 0.3%

Rust currently has about 431× as many subreddit members as Riders of Icarus — 709,572 vs 1,646.

Twitch viewers

Riders of Icarus: 0Down 100%
Rust: 7.1kDown 38%

Riders of Icarus currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while Rust has 7,090.

YouTube subscribers

Riders of Icarus: 4.3k
Rust: 206k

Rust currently has about 47× as many YouTube subscribers as Riders of Icarus — 206,000 vs 4,350.

Discord members

Riders of Icarus: —
Rust: 809.3kUp 0.8%

Rust currently has 809,258 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Riders of Icarus.

How these estimates are made

Riders of Icarus

Riders of Icarus is estimated to have 3 – 9 players a day. Around 210k – 540k 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 280k – 990k 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.