Head to head

Rules of Survival vs Rust

Rules of Survival

Live

Rust

Live

250k – 900k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

November 2017 · 9 years ago

February 2018 · 9 years ago

Daily players

No population data

250k – 900k

Estimated players

37k0.7%

522.3k1.9%

Available on

Windows
Android
iOS

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Rules of SurvivalRust

Rules of Survival

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~36.7k	Up 1.5%
August 2026	~36.2k	Up 0.4%
July 2026	~36k	—

Rust

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~527.8k	Down 2.1%
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

Rules of Survival: 0
Rust: 51kDown 58%

Rules of Survival currently has 0 peak concurrent Steam players, while Rust has 50,967.

Discord members

Rules of Survival: 34.7kUp 13%
Rust: 810kUp 0.8%

Rust currently has about 23× as many Discord members as Rules of Survival — 810,029 vs 34,713.

Reddit members

Rules of Survival: 7.3kUp 1.3%
Rust: 709.7kUp 0.2%

Rust currently has about 97× as many subreddit members as Rules of Survival — 709,676 vs 7,304.

Twitch viewers

Rules of Survival: 0Down 100%
Rust: 2kDown 68%

Rules of Survival currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while Rust has 1,971.

YouTube subscribers

Rules of Survival: 287k
Rust: 206k

Rules of Survival currently has about 1.4× as many YouTube subscribers as Rust — 287,000 vs 206,000.

How these estimates are made

Rules of Survival

Rules of Survival is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 110k – 280k 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 250k – 900k 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.