Rust
~100k
daily players
RustVSHeavy Metal Machines
Direct comparison between Rust and Heavy Metal Machines. View their social activity, release status, platform availability, and other key details.
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Game Status
Status
Active
Rust status is active.
Status
Active
Heavy Metal Machines status is active.
Estimated Daily Players
Estimated Daily Players
~100 thousand
We estimate that Rust has currently around 100k players daily.
Rust is a well-known multiplayer survival game, released in 2018 by Facepunch Studios. It maintains high popularity on platforms like Steam due to frequent updates, Twitch presence, and a strong PvP-focused community. It typically sees tens of thousands of concurrent players, so 100,000 daily players is a reasonable estimate for 2024.
Social Score
Social activity comparison between Rust and Heavy Metal Machines. Data includes social media activity, community discussions, and online mentions tracked over time.
Social score for Rust
| Month | Social Score | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | ~46k | 31.5% |
| August 2025 | ~35k | 56.5% |
| July 2025 | ~80.4k | 40.3% |
| February 2025 | ~134.8k | 0.3% |
| January 2025 | ~134.5k |
Social score for Heavy Metal Machines
| Month | Social Score | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | ~3 | 0.0% |
| August 2025 | ~3 | 25.0% |
| July 2025 | ~4 | 0.0% |
| September 2024 | ~4 | 20.0% |
| May 2024 | ~5 |
Game Age
Age
8 years ago
Rust was released in February 2018 (8 years ago).
Age
7 years ago
Heavy Metal Machines was released in September 2018 (7 years ago).
Platforms
Rust is available on 5 platforms.
Heavy Metal Machines is available on 3 platforms.
Player Perspectives
Rust offers 1 player perspective.
Developers
Rust has 1 developer.
Heavy Metal Machines has 1 developer.
Publishers
Rust has 2 publishers.
Heavy Metal Machines has 2 publishers.
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