Rust
~100k
daily players
RustVSMinecraft
Direct comparison between Rust and Minecraft. 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
Minecraft 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.
Estimated Daily Players
~600 thousand
We estimate that Minecraft has currently around 600k players daily.
Minecraft is an exceptionally popular sandbox game with a strong legacy since its release in 2011. Its cross-platform availability, enormous modding community, and consistent updates contribute to a large, active player base even over a decade later. While it’s not a traditional MMO (no single persistent shared world or servers holding thousands of simultaneous players together), its server model supports substantial multiplayer activity.
Social Score
Social activity comparison between Rust and Minecraft. Data includes social media activity, community discussions, and online mentions tracked over time.
Social score for Rust
| Month | Social Score | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | ~48.1k | 37.4% |
| August 2025 | ~35k | 56.5% |
| July 2025 | ~80.4k | 40.3% |
| February 2025 | ~134.8k | 0.3% |
| January 2025 | ~134.5k |
Social score for Minecraft
| Month | Social Score | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | ~113.8k | 30.9% |
| August 2025 | ~87k | 54.5% |
| July 2025 | ~191.3k | 31.5% |
| February 2025 | ~279.4k | 0.1% |
| January 2025 | ~279.8k |
Game Age
Age
8 years ago
Rust was released in February 2018 (8 years ago).
Age
14 years ago
Minecraft was released in November 2011 (14 years ago).
Platforms
Rust is available on 5 platforms.
Minecraft is available on 11 platforms.
Player Perspectives
Rust offers 1 player perspective.
Minecraft offers 3 player perspectives.
Developers
Rust has 1 developer.
Minecraft has 1 developer.
Publishers
Rust has 2 publishers.
Minecraft has 1 publisher.
Categories
Minecraft has 10 categories.
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