Head to head

NosTale vs Rust

NosTale

Live

830 – 3k daily

Rust

Live

330k – 1m daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2006 · 20 years ago

February 2018 · 9 years ago

Daily players

830 – 3k

330k – 1m

Estimated players

8.8k17%

509.6k4.8%

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

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First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

NosTaleRust

NosTale

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~10.2k	Up 8.0%
August 2026	~9.4k	Down 0.6%
July 2026	~9.5k	—

Rust

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~527.2k	Down 2.2%
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

NosTale: 333Down 15%
Rust: 132.8kUp 4.6%

Rust currently has about 399× as many peak concurrent Steam players as NosTale — 132,779 vs 333.

Discord members

NosTale: 31.5kUp 0.5%
Rust: 810.3kUp 0.8%

Rust currently has about 26× as many Discord members as NosTale — 810,289 vs 31,501.

Reddit members

NosTale: 3.7kUp 1.1%
Rust: 710.9kUp 0.4%

Rust currently has about 190× as many subreddit members as NosTale — 710,858 vs 3,733.

Twitch viewers

NosTale: 58Down 82%
Rust: 10.4kDown 3.1%

Rust currently has about 180× as many live Twitch viewers as NosTale — 10,427 vs 58.

YouTube subscribers

NosTale: 6.6kUp 0.2%
Rust: 206k

Rust currently has about 31× as many YouTube subscribers as NosTale — 206,000 vs 6,590.

How these estimates are made

NosTale

NosTale is estimated to have 830 – 3k players a day. Around 84k – 220k 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 330k – 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.