Head to head

Rust vs Scum

Rust

Live

250k – 900k daily

Scum

Live

28k – 99k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

February 2018 · 9 years ago

June 2025 · 1 year ago

Daily players

250k – 900k

28k – 99k

Estimated players

522.3k1.9%

44.1k4.6%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

RustScum

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	—

Scum

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~43.6k	Up 1.3%
August 2026	~43k	Up 1.4%
July 2026	~42.4k	—

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.

Steam concurrent players

Rust: 51kDown 58%
Scum: 11.2kDown 6.2%

Rust currently has about 4.5× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Scum — 50,967 vs 11,249.

Discord members

Rust: 810kUp 0.8%
Scum: 68kUp 0.1%

Rust currently has about 12× as many Discord members as Scum — 810,029 vs 68,011.

Reddit members

Rust: 709.7kUp 0.2%
Scum: 52.9kUp 0.3%

Rust currently has about 13× as many subreddit members as Scum — 709,676 vs 52,945.

Twitch viewers

Rust: 2kDown 68%
Scum: 374Down 70%

Rust currently has about 5.3× as many live Twitch viewers as Scum — 1,971 vs 374.

YouTube subscribers

Rust: 206k
Scum: —

Rust currently has 206,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Scum.

How these estimates are made

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.

Scum

Scum is estimated to have 28k – 99k players a day. Around 2m – 4m 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.