Head to head

Rust vs Scum

Rust

Released

~690k daily · 500k – 970k

Last measured Nov 14, 2026

Scum

Released

~59k daily · 43k – 83k

Last measured Nov 14, 2026

VerdictRust has ~12× Scum's daily players (~690k vs ~59k, as of Nov 14, 2026).

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

Released

February 2018 · 9 years ago

June 2025 · 1 year ago

Est. daily players

~690k500k – 970k6.6% this weekHigh confidence · Last measured Nov 14, 2026

~59k43k – 83k15% this weekMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 14, 2026

Available on

Linux
macOS
PlayStation
Windows
Xbox

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Estimated daily players (central estimate) for both games.

RustScum

Monthly history: Collecting data since Nov 5, 2026. The table appears once there are two calendar months to compare.

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side. Collected since Nov 5, 2026.

Steam concurrent players

Rust: 83.5kDown 43% past week
Scum: 5.5kDown 57% past week

Rust currently has about 15× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Scum — 83,526 vs 5,503.

Discord members

Rust: 814.6kUp 0.2% past week
Scum: 66.7k

Rust currently has about 12× as many Discord members as Scum — 814,641 vs 66,664.

Reddit members

Rust: 713.1k
Scum: 53.2k

Rust currently has about 13× as many subreddit members as Scum — 713,115 vs 53,200.

Twitch viewers

Rust: 2.7kDown 74% past week
Scum: 261Down 58% past week

Rust currently has about 10× as many live Twitch viewers as Scum — 2,666 vs 261.

YouTube subscribers

Rust: 207k
Scum: —

Rust currently has 207,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Scum.

How these estimates are made

Rust

We estimate that about 690,000 people play Rust on a typical day (most likely between 500,000 and 970,000), based on data from Nov 14, 2026. Around 20,000,000 accounts (between 16,000,000 and 26,000,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: high — measured from a full day of Steam data, for a game played mainly on Steam.

Scum

We estimate that about 59,000 people play Scum on a typical day (most likely between 43,000 and 83,000), based on data from Nov 14, 2026. Around 2,200,000 accounts (between 1,700,000 and 2,900,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: medium — Steam covers part of the player base, or several community signals agree.

How we estimate