Head to head
Rust vs Skies
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
- PlayStation
- Xbox
- Windows
- Android
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Rust
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | ~572.2k | Up 5.1% |
| July 2026 | ~544.6k | — |
Skies
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | ~391 | Down 0.3% |
| July 2026 | ~392 | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- Rust
- 147.5kUp 16%
- Skies
- —
Rust currently has 147,532 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Skies.
Discord members
- Rust
- 801.7kUp 0.3%
- Skies
- 1.9kDown 0.2%
Rust currently has about 428× as many Discord members as Skies — 801,700 vs 1,872.
Reddit members
- Rust
- 707.2kUp 0.1%
- Skies
- —
Rust currently has 707,213 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Skies.
Twitch viewers
- Rust
- 44.9kDown 62%
- Skies
- —
Rust currently has 44,948 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Skies.
YouTube subscribers
- Rust
- 206kUp 0.5%
- Skies
- —
Rust currently has 206,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Skies.
How these estimates are made
Rust
Rust is estimated to have 390k – 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.
Skies
Skies is estimated to have 1 – 470 players a day. Around 930 – 94k accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.