Head to head
Rust vs Star Citizen
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
- PlayStation
- Xbox
- Windows
- Linux
Categories
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Rust
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | ~565k | Up 3.8% |
| July 2026 | ~544.6k | — |
Star Citizen
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | ~165k | Up 0.2% |
| July 2026 | ~164.6k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- Rust
- 116.3kUp 13%
- Star Citizen
- —
Rust currently has 116,258 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Star Citizen.
Discord members
- Rust
- 802.2kUp 0.3%
- Star Citizen
- 162.5kUp 0.2%
Rust currently has about 4.9× as many Discord members as Star Citizen — 802,217 vs 162,474.
Reddit members
- Rust
- 707.4kUp 0.1%
- Star Citizen
- 524.6kUp 0.2%
Rust currently has about 1.3× as many subreddit members as Star Citizen — 707,427 vs 524,568.
Twitch viewers
- Rust
- 15.2kDown 93%
- Star Citizen
- 5kDown 45%
Rust currently has about 3.1× as many live Twitch viewers as Star Citizen — 15,237 vs 4,957.
YouTube subscribers
- Rust
- 206kUp 0.5%
- Star Citizen
- 574k
Star Citizen currently has about 2.8× as many YouTube subscribers as Rust — 574,000 vs 206,000.
How these estimates are made
Rust
Rust is estimated to have 360k – 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.
Star Citizen
Star Citizen is estimated to have 340 – 160k players a day. Around 79k – 8m 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.