Head to head
Rust vs SWmud
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
- PlayStation
- Xbox
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
- Android
- iOS
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Rust
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~525.4k | Down 2.6% |
| August 2026 | ~539.2k | Down 1.0% |
| July 2026 | ~544.6k | — |
SWmud
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | — | — |
| August 2026 | — | — |
| July 2026 | — | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- Rust
- 108kDown 19%
- SWmud
- —
Rust currently has 107,980 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for SWmud.
Discord members
- Rust
- 810.8kUp 0.8%
- SWmud
- —
Rust currently has 810,774 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for SWmud.
Reddit members
- Rust
- 711kUp 0.4%
- SWmud
- —
Rust currently has 710,956 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for SWmud.
Twitch viewers
- Rust
- 6.9kDown 7.1%
- SWmud
- —
Rust currently has 6,922 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for SWmud.
YouTube subscribers
- Rust
- 206k
- SWmud
- —
Rust currently has 206,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for SWmud.
How these estimates are made
Rust
Rust is estimated to have 320k – 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.
SWmud
Not enough data collected to estimate this game yet.