Head to head

Rust vs Synced

Rust

Live

310k – 1m daily

Synced

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

February 2018 · 9 years ago

September 2023 · 3 years ago

Daily players

310k – 1m

No population data

Estimated players

546.1k3.1%

893

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows
PlayStation

Platforms

Perspectives

First Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

RustSynced

Rust

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~527.6k	Up 0.5%
September 2026	~525k	Down 2.6%
August 2026	~539.2k	Down 1.0%
July 2026	~544.6k	—

Synced

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~893	Up 0.1%
September 2026	~892	Up 0.9%
August 2026	~884	Up 14%
July 2026	~774	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Rust: 122.4kDown 0.8%
Synced: 0

Rust currently has 122,404 peak concurrent Steam players, while Synced has 0.

Discord members

Rust: 812.7kUp 0.5%
Synced: 103Up 6.2%

Rust currently has about 7890× as many Discord members as Synced — 812,707 vs 103.

Reddit members

Rust: 711.9kUp 0.3%
Synced: 773

Rust currently has about 921× as many subreddit members as Synced — 711,889 vs 773.

Twitch viewers

Rust: 7.8kDown 34%
Synced: 2Up 100%

Rust currently has about 3898× as many live Twitch viewers as Synced — 7,795 vs 2.

YouTube subscribers

Rust: 207kUp 0.5%
Synced: 2.9k

Rust currently has about 71× as many YouTube subscribers as Synced — 207,000 vs 2,930.

How these estimates are made

Rust

Rust is estimated to have 310k – 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.

Synced

Synced is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 110k – 280k 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.