Head to head
Rust vs The Isle
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Linux
- macOS
- PlayStation
- Windows
- Xbox
- Windows
Categories
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Rust
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | ~341.9k | Up 21% |
| July 2026 | ~282.8k | Down 1.3% |
| June 2026 | ~286.5k | Up 308% |
| May 2026 | ~70.2k | — |
The Isle
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | ~25.4k | Up 214% |
| July 2026 | ~8.1k | Up 0.6% |
| June 2026 | ~8k | Up 0.5% |
| May 2026 | ~8k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Discord members
- Rust
- 812.6kUp 2.8%
- The Isle
- —
Rust currently has 812,637 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for The Isle.
Reddit members
- Rust
- 712.8kUp 1.1%
- The Isle
- 87.1kUp 7.5%
Rust currently has about 8.2× as many subreddit members as The Isle — 712,762 vs 87,083.
How these estimates are made
Rust
Rust is estimated to have 550 – 260k players a day. Around 130k – 12m 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.
The Isle
The Isle is estimated to have 160 – 75k players a day. Around 59k – 6m 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.