Head to head
Rust vs The Sandbox
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
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Rust
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~524.3k | Down 2.8% |
| August 2026 | ~539.2k | Down 1.0% |
| July 2026 | ~544.6k | — |
The Sandbox
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | ~71.5k | |
| August 2026 | ~71.5k | Down 0.1% |
| July 2026 | ~71.6k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- Rust
- 48.9kDown 55%
- The Sandbox
- —
Rust currently has 48,912 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for The Sandbox.
Discord members
- Rust
- 811.9kUp 0.9%
- The Sandbox
- 255.6kDown 0.3%
Rust currently has about 3.2× as many Discord members as The Sandbox — 811,949 vs 255,562.
Reddit members
- Rust
- 711.1kUp 0.4%
- The Sandbox
- 17.4k
Rust currently has about 41× as many subreddit members as The Sandbox — 711,129 vs 17,415.
Twitch viewers
- Rust
- 89.1kUp 843%
- The Sandbox
- 0
Rust currently has 89,090 live Twitch viewers, while The Sandbox has 0.
YouTube subscribers
- Rust
- 206k
- The Sandbox
- 154k
Rust currently has about 1.3× as many YouTube subscribers as The Sandbox — 206,000 vs 154,000.
How these estimates are made
Rust
Rust is estimated to have 270k – 960k 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.
The Sandbox
The Sandbox is estimated to have 80 – 37k players a day. Around 29k – 3m 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.