Head to head

Rust vs Torchlight III

Rust

Live

270k – 950k daily

Torchlight III

Live

120 – 420 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

February 2018 · 9 years ago

June 2020 · 6 years ago

Daily players

270k – 950k

120 – 420

Estimated players

520.9k2.6%

2.9k0.5%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Platforms

Perspectives

First Person

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

RustTorchlight III

Rust

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~524.5k	Down 2.7%
August 2026	~539.2k	Down 1.0%
July 2026	~544.6k	—

Torchlight III

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~2.9k	Up 0.1%
August 2026	~2.9k	Down 0.1%
July 2026	~2.9k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Rust: 94.8kDown 26%
Torchlight III: 37Up 8.8%

Rust currently has about 2563× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Torchlight III — 94,848 vs 37.

Discord members

Rust: 811.3kUp 0.8%
Torchlight III: —

Rust currently has 811,335 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Torchlight III.

Reddit members

Rust: 711kUp 0.4%
Torchlight III: 3k

Rust currently has about 236× as many subreddit members as Torchlight III — 710,990 vs 3,016.

Twitch viewers

Rust: 13kUp 10%
Torchlight III: 0Down 100%

Rust currently has 13,045 live Twitch viewers, while Torchlight III has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Rust: 206k
Torchlight III: 14.3k

Rust currently has about 14× as many YouTube subscribers as Torchlight III — 206,000 vs 14,300.

How these estimates are made

Rust

Rust is estimated to have 270k – 950k 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.

Torchlight III

Torchlight III is estimated to have 120 – 420 players a day. Around 220k – 570k 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.