Head to head

Rust vs Trove

Rust

Live

320k – 1m daily

Trove

Live

2k – 7k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

February 2018 · 9 years ago

July 2015 · 11 years ago

Daily players

320k – 1m

2k – 7k

Estimated players

531.4k4.3%

32.1k2.0%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows
macOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Platforms

Perspectives

First Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

RustTrove

Rust

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~526.2k	Down 2.4%
August 2026	~539.2k	Down 1.0%
July 2026	~544.6k	—

Trove

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~32.4k	Up 0.4%
August 2026	~32.3k	Up 1.5%
July 2026	~31.8k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Rust: 128kUp 5.2%
Trove: 758Down 12%

Rust currently has about 169× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Trove — 127,973 vs 758.

Discord members

Rust: 812.2kUp 0.8%
Trove: 40.4k

Rust currently has about 20× as many Discord members as Trove — 812,152 vs 40,370.

Reddit members

Rust: 711.2kUp 0.4%
Trove: 49.3kUp 0.2%

Rust currently has about 14× as many subreddit members as Trove — 711,190 vs 49,281.

Twitch viewers

Rust: 54.9kUp 43%
Trove: 14Down 18%

Rust currently has about 3921× as many live Twitch viewers as Trove — 54,887 vs 14.

YouTube subscribers

Rust: 206k
Trove: 63.7kUp 5.6%

Rust currently has about 3.2× as many YouTube subscribers as Trove — 206,000 vs 63,700.

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.

Trove

Trove is estimated to have 2k – 7k players a day. Around 1m – 3m 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.