Head to head

Rust vs War Thunder

Rust

Live

300k – 1m daily

War Thunder

Live

190k – 680k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

February 2018 · 9 years ago

January 2013 · 14 years ago

Daily players

300k – 1m

190k – 680k

Estimated players

544.3k4.1%

367.1k

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

RustWar Thunder

Rust

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

War Thunder

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~362.3k	Up 0.6%
July 2026	~360.3k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Rust: 106.1kDown 21%
War Thunder: 70.6kUp 0.9%

Rust currently has about 1.5× as many peak concurrent Steam players as War Thunder — 106,141 vs 70,631.

Discord members

Rust: 806.2kUp 0.9%
War Thunder: —

Rust currently has 806,188 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for War Thunder.

Reddit members

Rust: 708.7kUp 0.4%
War Thunder: 561.7kUp 0.6%

Rust currently has about 1.3× as many subreddit members as War Thunder — 708,689 vs 561,740.

Twitch viewers

Rust: 81.1kDown 45%
War Thunder: 5.5kUp 174%

Rust currently has about 15× as many live Twitch viewers as War Thunder — 81,097 vs 5,512.

YouTube subscribers

Rust: 206kUp 0.5%
War Thunder: 1.9mUp 0.5%

War Thunder currently has about 9.4× as many YouTube subscribers as Rust — 1,930,000 vs 206,000.

How these estimates are made

Rust

Rust is estimated to have 300k – 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.

War Thunder

War Thunder is estimated to have 190k – 680k players a day. Around 8m – 21m 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.