Head to head

Rust vs War Thunder

Rust

Live

370k – 1m daily

War Thunder

Live

180k – 640k 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

370k – 1m

180k – 640k

Estimated players

552.9k0.5%

362k

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	~567.4k	Up 4.2%
July 2026	~544.6k	—

War Thunder

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~361.1k	Up 0.2%
July 2026	~360.3k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Rust: 85.5kDown 27%
War Thunder: 46.7kDown 36%

Rust currently has about 1.8× as many peak concurrent Steam players as War Thunder — 85,487 vs 46,718.

Discord members

Rust: 801.8kUp 0.3%
War Thunder: —

Rust currently has 801,839 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for War Thunder.

Reddit members

Rust: 707.3kUp 0.1%
War Thunder: 559.7kUp 0.1%

Rust currently has about 1.3× as many subreddit members as War Thunder — 707,296 vs 559,651.

Twitch viewers

Rust: 21.7kDown 89%
War Thunder: 690Down 59%

Rust currently has about 32× as many live Twitch viewers as War Thunder — 21,743 vs 690.

YouTube subscribers

Rust: 206kUp 0.5%
War Thunder: 1.9m

War Thunder currently has about 9.3× as many YouTube subscribers as Rust — 1,920,000 vs 206,000.

How these estimates are made

Rust

Rust is estimated to have 370k – 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 180k – 640k 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.