#11 on SteamSteady crowd

Rust

Released Feb 8, 2018 · Steam app 252490

Prices from €12.28

Right now

Steam players since we started tracking · updated 14:30 UTC

Playing now

93,727

at 14:30 UTC

24-hour peak

110,600

All-time peak

259,646

monthly peak, Jan 2025

24h change

-5.8%

average vs the day before

Twitch viewers

6,472

live on Twitch

Best price

€12.28

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Players over time

Log scale

Latest: 93,727 players
Peak · 48h: 113,807 players
Average · 48h: 77,005 players
Lowest · 48h: 44,210 players

Oct 28, 2026, 2:30 PM: 93,727 players

What stands out

-10%Players since 15:00 UTC, our first reading in the last 24 hours.
#11Most played on Steam right now, by live players.
7Twitch viewers for every 100 players on Steam.

All-time peak

259,646

Highest monthly peak on record, in Jan 2025. The most we have counted ourselves since Oct 26, 2026 is 113,807.

Month by month

Average: how many were playing at the same time at an average moment of the month. Peak: the most at once. Steam players since mid-2012, or since the game came out.

Month	Average players	Change from the month before	Peak players
2026
Octoberfrom Oct 26, 2026	77,616	-4.4%-3,552	113,807
September	81,168	-18%-18,155	148,276
August	99,323	-5.5%-5,826	196,181
July	105,149	+1%+1,066	194,484
June	104,083	+1.5%+1,575	219,164
May	102,508	-0.8%-844	188,976
April	103,352	-3%-3,218	203,177
March	106,570	-13%-15,807	200,309
February	122,377	+1.1%+1,374	228,230
January	121,003	+15%+15,519	246,562
2025
December	105,484	+7.4%+7,271	174,558
November	98,213	+0.8%+802	184,595

Show all 155 months

Month	Average players	Change from the month before	Peak players
2025
October	97,411	+14%+11,896	178,836
September	85,515	-17%-17,503	152,247
August	103,018	+0.8%+859	190,383
July	102,159	+3.8%+3,696	187,345
June	98,463	-6.7%-7,060	191,730
May	105,523	+7.9%+7,718	203,367
April	97,805	-12%-13,779	187,702
March	111,584	-8.2%-9,985	203,220
February	121,569	-2.4%-2,927	232,431
January	124,496	+11%+11,891	259,646
2024
December	112,605	+17%+16,740	191,133
November	95,865	+6.8%+6,088	182,603
October	89,777	+18%+13,531	168,999
September	76,246	-16%-14,387	134,170
August	90,633	-2.7%-2,547	172,427
July	93,180	-4.8%-4,681	173,651
June	97,861	+19%+15,487	175,036
May	82,374	+1.8%+1,489	153,662
April	80,885	-1.7%-1,358	154,488
March	82,243	+0.2%+127	145,916
February	82,116	-8.8%-7,949	153,738
January	90,065	+7.2%+6,048	190,886
2023
December	84,017	+22%+15,004	143,038
November	69,013	-0.5%-343	137,752
October	69,356	+0.1%+64	130,885
September	69,292	-17%-14,172	127,530
August	83,464	-13%-12,182	172,249
July	95,646	+4.1%+3,721	182,335
June	91,925	+4.8%+4,176	161,921
May	87,749	+6.3%+5,212	155,431
April	82,537	-2.2%-1,859	156,367
March	84,396	-6.2%-5,609	150,953
February	90,005	-5.5%-5,268	167,827
January	95,273	+11%+9,457	176,710
2022
December	85,816	+18%+12,979	138,675
November	72,837	+1.2%+855	133,364
October	71,982	-5.5%-4,190	118,874
September	76,172	-8.3%-6,892	127,912
August	83,064	+5.4%+4,223	134,919
July	78,841	-3.8%-3,146	137,057
June	81,987	+12%+9,057	165,120
May	72,930	-9.7%-7,786	133,789
April	80,716	+4.4%+3,368	141,983
March	77,348	-11%-9,219	134,559
February	86,567	-4.8%-4,364	164,990
January	90,931	+20%+15,327	154,747
2021
December	75,604	+8.6%+5,954	125,911
November	69,650	+6.2%+4,093	120,659
October	65,557	-5.7%-3,946	106,571
September	69,503	-17%-13,829	122,359
August	83,332	-10%-9,492	155,634
July	92,824	+17%+13,482	147,757
June	79,342	+3.2%+2,471	133,566
May	76,871	-0.9%-719	144,083
April	77,590	-10%-8,780	147,933
March	86,370	-27%-31,372	167,088
February	117,742	-17%-24,375	224,276
Januarybest month	142,117	+132%+80,945	244,394
2020
December	61,172	+10%+5,764	97,445
November	55,408	+14%+6,857	101,365
October	48,551	+4.6%+2,120	80,422
September	46,431	-13%-6,857	76,611
August	53,288	-8.5%-4,951	89,147
July	58,239	+16%+7,821	97,741
June	50,418	-12%-6,927	93,513
May	57,345	-15%-10,159	102,051
April	67,504	+16%+9,062	125,415
March	58,442	+17%+8,367	102,296
February	50,075	-3%-1,545	92,016
January	51,620	+5.1%+2,525	97,340
2019
December	49,095	+13%+5,587	81,928
November	43,508	-6.8%-3,196	74,292
October	46,704	-5.9%-2,932	82,827
September	49,636	-15%-8,895	80,293
August	58,531	-6%-3,729	88,929
July	62,260	+38%+17,127	93,595
June	45,133	+26%+9,352	81,658
May	35,781	-6.3%-2,420	67,338
April	38,201	-6.2%-2,524	72,544
March	40,725	-4%-1,706	77,896
February	42,431	-8.2%-3,770	77,622
January	46,201	+8.4%+3,579	85,208
2018
December	42,622	+13%+4,916	70,775
November	37,706	+19%+5,886	70,969
October	31,820	+16%+4,501	58,564
September	27,319	-13%-4,169	48,430
August	31,488	-14%-5,171	53,885
July	36,659	+21%+6,350	65,952
June	30,309	+27%+6,415	54,779
May	23,894	-8.3%-2,153	46,328
April	26,047	-10%-3,028	51,233
March	29,075	-13%-4,432	57,873
February	33,507	-3.4%-1,162	68,204
January	34,669	+5.1%+1,695	67,410
2017
December	32,974	+17%+4,827	60,373
November	28,147	+9.3%+2,386	57,223
October	25,761	+19%+4,166	49,984
September	21,595	-16%-3,963	40,577
August	25,558	-14%-4,005	43,117
July	29,563	+1%+278	53,425
June	29,285	+15%+3,905	48,228
May	25,380	-11%-3,209	46,948
April	28,589	-12%-3,850	53,621
March	32,439	-11%-3,965	66,194
February	36,404	+7.1%+2,404	68,103
January	34,000	+17%+5,025	63,843
2016
December	28,975	+27%+6,096	49,147
November	22,879	-6.3%-1,527	47,571
October	24,406	-7.1%-1,864	48,435
September	26,270	-14%-4,163	50,680
August	30,433	-1.7%-517	50,364
July	30,950	+22%+5,589	64,555
June	25,361	-0.5%-137	45,791
May	25,498	-0.4%-108	47,100
April	25,606	-6.1%-1,662	49,920
March	27,268	-16%-5,127	55,147
February	32,395	+17%+4,748	61,260
January	27,647	+50%+9,173	50,628
2015
December	18,474	+41%+5,412	38,110
November	13,062	-0.3%-44	26,697
October	13,106	+5.6%+695	24,201
September	12,411	-17%-2,459	24,075
August	14,870	+7.6%+1,052	25,352
July	13,818	+0.6%+82	22,622
June	13,736	-0.6%-84	27,177
May	13,820	+70%+5,683	25,625
April	8,137	-1.6%-133	16,636
March	8,270	-12%-1,103	16,341
February	9,373	-12%-1,218	20,267
January	10,591	+72%+4,440	22,303
2014
December	6,151	+14%+767	11,826
November	5,384	-16%-989	12,062
October	6,373	+0.4%+26	12,294
September	6,347	-27%-2,394	11,040
August	8,741	-14%-1,391	12,764
July	10,132	-15%-1,806	15,027
June	11,938	-9.2%-1,213	18,081
May	13,151	-26%-4,508	24,306
April	17,659	-29%-7,215	31,321
March	24,874	-28%-9,879	48,870
February	34,753	+40%+9,878	58,973
January	24,875	+170%+15,669	51,872
2013
December	9,206	—	22,571

Players since 2013

Each bar is one month: how many people were playing at the same time, on average. The line above is the month’s peak, the most at once.

Busiest month: 142,117 players on average; January 2021
All-time peak: 259,646 players at once; January 2025
Last 12 months: -0.1%; 103,887 players on average, against 104,032 the year before

September 2026: 81,168 players on average, peak 148,276 · Point at a bar for its numbers.