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Rust Player Count

Facepunch Studios · Action · Adventure · Indie

Current player count

Players online right now

47,071

Collected · Collected every 5 minutes · Steam recalculates this figure about every 15 minutes

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Peaks

24-hour peak
101,795
7-day peak
132,897
30-day peak
162,249
Peak since tracking began
162,752
on August 8, 2026

This is the highest value in our records since tracking began on August 8, 2026.

Change

−6.5%vs 24 hours ago−4.6%vs 7 days ago

Rust player count history

Rust concurrent players, 7 days
Hourly averages over the last 7 days; the shaded band is each hour's low-to-peak range. Times are UTC.

How Rust is doing right now

Rust currently has 47,071 players online, based on a reading we collected 3 minutes ago. That is +6.5% lower compared with the same time yesterday, and +42.5% below its 30-day average of 81,923. Over the past 24 hours the count moved between 0 and 101,795 concurrent players. The seven-day peak is 132,897. The highest count in our records is 162,752, reached on August 8, 2026. The current figure is 29% of that peak. Player counts follow a strong daily and weekly cycle, so compare the same hour across different days rather than two readings taken hours apart. Steam recalculates its concurrent player figure about every 15 minutes, while we collect this game every 5 minutes, so the timestamp above is when we collected the number, not when Valve computed it.

Frequently asked questions

How many people play Rust?
47,071 people are playing Rust right now, according to our most recent reading. The highest concurrent count in the past 24 hours was 101,795.
What is the peak player count since tracking began for Rust?
The highest concurrent player count in our records is 162,752, set on August 8, 2026. This covers our own records, which start on August 8, 2026, not the entire history of the game.
Is Rust still active in 2026?
Yes. Rust reached 101,795 concurrent players within the past 24 hours, so it still has an active player base.
How often is this player count updated?
We poll the platform every 5 minutes and store every reading, so the chart on this page is measured rather than estimated. Steam itself recalculates its concurrent player figure roughly every 15 minutes, so the timestamp we show is when we collected the number, not when Valve computed it.

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