Rust Player Count
87,592 people are playing Rust on Steam right now. Across the 25,721 servers we track, 76,519 players are on a server and 240 are waiting in a queue. Server numbers are re-polled every few minutes.
Players on servers over time
Where people are playing
By region and server type
| Europe (EU) | 22,084 players |
| North America (NA) | 21,292 players |
| Official servers | 4,738 players |
| Community, unmodded | 61,795 players |
| Modded servers | 9,986 players |
Rust player count FAQ
How many people play Rust right now?
87,592 people are playing Rust on Steam right now (Steam's own count). Across the 25,721 servers we track, 76,519 players are on a server and 240 are waiting in a queue.
Where do these numbers come from?
The Steam figure is Steam's live count of everyone running Rust. The server figures come from polling every Rust server we track every few minutes - players, queues, country and type - so they show where people are actually playing.
When is Rust busiest?
Over the last 7 days, the servers we track were busiest on average around 19:00 UTC.
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