Rust Player Count
Live Steam player count for Rust, refreshed every minute, with charts for the last day, week and month, the busiest hours and an estimate by region.
Playing now
92,133
+20.5K (+28.6%)vs this time yesterday
- 24-hour peak
- 159,010
- low 71,410
- 7-day peak
- 159,010
- Oct 2
- 30-day peak
- 159,010
- Oct 2
- 7-day average
- 78,786
- all hours
Players in game · axis in UTC
Players by region
Estimate at 07:00 UTC- Europe~24.6K27% of players
- North America~37.8K41% of players
- Asia Pacific~17.8K19% of players
- South America~6.1K7% of players
- Africa and Middle East~1.7K2% of players
- Other~4.1K4% of players
Steam publishes one global number, so the split is an estimate: each region's usual share of players, weighted by the time of day there. The bars are each region's day by UTC hour; the lit bar is now.
Busiest hours
Average players, last 7 days, UTCBusiest around 17:00 UTC with 113,190 players on average, quietest around 05:00 UTC with 50,697.
Daily peak players
Last 30 days, UTCThe highest day was Oct 2, with 159,010 players at once.
Daily peaks as a table
| Day | Peak players | vs day before |
|---|---|---|
| Today, so far | 99,993 | - |
| Oct 2 | 159,010 | +8.6K |
| Oct 1 | 150,361 | +64.9K |
| Sep 30 | 85,438 | -7.6K |
| Sep 29 | 93,049 | -10.2K |
| Sep 28 | 103,261 | -12.6K |
| Sep 27 | 115,887 | -12.5K |
| Sep 26 | 128,385 | +3.8K |
| Sep 25 | 124,585 | +13.5K |
| Sep 24 | 111,127 | +12.6K |
| Sep 23 | 98,524 | -4.5K |
| Sep 22 | 103,003 | -10.9K |
| Sep 21 | 113,888 | -13.5K |
| Sep 20 | 127,387 | -9.1K |
| Sep 19 | 136,483 | +1.1K |
| Sep 18 | 135,427 | +13.5K |
| Sep 17 | 121,912 | +19.4K |
| Sep 16 | 102,508 | -6.5K |
| Sep 15 | 108,974 | -4.1K |
| Sep 14 | 113,038 | -12.1K |
| Sep 13 | 125,091 | -4.1K |
| Sep 12 | 129,225 | +5.3K |
| Sep 11 | 123,903 | +13K |
| Sep 10 | 110,915 | +3.5K |
| Sep 9 | 107,393 | -8.2K |
| Sep 8 | 115,584 | -20.2K |
| Sep 7 | 135,818 | -4.8K |
| Sep 6 | 140,574 | -7.3K |
| Sep 5 | 147,899 | +1K |
| Sep 4 | 146,880 | - |
Players in game on Steam, sampled every 10 minutes. A day's peak is its highest sample.
Rust player count: common questions
- How many people are playing Rust right now?
- 92,133 players were in game on Steam when this page last updated. The number at the top of the page refreshes every minute.
- What is Rust's peak player count this month?
- 159,010 players, on Oct 2: the highest count in the last 30 days. The 7-day peak is 159,010.
- When do most people play Rust?
- Around 17:00 UTC, with 113,190 players on average over the last week. The quietest hour is 05:00 UTC, with 50,697.
- Is Rust's player count going up or down?
- Up 2.5% this week. Rust averaged a daily peak of 119,342 players over the last 7 days, against 116,428 the week before.
- Does this count console players?
- No. It counts players in game on Steam, which is Rust on PC. Rust Console Edition is a separate game.