- 63,598Average players +5.3% vs last edition
- 106,586Peak players -4.5% vs last edition
- 5%report_rust.weekly_players_change +9.8 pts vs last edition
Changes are compared with the previous edition. How these numbers are measured
In week 44 (26 October – 1 November 2026), Rust servers had 63,598 players connected at any given moment, on average. That's 5.3% more than the week before.
The busiest hour was Friday at 18:00 UTC, with 106,586 players on servers, against 111,619 at the busiest hour the week before.
The rest is in the report: the week's headlines, how it compares with the week before, and the charts.
The numbers count players connected to servers on the public Rust server list, as tracked by GameSentry. Steam's player count is higher because it also counts everyone with the game open in menus, loading screens and queues.