Rust
Short description
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
- Developer
- Facepunch Studios
- Publisher
- Facepunch Studios
- Release
- Thu, Feb 08, 2018
- Price
- $39.99
- Reviews
- 1,175,354
- Positive
- 87%
- Followers
- 1,335,533
- Owners (estimated)
- 20M – 50M
- Concurrent players
- 143,870
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, RPG
- Features
- Multi-player, MMO, PvP, Online PvP, Co-op, Online Co-op, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, In-App Purchases, Adjustable Text Size, Camera Comfort, Color Alternatives, Custom Volume Controls, Adjustable Difficulty, Stereo Sound, Subtitle Options, Surround Sound, Valve Anti-Cheat enabled, Stats, Remote Play on Tablet
- Tags
Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by $34.17, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $39.99 launch price. That is 15% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.
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Media
History
26 data points since Sep 21, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.
The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.
Lowest recorded price: $8.74 on Jun 21, 2018.
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