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Rust

2018 • Facepunch Studios • ESRB M

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PCMac
Genres
Mature contentShooterRole-playing (RPG)AdventureIndieActionSurvivalSandboxOpen world
Rust is a multiplayer survival game set on a procedurally generated island where players must manage hunger, thirst, and health while contending with hostile wildlife and other players. Starting with only a rock and torch, players gather resources, craft tools, weapons, and structures, and form or fight against clans in a persistent open world that resets on a regular wipe cycle. Originally developed as a clone of DayZ with Minecraft-style crafting elements, the game spent over four years in early access before its full release in 2018.
Critics4 critic reviews
7.8/10
Players275 IGDB players
6.9/10
To finish the story
516h
Your rating

Should You Play It?

Great fit if you want

A big world that rewards wandering off the path
Scarcity to manage, not just enemies to beat
To make your own fun in the space
To build a character over dozens of hours

Think twice if you want

A tightly guided path from one scene to the next
To never think about hunger or supplies
To play offline, at your own pace
A solo campaign to play alone
What it feels like
  • Exploration-heavy
  • Open-ended
  • Character-driven
  • Story-led
  • Combat-focused
  • Multiplayer-first
Time commitment
Main journey
516h
Completionist
3206h

Major commitment. Plan for months rather than weeks.

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Rated
ESRB M

ESRB: Blood, Violence

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How Long It Takes

Rushing it
416 hours
Normally
516 hours
Completionist
3206 hours

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Rust

Console Day One Edition

2021

PS4XONE

Console Edition

2021

Welcome to Rust. The only aim in Rust is to survive - Overcome struggles such as hunger, thirst and cold. Build a fire. Build a shelter. Kill animals. Protect yourself from other players.

Series X|SPS4PS5

Console Deluxe Edition

Rust Console Edition - Deluxe includes: Rust Console Edition game. New Cobalt Employee - Welcome Pack. Public Test Branch access.

Details

Release date
8 February 2018
Developer
Facepunch Studios
Engine
Unity
Game modes
Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Perspective
First person
Themes
Action, Survival, Sandbox, Open world
Genres
Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms
PC, Mac
Critic score
7.84 critic reviews • Source: IGDB
Player score
6.9275 IGDB players • Source: IGDB
Combined score
7.3critics and players blended, 279 ratings • Source: IGDB
Anticipated by
16 people before release
Type
Main Game
Rated for (ESRB)
Blood, Violence
Official titles
러스트 (Korea)
Companies
Facepunch Studios (Developer, Publisher)
Also known as
러스트, rust.exe

Release Dates

PC
Feb 08, 2018
Mac
Feb 08, 2018

Platforms and Makers

PC (Microsoft Windows) logo

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Mac logo

Mac

Unity logo

Unity

Facepunch Studios logo

Facepunch Studios • Developer, Publisher

Engine

Unity

Unity is a game development ecosystem: a powerful rendering engine fully integrated with a complete set of intuitive tools and rapid workflows to create interactive 3D and 2D content; easy multiplatform publishing; thousands of quality, ready-made assets in the Asset Store and a knowledge-sharing community.

Popularity

24hr Hours Watched
0.000
Playing
0.001
Played
0.000
Negative Reviews
0.008
Visits
0.000
Global Top Sellers
0.000
Postitive Reviews
0.009
Total Reviews
0.008
Want to Play
0.000
24hr Peak Players
0.026

Languages

Subtitles
Portuguese (Portugal), Italian, German, Spanish (Spain), Japanese, Korean, Russian, Polish, Turkish, English, French, Chinese (Simplified), Ukrainian
Audio
German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Spanish (Spain), Russian, Portuguese (Portugal), Turkish, Italian, English, French, Chinese (Simplified), Ukrainian
Interface
Spanish (Spain), Russian, Chinese (Simplified), Portuguese (Portugal), Japanese, Korean, Polish, Italian, Finnish, Norwegian, Portuguese (Brazil), Swedish, Chinese (Traditional), Vietnamese, German, Arabic, Danish, Turkish, Czech, Dutch, English, French, Ukrainian

Tags

helicopterpost-apocalypticbloodyanimalsgrinding3dsharkfishingcraftinginsectspvpdeath

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