Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Rust is currently the more played game: 109,905 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 63,561 for Don't Starve Together — about 1.7× more players. Don't Starve Together counters with better Steam reviews: 95% positive vs 87%. Across all tracked metrics, Rust leads 7 of 10.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Rust has had the higher daily player count for the last 71 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
71
Current streak
71 days
Rust
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
42%
Jun 24, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 71 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Don't Starve Together | Rust |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 63,561 | 109,905 |
| 24-hour peak | 65,252 | 131,964 |
| 7-day average | 34,083 | 102,175 |
| 30-day average | 42,957 | 104,203 |
| 30-day trend | +23% | −1% |
| Peak (tracked) | 122,074 | 220,224 |
| Steam reviews | 95% positive | 87% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 91% positive | 80% positive |
| Total reviews | 539,182 | 1,381,781 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Apr 20, 2016 | Feb 7, 2018 |
| Price | $14.99 | $39.99 |
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| Month | Don't Starve Together | Rust | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 18,667 | 24,839 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 21,100 | 48,796 | 95,781 | 182,883 |
| Jun 2026 | 40,600 | 122,074 | 104,180 | 220,224 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 40,178 | 99,921 | 106,810 | 197,140 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Rust currently has more players: 109,905 concurrent players on Steam vs 63,561 for Don't Starve Together — about 1.7× more players.
Over the last 30 days Don't Starve Together averaged 42,957 concurrent players and Rust averaged 104,203. By that measure Rust is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Rust has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 71 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Don't Starve Together rates higher: 95% positive across 539,182 reviews vs 87% across 1,381,781 for Rust. Rust has the larger player base right now (109,905 vs 63,561 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Don't Starve Together averaged 42,957 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 23% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 122,074.
Rust averaged 104,203 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 220,224.