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Enshrouded vs Rust
Rust is the more played game right now: 68,503 players on Steam against 44,928 for Enshrouded, about 1.5× more players. Rust has been ahead for 92 days straight.
Across all tracked metrics, Rust leads 10 of 10.
Players over time
Live Steam player counts, read every 5 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 40.3h in Enshrouded and 341h in Rust. Connect your Steam account and this row fills in with your own hours instead — then keeps tracking both, so you can see which one you are actually still playing.
Enshrouded
40.3h
average of 39 members
Rust
341h
average of 111 members
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Enshrouded
23,497Rust
72,146Daily averages · latest day · Rust, 3.1× the players of Enshrouded
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Read every 5 minutes · methodology
These are Steam players only. A game that also runs on its own launcher, a storefront of its own or on console has players this number cannot see, so read it as a comparison of Steam audiences rather than of total ones.
Head-to-head record
Rust has had the higher daily player count for the last 92 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Enshrouded led 0 daysRust led 92 days
- Days tracked
- 92
- Current streak
- 92 days
- Rust
- Lead changes
- 0
- Closest gap
- 36%
- Oct 16, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's own Steam readings), compared on the 92 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day.
Side by side
Every number Coilr has for both games. The better figure in each row is in green.
| Metric | Enshrouded | Rust |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 44,928 | 68,503 |
| 24-hour peak | 65,204 | 112,792 |
| 7-day average | 18,330 | 81,540 |
| 30-day average | 9,404 | 83,352 |
| 30-day trend | −7% | −6% |
| Peak (tracked) | 65,204 | 220,224 |
| Steam reviews | 86% positive | 87% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 81% positive | 81% positive |
| Total reviews | 106,378 | 1,406,107 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~2,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Jan 24, 2024 | Feb 8, 2018 |
| Price | $39.99 | $39.99 |
Players by month
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (readings every few minutes for the biggest games, hourly averages beyond 30 days).
| Month | Enshrouded | Rust | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | — | — | 95,781 | 182,883 |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | 104,094 | 220,224 |
| Jul 2026 | 6,914 | 13,064 | 104,874 | 196,421 |
| Aug 2026 | 6,740 | 14,125 | 99,832 | 198,220 |
| Sep 2026 | 7,147 | 16,975 | 81,967 | 147,607 |
| Oct 2026 (so far) | 7,682 | 65,204 | 87,777 | 162,249 |
Frequently asked
Which has more players, Enshrouded or Rust?
Rust currently has more players: 68,503 concurrent players on Steam vs 44,928 for Enshrouded, about 1.5× more players.
Is Enshrouded bigger than Rust on Steam?
Over the last 30 days Enshrouded averaged 9,404 concurrent players and Rust averaged 83,352. By that measure Rust is currently the bigger game.
Has Enshrouded ever had more players than Rust?
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 92 days both games have been tracked.
Is Enshrouded better than Rust?
By Steam review score, Rust rates higher: 87% positive across 1,406,107 reviews vs 86% across 106,378 for Enshrouded. Rust has the larger player base right now (68,503 vs 44,928 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Is Enshrouded growing or declining on Steam?
Enshrouded averaged 9,404 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 7% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 65,204.
Is Rust growing or declining on Steam?
Rust averaged 83,352 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 6% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 220,224.
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