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Factorio vs Rust
Rust is the more played game right now: 95,538 players on Steam against 24,465 for Factorio, about 4× more players. Rust has been ahead for 73 days straight.
Factorio counters with better Steam reviews: 98% positive vs 87%. Rust is currently 50% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Rust leads 7 of 10.
Players over time
Live Steam player counts, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Indie games.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 226h in Factorio and 348h 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.
Factorio
226h
average of 49 members
Rust
348h
average of 94 members
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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 73 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Factorio led 0 daysRust led 73 days
- Days tracked
- 73
- Current streak
- 73 days
- Rust
- Lead changes
- 0
- Closest gap
- 74%
- Sep 2, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 73 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 | Factorio | Rust |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 24,465 | 95,538 |
| 24-hour peak | 25,123 | 122,374 |
| 7-day average | 15,633 | 78,731 |
| 30-day average | 16,244 | 84,496 |
| 30-day trend | −6% | −16% |
| Peak (tracked) | 27,492 | 220,224 |
| Steam reviews | 98% positive | 87% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 98% positive | 82% positive |
| Total reviews | 235,043 | 1,401,302 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 14, 2020 | Feb 8, 2018 |
| Price | $35.00 | $19.99 (−50%) |
Players by month
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Frequently asked
Which has more players, Factorio or Rust?
Rust currently has more players: 95,538 concurrent players on Steam vs 24,465 for Factorio, about 4× more players.
Is Factorio bigger than Rust on Steam?
Over the last 30 days Factorio averaged 16,244 concurrent players and Rust averaged 84,496. By that measure Rust is currently the bigger game.
Has Factorio 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 73 days both games have been tracked.
Is Factorio better than Rust?
By Steam review score, Factorio rates higher: 98% positive across 235,043 reviews vs 87% across 1,401,302 for Rust. Rust has the larger player base right now (95,538 vs 24,465 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Is Factorio growing or declining on Steam?
Factorio averaged 16,244 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 6% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 27,492.
Is Rust growing or declining on Steam?
Rust averaged 84,496 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 16% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 220,224.
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