Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Indie games.
Rust is currently the more played game: 139,925 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 21,184 for Factorio, about 7× more players. Factorio counters with better Steam reviews: 98% positive vs 87%. Across all tracked metrics, Rust leads 7 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since May 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Rust has had the higher daily player count for the last 28 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
28
Current streak
28 days
Rust
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
80%
Jul 27, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 28 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Factorio | Rust |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 21,184 | 139,925 |
| 24-hour peak | 21,184 | 139,925 |
| 7-day average | 17,484 | 117,125 |
| 30-day average | 17,315 | 103,427 |
| 30-day trend | — | −1% |
| Peak (tracked) | 27,374 | 220,224 |
| Steam reviews | 98% positive | 87% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 97% positive | 83% positive |
| Total reviews | 232,967 | 1,388,450 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~5,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Aug 14, 2020 | Feb 8, 2018 |
| Price | $35.00 | $39.99 |
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| Month | Factorio | Rust | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| May 2026 | — | — | 95,781 | 182,883 |
| Jun 2026 | 8,348 | 16,695 | 104,094 | 220,224 |
| Jul 2026 | 17,174 | 26,937 | 104,848 | 196,421 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 17,505 | 27,374 | 107,079 | 198,220 |
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: 139,925 concurrent players on Steam vs 21,184 for Factorio, about 7× more players.
Over the last 30 days Factorio averaged 17,315 concurrent players and Rust averaged 103,427. 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 28 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Factorio rates higher: 98% positive across 232,967 reviews vs 87% across 1,388,450 for Rust. Rust has the larger player base right now (139,925 vs 21,184 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Rust averaged 103,427 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 220,224.