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Rust vs Satisfactory
Rust is the more played game right now: 65,560 players on Steam against 17,857 for Satisfactory, about 4× more players. Rust has been ahead for 124 days straight.
Satisfactory counters with better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 87%. Satisfactory is currently 30% 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 Adventure / Indie games.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 346h in Rust and 88.7h in Satisfactory. 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.
Rust
346h
average of 99 members
Satisfactory
88.7h
average of 85 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 124 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Rust led 124 daysSatisfactory led 0 days
- Days tracked
- 124
- Current streak
- 124 days
- Rust
- Lead changes
- 0
- Closest gap
- 74%
- Jun 14, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 124 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 | Rust | Satisfactory |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 65,560 | 17,857 |
| 24-hour peak | 85,438 | 19,214 |
| 7-day average | 75,138 | 13,148 |
| 30-day average | 82,078 | 13,209 |
| 30-day trend | −18% | −17% |
| Peak (tracked) | 220,224 | 42,605 |
| Steam reviews | 87% positive | 97% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 82% positive | 96% positive |
| Total reviews | 1,401,302 | 279,898 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Feb 8, 2018 | Sep 10, 2024 |
| Price | $39.99 | $27.99 (−30%) |
Players by month
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
| Month | Rust | Satisfactory | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 14,255 | 14,255 |
| May 2026 | 95,781 | 182,883 | 12,954 | 18,030 |
| Jun 2026 | 104,094 | 220,224 | 21,665 | 42,605 |
| Jul 2026 | 104,874 | 196,421 | 19,179 | 34,076 |
| Aug 2026 | 99,826 | 198,220 | 16,030 | 28,339 |
| Sep 2026 (so far) | 82,098 | 148,276 | 13,199 | 23,851 |
Frequently asked
Which has more players, Rust or Satisfactory?
Rust currently has more players: 65,560 concurrent players on Steam vs 17,857 for Satisfactory, about 4× more players.
Is Rust bigger than Satisfactory on Steam?
Over the last 30 days Rust averaged 82,078 concurrent players and Satisfactory averaged 13,209. By that measure Rust is currently the bigger game.
Has Satisfactory 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 124 days both games have been tracked.
Is Rust better than Satisfactory?
By Steam review score, Satisfactory rates higher: 97% positive across 279,898 reviews vs 87% across 1,401,302 for Rust. Rust has the larger player base right now (65,560 vs 17,857 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Is Rust growing or declining on Steam?
Rust averaged 82,078 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 18% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 220,224.
Is Satisfactory growing or declining on Steam?
Satisfactory averaged 13,209 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 17% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 42,605.
