Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Action / Adventure games.
Rust is currently the more played game: 130,482 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 34,831 for Terraria — about 4× more players. Terraria counters with better Steam reviews: 97% positive vs 87%. Rust is currently 50% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Rust leads 5 of 9.
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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 82 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
82
Current streak
82 days
Rust
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
61%
May 26, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 82 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Rust | Terraria |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 130,482 | 34,831 |
| 24-hour peak | 137,985 | 41,600 |
| 7-day average | 100,946 | 29,475 |
| 30-day average | 105,817 | 30,842 |
| 30-day trend | ±0% | +13% |
| Peak (tracked) | 220,224 | 49,184 |
| Steam reviews | 87% positive | 97% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 79% positive | 96% positive |
| Total reviews | 1,385,388 | 1,541,445 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~20,000,000 | ~20,000,000 |
| Release date | Feb 8, 2018 | May 16, 2011 |
| Price | $19.99 (−50%) | $9.99 |
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| Month | Rust | Terraria | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | — | — | 21,712 | 27,427 |
| May 2026 | 95,781 | 182,883 | 24,837 | 41,678 |
| Jun 2026 | 104,094 | 220,224 | 26,809 | 46,342 |
| Jul 2026 | 105,081 | 196,421 | 30,870 | 49,184 |
| Aug 2026 (so far) | 106,508 | 137,985 | 30,530 | 41,600 |
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: 130,482 concurrent players on Steam vs 34,831 for Terraria — about 4× more players.
Over the last 30 days Rust averaged 105,817 concurrent players and Terraria averaged 30,842. 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 82 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Terraria rates higher: 97% positive across 1,541,445 reviews vs 87% across 1,385,388 for Rust. Rust has the larger player base right now (130,482 vs 34,831 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Rust averaged 105,817 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 220,224.
Terraria averaged 30,842 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 13% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 49,184.