Facepunch Studios director Alistair McFarlane took to Twitter to announce that Rust has surpassed 259,646 concurrent gamers on Steam. On the time of writing, the sport has now surpassed 262,000 gamers reaching its all-time peak based on SteamDB. Within the submit, McFarlane highlighted how a lot of an accomplishment this was and thanked gamers for his or her help. “Rust going energy to energy! we simply beat our all-time CCU, beating covid and all different vital occasions, stated McFarlane. “For the previous a number of months, we’ve been hitting new month-to-month data, this was an enormous one we have been not sure if we’d ever beat, not except there was one other world pandemic.
Rust going energy to energy! we simply beat our all-time CCU, beating covid and all different vital occasions.
For the previous a number of months, we have been hitting new month-to-month data, this was an enormous one we have been not sure if we would ever beat, not except there was one other world… pic.twitter.com/8U0YD5b8Ez
— Alistair McFarlane (@Alistair_McF) January 2, 2025
Rust particulars:
The one purpose in Rust is to outlive. The whole lot desires you to die – the island’s wildlife, different inhabitants, the setting, and different survivors. Do no matter it takes to final one other evening.
Rust now enters its eleventh 12 months of continued growth and has had over 385 content material updates, with a assured content material patch each month. These embody common steadiness fixes and enhancements to AI, and graphics, in addition to updates to environments and the frequent addition of content material equivalent to new maps, extra weapons, additional autos, and a plethora of utility objects. Preserve a watch out for normal seasonal occasions, as there’s all the time one thing attention-grabbing or harmful (or each) taking place on the island.Updates to the sport embody:
Procedurally generated worlds with group map editor help
Host your personal servers and with server-side modding help
Transportation: horses, modular vehicles, sizzling air balloons, helicopters, bikes, trains, boats, and extra
Complicated electrical, farming and automation methods
Base Constructing and Raiding
New factions, enemies, and wildlife
New monuments, terrain, and areas to discover
Superior underwater areas to find
Musical devices and the flexibility to carry out to gamers
Massive overground and underground prepare networks
Large latest graphics improve and setting overhaul
..and rather more
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EXPLOREYou wake bare on a mysterious island, armed solely with a rock and a torch. You’ll have to courageous environmental risks and deficiencies (from warmth and chilly to thirst and hunger), construct a shelter, eat (or be eaten), and scavenge supplies. Discover the island and its deserted settlements, mysterious monuments, and the factions that occupy them.
However, above all, be careful for different survivors…
BUILDDesign and construct bases to retailer your loot, defend your territory, and management the sources of the island. Analysis the tech tree, develop farms, command electrical energy, and commandeer varied types of transportation to traverse the island. No matter it takes to get forward.
SURVIVEThere are not any guidelines in Rust however the ones you make for your self. Craft instruments, armour, and weapons to defend your self. Cooperate with mates, make alliances, and construct a settlement collectively. Discover the island and what’s taking place in it, commerce with different gamers, or prey on them, raiding their bases and taking their hard-won items.
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