Rust
What Rust is
The only aim in Rust is to survive.
The opening of its Steam description. The developer's own words.The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
What people say
Bans and moderation are the complaint to look at inside Rust, with unexplained bans, punished hacked accounts and anti-cheat false flags making up the reasons people give.
Written by an LLM from the lead report's counts.Read the reportBefore you buy Rust
Recent reviews run 13 points below the lifetime score.
Steam's score counts every review over the game's life; this report reads the reviews in its window, so a recent update or event moves it first.
Reviewers who find the gameplay fun praise it, 11% of written reviews, and some praise multiplayer and community, 5%. Skip it if cheaters and toxicity bother you: 7% of written reviews raise them, and 7% raise bans and scams.
Of the people who wrote a review
Watch out for
- Cheaters and toxicity7%
“The game is infested with hackers, aimbot users, and, on top of that, admins helping their favorite players.”
- Difficulty7%
- Bans, scams and safety7%Most often ban with no explanation
- Locked out of their account2%
Share of written reviews that raise each one.
Who it suits
- Playing with friends79 reviewers; most raised: difficultyComplain44%Praise81%
- Relaxing18 reviewers; most raised: cheaters and toxicityComplain14%Praise80%
- Playing solo13 reviewers; most raised: cheaters and toxicityComplain59%Praise74%
Steam reviews over its whole life
1,411,965 reviews in every language, counted per month by Steam itself.
What Rust reviewers say
One public report on Rust reads 1,738 Steam reviews from the last year. The report “What people complain about and love in 2026” was last updated Oct 29, 2026. Of its 1,738 judged reviewers, 47% complain, 53% praise something, 1% make a request and 1% say they're quitting. The top complaint is bans, scams and safety at 12% of complaints, then cheaters and toxicity (11%) and difficulty (13%). Top praise: gameplay is fun, at 17% of praise. Top requests: new feature or option (49%) and platform, device or language (17%). Two audience differences stand out. New user: say they're quitting 6.2x as often as everyone (9% vs 1%). Under 2 hours: say they're quitting 10.7x as often as everyone (15% vs 1%).
One public report on Rust. Each title is written by the person who shared it; the line under it says how the reviews were picked.
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