What people complain about and love in 2026
Shared report · refreshed weekly · updated Oct 29, 2026
The only aim in Rust is to survive.
Action, Adventure, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, RPG · $19.99 · out since 2018 · from the Steam descriptionBans 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.
OneStar read 1,738 Steam reviews of Rust posted from Nov 2025 to Oct 2026. Of the 1,738 people who reviewed Rust in OneStar's sample, 47% complain and 53% praise it. The top complaints about Rust are difficulty (13% of complaints); cheaters and toxicity (11%); and bans, scams and safety (12%). In OneStar's sample of Rust reviews, 1% of reviewers say they're quitting. OneStar's report on Rust was last updated on Oct 29, 2026.
What goes wrong
got permanently banned randomly with 17 hours in game.
The game is infested with hackers, aimbot users, and, on top of that, admins helping their favorite players.
Very hard people are mean and the game is like impossible for new people like I’m trying to run water treatment or kill a npc but they have infinite health and there’s a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ tank that camps...
Hated this game barely ran on my PC for 10 minutes after waiting HOURS for it to even load into the danm game bro
but now the game doesn't run at all and I've tried to troubleshoot the issue for a few hours now.
What goes well
game so good omgggggggggggg
I love the freedom it gives you to explore, gather resources, build your own base, and find your place in a dangerous open world.
really good game i love how the players are so friendly
Worth every penny
the best game in my Game Libraries, I Love Big Updates
Reasons for quitting
The main complaint of the 26 reviewers who say they stopped or are quitting
What they use it for
147 of 1,738 reviewers said; shares are of them
I got it 50% off me and my girl we enter to a community server we play 12 hours make a base 2x1 make some loot go to sleep wake up in the morning not even a wall remain we did not know we had to...
played for years constant updates and fixes fun easy to play hard to master modded servers for casual players or hardcore will scratch an itch for open world fps if you have to go to work play...
I have 1,800 hours played, and in 2026, this game has simply become unplayable. I enjoy playing solo on community servers, but basically, you will only find four types of players: Players using...
What they ask for
21 reviews ask for something
Who is saying it
The biggest clear differences between audiences; 6 more with a free account
TenureNew user: say they're quitting 6.2x as often as everyone (9% vs 1%).
Playtime at reviewUnder 2 hours: say they're quitting 10.7x as often as everyone (15% vs 1%).
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