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Games like Rust

Facepunch Studios · 2018 · 87 % positive of 1,227,784

24 games that play like Rust and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Rem Survival, Strayed and Hurtworld.

Player tags

  • Survival
  • Crafting
  • Multiplayer
  • Open World
  • Open World Survival Craft
  • Building
  • PvP
  • Sandbox

At a glance

What games like Rust have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Rust: Survival (24 of 24), Crafting (24) and Open World (21).
  • They came out between 2014 and 2025, 17 of them after Rust (2018).
  • Best rated by Steam players: DYSMANTLE (94 % positive of 1,746).
  • SCUM and Miscreated both play and look like Rust.

By gameplay

Plays like Rust

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. Miscreated65 % positive of 31,608Shared: Survival · Crafting · Open World
  2. Sunrise: survival48 % positive of 508Shared: Survival · Crafting · Open World
  3. Immune - True Survival58 % positive of 1,415Shared: Survival · Crafting · Open World
  4. XERA: Survival66 % positive of 7,774Shared: Survival · Crafting · Open World
  5. Survival: Lost Way35 % positive of 258Shared: Survival · Crafting · Building
  6. Longvinter68 % positive of 6,991Shared: Survival · Crafting · Open World
  7. Dysterra57 % positive of 686Shared: Survival · Crafting · Open World Survival Craft
  8. Landless45 % positive of 191Shared: Survival · Crafting · Open World
  9. Nomad60 % positive of 4,637Shared: Survival · Crafting · Open World
  10. SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now56 % positive of 8,889Shared: Survival · Crafting · Open World
  11. Survival Classic64 % positive of 339Shared: Survival · Crafting · Open World
  12. DYSMANTLE94 % positive of 1,746Shared: Survival · Crafting · Open World

By look

Looks like Rust

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. Miscreated65 % positive of 31,608
  2. Sniper Ghost Warrior 366 % positive of 18,502
  3. CODE204041 % positive of 852
  4. Killing Floor 287 % positive of 126,866
  5. Last Man Standing61 % positive of 17,587
  6. Atomfall78 % positive of 3,070
  7. Earthfall64 % positive of 2,283
  8. Last Whisper68 % positive of 164
  9. PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS59 % positive of 2,557,944
  10. Romero's Aftermath48 % positive of 11,078
  11. '8364 % positive of 1,317
  12. 7 Days to Die88 % positive of 370,046

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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