Rust is an open world zombie survival MMO currently under development by Facepunch Studios, the team behind Garry’s Mod. In Rust, players must survive a harsh world one day at a time, scavenging for supplies, building bases, and choosing how to live along side other survivors. Whether through friendship or force, one thing stays true – survive at all costs.
Rust is the most popular survival MMO on PC. With a daily concurrent player count of 130K, it is counted alongside the likes of GTA V, PUBG, and Apex Legends. We explored the highly customizable graphics menu of the game in our optimization guide which includes several options to customize the shadows, draw distance, etc.
Rust is among the most popular Steam games with ~100K concurrent players. Despite being in its 10th year, the game has received 375 content updates, with a guaranteed content patch every month, with no signs of slowing down. Following recent graphical updates, Rust features cutting-edge visual detail with over a dozen options to tweak quality/performance.
From base building to swinging willies, here are the best survival games around, which include a couple of less than obvious picks.
