Amber writes: "Rust is primarily a survival game, sounds like a simple concept, but it’s actually quite hard to master. Initially it’s all about death, death is everywhere. You die from hunger, animal attacks, human attacks and occasionally, should you travel far into the map, death due to overexposure to radiation. It’s not easy to survive with just a rock in hand."
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.