Play with and against others
Other players can become allies, customers, neighbours or the reason you lose an evening’s work. Cooperation and betrayal sit inside the same survival sandbox.
PC EDITION / OVERVIEW
Rust
Survival, building, raiding — and the stories that happen when other players get involved.
Rust starts with a rock, a torch and an exposed stretch of coastline. From there, every trip becomes a risk/reward decision: gather enough to build, turn loot into better technology, trade with strangers, contest monuments or gamble everything on a raid. [1]
Released · active developmentSteam · Windows & macOS
The game at a glance
[1]The essentials
Build more than a shelter
A shack can become a defended production network: Workbenches, power, farming, automation, alarms and storage all feed back into how long you can survive — and how expensive you are to raid.
Explore on land and at sea
Procedural islands mix monuments, roads, rail, caves, offshore objectives and the Deep Sea. Cars, trains, aircraft and boats turn distance itself into a strategic choice.
A released game that keeps changing
Rust left Early Access in 2018, but it still changes at the pace of a live game. Facepunch continues to ship monthly updates, seasonal events and major system reworks.
1 OCTOBER 2026 · PC RELEASE
Livestock expands the farming loop
October’s release introduces farmable cows and sheep, new animal products and recipes, and the Biofuel Generator. [2]
Raise and trade
Livestock have needs, genetics and breeding. Stable vendors barter for grown animals and wool.
Turn waste into fuel
The Biofuel Generator converts organic matter into Low Grade Fuel. It needs manual stirring.
More to build and explore
Stackable sandbags and additional power-grid loot rooms add changes beyond the farm. [3]
Go further
Official links and deeper guides
Use the official links for release notes and plans, or continue into Sourceborne’s maintained Rust guides for the systems, history and unanswered questions behind the headlines.
Official Rust links
This overview covers the main PC game. It does not describe Console Edition, Rust Mobile or experimental Staging builds.
Sources and update date
Updated 7 October 2026. Livestock remains the latest named PC update; the next specifically announced gate is the Halloween client/server update on 22 October.
- Rust on Steam ↗
Facepunch’s product description and Steam listing: gameplay, desktop platforms and release date.
- Facepunch — Livestock Update ↗
Livestock Update, 1 October 2026: farming, Biofuel and the announced Halloween update. Official release notes for the October update.
- Facepunch — October Patch ↗
October Patch, 1 October 2026: the shipped feature and fix list for the update.