Rust
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (42%); after 20h it's 1 in 9 (12%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 73% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 1,410,705 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 291 reviews: 189.4h for positive, 187.8h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (72.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (116)
story milestone ending side
- Visit a Road Visit a Road 100%
- Collect 300 Metal Ore Collect 300 Metal Ore 86%
- Destroy 10 Barrels Destroy 10 Barrels 83%
- Construct Base Construct a Base 80%
- Collect 65 Scrap Collect 65 Scrap 79%
- Acquire 50 Low Grade Fuel Acquire 50 Low Grade Fuel 77%
- Upgrade Base Upgrade your base 74%
- Collect Wood Collect 100 Wood 68%
- Collect 700 Wood Collect 700 Wood 61%
- Giddy Up! Ride a horse for 1km 61%
- First Notes Play your first instrument 60%
- Collect 200 Stone Collect 200 Stone 58%
- Collect 30 Cloth Collect 30 Cloth 53%
- Craft Camp Fire Craft a campfire 50%
- Craft Stone Hatchet Craft a Stone Hatchet 50%
- Equip Clothing Equip 3 pieces of clothing 49%
- Craft Spear Craft a wooden spear 49%
- Kill an Animal Kill an Animal 48%
- Craft Hammer Craft a Hammer 48%
- Place Camp Fire Place a camp fire 48%
- Craft Building Plan Craft a Building Plan 48%
- Craft Stone Pickaxe Craft a Stone Pickaxe 48%
- Something of a scientist myself Kill 5 Scientists 46%
- Place Sleeping Bag Place a sleeping bag 46%
- Collect 50 Cloth Collect 50 Cloth 45%
- Craft Sleeping Bag Craft a Sleeping Bag 44%
- Sealbreaker Completely fill your hydration bar 43%
- Skin an Animal Skin an Animal 42%
- Craft Arrows Craft some Arrows 40%
- Glutton Completely fill your food bar 38%
- Craft Lock Craft a lock 38%
- Place Wooden Box Place a Wooden Box 38%
- Lock the Lock Lock the Lock 38%
- Craft Wooden Box Craft a Wooden Box 38%
- Place Lock Place a Lock 37%
- Craft Tool Cupboard Craft a Tool Cupboard 37%
- Craft Hunting Bow Craft a Hunting Bow 36%
- Craft Wooden Door Craft a Wooden Door 36%
- Place Tool Cupboard Place a tool Cupboard 36%
- Place Wooden Door Place a Wooden Door 35%
- Craft Burlap Pants Craft Burlap Pants 31%
- Craft Burlap Shirt Craft a Burlap Shirt 31%
- Place a Furnace Place a Furnace 29%
- Craft Burlap Headwrap Craft a Burlap Headwrap 28%
- Save The Planet Recycle 5 empty cans at a recycler 27%
- Craft a Furnace Craft a Furnace 27%
- Place a Workbench Place a Workbench 26%
- Research an Item Research an Item 25%
- Craft a Workbench Craft a Workbench 24%
- Place a Research Table Place a Research Table 22%
- Craft a Machete Craft a Machete 20%
- I'm the Captain now Reach the bridge of the Cargo Ship 20%
- Craft Nailgun Nails Craft Nailgun Nails 20%
- Craft a Research Table Craft a Research Table 19%
- On The Deck Land a minicopter on an oil rig Helipad 18%
- Craft a Nailgun Craft a Nailgun 17%
- I should buy this Soundtrack Listen to the Rust soundtrack from a Boom Box for 30 seconds 5.5%
- Big Brother Watch another player through a CCTV camera 5.2%
- Buckle Up Start a fully repaired car with a full set of T3 engine parts 4.3%
- Friendly Neighbour Wave at 5 different players 4.0%
- Dude, where's my boat? Swim 200M in the deep sea 3.0%
- Paparazzi Take a photo of another player 2.9%
- Fresh Graduate Complete the Tutorial Island 2.7%
- Sunglasses at Night Equip a pair of sunglasses after the sun goes down 2.7%
- Mission Accomplished Complete 5 missions for NPC's 2.3%
- Battle Bus Drive a modular car with 4 passengers 2.2%
- Arctic Speed Acquire a snowmobile in an Arctic Research Base 2.2%
- Thread the Needle Land a Minicopter on the Cargo Ship 2.2%
- Bad Neighbour Use a megaphone while in another player's Tool Cupboard radius. 2.2%
- Musical Maestro Play every instrument 1.8%
- Getting the band together Join a team of at least 4 people where everyone has instruments equipped 1.6%
- Heavy Industry Activate the Excavator 1.5%
- Soaked Soak another player above the damage threshold using a water gun. 1.5%
- On the Record Record another player speaking onto a Cassette. 1.5%
- Cool Kids Club Be in a team where every team member is riding a Boogie Board or Inner Tube (minimum 4 members) 1.4%
- Liquidator Get a kill using a water gun. 1.2%
- Like Nobody's Watching Dance near a playing Boom Box on an active Disco Floor. 1.2%
- New Horizons Enter the Deep Sea 1.1%
- No Pressure Get a kill with a super soaker pumped at the lowest pressure. 1.1%
- Shipshape Build your first boat 1.0%
- Rust Air Pilot a Scrap Transport Helicopter with 5 passengers 1.0%
- Terror in the Deep Travel to an underwater lab with a submarine 1.0%
- Radical Splash another player with a Water Pistol while that player is irradiated 1.0%
- I can no longer see Stare into a laser light for 30 seconds. 1.0%
- Need more fibre Eat 10 coconuts 0.8%
- It's Honest Work Plant a different seed in every slot in a Large Planter Box 0.8%
- On Track Kill 10 Tunnel Dwellers while on a moving work cart 0.8%
- Safe Harbor Reach a Floating City 0.8%
- Full Collection Play an instrument while floating in an Inner Tube while listening to a Boom Box play a radio stream 0.8%
- Party Boat Dance with 2 other players at the front of the Cargo Ship. 0.8%
- Pro Angler Catch one of every fish 0.7%
- Pew Pew Find the hidden Revolver on the Tutorial Island 0.7%
- Oceans are now battlefields Hit another boat with a cannon 0.5%
- Treasure ahoy! Open 5 loot containers on Tropical Islands 0.5%
- Strength in Numbers Join a clan 0.4%
- Working together Score points for your clan 0.3%
- New friends Be a member of a clan with at least 10 members 0.3%
- Hostile Waters Start opening a locked crate on a Ghost Ship 0.3%
- Death from Above Kill another player with the MLRS 0.3%
- High Roller Win 3 rounds of poker at Bandit Camp 0.3%
- Apex Predator Kill 3 sharks with a speargun 0.1%
- Swim with the fishes Jump off a plank while wearing handcuffs and a hood 0.1%
- Not just a log Be killed by a crocodile 0.1%
- Bite back Kill a snake 0.1%
- On target Kill a player with a mortar 0.1%
- Winner Winner Pet a chicken on the head 0.1%
- Pie Hard Hit a player with a thrown pie 0.1%
- Power Trip Add a heavy fuse to power plant 0.1%
- Rent is due Rent a room at the apartment complex 0.1%
- Space Junk Bring a satellite out of orbit 0.1%
- Pen Pal Drop a note item in another players mailbox 0.1%
- Smooth Sailing Travel 3KM with a companion in a Kayak 0.1%
- Stolen Goods Kill a player with a weapon on a stolen PT boat 0.1%
- No refunds Make a purchase from the travelling vendor 0.1%
- King of the Jungle Travel 250m with vines in a single life 0.1%
- Waste Not, Want Not Recycle 10 cars at Junkyard 0.1%