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Video game sets record for peak player count 11 years after release

A completely extraordinary event has happened, as a famous video game has set a new record for peak concurrent players 11 years after its release.

A multiplayer survival game – RUST was released 11 years ago, but it recently broke its own record for the number of players.

New record

Rust was released in early access back in 2013, and its final release took place in 2018.

The Facepunch Studios project transports gamers to the desert, where they need to gather resources and build their own fortifications to survive in the face of various threats.

Game trailer – watch the video

Over the years, Rust has maintained its popularity, largely thanks to a constant stream of updates from the developers.

This is what helped the game break its own record for the number of simultaneous players.

Recently, the project's peak user count was set at 259,646 people.

In honor of this event, the developers published some more interesting statistics for 2024.

Thus, during this period, there were more than 325 million game sessions, and in total, gamers (5.5 million unique players) spent over 40 million hours.

Natasha Kumar

Natasha Kumar has been a reporter on the news desk since 2018. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining The Times Hub, Natasha Kumar worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my natasha@thetimeshub.in 1-800-268-7116

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