Can you trust Rust's Steam reviews? Adjusted rating 85.1%

Release date: 2018年2月8日 View on Steam

Official Steam rating
86.7%
1,406,499 reviews
Adjusted rating
85.1%
95% range 84.6%–85.7%
vs official −1.5pt
Japanese-language reviews
77.7%
3,082 reviews
vs overall −9.0pt

Overrated 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-12

Summary

The adjusted rating for Rust is 85.1% (95% range 84.6–85.7%), in line with the official 86.7% on Steam. It is based on 400 positive and 400 negative reviews weighted by trust. Verdict: "Overrated" (the adjusted rating is 70% or higher, but the positive reviews carry low average trust).

Positive reviews contain more very short reviews (60% vs 41% of negative reviews). Average trust is 0.65 on the positive side and 0.73 on the negative side, which pulls the adjusted rating down.

The monthly history (155 months) has no month where volume and negative share jumped together. The rating does not appear to be driven by a single episode.

The last 180 days show 81.4%, 5.3 points below the all-time figure. Sentiment over the past six months is weaker.

Japanese-language reviews alone show 77.7% (3,082 reviews, 95% range 76.2–79.1%), 9.0 points below the overall rating. Players writing in Japanese are noticeably less positive. In the last 180 days, Japanese-language reviews show 66.4%.

The adjusted rating estimates trust from how reviews are written; it does not judge any individual review as fake. Data as of 2026-10-12.

Positive vs negative breakdown

Share of sampled reviews that meet each condition that lowers trust. When a condition is more common on the positive side, the adjusted rating falls below the official one.

ConditionPositive reviewsNegative reviews
Under 2 hours played at review1%5%
Very short text60%41%
Key activated outside Steam15%14%
Received for free2%1%
Owns very few games41%27%
Over 100 reviews written0%0%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.650.73

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 98 hours.

Rating history

Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.

Reviews per month (green = positive, red = negative)
0 10k 20k 30k 40k 2013-12: +2,534 / −330 2014-01: +6,931 / −852 2014-02: +6,967 / −790 2014-03: +4,575 / −534 2014-04: +3,128 / −408 2014-05: +2,427 / −270 2014-06: +3,970 / −443 2014-07: +2,213 / −346 2014-08: +1,528 / −271 2014-09: +1,030 / −191 2014-10: +1,054 / −274 2014-11: +1,011 / −263 2014-12: +1,274 / −291 2015-01: +2,120 / −613 2015-02: +2,204 / −514 2015-03: +1,512 / −363 2015-04: +1,306 / −340 2015-05: +2,084 / −525 2015-06: +2,520 / −655 2015-07: +2,475 / −602 2015-08: +1,494 / −400 2015-09: +1,271 / −340 2015-10: +1,362 / −343 2015-11: +1,475 / −435 2015-12: +2,575 / −880 2016-01: +3,038 / −815 2016-02: +2,926 / −809 2016-03: +2,112 / −492 2016-04: +1,808 / −578 2016-05: +1,797 / −410 2016-06: +2,165 / −571 2016-07: +2,407 / −903 2016-08: +1,833 / −611 2016-09: +1,373 / −384 2016-10: +1,296 / −287 2016-11: +5,593 / −633 2016-12: +2,758 / −860 2017-01: +2,811 / −822 2017-02: +2,857 / −632 2017-03: +2,079 / −476 2017-04: +1,921 / −403 2017-05: +1,807 / −523 2017-06: +2,873 / −865 2017-07: +2,927 / −921 2017-08: +1,884 / −567 2017-09: +1,538 / −446 2017-10: +2,534 / −642 2017-11: +6,036 / −907 2017-12: +2,728 / −822 2018-01: +2,707 / −818 2018-02: +3,665 / −936 2018-03: +1,595 / −415 2018-04: +1,213 / −389 2018-05: +1,246 / −335 2018-06: +2,056 / −950 2018-07: +2,190 / −908 2018-08: +1,499 / −451 2018-09: +1,097 / −308 2018-10: +1,291 / −382 2018-11: +6,601 / −740 2018-12: +2,209 / −627 2019-01: +2,065 / −596 2019-02: +1,968 / −574 2019-03: +1,692 / −410 2019-04: +1,450 / −398 2019-05: +1,382 / −417 2019-06: +10,895 / −2,050 2019-07: +14,504 / −1,974 2019-08: +1,646 / −450 2019-09: +1,283 / −307 2019-10: +3,282 / −361 2019-11: +21,115 / −1,354 2019-12: +16,966 / −2,992 2020-01: +11,852 / −1,297 2020-02: +8,643 / −889 2020-03: +10,432 / −1,166 2020-04: +9,752 / −1,221 2020-05: +8,489 / −915 2020-06: +8,249 / −873 2020-07: +10,803 / −1,089 2020-08: +7,126 / −792 2020-09: +6,074 / −601 2020-10: +6,928 / −591 2020-11: +11,677 / −885 2020-12: +11,828 / −1,090 2021-01: +29,516 / −2,509 2021-02: +17,921 / −1,386 2021-03: +13,012 / −1,109 2021-04: +10,843 / −981 2021-05: +11,515 / −1,236 2021-06: +13,950 / −1,618 2021-07: +17,930 / −2,105 2021-08: +12,404 / −1,424 2021-09: +9,612 / −1,190 2021-10: +9,282 / −1,125 2021-11: +15,209 / −1,225 2021-12: +12,287 / −1,443 2022-01: +15,062 / −1,809 2022-02: +11,416 / −1,339 2022-03: +9,499 / −1,866 2022-04: +9,049 / −1,252 2022-05: +8,235 / −1,514 2022-06: +10,583 / −2,543 2022-07: +10,358 / −1,733 2022-08: +10,352 / −1,554 2022-09: +7,043 / −1,056 2022-10: +7,215 / −1,108 2022-11: +11,665 / −1,270 2022-12: +10,773 / −1,519 2023-01: +12,809 / −1,677 2023-02: +8,614 / −1,218 2023-03: +9,650 / −1,311 2023-04: +8,285 / −1,162 2023-05: +9,623 / −1,376 2023-06: +10,262 / −1,592 2023-07: +11,715 / −1,931 2023-08: +8,555 / −1,455 2023-09: +6,697 / −1,081 2023-10: +7,554 / −1,198 2023-11: +15,394 / −1,467 2023-12: +12,334 / −2,090 2024-01: +12,150 / −1,883 2024-02: +9,031 / −1,392 2024-03: +9,547 / −1,579 2024-04: +8,824 / −1,482 2024-05: +8,658 / −1,445 2024-06: +11,840 / −1,900 2024-07: +11,892 / −1,991 2024-08: +9,300 / −1,441 2024-09: +6,733 / −1,093 2024-10: +10,280 / −1,498 2024-11: +15,526 / −1,634 2024-12: +18,865 / −2,439 2025-01: +16,124 / −2,224 2025-02: +13,517 / −2,061 2025-03: +13,156 / −2,143 2025-04: +8,759 / −1,384 2025-05: +9,337 / −1,715 2025-06: +7,340 / −1,448 2025-07: +9,054 / −1,814 2025-08: +9,298 / −1,915 2025-09: +6,398 / −1,236 2025-10: +9,844 / −2,207 2025-11: +15,021 / −1,822 2025-12: +13,181 / −2,221 2026-01: +12,703 / −2,092 2026-02: +12,307 / −2,203 2026-03: +9,812 / −1,771 2026-04: +8,324 / −1,717 2026-05: +9,677 / −2,058 2026-06: +9,090 / −2,298 2026-07: +8,610 / −2,108 2026-08: +8,154 / −1,971 2026-09: +6,885 / −1,632 2026-10: +3,149 / −793 2014/012015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01
Positive share per month (months under 30 reviews omitted)
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 86.6% 2013-12: 88.5%2014-01: 89.1%2014-02: 89.8%2014-03: 89.5%2014-04: 88.5%2014-05: 90.0%2014-06: 90.0%2014-07: 86.5%2014-08: 84.9%2014-09: 84.4%2014-10: 79.4%2014-11: 79.4%2014-12: 81.4%2015-01: 77.6%2015-02: 81.1%2015-03: 80.6%2015-04: 79.3%2015-05: 79.9%2015-06: 79.4%2015-07: 80.4%2015-08: 78.9%2015-09: 78.9%2015-10: 79.9%2015-11: 77.2%2015-12: 74.5%2016-01: 78.8%2016-02: 78.3%2016-03: 81.1%2016-04: 75.8%2016-05: 81.4%2016-06: 79.1%2016-07: 72.7%2016-08: 75.0%2016-09: 78.1%2016-10: 81.9%2016-11: 89.8%2016-12: 76.2%2017-01: 77.4%2017-02: 81.9%2017-03: 81.4%2017-04: 82.7%2017-05: 77.6%2017-06: 76.9%2017-07: 76.1%2017-08: 76.9%2017-09: 77.5%2017-10: 79.8%2017-11: 86.9%2017-12: 76.8%2018-01: 76.8%2018-02: 79.7%2018-03: 79.4%2018-04: 75.7%2018-05: 78.8%2018-06: 68.4%2018-07: 70.7%2018-08: 76.9%2018-09: 78.1%2018-10: 77.2%2018-11: 89.9%2018-12: 77.9%2019-01: 77.6%2019-02: 77.4%2019-03: 80.5%2019-04: 78.5%2019-05: 76.8%2019-06: 84.2%2019-07: 88.0%2019-08: 78.5%2019-09: 80.7%2019-10: 90.1%2019-11: 94.0%2019-12: 85.0%2020-01: 90.1%2020-02: 90.7%2020-03: 89.9%2020-04: 88.9%2020-05: 90.3%2020-06: 90.4%2020-07: 90.8%2020-08: 90.0%2020-09: 91.0%2020-10: 92.1%2020-11: 93.0%2020-12: 91.6%2021-01: 92.2%2021-02: 92.8%2021-03: 92.1%2021-04: 91.7%2021-05: 90.3%2021-06: 89.6%2021-07: 89.5%2021-08: 89.7%2021-09: 89.0%2021-10: 89.2%2021-11: 92.5%2021-12: 89.5%2022-01: 89.3%2022-02: 89.5%2022-03: 83.6%2022-04: 87.8%2022-05: 84.5%2022-06: 80.6%2022-07: 85.7%2022-08: 86.9%2022-09: 87.0%2022-10: 86.7%2022-11: 90.2%2022-12: 87.6%2023-01: 88.4%2023-02: 87.6%2023-03: 88.0%2023-04: 87.7%2023-05: 87.5%2023-06: 86.6%2023-07: 85.8%2023-08: 85.5%2023-09: 86.1%2023-10: 86.3%2023-11: 91.3%2023-12: 85.5%2024-01: 86.6%2024-02: 86.6%2024-03: 85.8%2024-04: 85.6%2024-05: 85.7%2024-06: 86.2%2024-07: 85.7%2024-08: 86.6%2024-09: 86.0%2024-10: 87.3%2024-11: 90.5%2024-12: 88.6%2025-01: 87.9%2025-02: 86.8%2025-03: 86.0%2025-04: 86.4%2025-05: 84.5%2025-06: 83.5%2025-07: 83.3%2025-08: 82.9%2025-09: 83.8%2025-10: 81.7%2025-11: 89.2%2025-12: 85.6%2026-01: 85.9%2026-02: 84.8%2026-03: 84.7%2026-04: 82.9%2026-05: 82.5%2026-06: 79.8%2026-07: 80.3%2026-08: 80.5%2026-09: 80.8%2026-10: 79.9% 2014/012015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01
Reviews per day, last 30 days
0 200 400 600 2026-09-13: +241 / −67 2026-09-14: +186 / −44 2026-09-15: +203 / −55 2026-09-16: +200 / −37 2026-09-17: +261 / −53 2026-09-18: +256 / −76 2026-09-19: +285 / −70 2026-09-20: +252 / −63 2026-09-21: +223 / −58 2026-09-22: +264 / −53 2026-09-23: +251 / −50 2026-09-24: +219 / −50 2026-09-25: +277 / −63 2026-09-26: +295 / −73 2026-09-27: +270 / −57 2026-09-28: +304 / −42 2026-09-29: +190 / −44 2026-09-30: +194 / −43 2026-10-01: +451 / −85 2026-10-02: +356 / −95 2026-10-03: +330 / −81 2026-10-04: +289 / −90 2026-10-05: +251 / −69 2026-10-06: +205 / −64 2026-10-07: +263 / −68 2026-10-08: +257 / −58 2026-10-09: +257 / −64 2026-10-10: +252 / −59 2026-10-11: +201 / −50 2026-10-12: +37 / −10 09/1309/2009/2710/0410/11

Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days81.0%10,995
Last 180 days81.4%69,583
All time86.7%1,406,499
Japanese, last 180 days66.4%134

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