Games like Rust on Steam
Closest overall match: DayZ (★ 3.1). Highest rated: Don't Starve Together at ★ 3.8. Quickest to finish: Spacelords at about 1 hours.
These 20 games score highest on our similarity model for Rust — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. The strongest common threads are Online Co-Op, Survival and PvP. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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63%
1. DayZ
Shares Valve Anti-Cheat enabled, Post-apocalyptic, Survival Horror, PvP and Early Access and 3 more tags.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 44
- Playtime
- 17h
- Finish rate
- 21%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, Massively Multiplayer
-
59%
2. Defiance
Shares Post-apocalyptic, mmo, Survival, Online Co-Op and First-Person and 2 more tags; rated 1.2 lower; about 12h shorter.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 2.2
- Metacritic
- 64
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 11%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4, RPG, Massively Multiplayer
-
58%
3. TERA
Shares Nudity, mmo, In-App Purchases, PvP and Survival and 3 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; about 12h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 2.9
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 18%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Massively Multiplayer
-
58%
4. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands
Shares PvP, Survival, Online Co-Op, First-Person and Open World and 1 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 18h
- Finish rate
- 49%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4, Massively Multiplayer
-
58%
5. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
Shares PvP, Survival, Online Co-Op, First-Person and Open World and 1 more tags; about 14h longer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 29h
- Finish rate
- 24%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4, Massively Multiplayer
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57%
6. 7 Days to Die
Shares Survival Horror, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Early Access, Survival and Online Co-Op and 2 more tags; about 6h shorter.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Playtime
- 9h
- Finish rate
- 29%
- Shared genres
- 2, RPG, Indie
-
56%
7. Tom Clancy’s The Division
Shares Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Online Co-Op, Open World and cooperative; rated 0.3 higher; about 12h longer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 27h
- Finish rate
- 54%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4, RPG
-
56%
8. Conan Exiles
Shares Nudity, PvP, Early Access, Survival and Online Co-Op and 2 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; about 5h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 2.9
- Metacritic
- 67
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 26%
- Shared genres
- 4, Massively Multiplayer
-
55%
9. ARK: Survival Evolved
Shares Valve Anti-Cheat enabled, mmo, Steam Workshop, Early Access and Survival and 3 more tags; about 9h shorter.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 70
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 23%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie, Massively Multiplayer
-
55%
10. Don't Starve Together
Shares Survival Horror, Steam Workshop, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Survival and Online Co-Op and 2 more tags; rated 0.4 higher; about 8h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 23%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie
-
55%
11. Path of Exile
Shares mmo, In-App Purchases, Online Co-Op and cooperative; about 9h shorter.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 23%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie, Massively Multiplayer
-
55%
12. Crossout
Shares Post-apocalyptic, mmo, In-App Purchases, PvP and Early Access and 3 more tags; rated 0.6 lower; about 12h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Metacritic
- 68
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 11%
- Shared genres
- 4, Massively Multiplayer
-
54%
13. Unturned
Shares Valve Anti-Cheat enabled, Post-apocalyptic, In-App Purchases, Steam Workshop and Early Access and 5 more tags; rated 0.6 lower; about 12h shorter.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.7
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 21%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
54%
14. Killing Floor 2
Shares Valve Anti-Cheat enabled, Survival Horror, In-App Purchases, Steam Workshop and Survival and 3 more tags; about 6h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 9h
- Finish rate
- 32%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
54%
15. Serious Sam 3: BFE
Shares Nudity, Steam Workshop, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-Op and First-Person and 1 more tags; about 11h shorter.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 67%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4, Indie
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53%
16. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Shares Valve Anti-Cheat enabled, Post-apocalyptic, Online Co-Op, First-Person and Open World and 1 more tags; about 5h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
52%
17. War Thunder
Shares mmo, In-App Purchases, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Open World and cooperative; about 9h shorter.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 16%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4, Massively Multiplayer
-
52%
18. Sea of Thieves
Shares In-App Purchases, PvP, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-Op and First-Person and 2 more tags; rated 0.3 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 68
- Playtime
- 13h
- Finish rate
- 23%
- Shared genres
- 4, Massively Multiplayer
-
52%
19. State of Decay 2
Shares Post-apocalyptic, Survival Horror, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Survival and Online Co-Op and 2 more tags; about 7h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 68
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 27%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4, RPG
-
52%
20. Spacelords
Shares Nudity, In-App Purchases, PvP, Cross-Platform Multiplayer and Online Co-Op and 1 more tags; rated 1.0 lower; about 14h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 2.3
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 6%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4, Indie
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What is the best game like Rust on PC?
On our similarity model, DayZ is the closest match to Rust on PC — shares Valve Anti-Cheat enabled, Post-apocalyptic, Survival Horror, PvP and Early Access and 3 more tags.
Which game like Rust is rated highest?
Don't Starve Together holds the highest player rating in this list at 3.8/5 from 1,404 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Rust on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
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