Facepunch Studios has created Rust, a multiplayer-only survival video game. Rust was first made available in early access in December 2013, and it was officially launched in February 2018. Rust is a programming language that runs on Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One console versions, developed in collaboration with Double Eleven, were published in May 2021. Rust began as a clone of DayZ, a popular ARMA 2 mod featuring crafting mechanics similar to those seen in Minecraft.

Rust's goal is to survive in the wilderness by gathering or stealing resources. Or risk death, players must successfully control their hunger, thirst, and health. Despite the presence of hazardous animals such as bears and wolves, the player's major threat is other players due to the game's multiplayer nature. Firearms and diverse weapons, such as bows, are used in combat. In addition, non-player characters' vehicles will occasionally wander the map, targeting armed players. Rust includes crafting, however, it is initially limited until specific things are discovered in the game's open world. To increase their chances of survival, players must construct bases or join clans. Rust features a lot of raiding. Rust supports modified servers, which may be used to add new features.

Rust was first released as part of the Steam Early Access program in December 2013. The gameplay was drastically altered throughout this phase of development. Dangerous fauna replaced zombies as the primary environmental threat, and the crafting system was updated with several fundamental changes, as well as general upgrades and feature additions. Rust was transferred to the Unity 5 game engine while still in Early Access, resulting in significant graphics improvements. Immutable, predefined skin color and biological sex-related to players' Steam account credentials were also incorporated into the game. Even though the game has been officially released, it is still receiving updates.

Survival sim that is both cruel and intriguing. Yesterday, Rust launched one of its most significant upgrades in recent memory, introducing major improvements to the game's gunplay that, for the most part, appear to have been well received by players.
The most significant changes revolve around gun recoil, which, according to Facepunch, will give players who get the jump on others an advantage while making things tougher "for people who could spend thousands of hours training their aim, or morally bankrupt individuals who would choose to use scripts to gain an advantage." Automatic weapons will lose accuracy the longer you press the trigger due to a gradient-based aim drift replacing pattern-based recoil.

A crosshair, a 'hit cross' that displays in the center of your sights when you hit an enemy, and sharper blood splatters on your screen, so you can see where an adversary is firing you from, have all been added to the fighting experience. It should bring a little more accessibility to a game that is known for treating new players with the same deference as suckling pigs at an abattoir. Hapis Island, the classic but unstable map that was removed a little over a year ago following a significant graphics update, is also back in the update. The map has been updated, including a few new outlying islands and the expansion of the desert towards the south. The most notable change in this release is the addition of an ammo mixing table, which allows you to batch-craft basic munitions in far less time than before.