The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.

Rust is a general-purpose programming language. It is noted for its emphasis on performance, type safety, concurrency, and memory safety. Rust supports multiple programming paradigms. It was …

The official Rust companion app. Track your base status, chat to your clan members and control your bases electricity.

To start using Rust, download the installer, then run the program and follow the onscreen instructions. You may need to install the Visual Studio C++ Build tools when prompted to do so.

Twelve years ago today, Rust was born—and what a journey it’s been. Huge thanks to the entire team at Facepunch for continuing to grow and evolve the game into what it is today.

The Rust community never ceases to amaze us. Your feedback drives the game forward, shaping balances, fixes, and innovations that keep things unpredictable and exciting.

Rust is a survival game created by Facepunch Studios. Inspired by games like DayZ, Minecraft, and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. – Rust aims to create a hostile environment in which emergent gameplay can flourish.

by Steve Klabnik, Carol Nichols, and Chris Krycho, with contributions from the Rust Community. This version of the text assumes you’re using Rust 1.85.0 (released 2025-02-17) or later with edition = …

The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife and other inhabitants, the environment, other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.

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