There is no option to turn off player vs player combat. Wolves and bears represent a threat to new characters, but the primary danger comes from other players. The object of the game is to survive in a harsh open world, starting with next to nothing and working to rebuild as the player sees fit. As of the end of 2015, Rust has sold over 3 million copies.

Reviewers praised the game’s concept and gameplay, while also noting the obvious unfinishedness. Throughout Rust’s alpha release, it has been met with mixed critic reviews and many comparisons with other survival games have been made, with the most common one being the mixture between DayZ and Minecraft. Radiation was also removed due to the frustration it was causing players. It initially featured zombies as enemies, but subsequently replaced them with bears and wolves. Since Rust’s first alpha launch, animals, hunting and the ability to craft armor and weapons have been added. Raiding is a very common action, usually done in large clans. There is only a multiplayer mode and a prevalent concept in Rust is to form and join clans with other players. The game tasks players to survive in the wilderness by crafting items using the materials they gather or steal the player starts with only a rock and a torch. Rust was initially created as a clone of DayZ, a popular mod for ARMA 2 with the addition of crafting elements.

Rust was originally released onto Steam’s Early Access program on 11 December 2013. Rust is a multiplayer-only survival video game in development by Facepunch Studios for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux.

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