Online137.83.97.27:28015checked 9m ago
The Sandbox
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
48 hours: hourly readings. 30 to 90 days: one point a day, with the day's average and lowest fps, most entities and most memory. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 47% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
Peak: the most players in the first 48 hours. Crowd: whether every day of the wipe kept at least half that peak, or the day it fell below. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.
Similar servers
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from the figures on this pageRules and settings
What are the server rules for The Sandbox?
No gather rate appears in the name of The Sandbox. The group limit is the game's default of 8 players. The server runs survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it as Modded, with plugins or settings that alter the game. Oxide plugins are running on it. Anti-cheat VAC from Valve is on.
What is the map on The Sandbox?
A procedural map, generated by the game, runs on The Sandbox.
Tags, lists and filters
Where can The Sandbox be found in Rust Player Count lists and filters?
These Rust Player Count lists include The Sandbox: Rust build and creative servers and Modded Rust servers. You can find it on the server list using these filters: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What is the meaning of the tags on The Sandbox?
For the game's server browser, The Sandbox publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The usual Rust survival experience; mp10 (Max players): 10 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams max out at 8, the standard game limit; v2634 (Protocol): Your game version needs to be on protocol 2634 to connect; cs166494 (Build): Build number: 166494; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the game's usual network protocol, and this server uses it; $r? (Region code): A region code is not present; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): This server is Modded; plugins or settings affect how it plays. The tags also include its current players, its queue and when its world was made, shown at the top of this page.
Player count
How many players does The Sandbox have?
1 of 10 slots are filled on The Sandbox right now. The average player count for the last seven days is 1, and the highest point was 1. The highest average in the last 48 hours was 1 players at 18:00 UTC.
How does The Sandbox compare in server rankings?
The Sandbox is in the top 47% of all ranked servers with a rank of #10,417 for player hours over the past seven days.
Server information
What is the uptime and reliability of The Sandbox?
The Sandbox is currently online. 16 October 2026 is when Rust Player Count first saw it.
What Rust version is used on The Sandbox?
Windows hosts The Sandbox, which runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494. The protocol has to match for you to join, but Steam updates it without any action from you.
Where can you find The Sandbox?
There is no region published by The Sandbox. Where a server says it is, that is what Rust Player Count shows; it does not check the machine's actual location. It is located at 137.83.97.27:28015.
Wipe information
How often does The Sandbox wipe?
Too few wipes are recorded for The Sandbox to reveal its pattern. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the next monthly force wipe arrives, wiping every Rust server. It has been running its current world for 14 days 18 hours.
How to join
What steps are needed to join The Sandbox?
To get in, press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 137.83.97.27:28015. You can also click Launch Rust here, which opens the game through Steam and brings you onto the server.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166494,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp10
ts8
v2634
cs166494
ptrak
$r?
Mods and access
^o
^z
Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.