Rust Player Count
81,281 playing now

Offline89.180.237.33:28015checked 6d ago

Nova

Players now 1/ 20 5% full
7-day average 0 peak 1
Rank #14,571 top 66%
Last wipe 7d ago no schedule published
Next wipe – too few wipes seen yet

Players

No hourly history yet.

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Server performance

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

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 best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k7 Oct8 Oct10 Oct11 Oct13 Oct14 Oct

Top 66% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

Wipe-day peak 1 players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Wed 7 Oct, 03:09 UTC7d ago 1 – running 0

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

the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes
Rustoria.co - EU East LongEU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 399 on average 543/ 600
Rusty Moose |EU Monthly|EU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 343 on average 430/ 475
Rusty Moose |US Monthly|NA · groups of 12+ · monthly · 334 on average 181/ 200
Rustoria.co - EU LongEU · groups of 14+ · monthly · 325 on average 367/ 375
Rustoria.co - EU MainEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 299 on average 45/ 250
Rustafied.com - EU Long - LargeEU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 275 on average 322/ 400

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Rules, map and settings

What configuration does Nova use?

No gather rate appears in the name of Nova. The group limit is the game's default of 8 players. The server runs survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. You can fight and raid other players. It appears in the Community section of the server browser as a community server. Anti-cheat VAC from Valve is off.

What is the map on Nova?

A procedural map, generated by the game, runs on Nova.

Tags, lists and filters

Where can Nova be found in Rust Player Count lists and filters?

The Rust Player Count lists that Nova fits are: Best Rust PvE servers. You can find it on the server list using these filters: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

What is the meaning of the tags on Nova?

The game's server browser reads these tags from Nova: gmrust (Game mode): The usual Rust survival experience; mp20 (Max players): 20 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; cs166652 (Build): It runs on game build 166652; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, Rust's standard one; $r? (Region code): A region code is not present. You will also find its current players, its queue and its world creation time in the tags, displayed at the top of this page.

Player count

What is the player count on Nova?

Currently offline, Nova was last seen 6 days 21 hours ago. With a peak of 1, the average over seven days is 0 players.

What position does Nova hold among Rust servers?

Nova is in the top 66% of all ranked servers with a rank of #14,571 for player hours over the past seven days.

Server details

What is the uptime and reliability of Nova?

Last seen 6 days 21 hours ago, Nova is offline right now. It was up 0% of the time over the last 6 full days, 0 of 144 hours. 7 October 2026 is when Rust Player Count first saw it.

What Rust version is used on Nova?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Linux is what Nova uses. Joining requires the same protocol on your game; Steam updates it for you.

What region does Nova serve?

A region is not published by Nova. The location shown by Rust Player Count is the one a server provides; it does not verify where the machine actually is. It is located at 89.180.237.33:28015.

Wipe schedule

What happens on Nova when a wipe occurs?

Recent wipes saw an average peak of 1 players. The latest wipe saw its biggest crowd 0 hours in.

When does Nova wipe?

The rhythm of wipes on Nova cannot be told yet, since too few are on record. The monthly force wipe hits every Rust server, and on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC it comes next. The present world dates from 7 days 12 hours ago.

Connect to the server

What steps are needed to join Nova?

To get in, press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 89.180.237.33:28015. You can also click Launch Rust here, which opens the game through Steam and brings you onto the server.

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp20,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The usual Rust survival experience.
mp20
Max players 20 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.
cs166652
Build It runs on game build 166652.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, Rust's standard one.
$r?
Region code A region code is not present.

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.