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Steam Global Top Sellers for week of 10 Feb — 17 February 2026
Steam post image Mewgenics HELLDIVERS™ 2 Resident Evil Requiem ARC Raiders Steam Deck Diablo II: Resurrected – Infernal Edition REANIMAL Black Myth: Wukong Cyberpunk 2077 Rust * excluding free to play games View top 100…
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Steam Global Top Sellers for week of 3 Feb — 10 February 2026
Steam post image Nioh 3 Steam Deck HELLDIVERS™ 2 ARC Raiders MENACE DRAGON QUEST VII Reimagined YAPYAP Rust Resident Evil Requiem Dead by Daylight * excluding free to play games View top 100 on SteamDB
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Rust devs surveil cheaters like they're 'playing an RTS game': 'Every gun shot, every message, every dropped item, every kind of interaction is logged'
The worst part about getting matched up against a cheater in any game is knowing there's not much you can do. You can send in a report, you can wait for some automatic trigger to ban them, you can curse the gods in a fa…
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Rust player says goodbye to his server neighbours by constructing a giant, illuminated middle finger: 'Making one of these is often how I like to end a successful wipe'
It can be tough getting on with your neighbours. Sometimes you want to say things to them, like "Don't let your adult children play bassy music until 2AM", or "Don't leave your dog alone at home all day so he spends the…
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The Rust Naval Update is here with base boat building and an optional plank meant to 'settle minor disagreements' with friends
We've been able to swim around just off the coast of Rust's murder island for years now, but I'm absolutely terrified of the sharks most players seem to shrug off, so I keep myself parked on land watching from a safe di…
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NAVAL UPDATE
PLAYER MADE BOATS Player-made boats are here, providing a new way to explore the seas, including the Deep Sea! Place the new Boat Building Station deployable in the water and get building with your shipmates! Use the ne…
Security90 changesFixGameplay - Rust
COMMUNITY UPDATE 268
INCOMING NAVAL UPDATE - STAGING In the event you've been living under a rock the Naval Update is coming with the February wipe! We're encouraging anyone with the extra time and passion for its success to go play a bit o…
Event8 changesCompatibilityStore - Rust
SURVIVING 12 YEARS
12 YEARS Servers are now wiped and Santa is packing up and clearing out the bodies, but we hope you enjoyed the Holiday Season. We're getting back to work after a couple of weeks off, which is why this blog is lighter t…
Security44 changesServerWorkshop - Rust
Final Round of Voting - Rust in the Steam Awards
We're through to the final round! But in case you're new here, over the years, Rust has undergone some huge changes - including graphic, physics, and engine updates and rebuilds, all because we’ve wanted to make Rust wh…
Announcement1 changeMaps - Rust
SEASONS BEATINGS
HAPPY HOLIDAYS From everyone at Facepunch, we'd like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! The Christmas Event is once again live! If you're new to the island, here's what you can expect: As you play, you…
Event20 changesGameplayUI/audio - Rust
Vote for Rust! The Steam Awards are now live!
It's that time of year again... The Steam Awards are here and the 'Labor of Love' award perfectly describes our past year as we soon hit twelve years of development! Day in and day out, our teams are grinding around the…
Event3 changesStoreMaps - Rust
PIVOT OR DIE
PROGRESSION CHANGES Continuing from last month’s controversial Meta Shift changes and our push to make meaningful experimental changes to Rust’s progression, this month we’re taking things a step further. By making prog…
Event82 changes1 numericFix - Rust
WARHAMMER 40,000 X RUST DLC PACK
THE DEATH KORPS OF KRIEG - DLC SKINS The infamous Death Korps of Krieg march into Rust, bringing their grim, war-forged resolve to the island. This pack delivers battle-scarred war gear, inspired by one of Warhammer 40,…
Event10 changesStoreServer - Rust
META SHIFT
BLUEPRINT FRAGMENTS The current progression meta has grown stale, moving too fast and becoming too easy over the years, with scrap inflation and scrap being everywhere. We don't believe this has been overwhelmingly nega…
Security94 changesFixGameplay - Rust
COMMUNITY UPDATE 267
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Rust Mobile is coming! Facepunch has teamed up with Level Infinite to bring you Rust, Anytime, Everywhere. The closed beta begins early November. You can sign up for testing here. FAQs for the beta…
Event12 changesCompatibilityGameplay - Rust
MAINTENANCE
MAINTENANCE This month’s update is a little lighter than recent, focused on tackling a number of long-standing bugs and improvements. We’ve been working through community feedback to smooth out some of the more persiste…
Store40 changesFixGameplay
